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BUZZ - Publicity & Press

Various showcases have featured in local newspapers including the Derry Journal, the Northern Constitution, the Roe Valley Sentinel, the Londonderry Sentinel, the Coleraine Chronicle and the Foyle News.

The posters featured on Channel 9 TV in an interview with the Director of the Verbal Arts Centre, James Kerr, and the BUZZ Co-ordinator, Cynthia Browne, in the ‘Community Matters’ programme with John Thompson on 16 April ’04 (with 6 replays).

Poster Distribution

BUZZ Anti-Drugs/Alcohol/Solvents Poster Campaign

There has been a high demand for the BUZZ posters. Copies have been sent to the following organisations, centres, etc., with the list growing regularly:

Ulsterbus/Translink (inside buses, framed, and in bus stations); Counties Derry and Tyrone and on Express buses to Belfast and Dublin – Multiple Copies

TV publicity (Channel 9) with the children involved in the production of the posters covering the launch on their news programme twice on the 15th June ’04

All WELB-area Post-Primary Schools (55)
All WELB-area Full-time Youth Centres (33)
Re-Solv, Graham House, Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Rd., Belfast
City Youth Fellowship (Methodist Church)
Clooney Hall
St. Eithne’s Youth Club, Hazelbank, Derry
CHILL (Youth Counselling Service), Limavady
Drug & Alcohol Services, Gransha Park, L’Derry
“FIX-IT”, WELB Youth Services, 2A Ballyquin Road Limavady BT49 9ET
Creggan Country Park, Derry
Ego Project, Omagh, 12B Foundry Lane, Omagh
Health Promotion Agency, Gransha Park, Derry
Health Promotion Agency, Headquarters, Belfast
AESOP / Strabane Youth Association, Melvin Hall, Strabane, Co. Tyrone BT82 9AE
Opportunity Youth, Strand Road, Derry – through “Opportunity Youth”, the posters were displayed at BBC’s “One Big Weekend” Concerts, 23rd and 24th April ’04 at Prehen, L’Derry
I-DARE, The Arc Health Living Centre, 116 – 122 Sallyswood, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh BT94 1HQ
Drugs Strategy Team, Old Library Trust, Central Drive, Creggan, Derry, BT48 9QG
Strabane Drugs Community Project,
Surestart, The Family Centre, 2 Melmount Rd., Strabane,
“Get It Right”, 5 John Friel Place, Ballymagroarty,
Community Drugs Awareness Office, Northside Shopping Centre, Glengallaigh Road,
Drugs Awareness, C.N.P., Cornbeef Tin, Central Drive, Creggan,
HURT, 13a, Queen Street, Derry,
Brandywell Health Forum, Gasyard Centre, Lecky Road, Derry,
The Y-Zone, Letterkenny Christian Fellowship, 88 Lower Main Street, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal,
LEAP Building, 111 Irish Green Street, Limavady,
The Balor Theatre, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal,
Limavady Borough Council have placed the posters in the following list of premises throughout the Borough:
Council Offices, Connell Street, Limavady
Library, Connell Street, Limavady
Library, Main Street, Dungiven
Benone Tourist Complex, Benone
Dungiven Health Centre, Dungiven
Dry Arch Centre, Glenshane Business Park, Dungiven
Roe Valley Leisure Centre, Limavady
Roe Valley Community Centre, Keady Way, Limavady
Vale Centre, Clooney Road, Greysteel
Limavady Community Development Initiative (LCDI) Hospital Lane, Limavady
SHED, Sheffield
DARE2bDIFFERENT, The Pioneer’s Group, Toomebridge
NWCS Training, Liverpool
The Portman Group, London

Participating Schools

BUZZ Resources

Futurations
Spike Awareness Cards
Yes or No video
Alcohol/Drug Awareness Posters
Wasted Exhibition
Poetry Anthology
Script Anthology

Publicity & Press

Poster Distribution
NICVA Link Awards
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