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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
VISITORS: Thank you for visiting V-One. The V-One.tv project was set up by Paul Carpenter and Sally Carpenter of Alchemy Productions and Alchemy Creative Communications, and run between 2008 and 2010. During this time, we provided arts development and performance opportunities for young people in our local area (Thurrock). Many young band members and individuals benefitted from professional live shows and free professional media coverage, much of which you can still view on this website. Despite overwhelming success in its first two years, and being a truly unique service, V-One did not receive enough support, recognition and financial backing from its partners in the public sector to allow work to continue. The V-One website you are looking at remains intact here purely as a demonstration of what was achieved and the young lives we touched. We are very proud of everything V-One achieved and think it is great proof that a little support and local funding can go a very long way. We are terribly sorry that this wonderful project has come to an end and wish the hundreds of young people we have helped, the best of luck for the future. Paul Carpenter, V-One V-ONE has been set up to offer an ongoing programme of arts and media-based events and opportunities for young people in Thurrock and the Thames Gateway area. We have been supported by Thurrock Council Arts Team who have facilitated our development. We set up V-One to give young people from all backgrounds and of all abilities, the chance to gain confidence, transferable skills and knowledge, in the hope that we can make a genuine difference to their lives. We wanted to create a supportive, professional, yet relaxed environment in which young people can explore their ambitions and challenge themselves without fear of being laughed at, heckled or told off. We do not drive our artists to achieve perfection: We nurture and support them whilst they explore their own potential at their own pace. As well as providing a number of professional events at which young people can perform, we also provide free professional video, photographic and media coverage to all our performers. Coverage is featured right here on our web TV channel, and also on social networking sites, allowing users to share and promote their work. We believe that there is currently no-one else offering these kind of amazing benefits to young people on an ongoing basis. Our most recent shows have been attracting large audiences made up of parents, teachers, friends, family and general well-wishers, all of whom seem delighted to witness the development of young talent before their very eyes. If we can continue in this fine spirit, our young performers will no doubt grow in skill and confidence which will enable them to enhance their lives and make better critical choices, which is precisely what we set out to achieve. Developed and run by Paul and Sally Carpenter of Alchemy Productions and Alchemy Creative Communications, V-One is designed to meet the creative needs of our local community. The project is funded by sponsors and supporters and aims to develop the talent and potential of young performers and students interested in media skills. The shows and opportunities we provide are available to local young people from all backgrounds and levels of experience. We want to promote, encourage and develop creative expression and confidence in young people at a key stage in their personal development. Whatever you're into: songwriting, performing, singing, composition, TV presenting or media skills, V-One wants to hear from you. The goal is to attract the biggest possible audiences, to provide free professional media coverage and support for everyone taking part and to showcase new talent as it emerges. We provide professional film and photographic coverage of acts involved in our shows and V-One performers and students are welcome to use the work we produce to help promote the development their skills in a crowded, competitive community. We believe our work can make a real difference to young artists and do not charge young people for the media services we provide. We support many kinds of acts and musical performance styles including rock, pop, acoustic, Hip Hop, rap, stage and musical, Indie, jazz, funk, blues, instrumental, orchestral - pretty much anything. Our shows are held in professional theatre environments providing young people with an introduction to the challenges of performing in a real live show environment. We are now actively encouraging a broader range of acts to our regular 'V-One Live From Thameside' show, including dancers, comedians, magicians and more.
V-One is funded entirely by sponsors who believe in the good work we are doing. Many of our events are subsidised from arts development budgets and several professional individuals supply their time, resources and skills at no cost in order to develop the V-One project and improve opportunities in youth arts. Please help us by supporting our V-One project.
Please show your support by attending our shows and by checking back to this website for news of upcoming live shows, video workshops, interviews, documentaries, media opportunities and much more!
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