BBC
raises Voices in Corby
An
ambitious new BBC project is about to give a radio voice to the
local community of Corby.
From
3 March, BBC Radio Northampton will spend three months broadcasting
from a BBC radio studio at Corby Community College in Oakley Road,
Corby.
The
Voices project, which is part of a national BBC
venture, will see BBC staff working closely with local people giving
them an opportunity to tell their own stories about living in the
town.
In
the first few weeks, Voices will focus on projects involving pupils
at the Community College, including a talent evening, poetry workshops
and Book Week activities.
Voices
will also link up with wider community initiatives such as the Corby
Wheels Project, the Community Arts and Women's Centres and John
Anderson's Corby Athletics Team.
These
events will lead up to a week of intense radio broadcasting on Radio
Northampton in May, culminating in an outside broadcast in the town
centre, run by pupils from the College.
Corby
Voices producer Ruth Barnes says: "It's an exciting project
that we hope will really capture the spirit of Corby through the
lives and experiences of local people."
To
find out more about the project, visit bbc.kongjiang.org/www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire.
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