South West College hosts BBC Blast

South West College hosts BBC Blast

South West College Enniskillen Campus hosted the BBC Blast truck last Thursday to allow students from all across the region avail of the creative network experience.  The College’s Media Department were keen to facilitate the truck as it stopped off in Enniskillen as part of its UK tour.  The BBC Blast tour has been designed to provide access to mentors both online and in free events and workshops across the UK. The truck provides opportunities for local students to showcase talent, enter competitions and get exclusive creative experiences such as work experience, it's the place for teenagers to get creative. Although, the website specifically caters for 13 to 19 year olds, the BBC Blast project also runs a variety of work experience schemes for young adults between the ages of 18 to 25, who are just taking their first steps into the creative industries. For further information log onto: www.bbc.co.uk/blast, where the Events section of the website provides the workshop schedules for the locations and also showcases the creative work made including music, films, animations, fashion, dance, poetry, radio shows, and much more.