Passing the Baton and Smoothe Mixx

 Applying creativity and Music to the Message

RAFFA are delighted to announce a sponsorship deal with Smoothe Mixx, a division of JUST COOL Intelligent Design Co, a leading-edge audio media company which produces audio technologies for improving personal development and business performance.

Smoothe Mixx has transformed the Passing the Baton Festival: inspiring peaceful, caring & enterprising neighbourhoods message into a cool mix.

UPCOMING EVENTS...

4 months to go	10/03/2012	Passing the Baton COGOP Wembley	Brent
3 months to go	14/04/2012	Passing the Baton COGOP Nechells	Birmingham

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Thanks to Gillian Revers, PTB Volunteer 

Big congrats to our first appointed Youth Ambassador. Could you be next?

High Commissioner, H.E. Anthony Johnson attended an Award Ceremony today for Dewayne Simms, our first Passing the Baton Ambassador, in Southall.

Dewayne Simms is supported by a mentor, Leslie Cooper and we have appointed him as a Passing the Baton Youth Ambassador. He is also an athlete with potential and volunteers his support for younger children:

• In 2010/2011 he was ranked 10th in the UK
• Since 2008 he has trained with the Jamaican Athletic squad for when they compete in the UK.
• He broke all running records at Greenford High School 
• Received an award for the Descendants 4th Achievement Award Ceremony

Do you think you have what it takes to become a PTB (Passing the Baton) ambassador?

Dates for your diary!!!

November: 8 months to Go

30 Reception with Luton Inspired, The Hat Factory, Luton

Mar: 4 months to Go

10 COGOP Wembley,Brent

Apr: 3 months to Go

15 COGOP Nechells, Birmingham

18 Inspire Day – 100 Days to Go

29 COGOP Chapletown, Leeds

May: 2 months to Go

11 COGOP Tubbs Rd, Harlesden, Brent

12 COGOP George St, Birmingham

19 COGOP Moss Lane East, Manchester

Jun: 1 month to Go

 2 COGOP Enfield

 9 Luton Inspired Cultural Showcase, Luton Central Library, Luton

16 National & Community Sports, Aston Manor Academy, Birmingham

23 COGOP Plaistow, Newham

30 Eastern Caribbean Festival, West London Region

July: “The Games”

14 COGOP New Southgate/Tottenham, Enfield/Haringey

21 Alpha Festival, COGOP Small Heath, Birmingham

August: “The Games”

4-5 Festival of Jamaica ( 50^th Anniversary), West London Region

11 Families for Peace Concert, Victoria SQ, Birmingham

18 COGOP Tudor Rd, Bristol

27 GOSFES, COGOP Farm St, Birmingham

September: “The Games”

 8 Passing the Baton to Brazil, COGOP Plaistow, Newham

October:

20 COGOP New Southgate/Tottenham Enfield/Haringey

28 Gospel Concert, COGOP Tubbs Rd, Harlesden, Brent

Passing the Baton announcement...

RAFFA and its host COGOP have been awarded the coveted London 2012 Inspire mark for the “Passing the Baton Festival”.

The festival aims to inspire “peaceful, caring & enterprising neighbourhoods” through various activities and events. It aims to engage and equip individuals with skills for the future.

Seb Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic

Games said: “The Inspire programme is ensuring the legacy of the 2012 Games starts now as projects like Passing the Baton are enabling people in neighbourhoods to make life changes”.

Rudi Page, CEO of RAFFA and Executive member of More Than Gold, stated “This is a very exciting achievement, we are delighted to receive this award from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), it has taken a lot of hard work and dedication to achieve this recognition. We aim to connect and inspire sustainable relationships across countries, communities, cultures and generations”.

Vision statement: “Using the power of the games to inspire change”.

London 2012… Be part of it.