New Vetting & Barring scheme guidance
The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) has released official guidance on the new vetting and barring scheme, which was launched last month to protect young and vulnerable people.
The scheme will have a major impact on the recruitment and monitoring practices of people working or volunteering with children. The official guidance includes information for both employees and employers.
More information about the forthcoming changes can be downloaded from www.isa-gov.org/PDF/VBS_Guidance.pdf
FUNDING: IdeasTap
IdeasTap is a creative network and funding body for emerging arts talent. It’s a not-for-profit initiative, bringing creative people together and offering cash funding, opportunities and a platform to showcase new work.
IdeasTap supports young creative individuals in:
- Collaborating with each other
- Accessing funding
- Developing careers and project-based opportunities
- Showcasing their work and ideas
IdeasTap provides:
- Networking and collaborative opportunities
- Pitching and money making opportunities
- Ideas generating and project development opportunities
- Events
- A shop window for ideas and talent
- Involvement with our partner organisations
- Learning resources and information
To apply, you need to register on the IdeasTap website
Deadline for applications to the IdeasFund is Wed 11 Nov ‘09
EVENT: Meaningful Participation – Children & Young People
Date: Mon 18 January 2010
Times: 9.30am-3.30pm
Venue: Manchester Museum
For: Cultural educators and children & young people’s sector professionals
Event description: Delivered by the National Youth Agency, this event will provide practical, hands-on experience to support museum, library and archive professionals to develop meaningful participation opportunities with and for children & young people.
To reserve a place, please download & complete the booking form on the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) website and email it to: cpd@mla.gov.uk
For general enquiries about this seminar, contact: Justine.Reilly@mla.gov.uk / 07554 439 596.
Leadership Development Workshops will take place in early 2010, with limited places. For further information, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk
Advice Surgeries to support & develop multi-agency working within the region will take place in early 2010. Places limited. To enquire about these surgeries and about further opportunities in 2010-11, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk
PLEASE NOTE: BOOKINGS THROUGH THE MLA ARE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO CULTURAL EDUCATORS AND CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE’S SECTOR PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITHIN THE NORTH WEST REGION.
If you need any help completing your booking form, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk or 0121 345 7350.
MLA Strategic Commissioning working with the National Youth Agency
Levenshulme High School students’ artworks feature in acclaimed exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery
Artworks by seven young female students from Levenshulme High School have gone on display at Manchester Art Gallery as part of the gallery’s critically acclaimed exhibition Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism.
The 15 year-old students have each created a surreal artwork, inspired by what it is like to be a young woman today. The artworks are the result of a partnership project between the school and Manchester Art Gallery, and form part of the students’ coursework for a double award GCSE in Applied Arts, which will be assessed later in the school year.
The young women began working with Manchester Art Gallery staff, and artist Amanda McCrann to create the artworks in July. Over the summer term, they visited the art gallery and enjoyed a number of practical workshops at school. The students also spent three days of their work experience at Manchester Art Gallery and have each kept a journal about their experiences and how their ideas have evolved during the project.
Guided by artist Amanda and gallery staff, they looked at many of the artworks appearing in Angels of Anarchy and explored the theme of identity, recognising many ideas and issues addressed by the women surrealist artists that remained just as relevant to them as young women today. The resulting Teenangels exhibition includes artworks such as a mobile (or dream-catcher) suspended from the ceiling, made up of around 100 eyeballs, and poetry written backwards on a wall that is read through a mirror.
Alice Tasker, art teacher at Levenshulme High School reflected:
“The students have shown increased confidence, maturity and pride in their exhibited artwork. They are delighted with the responses from the public and how people are engaging and connecting with their themes. The project has given them real life work related experiences as artists in the art world.”
Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism is at Manchester Art Gallery from 26 September 2009 – 10 January 2010. Tickets cost £6 (£4 concessions, with free entry for under 18s and Manchester Art Gallery Friends). For more information and to book tickets, please visit www.angelsofanarchy.org.uk
EVENT: Cultural Offer Regional Development Conference
Date: Tue 16 March 2010
Times: 9.30am-4.30pm
Venue: Whitworth Art Gallery
For: Cultural educators and children & young people’s sector professionals
Event description: This conference will support the understanding of the Find Your Talent programme and offer delegates a chance to explore the role of the cultural sector in delivering positive activities for children and young people.
To reserve a place, please download & complete the booking form on the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) website and email it to: cpd@mla.gov.uk
For general enquiries, contact Justine.Reilly@mla.gov.uk / 07554 439 596.
Leadership Development Workshops will take place in early 2010, with limited places. For further information, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk
Advice Surgeries to support & develop multi-agency working within the region will take place in early 2010. Places limited. To enquire about these surgeries and about further opportunities in 2010-11, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk
PLEASE NOTE: BOOKINGS THROUGH THE MLA ARE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO CULTURAL EDUCATORS AND CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE’S SECTOR PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITHIN THE NORTH WEST REGION.
If you need any help completing your booking form, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk or 0121 345 7350.
Exposures – Making Music Work
Date: Tue 17 Nov ‘09
Time: 4:30pm
Venue: Cornerhouse Cinema 2
This event is all about music in film, TV and games. You’ve written great music, how will you get it used on screen? As a filmmaker or games designer how can you get great music for your creation and not infringe any copyright law?
The event is open to all, however, it will be particularly useful if you are a young filmmaker, games designer or musician, or if you work with young people on filmmaking, games or music projects.
The session will provide you with insight into how music works in the film, television and games industries.
Guests include BAFTA-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton who has worked on TV (Peep Show, Hell’s Kitchen and many more); Video Games (Little Big Planet, The Movies) and feature films (Big Kiss).
£3.50 full / £2.50 concs
The event is presented by BAFTA & Northwest Vision & Media.
Making Music Works forms part of BAFTA’s learning & events programme, giving you access behind the scenes of your favourite films, TV programmes and video games.
For more information and to sign up to their e-bulletin go to www.bafta.org/accessallareas
Northwest Vision and Media works on behalf of the digital and creative industries in the Northwest to grow a world-class digital and creative economy within the region.
Youth Capital Fund
The YCF is a pot of money given to us by the Government to be used on things like doing up buildings, buying mobile resources, youth shelters, etc.
This fund is also managed by the group of young people that manage the Youth Opportunity Fund.
The YCF provides opportunities to create or enhance facilities such as buildings or outdoor spaces as identified by young people.
All applications will go to a panel of young people from across Manchester, supported by Manchester Youth Service and other services, who are interested in encouraging everyone in their community to have a say.
Criteria for applications
- For all young people aged 13-19 years (or up to aged 25 where the young people have special needs)
- Provide positive opportunities and places for young people
- Provide for young people to develop knowledge, confidence, skills and abilities; gain recognition and/ or accreditation
- Increase the well being of young people
- Must fit into one of the five Every Child Matters Themes
- Priority to young people identified as disadvantaged
- Young people able to submit additional information with their application
- Must have permission or approval for changes from organisation
To apply, visit the Manchester City Council website
Visit the Directgov website which outlines how to make a great Youth Fund Application
Youth Opportunity Fund
The YOF money, which comes from the Government, is for young people, aged 13-19 (or up to aged 25 where the young people have special needs), to spend on activities and projects that improve things to do, places to go or develop confidence, skills and knowledge.
All applications will go to a panel of young people from across Manchester, supported by Manchester Youth Service and other services, who are interested in encouraging everyone in their community to have a say.
Criteria for applications
- For all young people aged 13-19 years (or up to aged 25 where the young people have special needs)
- Provide positive activities and things to do for young people
- Provide opportunities for young people to develop knowledge, confidence, skills and abilities; gain recognition and/ or accreditation
- Increase the well being of young people
- Available to individual young people and groups
- Maximum amount to individuals – £1,000
- Maximum amount to groups – £2,500
- Option to increase amounts in exceptional circumstances
Must fit into one of the five Every Child Matters Themes - Priority to young people identified as disadvantaged
- Young people able to submit additional information with their application
To apply, visit the Manchester City Council website
Visit the Directgov website which outlines how to make a great Youth Fund Application
Hot spots and ice blocks – profiling & analysing your customers
Hot spots and ice blocks is part of the Dazzled by data? Turning Point training programme managed by the Arts Marketing Association, funded by Arts Council England and supported by ADUK.
Date
Wed 21 Oct ‘09, 10am-5pm
Venue
Royal Exchange Theatre
Cost
£65 +VAT
Trainers
Penny Mills, Director of Client Services, Audiences London & Roisin Jones, Consultant
What’s it about?
This workshop will help you to identify potential for developing visitors and participants. It will introduce a range of technique for interpreting your visitor data, enabling you to take informed decisions for the future – who should you target and what is the best way to reach them?
Who’s it for?
This course is for marketing and audience development managers responsible for analysing and interpreting visitor data. To make the most of this course you should have a reasonable knowledge of your marketing objectives and strategy and should already have, or be planning to gather, audience intelligence information.
What will I learn?
- Enhanced knowledge in understanding what your visitor data is telling you
- How reliable it is
- Confidence in making informed conclusions and recommendations
To book, visit the Arts Marketing Association website.
Crystal clear – using visitor data for strategic planning
Crystal clear is part of the Dazzled by data? Turning Point training programme managed by the Arts Marketing Association, funded by Arts Council England and supported by ADUK.
Date
Wed 18 Nov ‘09
Trainer
Kate Sanderson, Partner, Indigo
What’s it about?
How do you know when to stop collecting data and start planning? How much information is enough? This workshop will enable you to select the right approach for your strategic plan and give you the advocacy tools required to bring others on the journey with you.
Who’s it for?
Those at head of department, director or senior manager level, looking to improve their marketing and business planning through the effective use of visitor data.
What will I learn?
- How to use visitor data to make good decisions
- How to use tools to analyse and select a strategic approach
- How to overcome barriers to make the strategic change work
- How to keep your plan on track to inform future development
Venue
Royal Exchange Theatre
Cost
£65 + VAT
To book visit the Arts Marketing Association website
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