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The Sunflowers of Southbourne 2021 video

It took me a while but here is a lovely little video from the footage I shot walking around our Southbourne community.

Growing sunflowers was to bring some colour to the area and act as a little reminder about charity. Charity organisations have all suffered too under the pandemic restrictions, which curtailed many fundraising activities.

We sourced packets of sunflowers from Lewis Manning Hospice Care and we wanted to raise some money for them via this dedicated Just Giving page. If you took part or enjoyed the flowers on your walkabout, please consider a small donation, either to Lewis Manning or your own favourite charity.

The Defence BattleLab in the Dorset Innovation Park

A lot more has been happening in the Dorset Innovation park with the Defence BattleLab being used more and more.

This is some drone footage of a recent Army Hackathon event.

Our business installed the wifi, Internet fibre and the 3 by 3 video wall too.

Full STEAM ahead, don’t just STEM the tide.

We talk about inclusivity; we say that arts and culture are important in a society but the talk of just STEM in education leaves me feeling cold. I say that as a techie that finds creativity from an art, design, writing and marketing perspective quite alien.

Even in the most technical of arenas, there is a need to convey information and concepts to a wider and unfamiliar audience, in a simple way.

Even techies love playing computer games consoles. That’s all visual, the packing is visual, the promotional material is visual and so there will be a world of creative behind that too.

We must talk about it all together. We must be multi-disciplinary in this because the real world is, even if we play just one part of it. We must be inclusive in thought and talking about STEAM shows everything is important.

Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

AI generated image of a steam boat, trains, paint brushes and technical equipment