Warwickshire County Council are giving away 125 recycled computers free to

community or voluntary organisations, including Town and Parish Councils, within

Warwickshire.

The Computers are four years old and each computer package will consist of a Dell

Gx260 desktop computer, with a Pentium 4 2.26 GHz processor and 256Mb Memory. It

will include a monitor, keyboard and mouse, a starter package put together by

Warwickshire County Council comprising of a number of license free programmes

including Open Office 2.0 software. Modems are also available if required. There will also

be an anti-virus software and a firewall or instruction as to how the user can get them free

of charge from the internet. A 3-month warranty is offered with each computer.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Locally based community or voluntary organisations, including Town and Parish Councils.

Small-scale groups who have little or no IT equipment, and can show how it will be used

to grow their organisation.

To download an application form and guidance notes, please visit the WCC website at:

www.warwickshire.gov.uk/freecomputers. If you would like further information please

email: communitycomputers@warwickshire.gov.uk or call: 01926 412020

8th November 2008 until 22nd February 2009

An Act of Life

A short film written and directed by Vanessa Oakes

Filmmaker Dom Breadmore

A response to the search for a lasting memorial to the millions of people who died during WW1 - written for an ensemble cast of 21 young people from King Edward VI College, Nuneaton.  

In An Act of Life the dead are present as part of the contemporary landscape. As generations move forward the meaning of traditional memorials inevitably changes. What doesn’t change is the presence of the living memorials all around us. The performing arts students in this film are all living memorials to the millions of young people who lost their lives.

 Commissioned by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council as part of the Fit for Heroes exhibition at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery -

funded by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and The Big Lottery.

Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery

Riversley Park

Nuneaton

CV11 5TU

Admission Free

Tuesday - Saturday  & Bank Holidays

10.30am - 4.30pm

Sunday

2pm - 4.30pm

For further information call 024 7635 0720  

Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. They award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.

• You can apply at any time

• The application form is short and simple

• You will be told if you are successful or not within eight weeks

www.awardsforall.org.uk/england/index.html

The Batty Charitable Trust (BCT) is a grant making Trust. Its income is derived from gifts made by the Estate of the late Christina Batty (otherwise known as Christina Foyle). The BCT will generally support smaller charities in the UK and especially those working at grass roots and local community level. They normally award one year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to charities which can demonstrate that such a grant will make a significant difference to their work.

There are no deadlines for submission and applications will be received throughout the year. For details on how to apply visit www.battycharitabletrust.org.uk or tel: 0207 405 0225.

The Irish Youth Foundation supports organisations in the UK that work to improve the lives of Irish children and young people with grants of between £500 and £25,000. Activities supported include employment and training schemes, help for young offenders, educational, social and cultural acivities. Projects funded in the past include promoting Gaelic Games to socially deprived young people in the West Midlands, promoting play and youth provision for young Irish travellers and supporting Irish Arts and Education programmes, etc.

The closing date for funding in 2009 is 5th December 2008.

www.iyf.org.uk/grants.html

The next deadline for BBC Children in Need is 15 January 2009, with grant decisions and notifications expected in late April. The new grant application form and guidance will be available from 17 October 2008 via its website. You can also sign up through the website for an email alert which will notify you when the new grant materials are available.

Visit the BBC Children in Need website at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/charity/grants.shtmlor email pudsey@bbc.co.uk for more information.

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust is seeking applications to the second round of its 2008 grant programme to support organisations throughout the UK and overseas for work in Music and the Arts or Overseas projects. Once this application round is over the priority changes for 2009 to organisations involved in community projects or disability-related work. Grants are generally for between £1000 and £10,000.

The final closing date for Music and the Arts or Overseas projects is 1 November. Community or disability-related projects will first be considered after a closing date of 1 June 2009, with a second closing date of 1 November 2009.

For more information, visit

www.austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk

In September Warwickshire schools and youth groups visited the “We Were There” exhibition in Leamington. The exhibition explored the involvement of BME communities in the forces….

Some of the young people from Campion were so moved by the exhibiiton they were inspired to write …here is their poem …

I am dual

nationality

I wonder why they don’t understand

I hear those

calling names

I see them

laughing

I want to be accepted

I am able to laugh now

I pretend it never happen

I feel older,

wiser,

and stronger

I worry about their

naivety

I cry no more

I am just an ordinary girl

I understand they were ignorant

I dream about the future

I try to

stand up for others

I hope they understand now

I will be proud

of who I am

I am ME!

 Are you inspired to write a piece of poetry, short story or a lyric … if so send in your poems via comments… we’d love to hear them too so MP3 welcome !

(To make a comment Click on the title box and look at the bottom of the blog … there will be a comments box there for you to fill )

On the 19th September 2008,  19 arts advisers were created in Warwickshire - they came from all over the county and from variety of different organisations. Over the next 6 months they will be working with young people to help them achieve an arts award  … to find out what they do watch this space

If you are interested in arts award and would like to know more about the Warwickshire pilot contact Clare Mitchell at claremitchell@warwickshire.gov.uk

Live in Warwick district ?

Got an opinion about the arts?

Wanna make your point heard ?

We are currently recruiting a group of young people from the area to visit appropriate arts related venues and events and then write a review of their experiences; is it suitable for young people? Is it affordable? Are the staff helpful/friendly?

We will visit exhibitions, museums, theatre plays and more, as a group and then tell the world what you think….THERE IS NO COST INVOLVED FOR PARTICIPANTS!!

We are having our first meeting on Monday 3rd November at WAYC HQ in Leamington at 6.30pm - if you would like to get involved or want more information then please get in touch:

contact Lee Atkins lee.atkins@wayc.org.uk or call (01926) 450156

More to follow…