The National Youth Theatre has teamed up with IdeasTap, its new online partner, to provide a valuable on-line resource for young people aged 16 and over who are interested in the creative arts.
IdeasTap is a new and innovative free service for young people, offering many opportunities to get involved on exciting creative projects, as well as sign-posting useful progression routes and information. IdeasTap now also hosts all of the National Youth Theatre opportunities and activities for young people, alongside other prestigious partners such as the Old Vic, Polka Theatre, L’Ouverture and YCTV.
Register now at www.IdeasTap.com to check out the latest information and full details for IdeasFund, as well as the many and varied opportunities, articles and information currently available. When registering, please select ‘National Youth Theatre’ when asked ‘where did you hear about us?’.
Fidelio welcomes applications for grants in support of the Arts, in particular the dramatic and operatic arts, music, speech and dance.
Institutions, colleges, Arts Festivals and other arts organisations in the United Kingdom, may seek financial support as follows:
for individuals or groups of exceptional ability, whom they have been responsible for selecting, to enable them.
to receive special tuition or coaching (e.g. in the case of musicians to attend Master Classes)
to participate in external competitions.
to be supported for a specially arranged performance.
to receive support for a special publication, musical composition or work of art
Applications from individuals or groups seeking support for themselves will not be accepted.
For full details and info on how to apply visit www.fideliocharitabletrust.org.uk
Community Voices aims to inspire, engage and support disadvantaged and isolated communities across England to get their voices heard through digital media.
Led by Media Trust, and running until March 2011, Community Voices will provide funding for 26 grassroots groups, alongside one major new initiative and a further 40 small grants for specific digital projects. Community Voices will also provide comprehensive tools and resources for communities and community organisations of all sizes to increase engagement through digital media.
Community Voices is funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).
Whether you’d like to apply for funding for a pilot project or if you are interested in becoming a media volunteer, you can get involved with the Community Voices programme by visiting www.mediatrust.org/digitalmentors/digital-mentors
Available to music projects providing music-making activities to children aged 0-18, Youth Music will be launching their new funding programme on 30 June 2009.
Grants for between £5,000 and £30,000 will be available to projects running for 6 - 24 months. The fund will be available to projects that provide structured, regular and progressive music-making activities for children and young people in support of Youth Music’s 3 goals of working with Early Years, Children and Young People in Challenging Circumstances and Encouraging Talent
To be eligible, projects will need to work with children and young people aged 0-18 years (or up to 25 if they have special educational needs, disabilities or are in detention) and children and young people will be at the heart of the decision making for all projects
The fund will support and promote innovation, partnership working and workforce development.
More: www.youthmusic.org.uk/news/new-youth-music-fund-launches-30-june.html
Ben Bradshaw, former health minister, has replaced Andy Burnham as culture secretary in a government reshuffle.
Meanwhile, Burnham, who took over the culture role from James Purnell last January, has been named as the new health secretary !!!
Hi folks
We are running a training day for youth workers and young leaders interested in developing skills
In music beat making and photoshop/ graphic skills/ video editing and DJ’ing.
Its aimed at those with very little skills and its aimed at making it as easy as possible to get up and running.
Would any of your staff or partner organisations be interested in attending such a session.
It would be 5 hours in total and would include lunch.
Obvioulsy we can only run this if we have enough intertest and therefore at this stage request that you get in touch to express your interest. Please contact me direct at the GAP as below
Many thanks
Steve McGarvey
Youth Development Manager
The GAP Community Centre
tel: 01926 494200
mob: 07886 493884
email: stevethegap@btconnect.com
Some of you will remember our article about BOYS CAN DANCE which launched our boys dance programme… right now we have Dave Mckenna ( being frank ) and Junior Cunningham inspring boys in bedworth, keresly lillington and campion youth centres in training, learning and becoming fluid movers around frames….
well you know what Boys can dance … but GIRLS CAN TOO - can you?
Are you a girl who would like to learn more about the physical training and commitment it takes to beat the boys at their own game ..? if so get on your mobiles and call us ….
We are delighted to let you know about our second annual conference on Domestic Violence and the Arts. Last year’s event was so well received (”This day has altered my life”; “The whole day was amazing”; “Inspired!; “Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic!”) we simply had to put on another!
If we are to tackle domestic violence as a society, it is crucial that we work effectively and therapeutically not only with victims and survivors but also raise awareness to all adults and children: and that means targeting all our communities and schools.
And one of the most effective ways of achieving all this is through the use of the creative arts. This essential and unique conference showcases how this can happen. We are also proud to be using Derby’s brand new art and film centre – The Quad. A great venue for what promises to be another great day.
We will have live performances of specially commissioned poetry from the brilliant John Hegley and Jo Bell; and specially commissioned music from Belinda O’Hooley (best known as the songwriter and pianist in Mercury Award nominees Rachel Unthank and the Winterset) and Heidi Tidow. Completing our performance line-up will be a drama and a screening of the award-winning film “Leaving”.
Our workshops will show you how you can use poetry, film, dramatherapy, aromatherapy, art therapy, creative writing, drama and dance with not only survivors and victims of domestic abuse (including children), but how it can help you and your colleagues develop your skills and knowledge as well. And how the arts can be used generally to raise awareness within schools and communities.
So, come to listen. Come to watch. Come to learn. And come to terms with what a dramatic difference we can all make in our work and the lives of those people who matter most: the victims, survivors and child witnesses of domestic violence.
Communities should use more empty shops as neighbourhood resources to help prevent town centres becoming magnets for crime, the government is to say. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears will announce measures to make it easier for local groups in England to turn stores into showrooms for local artists
They are expected to include £3m of funding, faster planning procedures and standard short-term leases. There will also be extra powers to allow councils to take over premises. Ms Blears will use a seminar of councils, business leaders, landlords and town centre managers to set out the measures later.
Warwickshire Youth Arts Network (WYAN) is a unique partnership of organisations that provide cultural activities for young people in Warwickshire. Read More »
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