Covers / tribute bands have already been selected.

All bands / singers and songwriters will be required to submit a demo and from these Express FM will select which bands / singers will make it through to one of the heats.

Entry information

Heats will take place at Eastney Cellars on Sunday 21 March.

Bands should submit a recent, good quality demo and contact details (including a postal address) to:

Simon Gibbons, Bandstand Competition, Express Fm, 49 Arundel Street, Portsmouth PO1 1SA.

All demos need to have at least three tracks which accurately represent your music.

Every band who sends in an entry should nominate a contact person to be available for an interview with Express FM.

The closing date for demos is Friday 5th March. All demos must be clearly marked Bandstand Competition. Please don’t send demos to the venues.

Issued by Lloyd Evans, Corporate Communications Officer
Telephone: 023 9268 8267
Email: lloyd.evans@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Prince's Trust Community Cash Awards

Cash awards up to £5,000 for young people to design and set up projects on a voluntary basis that will benefit their local community. Past awards have included funding for start up youth cafes, asylum seekers improving perceptions in the community through photographic exhibitions, community radio stations, organic gardens kept for and by young people with mental health problems, DVD’s to raise awareness of crack dealing. Eligible projects must:

• be run and managed by young people
• deal with a local community need, with clear benefit to that community
• benefit the young people running the project
• be new or developing initiatives
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Space Placing and Urban Design

SPUD is a new group in Portsmouth for young people interested in architecture and the built environment.

If you are aged between 14 and 19 years old and in full-time education you can apply to take part.

If you are interested in undertaking the Construction and Built Environment Diploma then SPUD is ideal for you as it will help you gain credit and hands on experience for your course.

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World's strictest parents? - the BBC needs you!

BBC3 are currently casting for their third series of the ‘World’s Strictest Parents’. The programme sees British teenagers who are aged 16 - 18 years old placed with families in different countries all over the world. They are particularly looking for teenagers who are currently not achieving as highly as they should be academically and who are finding it difficult to get on with their parents.

The aim of the series is to provide teenagers with a valuable experience; with which they can take away key lessons and knowledge of how to behave, not only in a professional light but also at home with their families. Previously we have found that the teenagers who have taken part have come away from the experience with a refreshed and mature outlook in terms of their behaviour and their ambitions.

Further information

Access our online application form

We can also be contacted on the following numbers: 020 7284 2020, 020 7424 7744 and 07593 965 221

Updated on March 5, 2010

2Young2Die campaign competition

If you are aged between 11 and 25 and want to make a difference and save your generation’s lives on roads, then enter this competition and WIN BIG! Road deaths are a huge killer of young people.

Every day on British roads, 6 young people aged 12-19 are killed or seriously hurt on foot or bicycles, and 19 young people under 25 are killed or seriously hurt in cars.

You work in a group of mates to stop the carnage and must do two things:

1. CAMPAIGN to raise awareness of deaths of young people on roads in your community.

2. COLLECT donations for Brake, the road safety charity, by fundraising and having fun at the same time. 

The deadline for entries this academic year is 30 April 2010.

For more info go to http://www.brake.org.uk/fundraise/competition

Future Jobs Fund

Young people will receive support to move into key sectors that have jobs to fill and are expected to grow. These include hospitality, leisure, tourism and retail. Until April 2010, 18 - 24 year olds who are currently on New Deal will be able to take up a new job from the Future Jobs Fund after claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for nine months rather than one year.

So far jobs have been created in areas including regeneration, home safety, maintenance, youth work, horticulture, art and administration.

If you fit the criteria above and would like to know more about how to apply for a Future Jobs Fund position locally, contact your Jobcentre Plus Personal Adviser.

You're Welcome - making health services young people friendly.

All young people are entitled to appropriate health services. If you would like to become involved in a local group of young people who carry out mystery shopping and evaluations of local health service providers contact Jo Lawson or Amanda Waller at NHS Portsmouth who offer guidance and support to young people to carry out this work. Find out how to contact them by downloading the You're Welcome leaflet or poster

"We really value young people's views on health service provision in the city. It is an excellent opportunity for young people to have a say in the future direction of healthcare for young people in the city. We would like the Young People's Forum to elect representatives to come along to the Portsmouth City You're Welcome Steering Group and become involved with the You're Welcome project of actions.

Recruiting Care-Experienced young people for LILAC project

Leading Improvements for Looked-After Children (LILAC) are recruiting care-experienced young people aged between 16 and 24 who are interested in taking part in the LILAC project which focuses on participation in the care system. The young people, once trained, will deliver training to professionals, foster carers and children and young people to enable greater participation. They will also carry out assessments of services to help improved their participation policies and practices. The training will give an opportunity to gain an accredited qualification and once trained the young people will be paid for delivering training or carrying out assessments. 

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Raise awareness for PITS and win a trip for two to Paris

Lymphoma Association, a charity that provides free information and support to anyone affected by lymphoma – the most common cancer in the 15-30 age group.

To raise awareness of lymphoma, they have launched an exciting campaign, funded by the Department of Health, where the aim is to make young people aware of the symptoms of the disease using the acronym PITS (Persistent lumps, Itching, Tiredness and Sweating.)

To get the message across, they have created a website, where you can log on and find out about lymphoma and also enter an online competition. Basically, they’re asking students to upload an underarm noise made by trapping air in your armpit and then the person who has the highest number of views by March 2nd 2010 will win a trip for two to Paris!

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