This summer on Saturday 13 August
2011, families are being invited to submit a diary of the fun they had that
day – to be held in an online time capsule for future generations. It
is one of many summer activities planned as part of Change4Life's Really Big
Summer Adventure, to inspire families so they pursue a healthier lifestyle and
encourage children to get the 60 minutes of activity they need each day. The diaries can feature pictures as well as words and can cover all sorts of activities, from a day in the park to a summer disco. or a visit to a zoo. The idea is to record the active fun the nation is having so that it forms a snapshot of what people in Britain were doing that day. You are invited to email a diary of up to 300 words to summerdiary@dh.gsi.gov.uk or search Change4Life Summer Zone online for details. The diary can be emailed up to a week after the 13 August, but the diary entry must be for that day.
A selection of the diaries submitted by families and children will be posted online – as part of the Mass Observation Online Community project – for the public to view for five years. It will then form part of the permanent Mass Observation Archive collection, housed in the University of Sussex library. The Archive is used by historians, writers, academics, students and members of the public interested in researching everyday life in the past.
