MYAN e-newsletter: September 2009
- Changes to Grants for the Arts
- Creative Learning must take Lessons from the Past
- MYAN members on Flickr
- NDotM Pop-Up Centres
- U.Dance
- Contact Young Tech Team
- Future Jobs Fund
- MyVoice Bursaries
- Arts Award Access Fund
- Youth Music Open Programme
- Supporting Young Creativity in Yorkshire
- Unlocking the talent of children & young people conference
- Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit seminar
- Evaluating Youth Arts Projects
- Social Media Marketing
- Keeping Children and Vulnerable Adults Safe
News
Changes to Grants for the Arts
In March 2010, applications to Grants for the arts will begin to be managed from the Grants for the arts centre in Manchester, and from 1 March 2010 applications can be submitted online.
The new Grants for the arts centre will be staffed by highly skilled arts specialists who have a strong knowledge of the arts and close relationships with regional offices.
Online applications are a major step forward in making Grants for the arts more widely accessible and application as easy as possible. This will be a simple, user-friendly process that will help applicants complete the information we need.
The online system will be launched in time for the first applications to be submitted online from the 1st March 2010.
We are also simplifying the information we require for applications of £10,000 or less. Applicants will be asked for a shorter proposal which will mean that we can give them a decision in six weeks.
We will be suspending new applications to Grants for the arts between Monday 18 January & Friday 26 February to ensure that the transition from one way of working to the other is as efficient and seamless as possible.
Decisions will continue to be made throughout the transition period and, so we can assess all applications in good time, applicants may want to submit earlier or later than they were planning to. Applicants for £10,000 or less may find it is better to submit their applications later and get a quicker decision using the online process.
More information about the improvements to Grants for the Arts is available on the ACE website www.artscouncil.org.uk/grantsfortheartschanges
Creative Learning must take Lessons from the Past
The education sector must understand the diversity of young people’s own cultural experiences and also reflect on historical good practice if creative learning is to achieve a lasting impact in schools. This is according to a new report from Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), authored by Ken Jones, entitled Culture and Creative Learning: A Literature Review, which offers an historical and theoretical overview of the idea of culture as it has permeated policy-making, debate and teaching practice. CCE is the new national organisation which aims to transform lives by harnessing the potential of creative learning and cultural opportunity.
Culture and Creative Learning: A Literature Review and other research monographs can be downloaded from https://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/research-impact/literature-reviews
MYAN members on Flickr
MYAN has initiated a new Youth Arts Flickr group. If you have any photos or film clips of youth arts activity that you would like to share simply open a free Flickr account and join the group. Flickr allows you to upload up to 2 videos & 100MB worth of photos (maximum 200 images in total) each calendar month.
Events & projects
NDotM Pop-Up Centres
NDotM Pop-Up Centres will re-open some of the UK’s thousands of abandoned commercial properties and convert these spaces into cultural and artistic spaces.
The Centres will allow professionals from a diverse set of creative backgrounds to work and mentor the next generation of young creatives, who otherwise might be lost altogether.
In addition to providing workspace and mentoring, NDotM Pop-Up Centres will provide employment and business advice for young innovators and creative people, in partnership with Job Centre Plus, Connexions and university careers services. Additional uses of the space will include a retail store that will exhibit the wares of the artists working at the centre, as well as draw in local foot traffic. Finally, rehearsal and performance spaces will be available for hire.
To find out more visit the New Deal of the Mind website
U.Dance
U.Dance is the national programme which aims to give every child and young person in England the opportunity to take part in a dance performance each year.
U.Dance currently has over 36,000 children and young people from over 1,000 schools, taking part in over 185 dance performances across the country.
Sign up now to be part of the growing number of U.Dance performances promoted as part of the programme and you’ll also receive advice & support around creating your own dance performance.
And don’t forget U.Dance England 2010, U.Dance’s exciting national dance performance event taking place in Birmingham in July 2010. Applications are now open – go to the U.Dance website to apply. For more information contact Youth Dance England on 020 7940 9800 or email u.dance@yde.org.uk
Contact Young Tech Team
Ever wondered what makes Contact switched on? How a show is lit or how sound is controlled?
Contact Young Tech Team is the sister company of Contact Young Actors Company and offers young people interested in technical theatre and production the opportunity to be taught by Contact’s own professional technicians.
Members of CYTT will work towards assisting on a professional production at the end of each season.
Every Monday, 7-9pm between 26 Oct & 30 Nov ‘09.
Call 0161 274 0625 to book a place.
Visit the Contact website for more info.
Funding & other opportunities
Future Jobs Fund
The Future Jobs Fund was announced in the Government’s 2009 Budget with the money to be spent between October 2009 & March 2011. As the Future Jobs Fund is a challenge fund, not all organisations that submit bids will be successful. The fund is run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in partnership with the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and with input from Jobcentre Plus Regional Government Offices in England and Devolved Administrations in Scotland and Wales.
The Fund aims to create 150,000 additional jobs, primarily aimed at 18-24 year olds who have been out of work for nearly a year to deliver real benefits to communities. The Future Jobs Fund is a part of the Young Person’s Guarantee. From early 2010, everyone in between the ages of 18 and 24 who has been looking for work for a year will get an offer of a job, work experience, or training lasting at least 6 months. We are specifically targeting 50,000 jobs in unemployment hotspots and expect around 10,000 of the 150,000 jobs created to be green jobs.
Bids should be submitted to the Future Jobs Fund email inbox by the last working day of each month. Bids will then be assessed in monthly batches with bidders notified of the final decision within 6 weeks.
The assessment process began in May 2009 continues on a rolling month-by-month basis. Bidders should expect to find out whether they will receive funding within 6 weeks of the monthly cut off.
For more information, guidance notes and application form visit the Department for Work and Pensions website.
MyVoice Bursaries
Are you an aspiring writer, journalist, poet or playwright? Have you got what it takes to write about the global issues of our time?
There are 9 MyVoice Bursaries available to applicants aged between 13 & 19.
You must live in either Birmingham, Blackburn (Darwen & Pendle), Bradford, Leicester, Luton, Manchester & Oldham, Slough, Tower Hamlets or Waltham Forest to apply.
Only your own original work is eligible to be entered for an award. You’ll need a referee (e.g. a teacher, youth worker, librarian etc) to support your application.
The Bursary runs from Oct ‘09 through to Jan ‘10. If you’re shortlisted for a MyVoice bursary we’ll be in touch with you and your referee by Mon 12 Oct.
Winners of the Bursaries will be invited to a ‘Welcome to MyVoice’ session at their local library in October half term break.
Any questions? Contact myvoice@groupthing.org
Deadline for applications: Mon 5 Oct ‘09.
Arts Award Access Fund
The Arts Award Access Fund provides small grants to support young people to experience professional arts while working towards their Arts Award.
Grants of up to £500 are awarded three times a year, maximum £500 per calendar year.
The first round of 2010 opens for applications on 28 Oct ‘09. Visit www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=1975 to download the information sheet outlining what the grant can be used for, and the current funding priorities.
For more information email accessfund@artsaward.org.uk or ring 0207 820 6178.
Youth Music Open Programme
The Youth Music Open Programme is available for organisations wishing to apply for grants of £5,000 to £30,000.
Our Open Programme targets nearly £2m of Youth Music’s funding towards projects that support our goals of:
- Early Years – advancing the learning and development of all children in their early years (0-5) by aiming to ensure universal access to high quality music making in England
- Challenging Circumstances* – improving the life chances of children and young people in the most challenging circumstances by supporting them to achieve their full potential through engagement and progression in music making
- Encouraging Talent and Potential – realising the musical talent and potential of children and young people by ensuring opportunity for all to develop their talent regardless of background or chosen genre
Application is online. For information on eligibility, guidance and to apply visit the Youth Music website.
*Challenging Circumstances
Children & young people in challenging circumstances are those who are marginalised by society, vulnerable, often hard to reach and who have the fewest opportunities. Examples could include young people who are carers, young parents, looked after children & young people, those at risk of offending or young offenders, children & young people with disabilities or long-term ill health. This is not an exhaustive list by any means and we would ask that you make clear to us the case for how the children & young people you are proposing to work with are in particularly challenging circumstances.
Conferences & meetings
Supporting Young Creativity in Yorkshire
Wed 21 Oct ‘09, 9:30am-4:15pm, Leeds City Museum.
A free one-day conference with Find Your Talent, Leeds and English National Youth Arts Network.
Are you aware of all the recent developments and new opportunities on offer through the current Find Your Talent programme?
Looking for updates on initiatives, funding and ways to get involved?
Want specialist briefings on best practice approaches to safeguarding, recruitment and partnership working?
Find Your Talent, Leeds has teamed up with ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network) to deliver this free one day event which will bring you right up to date with a whole range of current issues facing cultural and youth sector professionals.
For anyone working to support young people’s engagement, this conference promises to be an effective use of your time without being a drain on your pocket. A full and varied programme will include presentations from key cultural sector representatives, breakout sessions, funding surgeries and networking activities. We also want to ensure that you are given the opportunity to discuss issues affecting the sector, pressures and priorities. Your input will help shape the Find Your Talent programme and help ENYAN respond to needs affecting the wider youth arts sector.
The event will take place in the stunning surroundings of Leeds City Museum’s Arena space, with some breakout sessions held in the adjacent Carriageworks theatre.
To book, visit the ENYAN conference booking page
This event is funded by Find Your Talent with additional support from Mediabox.
Unlocking the talent of children & young people conference
Tue 13 Oct ‘09, Barbican Centre, London EC2
Evaluations of Creative Partnerships and other major programmes, such as Museums Strategic Commissioning, have shown that culture can help young people achieve all of the Every Child Matters outcomes: being healthy, staying safe, enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving economic well-being.
However, the number of young people not in education, employment or training is a worrying indication that the UK faces a future talent deficit. In order to combat this, enterprise and leadership skills must be encouraged both in and out of the classroom.
This conference will look at the successes and lessons learned from initiatives such as Find Your Talent, as well as introducing new programmes from government and community organisations designed to unlock the talent of children and young people.
Register online today at www.neilstewartassociates.com/kd177
Training
Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit seminar
5 Oct ‘09, Museum of Science and Industry
The Living Places Culture and Sport Planning Toolkit (CSPT) is an essential source of information & advice for all practitioners involved in culture and planning. It provides practical guidance to incorporate planning for culture and sport into new and existing developments. It aims to:
- Help planning and culture professionals find information on how to integrate planning for culture and sport into their existing infrastructure
- Develop a greater consistency in how planning authorities assess the need for culture and sport and build this into their plans
- Build and share a body of knowledge about the best approaches to planning for cultural and sporting infrastructure
From Oct ‘09, in every region in England, culture and sports policy professionals and local and regional planners will come together for the first time to learn together how to ensure that leisure, arts & heritage provision can be built into regeneration and development plans.
The Manchester event will be chaired by a regional expert in culture & sports planning, and will feature a high-profile keynote speaker with a track record in implementing strategies for improving local areas. The session will present a mix of case studies and practical guidance on how to use the toolkit and other related resources.
This free continuing professional development event will provide the opportunity to share ideas & experiences and encourage the development of local & regional networks to sustain improved practice across regions.
To book, download a copy of the brochure & booking form from the Town and Country Planning website.
To find our more please contact Michael McLean on michael.mclean@tcpa.org.uk
Evaluating Youth Arts Projects
22 Oct ‘09, 10am-4.15 pm, Cornerhouse
This 1-day course explores the benefits of meaningful evaluation of youth arts projects. Beginning by addressing preconceptions around evaluation (constructive exercise or chore?) the course will progress to examine methodologies, structured approaches and case studies using a series of collaborative exercises and tutor led presentations. Informative and practical this course will help you develop your own individual approach to creative evaluation and the confidence you need to engage with evaluating youth arts projects.
For full course information & to request a booking form, please contact the Artsplan Team on artsplanbookings@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682 535.
Social Media Marketing
7 Oct ‘09, 9:30am-4:30pm, Imperial War Museum North
This course is part of the new DART training programme , which is only for artists & arts workers in Greater Manchester.
In this 1-day session, you’ll learn how you can take advantage of a broad range of free & low cost social media marketing tools. Learn how they can be used as part of your audience/customer base development strategy, see practical examples of these tools in action, discuss what these technologies mean, good or bad, for your organisation.
Who’s it for?
This course is designed for sole trader artists, arts workers and organisations who want to expand their online presence.
Outline
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Skype, blogs, podcasts, SecondLife, Messenger & mashups – your potential customers/audiences are using the internet in new and dramatic ways… the social internet is putting control into their hands, giving them new ways of communicating, new ways of learning, new ways of exploring.
Your business needs strategies and methods of connecting with this highly media-savvy audience.
Come along to this session, and you’ll learn how to:
- Use a range of online communication platforms simply and effectively
- Develop an effective communication styles for this new medium
- Engage with your audiences in a meaningful and productive way
- Implement online tools to collaborate and develop new ideas
- Plan for the introduction of these new tools into your marketing mix
At the end of the day, participants will understand the purpose & value of a range of social media, be aware of which ones are appropriate to their own business and be ready to use them to best advantage.
To enquire about attending visit the Arts & Media website
Keeping Children and Vulnerable Adults Safe
14 Oct ‘09, 9:30am-4:45pm, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
This course is also part of the new DART training programme , which is only for artists & arts workers in Greater Manchester.
Who’s it for?
This course is suitable for individual artists, workers in arts organisations and local authority Arts Officers – anyone who has a responsibility for arts provision for children and/or vulnerable groups, from visual arts workshops to music festivals to arts and heritage venues.
Outline
Using a range of techniques and a participatory style, the course will cover:
- The legislation & guidance
- The new provisions under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act
- The practicalities of interacting with children
- Your environment
- The public’s perception
- CRB & ISA disclosures
- Freelancers, facilitators & volunteers
- Examining job descriptions and remits
- What to do in case of a problem
- Producing your policy & your guidelines
At the end of the day, participants will be clear about how to manage the demands of relevant legislation to meet the particular needs of their service/organisation, and have confidence that they will be able to do as much as possible to keep children, vulnerable groups, staff & volunteers as safe as possible.
To enquire about attending visit the Arts & Media website
Mini Mediabox funding available
Mediabox has opened its Mini Mediabox strand.
Mini Mediabox is for grassroots & community organisations with an annual turnover of less than £100,000. This is an entry-level grant with a quick and easy application process, designed to enable smaller organisations to access funding for their youth-led projects.
Mini Mediabox accepts applications for grants between £1,000 & £5,000, with up to 10% on capital. Applications with incorrect budgets will be rejected.
Work must be devised and led by disadvantaged young people throughout.
We need to receive a hard copy of your application along with all relevant supporting documentation within ten days of your application, otherwise it will be rejected.
This strand has a rolling deadline
For more information, visit www.media-box.co.uk/about/what-is-mediabox
Mid Mediabox funding available
Mediabox has opened its Mid Mediabox strand.
A mid-level grant open to established youth organisations that may or may not have delivered media projects in the past. This grant can be used to develop a new creative idea and/or to promote a completed youth-led media project to a wider audience.
Mid Mediabox only accepts applications for grants between £5,000 and £20,000, with up to 10% on capital. Please note applications with incorrect budgets will be rejected.
Work must be devised and led by disadvantaged young people throughout.
Mid Mediabox is run in partnership by the DCSF and Communities and Local Government to support the agenda for cohesive and integrated communities.
Deadline: deadline is 2.00pm on Thursday 22nd October 2009.
For more information, visit www.media-box.co.uk/about/what-is-mediabox
Mix Mediabox funding now available
Mediabox has opened its Mix Mediabox strand.
Mix Mediabox enables organisations to apply for grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 for youth-led media projects that explore the theme of community cohesion.
Mix Mediabox is run in partnership by the DCSF and Communities and Local Government to support the agenda for cohesive and integrated communities.
Deadline: 2pm, Mon 21 Sept ‘09
For more information, visit www.media-box.co.uk/about/what-is-mediabox
National Young Filmmakers’ Award: Call for entries
The National Young Filmmakers’ Award (NYFA) returns for its 7th year showcasing the best new filmmaking talent in the UK and the organisers are looking for the best short films from the movie geniuses of the future.
Films can be of any type (fiction, documentary or animation) and any genre (horror, comedy, drama, sci-fi, fantasy, etc) as long as they’re under 10 minutes and have been made in the last year.
All shortlisted films will be screened at a special event in the 2010 Leeds Young People’s Film Festival in front of a panel of industry specialists including filmmakers, producers, journalists and funders. The winning films in each age group will receive a £250 cash prize towards their next project.
The competition is open to any young filmmakers up to age 19, so if you’ve made a short film (either on your own, at school or with an organisation) then enter it now. For more information and to download an application form, visit www.leedsyoungfilm.co.uk
Deadline: 18 December 2009
Offstage Choices Careers Event
From October – December, the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills will be holding the first of their interactive Offstage Choices careers events across the country.
These events will be held at Industry Member venues and will be linked with the NSA’s Founder Colleges. Offstage Choices will offer young people aged 13+ the opportunity to get a taste of the roles available behind the stage in technical theatre and live events.
There will be an Offstage Choices event at Liverpool Community College & Liverpool Empire on Thur 5 Nov ‘09.
At each event the NSA team will be hosting a reception for all parties interested in the NSA.
If you would like more information on Offstage Choices and how to get involved, please email nsa@ccskills.org.uk
£10,000 available for Manchester’s creative talent
Got a great idea for an exhibition, a gig, a club night or project?
Got the contacts you need to make it happen?
Just need a little helping hand?
Then that’s where Umbro Industries comes in. It’s a new iniative that awards up to £10,000 to the best new ideas in Greater Manchester.
Designed to get the creative ambitions of young people into gear. So if you could use some backing, get online, sign up, then we’ll choose the best ideas and make them happen.
Visitors to the site can show their support through a five-star rating system and our crack panel of groundbreakers will set about sorting the wheat from the chaff before coming up with a shortlist of the most compelling, forward-thinking ideas from that quarter.
The shortlisted applicants will then all get to present their ideas to the panel and the winner will go away with the spoils.
Visit the website for more details www.umbroindustries.com
Deadline for 1st set of awards: 10 October 2009
WANTED: Experienced arts education professional
We are seeking an experienced arts education professional to lead the development of the Arts Award in the North West region. Arts Award is a national qualification which supports young people to develop as artists and arts leaders – www.artsaward.org.uk.
You will raise the profile of Arts Award through strategic advocacy, partnership development and communications, working within a national delivery plan. You will have well-developed presentation skills and the ability to advocate at senior level with local authority services, cultural organisations, schools, youth programmes, further and higher education and the voluntary sector.
You will also co-ordinate Arts Award training provision across the region through an established network of training agencies, and facilitate support for trained advisers.
This post is hosted and managed by Curious Minds, the delivery organisation for Creative Partnerships across Merseyside and Lancashire, and will work with a region-wide delivery consortium.
Download the full job description and further information at www.curiousminds.org.uk and www.artsaward.org.uk/northwest. If you have any enquiries about this post please phone 01282 435835
£25k-30k pro rata, part time
Deadline: Wednesday 30 September 2009
BBC Blast Slambassadors competition
BBC Blast and The Poetry Society have partnered up to bring you this year’s SLAMbassadors competition. Six winners will be invited to a 2-day masterclass event to be held in London with leading UK poets. The winners will also get the chance to show their skills at a live slam poetry event.
Write an original piece (poem or rap) on the theme of identity and win the chance to perform at a live slam poetry event. Record your original track in less than 60 seconds and upload to our showcase now!
If you’re 13-19 and want to enter the competition send us an audio or video recording of yourself performing your original verse as a rap, song or spoken word in 60 seconds or less.
SLAMbassadors workshops are running during Blast on Tour which comes to Salford from 14-17 October.
For more info visit the BBC Blast website.
SEGRO Young Artists 2010 – Recruiting Manchester’s Secondary Schools
SEGRO, the pan-European property development and investment company, is collaborating with Creative Junction to lead on a programme of partnerships between SEGRO, schools and artists to inspire young people, develop talent and celebrate art.
Now in its third year, the 2010 programme will focus on new areas across the UK. State secondary schools from Manchester, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Bristol, the London Boroughs and the Thames Valley are invited to apply to become a SEGRO Young Artists School for the year 2010.
Schools are being offered the opportunity to work with a professional
artist for a total of five days over the Spring Term 2010; to create
artwork for business settings through exploring the theme The World of Work, a national profile through SEGRO publicity and communications; the opportunity to have their artwork exhibited in The Royal Society of Arts (RSA), London in June 2010 and selected pieces from the exhibition will be purchased and sited in SEGRO offices.
Click here to download the application form.
For more information about getting involved please contact Emily Hazell, Creative Junction, West Wing Arts Centre, Stoke Road, Slough SL2 5AY.
m. 07595 090597 t. 01753 470324 f. 01753 470325
emily.hazell@creativejunction.org.uk
Creative Junction aims to be a point at which ideas come together,
explosions occur and new turns are taken. We work in partnership with
young people, learning settings and the creative and cultural sector to
develop and advocate for creative learning and to connect powerful
innovative work across sectors.
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