Focus on the Pompey Study Centre

The Pompey Study Centre has moved to a fantastic new, state of the art facility, at Fratton Park! The centre now features four computer suites, a football library and much, much more. The official opening will take place at Portsmouth Football Club, Rodney Road on Saturday 13th September 2008 at 12.00 prior to the Pompey/Middlesbrough match.

The Pompey Study Centre first opened its' doors in October 2000. It was soon established as a Playing for Success Centre as a three way partnership between Portsmouth Football Club, the DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families) and the Local Authority.

The Study Centre now offers an incredible variety of 'learning through football' opportunities with thousands of pupils having benefitted.

"Without Eduprint we wouldn't be where we are today. As well as with local schools, Eduprint has strengthened our links with Portsmouth Football Club and with the community in general . It enables us to offer extremely high quality printing solutions. Eduprint has become a fantastic revenue stream for us, and in just over a year it has completely paid for itself."
Dave Richards ~ Operations Manager Pompey Study Centre

Playing for Success is a study support operation that works in close cooperation with sporting clubs to facilitate an educational environment with a difference. In this case the PSC works with Portsmouth Football Club, the team and the management to provide an inspirational atmosphere within which the students get to meet their heroes and interact with them in a positive and motivational sequence of learning activities. The students attend over a five week period for 10 x 2 hour sessions

Experienced teaching personnel at the Pompey Study Centre use Eduprint in a variety of ways to support the centre and its activities. The unique solution has been used to provide a wide range of quality teaching materials in support of the ‘Learning through football programme’.

Students themselves use the solution to create posters, montages and a whole range of very different products all with educational value. From banners to flags, to healthy eating trump cards the centre has produced some very different and out of the ordinary resources but always with an educational bias. Kick Start Health created, through printed products, an awareness campaign for healthy eating. Resource packs are made to provide creative lesson ideas incorporating local photographs and local historical documentation as well as student worksheets

Portsmouth schools have greatly benefited from these free educational resources to support much of the National Curriculum and current themes or events happening within the city. The most recently produced sets have supported: The Global Yacht Challenge, Portsmouth Remembers World War II, Kick Start Health and the Brunel 200 Educational Resource Packs.

PSC utilise their EduPrint Centre to produce a wide variety of print projects for Portsmouth Football Club as well as the City Council and the Guildhall. Having just moved into new premises, the team are looking now to producing some innovative EduCreations to adorn the new centre.

“We don’t see it as an expense we see it as a revenue stream.”
Clare Martin ~ Pompey Study Centre Manager

See the Pompey Study Centre case study video

Seven other Study Centres throughout England are benefiting from their EduPrint Centres, they are:

• The Pilgrim Centre, Plymouth Argyle FC, Plymouth, Devon.
• Dazl, Delaware OE Centre, Cornwall.
• Coventry Rugby Study Centre, The Ricoh Arena, Coventry.
• Laticzone, Oldham Athletic FC, Berkshire.
• Reading Study Centre, Reading FC, Berkshire.
• Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Learning Zone, RLFC, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
• Warrington Wolves, PFS Centre, Warrington.

Chris Hickey, Warrington Wolves Centre Manager states "The posters, photo montages, in fact everything we produce really creates the extra 'WOW' factor, with everyone appreciating the quality and the fundamental change it has made to the standard of our work. In addition to this, the motivational aspect for the children is immense".

Welcome new EduPrint Centres

Five new EduPrint Centres will be ready, willing and very able to start the new school year with a "WOW", welcome to you all. We look forward to seeing your fantastic creations

Over the next few months we will be looking forward to hearing about the fantastic things that they achieve with their EduPrint Solutions. How would you use an EduPrint Centre? Visit the website and let us know.

Learning Links is a Hampshire based regional social enterprise and registered charity that delivers learning opportunities and training, to address issues related to social exclusion. As an Adult Education Centre, they have pioneered many innovative approaches to engage with individuals providing ‘second chance’ learning. One division of Learning Links is Spangle Jelly, a county focused recruitment website for charities, social enterprises, the voluntary and community sector and for jobs with a social focus.

EduPrint has provided the perfect solution to create Spangle Print, a sister social enterprise which generates income to support their jobsite activities. In addition to this, Spangle Print are able to produce all of Learning Links marketing material at a fraction of the price. James DeBathe Spangle Jelly/Print Project Manager states “ Priority number one was to bring all of our printing requirements in house, we have benefited significantly by reducing wastage, with improved control and responsiveness.”

Sarah Street, Spangle Print Design and Project Coordinator is involved in a number of diverse projects ranging from personalised wedding stationary to wide format artist reproduction prints, in addition to the required posters, flyers and certificates for Learning Links. The team are looking forward to moving into new premises during the Summer 08, this will give them road side exposure, greater footfall and public awareness where they will be able to fully promote their Eduprint Centre facility.

Results

• Course participants self esteem and sense of achievement is immeasurable when they not only receive their published work but are also presented with a high quality in-house certificate.
• Valuable storage space released due to the reduction of publication stockholding.
• Estimated saving to date £8,000 therefore the initial outlay will be covered by the end of the year.
• Not only are costs covered, the income generated supports the charities development.
• Greater consistency with the Corporate Image and Brand Awareness now all printing is handled centrally.
• Working with the new Aspex, Portsmouth's leading contemporary art gallery, Spangle Print has produced a series of Large Format prints and posters for ‘Ruins, Monuments and Follies’. This new commission by Nils Norman addresses Portsmouth’s urban landscape, exploring the changing nature of public space, city design, and the challenges of urban ecology.The exhibition in the gallery is accompanied by a series of poster works by the artist in bus shelters around Portsmouth and a new permanent mural for Gunwharf Quay’s pedestrian subway.

EduPrint Centre Hardware

• HP DesignJet Z2100 – 44” Large Format Printer*
• Oki C9600DN Colour Printer*
• C9600 Finisher (4 Tray)
• Finisher Punch Unit 4 Hole
• High Capacity Feeder
• EduPrint System Box with 19” Monitor*
• EduPrint Software including 1 Year Telephone Support
• Mixed Media Supplies
• Installation, Setup and Training
• A0 – Rotatrim Professional Cutter/Trimmer

* 3 Year Warranty included

To see more about Spangle Print and Spangle Jelly visit http://www.spanglejelly.org.uk/

If you would like your EduPrint Centre featured in our case studies please contact maria@laserjet.co.uk  

Happy New Year...
With your exciting summer print projects behind you, it's time to look forward and prepare for September, new beginnings, anticipation, expectation and very possibly a little bit of apprehension. Anything that can be done to make this transitional time of year flow seamlessly is worth it's weight in gold. That is where your EduPrint Centre comes in... There are a wide selection of products that you can consider to simplify orientation around a new environment, identification of key people and places plus reassuring, motivational keepsakes like, merit stickers, badges and certificates etc.

These products also present a great opportunity to gain revenue from affiliated Partners and customers.

Here are some of the 'EduCreations' (with the relevant Part Numbers) suggested by our centres.
·  Floor Standing Information Banners Sited in key areas.(Scrim-Q1898B and Q1899B 'Pop up stands' also available.)
·  Wrist Bands with essential School, Tutor Group or Pupil information.(0301100100 for 100)
·  'Two View' adhesive vinyl for topical, informative window and door signage.(Q1914A and Q1915A)
·  Personalised colour-coded stickers to denote tutor or year groups, these can also be designed to create exciting merit tokens. (Various colours available)
·  Illustrated posters, can be sited externally using large or small format outdoor paper.(Q1730A and further selections of EduPrint outdoor media)
·  Block or Wing names and colour-coded trails can be laid throughout the school helping students locate key areas using EduPrint Tuff Rugged outdoor media, UV stable, tear and water resistant.(5200000100 for 100 A4 sheets and 5050500100 for 100 A3 sheets)
·  Impress potential students and their families with a professionally produced School Prospectus. Using the prefolded brochure media, you can ensure your school's information is presented exactly how you choose and can be kept completely up to date and current. (0202100100 for 100 Pre-Creased 6 page A4 Portrait Brochure)

To see full details of all EduPrint media and accessories visit our website

If you would like to share your EduCreational ideas please contact maria@eduprint.com

EduPrint Benefits

EduPrint, is a revolutionary new print-on-demand resource that promotes the digital artists of tomorrow developing their creative, artistic and business skills while enabling schools to reduce their external printing costs.

EduPrint offers schools, colleges and study centres the ability to produce high quality professional printing on demand, saving on printing costs and eliminating wastage by bringing small print jobs in-house.