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Welcome to our summer edition of Inspire. Just like the weather, we have some sizzling opportunities for you including our Glee Club Challenge and 15th Anniversary Anthem, not to mention the summer Finales of Step into Dance and Jack Petchey's "Speak Out" Challenge. 

So, sit back, soak up the sunshine and enjoy reading.... 

There are now less than three weeks to go until Step LIVE 2014 – the end-of-year showcase from Step into Dance. Groups from nine London-wide Borough Events have been selected to perform at Sadler's Wells on Saturday 5th July. For more details, and to book your ticket, please visit:

www.stepintodance.org

The Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge Grand Final will take place on Monday 14th July 2014 at London’s Piccadilly Theatre where 16 speakers will compete to be crowned Jack Petchey's Speak Out Challenge Champion 2014 and win a prize worth £5,000.

You can book your tickets to see the final via

www.speakoutchallenge.com

We have got a very important birthday coming up - The Jack Petchey Foundation will be celebrating its 15th year supporting young people and we want to hear from you. What ideas do you have to celebrate our 15th Birthday?

You can reply to this email or use our social media pages using the hash-tag #JPFis15

Keep an eye out for information about the Lord Mayor's Show and our Festival of Youth which will form part of our 15th Birthday Celebrations as well.

The best suggestion will win £50 

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This year Table Tennis England and Sing London are working together to launch National Table Tennis Day on Thursday 17th July 2014 and we want you to get involved by organising your own spectacular event. It could be a fancy dress competition, bat decorating or a teacher versus pupils challenge.  

If you’re stuck for ideas you can find more information online including a toolkit of templates and resources.  

www.tabletennisengland.co.uk/nationaltabletennisday

We are on the look out for a soundtrack to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Jack Petchey Foundation.

Could you write a song based on the themes of inspiration and achievement? Want a chance to record your song in a leading London Studio? Why not visit the website to find out all the details and submit your entry before Friday 11th August 2014?

Find out how to enter here

The Jack Petchey Glee Club Challenge is back and it's bigger and better than ever. Not only is there the opportunity to work with industry professionals, win a share of the £5,000 prize fund and perform in front of celebrity judges, this year's winners will have the opportunity to perform at the London Palladium in March 2015. Entries close Friday 27th June 2014

For all of the details visit: 

www.gleeclubchallenge.co.uk

The Jack Petchey Foundation is supporting Anthony Nolan’s Register & Be A Lifesaver (R&Be) programme which educates 16 to 18 year olds about bone marrow, blood and organ donation, which has inspired thousands of young people to register to help save a life. 

If you would like R&Be to visit your sixth form or college, email registerandbe@anthonynolan.org or call 0207 284 8213. For more, visit

www.anthonynolan.org/registerandbe

Subsidies of up to £500 are still available through The School Planner Company Ltd for the coming academic year.

The School Planner Company is an award-winning supplier of educational resources who work with schools to help evolve their planners into a valuable learning resource, creating the most effective planner their students could use.

For more information click here