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Hi I am Alan Wallace and the Event Manager for Breakout 2008 which looks to be very different but very exciting. Mike Steve and I were at Cliff last week and have looked at many and varied ways of catering, where people can camp, and where all the good muisc, activities and chill out areas can be, which no doubt the Programming team will change but you have to start somewhere.

As Affinity has been working with Breakout now for a number of years mainly in venues it will be good to stage Breakout at Cliff which will have both indoor and outside arenas which will add a great deal of challenge, excitement, and hopefully not too much mud.

As we start the planning in earnest now keep popping back to the site here and see what is happening.

See you all in July 2008, just 13 months to go!!!!!!

Hi, Well this is my first ever blog…

I thought it was time that I updated you on some of the current work that the MAYC staff are involved in for Breakout. This Wednesday (13th) is very important as Steve, Rob, Alan and myself will be visiting Cliff to try to agree (hammer out) the final arrangements and prices for catering.  This will allow us to set the final budget that in turn should enable us to agree the final ticket prices for the event…. (Confession time…. it’s because I’m seeing Rob on Wednesday that I thought I ought to try to post a blog!)

I have also passed the text for the theological statement to my Coordinating Secretary for final approval.  I expect that this will be agreed this week and able to be posted on the main web site.

Another imminent meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday).  I shall be meeting with staff from the Department for Education and Skills in Sheffield and will get an idea as to whether we can apply for funding for the work of MAYC and particularly Breakout from April 2008.  If we can it may be possible to subsidise tickets prices further…

We are also busily preparing for the Methodist Conference… in fact this is pretty much dominating our work.  As well as responding to the proposed changes to MAYC, we will be supporting the Youth Participation Strategy, launching a new version of Step by Step - the good practice guide for youth work - (the new edition has an amazing name… Step by Step 2 - impressive eh?), oh and we will also be promoting Breakout at every opportunity!

Well I’m sure Rob will be suitably impressed with this now…. so TTFN 

Mike Seaton

Hello, I’m Michael Green and I am part of the Interactivity Team for Breakout.  I’m not going to give away any secrets yet but we have got some great sports / activities in the pipeline, things that we hope will give you completely new experiences at Breakout.

 Anyway, a bit about me, I live in Norfolk (And NO ! I’ts not Flat !) although it does always seem to be a long way from anywhere else in the country.  I travel the country getting people all excited about fruit and veg and bread for a supermarket - sounds exciting I know ! 

 Right, well that will do for now, remember to pop back every now and then to see how the planning is going, bye for now !