Hiya all you Creative Platform2ers!
 
We want to produce a book of YOUR poetry inspired by your experiences on Platform2 and showcased alongside established names from the scene such as Charlie Dark.
 
There will be a launch in London in late September/October followed by similar events across the country where the book will be used as a tool to highlight your talent, engage new young people in development issues and generally spread the development message!

A moving video made by Platform2 returnees Mwela & Imogen after their exposure trip to Nepal.

Ctrl.Alt.Shift and Platform2 are hosting football tournaments around the UK to coincide with the World Cup being held in Africa for the first time.

STRIKE Scotland will give teams a chance to compete for the Ctrl.Alt.STRIKE trophy and bring the World Cup a bit closer to home.
 
The event will take place from midday on July 31, 2010 at Powerleague, Kennedy Street, Glasgow. G4 0PQ
 

Ctrl.Alt.Shift and Platform2 are hosting football tournaments around the UK to coincide with the World Cup being held in Africa for the first time.

STRIKE Newcastle will give teams a chance to compete for the Ctrl.Alt.STRIKE trophy and bring the World Cup a bit closer to home.
 
The event will take place from 10am on July 3, 2010 at Complete Football Centre, Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle. NE3 5HP
 

Ctrl.Alt.Shift and Platform2 are hosting football tournaments around the UK to coincide with the World Cup being held in Africa for the first time.


STRIKE Plymouth will give teams a chance to compete for the Ctrl.Alt.STRIKE trophy and bring the World Cup a bit closer to home.
 

Ctrl.Alt.Shift and Platform2 are hosting football tournaments around the UK to coincide with the World Cup being held in Africa for the first time.
 

 
STRIKE London will give teams a chance to compete for the Ctrl.Alt.STRIKE trophy and bring the World Cup a bit closer to home.
 
The event will take place from midday on June 26, 2010 at Powerleague, Pursley Road, Millhill, London. NW7 2BB

Since my last blog it has been crazy here in South Africa as everybody was getting ready for the World cup kick off. There have been concerts, dances and other things to help get ready for the world cup 2010 but enough about that. Massi has been pretty good recently by this I mean the staff are learning to accept that we are there to help them not to tell them what to do. The children that come to the centre are so grateful to have somewhere to go to after they have finished school and they know that they can have a good meal there before returning home at the end of the day.

Hey guys. I have been here just over a week now and I'm starting to miss home a bit but I'm thinking of all the children that need my help out here in South Africa. We started work on our projects and mine was a bit difficult to start off with as there was no structure to go on but as the week progressed we started to implement some things for the volunteers to carry on with after we have left the project in a few weeks time when we swap with the other 7 volunteers.

I joined Platform2 in order to gain a deeper perspective of Ghanaian culture and to view the way of life of some Ghanaians. The project was based in Kasapin which is located in the Bronafo Region in Ghana, West Africa. It is about 150km away from Kumasi, which is Ghana’s second city. The main language is Twi and English is widely spoken. I worked as a volunteer in Kasapin for ten weeks, helping to build a community centre and also working in the schools, as well as the healthcare clinics.