Reward and Celebration event at the Roundhouse- 23/03/2011

Hey guys,

I thought i'd do the first post of three events (bit of a mouthful!) i attended last week.

For three years i have been volunteering for eVolve; a youth action team for Central London that promotes and encourages young people aged 16-25 to volunteer. Unfortunately, we had received news this year that our funding will be cut so we will no longer be able to continue with our project. V Central London along with Volunteer Centre Westminster hosted an event for us and other volunteers to recognise our achievements. It was held at Camden's Roundhouse, a well known venue for celeb events and a venue associated with Amy Winehouse (why this ridiculous piece of information would interest you i have no idea but hey i thought i'd chuck it in!). Johnathon Ansell (1/4 of G4, a band who auditioned for X Factor a few years ago) hosted the night and i was among some lovely people; other volunteers, volunteer advisors i had met throughout volunteering for eVolve and a very talented beatboxer by the name of Hobbit.

I had a great night; food was nice, venue was amazing, got to meet uber-handsome Mr Ansell but overall being in the company of people who have achieved so much via volunteering topped the night! Here are some pics from the night...

 (Excuse the cross eyes and double chin...late night, wasn't feeling well and i had just eaten and my hijab decided to adjust itself to make me look like Avid Merion when he does Bo' Selecta...fellow hijabi's you feel me right?)

(I did however look like this when i left my house...honest!)

After spending near 2hours trying to upload the video of Hobbit, the ever-so-talented beatboxer, and it failing, i decided to give up and this may be my last post for the night :( However, if insomnia kicks in, i'll be back with another post :(

Toodles m'lovlies,

Ellister X