IdeasTap has launched the latest round of Ideas Fund Innovators. This scheme supports people at the beginning of their creative careers who want to take their projects to the next stage. IdeasTap offers ten awards of £1,000.  The awards are open to submissions from any creative discipline by 16 to 25-year-olds based in the UK. For details on how to apply please visit

 Go to www.artspider.org.uk/resources/other_info to get your copy.

 Compton Verney, Warwickshire (stratford district) CV35 9HZ

 27 March - 20 June 2010
 Preparations are well underway for the opening of our forthcoming exhibition of work by Francis Bacon, who is hailed as one of the most important British figurative painters of the 20th century.
 The inspiration for many of his paintings came from his interest in film and photography. This groundbreaking exhibition displays this source material alongside his paintings for the first time, allowing you to gain a unique insight into the inspiration for some of his well-known works.

 Other Event highlights 2010

Here is a preview of some of the events you can look forward to in 2010;

Easter at Compton Verney

Fri 2 – Fri 9 April

Take our Easter trail around the gallery and join in with our activities for all ages.

Spring sounds at Compton Verney

Sat 29 – Mon 31 May

Listen to live music in the galleries, join in with our creative activities for all ages and follow our storytellers as they bring our Naples collection to life.

Warwickshire Artsweek

Sat 3 – Sun 18 July

See and buy art for your home by local artists as we host Warwickshire Artsweek at Compton Verney.

Folk Art weekend

Sat 17 & Sun 18 July

Inspired by our Folk Art collection, come and celebrate folk traditions through music, dance and craft.

Summer school holidays

Tues 27 July – Sun 5 September

Our ever-popular Summerspace is back – with a great range of creative activities for all ages to enjoy.

1960’s weekend

Sat 13 & Sun 14 November

Step back in time as we celebrate the 1960’s and the finale of our three year Memories of Compton Verney project.

These images are of Lillington Youth Centre showing off their new artwork on the wall in the centre. They were designed by Tony Dixon who is a local artist who was comissioned to help out on the project. Two local Olympiads came along to welcome the new art. The whole youth centre helped out and they say that the paintings are something to aspire to and liven up the place.

Joe Malin

Hello All
On Tuesday 03/11/09 I went to see a Dance production at the Warwick Arts Centre. The production was called “Insane in the Brain”, the company who created the production are called Bounce which is a world renowned company based in Sweden. The story was a dance version on Ken Kesley’s Novel “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. The production was very good with very vibrant and exciting parts and some more dull and dark parts to the show, which made it even more interesting as you didn’t know what was going to happen next. My personal favourite part was about 1 hour and 15 minuets in to the show, where 3 of the dancers were suspended on ropes but the way they portrayed it made it look as if they were running on a flat surface and at the end of the path they were pulled back to the start, but imagine this in a vertical view so it looked like they were flying forwards and backwards. Although there were some amazing parts there were some not so good bits. One parts was when they were talking as it didn’t seem to link to the story and dragged on for too long, and another part was when a video of someone was being projected and 2 other dancers were trying to dance in sync with the projected image but they were out of time from my view.

Despite some bad parts to the show, overall it was good and I enjoyed the experience, and would recommend people to go and see any other Bounce productions.

Joe Malin

Deadline: March 2011

So far, Grassroots Grants has funded thousands of projects, from sports for the disabled to arts for older people, activities for young people, counselling services, employment programmes, food parcel services, music groups and village halls. It is these small, volunteer led groups that make a real difference to the lives of local people, and often a small amount of money can go a long way.

Applying for Grassroots Grants is quick, easy and help is available. You can apply for money until March 2011. If your group ticks all the boxes, then you could apply for a Grassroots Grant of £250 - £5000

- A not-for-profit voluntary or community group in England
- Led by volunteers
- Active in local community 12 months or more
- Average income (over three years) of less than £30,000 per year
- Works for the benefit of your local community

If you have any questions, please contact the Grassroots Grants helpline:
T: 01223 400 331
E: grassroots@cdf.org.uk

To find out about how to apply for a Grassroot Grant visit www.cdf.org.uk/web/guest/grassroots-grants

Awards for All is a simple small grants scheme making awards of between £300 and £10,000. The Awards for All programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.

Projects must meet one or more of the following outcomes:

• People have better chances in life - with better access to training and development to improve their life skills.
• Stronger communities - with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems.
• Improved rural and urban environments - which communities are better able to access and enjoy.
• Healthier and more active people and communities.

The application form is short and simple and you will find out if you are successful within six weeks.

www.awardsforall.org.uk

Area: Greater London, West Midlands and the North West
Deadline: 8 February 2010

The Access to Volunteering Fund Pilot aims to increase the number of disabled people in volunteer positions by breaking down the barriers they currently face when wanting to volunteer.

Disabled people are 9% less likely to volunteer than the rest of the population. A lack of special equipment, inappropriate premises, the extra cost of travel and the need for support workers to provide assistance often mean disabled people are prevented from volunteering.

Backed by the Office of the Third Sector, the £2million Access to Volunteering Fund will give small grants to organisations to support disabled people in realising their desire to volunteer.

The pilot will operate initially in three test areas - Greater London, West Midlands and the North West. The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is managing the grant process.

Applications to ACE Grants for the arts suspended for six weeks - posted 18.1.2010
Arts Council England have suspended applications to its Grants for the arts programme for a period of six weeks between Monday 18 January and Friday 26 February.

The temporary suspension will allow the effective introduction of the new, improved application process from 1 March 2010. For the first time artists and arts organisations will be able to apply to Grants for the arts online making the programme more widely accessible and the application process as easy as possible.

A new national Grants for the arts team, based in the Arts Council’s assessment centre in Manchester, will assess and monitor all applications. The new teams will be focused around individual artforms and will maintain close links to each region, with decisions continuing to be made within the region. This will allow the Arts Council to make funding decisions using a national framework and ensures consistent advice and assessment is given to applicants wherever they are based.

The changes will improve how the scheme works for applicants, and save almost £1.5m a year in administrative costs, which will be reinvested directly into the arts