Cactus celebrates the European Day of Languages
Wednesday, 24th September 2008
Now it its seventh year, the European Day of Languages (EDL) is a Council of Europe initiative to celebrate language and cultural diversity - http://www.cilt.org.uk/edl/. It aims to highlight the importance of language learning and increase awareness and appreciation of all languages. Special events and celebrations are taking place at schools and organisations at 45 countries across Europe and this year more people are involved than ever before.
Cactus is lucky enough to be a sponsor of the LAFTA Awards which are being held at The British Library this week ahead of EDL. The competition was as open to young people across the UK who were asked to send in original film clips around the theme of languages. Hundreds of budding film makers entered their videos which were posted on YouTube and judged by a celebrity panel, including Eddie Izzard and Sir Trevor McDonald.
Cactus supplied a trip to Berlin for one lucky winner and Germaine Broadbent will be representing Cactus at the awards and presenting the prize. We’re delighted to be involved in this prestigious project and wish everyone celebrating EDL across the continent a fantastic day!
Tags: laftas, european day of languages, cilt
Posted by Lucy 2008-09 under
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