Small organisations could gain a new exemption from rules governing the playing of copyrighted music in public. The Intellectual Property Office is consulting on proposals to change copyright rules and smaller organisations could be exempted from paying the performing rights licence.

 More at www.ipo.gov.uk/press/press-release/press-release-2008/press-release-20080701.htm

Hi, Everyone.

I would like to introduce Vicky Fowler to you. She is a seventeen year old volunteer I have been working with recently who applied for v cash point money and was successful.

Details  from Vicky about her project are below.

Please can you support her by emailing this email to all your contacts. She is particularly looking for young people with talent to perform at her show on 11th September at the Bedworth Civic Hall. She already has a few dancers and singers, but welcomes more people at the auditions.  In particular she is looking for more male singers to duet with females to songs from the musicals.The young people can be from all areas of Warwickshire.

So if you know of a young person with a talent - get them involved - or you might know a performance group - orchestra, marching band, acting or dance group.

She also wants to invite groups of people to come and watch the show. Tickets are FREE, so if you work with a group of  people - this could be a great cheap night out. The audience can be of any age.

Read more in the Heartland Evening News http://www.hen-news.co.uk/heartlandnews/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=325324

If you know of anybody who might be interested the Senses performance group contact details are below or you can contact myself on 07778 218525 / michelle.black@nwcvs.org.uk.

Many Thanks  

Michelle Black

Volunteer Coordinator

Youth Volunteering

01827 711102 / 07778 218525

NEW!!!  reVOLve -  the vinvolved project for Nuneaton and North Warwickshire

(replacing Millennium Volunteers)

check out our website www.nwvolunteers.co.uk

Listed below are some useful websites to help you in your search for funding:

www.green-space.org.uk – gives information on various green space topics as well as a funding search facility ranging from Arts to Wildlife and a newsletter option.

www.practicalfunding.com – a practical guide to successful fundraising for schools.  Sign up to a monthly magazine, containing up-to-date and accurate information about all the sources of extra funding from which your school could benefit.

www.governmentfunding.org.uk – the site is an online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector from various Government funders.

http://www.schoolfundfinder.co.uk - sources grants from public, private, charitable and European sectors.  Try out this site if you’re looking for support for building projects, school activities, community partnerships, training, or equipment

 NEW!  A Special Update Feature is published on a monthly basis by Grantfinder – the web-based funding information database.  If you would like a copy of the latest article – ‘Engaging Volunteers – All You Need to Know’ – please send your request to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 412228.

PUBLICATIONS:

DIRECTORY of SOCIAL CHANGE

 The DSC publishes independent and well-researched books on topics relevant to the charity and voluntary sector.

You can buy books on-line by browsing the publications A-Z page of their website.  There are also numerous other publications available on-line relating to Fundraising Techniques.  If you wish to view or purchase books please click on the following link: http://www.dsc.org.uk/Publications/Fundraisingtechniques

PROMOTE and ADVERTISE your road-shows, funding briefings, workshops and other events to help local groups find and secure funding for their activities.  All you need to do is send the details of your event (what, when, where, contact info. etc) and the information may be included in future Funding Bulletins and possibly added to Warwickshire County Council’s grants and funding events webpage.

Please email the information to: regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk

FREE FUNDING SEARCHES

The Warwickshire County Council Funding & Grants Team are more than happy to carry out a GRANTFINDER SEARCH for you.  In order for the search to be successful it’s important you tell us:

• Who the applicant is
• The location/postcode of the project
• How much is required
• The purpose of the project 

The more you tell us, the more we can help you in your search for funds.

If you receive this Bulletin by post and would like information from any of the web links please send your request to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 412228.  Alternatively, if you would prefer to receive this bulletin by email please send your name and email address to regeneu@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will update our records.

GRANTS AND FUNDING WEB PAGES - keep up to date in between issues of this bulletin at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/grants

You can also carry out your own search for funds online using Grantnet …

CSWP, CCC and WCC have submitted the Coventry and Nuneaton Package Plan to Advantage West Midlands. The Coventry and Nuneaton Regeneration Zone is one just six area-based ‘packages’ in the new European Regional Development Fund Programme. The Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) Priority aims to stimulate renaissance within the Region’s most deprived urban areas through job creation and helping communities most in need. Applications for funding will be submitted to AWM once the Package Plan has been approved.

There will not be an open call for projects; rather activity will be commissioned by the partnership. For more information, see AWM’s web site or contact Janet Fortune or Matthew Epps.

CSWP has started transmissions on www.centralvision.tv, which has been set up under the ERDF funded E-Factor project to support the local economy.

CentralVision is an on-line television broadcast service that will transmit a full range of locally produced programmes.  Transmissions on a temporary test site started this month and will build to a full programme schedule on a customised website later in the summer.

A high technology HD studio is under construction within CSWP’s offices in Coventry and broadcasts will cover Warwickshire, Solihull, south Birmingham and other parts of the West Midlands.  When it is fully operational, it will transmit scheduled programmes that cover a wide range of interests and because it is web-based, viewers can either watch the main feature, or select what they want to look at.  Viewers will find news, local events, business information, community, voluntary and education programmes, features on the environment, the economy and local personalities.

Local firms will find that CentralVision gives them access to a whole new audience, and, thanks to funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) many of them will be entitled to free licenses enabling them to try out the marketing potential of CentralVision free of charge. ERDF Funding is a Programme which funds a wide range of activities which are designed to stimulate economic development, leading to new jobs.

ERDF has provided funding to allow firms to explore the potential of digital broadcast technology.  This is part of its strategy to support the regeneration of economies and communities in a specified area that covers much of Warwickshire and parts of Coventry.  CentralVision will not restrict itself only to these areas; firms in other parts of the Region can buy advertising space or hire CentralVision to make programmes for them.

For further information, please contact Lynda Pinks 024 7670 7428

Register your interest in any of these events now - email west-midlands@musicleader.net.

Training

MusicLeader West Midlands - DNA (Birmingham - 10 July)

An opportunity to discuss in depth your professional development ideas and plans with a specially trained adviser. Book now to avoid disappointment as places are limited - email us now!

MusicLeader West Midlands - Doing Music Justice

An exciting new training programme aimed at experienced music leaders who’d like to develop the skills and knowledge to work across youth justice settings. Email now to register your interest.

The Juliet Gomperts Trust is a small charity which gives financial support to artists. The Trust will support all forms of contemporary fine art practice through project funding and residencies. The Trust fund a cross section of artists: recent graduates, emerging artists and established artists. It awards between six to eight thousand pounds per year. It judges applicants on artistic merit: vision, imagination and skill.

 For further information visit www.julietgompertstrust.co.uk

Hilton in the Community Foundation -deadline: 6 May, 4 August & 28 October 2008

The Hilton in the Community Foundation wants to help as many young people as possible. Under the banner ‘Supporting Young People Worldwide’, the Foundation is dedicated to making a real difference to those most in need, wherever Hilton operates. Through targeted grant-giving, they aim to support smaller charities that might otherwise be overlooked.

The Foundation makes grants to a wide range of charities and organisations that meet one of their three chosen areas of focus: Young People – Education; Young People – Health and Disaster Relief and International Fund. Previous awards have included music activities, art materials, black curtains for a drama/performance space and the cost of sending children to drama camp. For more information go to www.hilton-foundation.org.uk or tel: 0207 605 7733.