The day was a huge success! Voice Against Violence welcomed around 200 people to the Vue cinema in Edinburgh on the 29th November 2011 for the VAV movie premiere and our version of Question Time. The audience was a mix of ages and children and young people got to grill the people in power for answers on what was important to them.
The premiere of ‘One Voice at a Time’ was a massive success. Everyone seemed to enjoy the film and took different messages away from it. It was given a round of applause and a few cheers by our enthusiastic audience. We couldn’t have been prouder.
The VAV survey was also promoted and it’s findings were broken down and shared with the crowd.
Our panel was made up of Nicola Sturgeon MSP (the Deputy First Minister of Scotland) Cllr Harry McGuigan (CoSLA Spokesperson on Community Well-being and Safety) and Tam Baillie (Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People). Children and young people in the crowd as well as adults got the chance to put questions to our panel and hear their answers there and then! The biggest announcement came from Ms. Sturgeon who publicly announced the continuation of a fund for specialist domestic abuse children’s workers for a further 3 years!
But of course no movie premiere would be a success with out hotdogs, fizzy drinks, ice cream and popcorn. Everyone got a chance to mingle under the balloon arch and take home a copy of the DVD and Survey.
It was a great day and enjoyed by all who came. We just can’t believe we were also celebrating our 2 year anniversary as Voice Against Violence.
Time certainly flies when you are having fun and here is a photo of us dressed to impress!
