as expected, no reply from the passage today. so i gave it a few hours and then forwarded the email to another centre and within half an hour had a positive response. hurrah!
here's the correspondance:
Hi there,
I'm an art student studying foundation graphics at Camberwell College Of Art in South London. I'm currently researching and preparing for a final self-directed project which is assessed for the whole course's grade. After much research into current social issues I have decided to produce a series of short documentary films which as a collection give an insight into the lives of london's rough sleepers and homeless. By doing this I hope to make the audience take note of the issue of homelessness and pay much more respect to the unfortunate people who experience it. I am writing to you because after speaking to a number of homeless people on the streets of London, they recommended I try the 999 club because it offers the opportunity to speak to lots of homeless people in a friendly environment. I'd like to know about the possibility of getting your consent to meet and talk to people at the day centre for a number of weeks, with a view to asking some if I could make films about them. I understand that a degree of sensitivity and tact is needed when approaching this issue and I would never knowingly offend or upset any of your visitors.
I am grateful you have taken the time to read this, and I look forward to your response,
Yours sincerely,
Elliot Hay
I'm an art student studying foundation graphics at Camberwell College Of Art in South London. I'm currently researching and preparing for a final self-directed project which is assessed for the whole course's grade. After much research into current social issues I have decided to produce a series of short documentary films which as a collection give an insight into the lives of london's rough sleepers and homeless. By doing this I hope to make the audience take note of the issue of homelessness and pay much more respect to the unfortunate people who experience it. I am writing to you because after speaking to a number of homeless people on the streets of London, they recommended I try the 999 club because it offers the opportunity to speak to lots of homeless people in a friendly environment. I'd like to know about the possibility of getting your consent to meet and talk to people at the day centre for a number of weeks, with a view to asking some if I could make films about them. I understand that a degree of sensitivity and tact is needed when approaching this issue and I would never knowingly offend or upset any of your visitors.
I am grateful you have taken the time to read this, and I look forward to your response,
Yours sincerely,
Elliot Hay
Dear Elliot,
Thank you for your email, very interesting.
Here's the deal, come and see us. Send me a time when you can call byMon-Fri 10-5. We'll meet, see if you can fit in, probably can; but wesometimes have a disaster with that. Then you are very welcome.
What we would like in return is to be able to use some of your images inour own publicity.
Yours ever R
Thank you for your email, very interesting.
Here's the deal, come and see us. Send me a time when you can call byMon-Fri 10-5. We'll meet, see if you can fit in, probably can; but wesometimes have a disaster with that. Then you are very welcome.
What we would like in return is to be able to use some of your images inour own publicity.
Yours ever R
R,
It's so great to hear back from you, I've emailed a few day centres so far and you're the first to actually take the time to reply! This is really good news, I live in Charlton so I can come by any day, any time. I have 4 weeks left to get this done, so the sooner the better, I could even set off right now if convenient. If not, then tomorrow morning or afternoon, whichever is best for you. It would actually be an incredible privilege if you were to use my work for your own publicity, and I would be happy to work through some sort of compromise with you so we can produce something mutually beneficial.
Thanks again for replying,
Yours sincerely,
Elliot
It's so great to hear back from you, I've emailed a few day centres so far and you're the first to actually take the time to reply! This is really good news, I live in Charlton so I can come by any day, any time. I have 4 weeks left to get this done, so the sooner the better, I could even set off right now if convenient. If not, then tomorrow morning or afternoon, whichever is best for you. It would actually be an incredible privilege if you were to use my work for your own publicity, and I would be happy to work through some sort of compromise with you so we can produce something mutually beneficial.
Thanks again for replying,
Yours sincerely,
Elliot
Dear Elliot
Come at 10am tomorrow morning. We can all be paying attention at that point. There is a slight danger you may have to stick around I can see we are seeing Medicins du Monde tomorrow but I am unclear at what timethat is.
We are at SE... but you have probably already located us.
See you then , R
Come at 10am tomorrow morning. We can all be paying attention at that point. There is a slight danger you may have to stick around I can see we are seeing Medicins du Monde tomorrow but I am unclear at what timethat is.
We are at SE... but you have probably already located us.
See you then , R
so yeah, i'm gonna head over to the centre tomorrow and pitch my ideas to the guys there and if all goes well i should be visiting the centre every day for the next few weeks. its actually great that these guys replied too, its the 999 Club, and they have three centres all within close proximity to where i live. and they also have close links with goldsmiths students so theres a chance i could be able to get chatting to some of them and see what they think about my concept.
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