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[OPPORTUNITY] blankpages Fiction & Poetry Editor

blankpages, Blank Media Collective’s online magazine for emerging artists, is looking for a Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor to join our dedicated team of volunteers.

Who: Manchester-based practitioners
What: Voluntary positions within the Blank Media Collective team
Location: Manchester
When: ASAP
Deadline: Once our maximum number of applications has been reached, the vacancies will be withdrawn
Payments: None – mentoring and support given by Blank Media Collective team

The Poetry & Fiction Editors will work within the blankpages team, sourcing submissions and working with contributors to create meaningful relationships and an atmosphere of constructive creative criticism.

Responsibilities for the two Editors will include:
• sourcing, proof-reading and editing submissions
• developing a pool of writers for the magazine and encouraging new contributors
• considering new ways to present works within the magazine and implementing these changes
• suggesting and/or writing related articles
• attending team meetings (at least one per month), contributing to the overall vision for the publication
• raising awareness and visibility of blankpages

The blankpages Fiction Editor and Poetry Editor will work closely with John Leyland (Editor) and the rest of the blankpages team, maintaining the quality and relevance of these important strands of the publication. They must also have a good understanding of Blank Media Collective as a whole and be open to supporting the progression of the organisation.

The roles will be for an initial 3 month period, which will be extended if both the individuals and Blank Media Collective are in mutual agreement.

For further information please visit the Support Our Work page.

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MYAN e Newsletter March 2010

News

  • Arts Council: New Awards for Northern Talents
  • First Time Voters Wanted
  • Contact International Forum, now open for applications

Events & projects

  • Summer Project at Nexus Art Cafe
  • Exhibition Opportunity – Call for artists – Noise Arts Lab
  • Global Action Plan Art Competition

Funding & other opportunities

  • Creative Apprentice Wanted
  • Cultural and Education Development Officer Wanted
  • Freelance Creative and Performing Arts Youth & Support Workers

Conferences & meetings

  • Get sorted 2: Budgeting and Fundraising for Youth Arts Projects

Training

  • Workshop for drama workers and teachers.
  • Artsplan upcoming courses

News

Arts Coucil: New Awards for Northern Talents
Northern Futures recognises and rewards the best emerging talent, age 21-40, from the North of England, and will showcase prize winners and runners up at the Northern Futures Award Exhibition at The Civic from 28 July to 3 September 2010.
The judging panels for this innovative award will include Yorkshire Sculpture Park, British Fashion Council, BFI Southbank and the Baltic Gallery. For the inaugural year there are four entry categories: Fine art, Fashion, Film and 3D Design.
The North of England has produced some of the most innovative and respected creative individuals the world has seen. Artists and innovators which include Henry Moore, Dame Vivienne Westwood, Damien Hirst, Mike Leigh, Danny Boyle, David Hockney and Peter Saville, illustrate the wealth of talent that the North produces.
Art and culture are integral to the renaissance of the North. Northern Futures celebrates the future talent emerging from the region and aims to cement the North as a hotbed of new creativity and showcase its talent to the world. To take part or for more information visit http://www.northernfutures.co.uk .

First Time Voters Wanted
The Independent Newspaper, are looking for 18-year-olds from across the country to talk one of their journalists on the phone about whether or not they’ll be voting at the general election in May, if not why not and a bit about the issues that matter to them etc. If you would like to take part or know of young people from your organisations who would like to take part, please contact Charlotte Philby at the Independent Magazine at C.Philby@independent.co.uk. Young people taking part would have to have a photo taken.

Contact International Forum is now open for applications
Contact International Forum (18 – 26 July 2010, Manchester, UK) is a unique opportunity for artists or practitioners working with young people across the world, to share ideas and ways of thinking in creating theatre by young people. The forum is a platform to discuss innovative practice and build valuable relationships with international colleagues, as part of the Contacting the World 2010 festival.
Contacting the World is Contact’s pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people. This year, twelve companies from England, South Africa, Indonesia, India, Iran, USA, Jamaica, Denmark, Netherlands and Switzerland are twinned to collaborate on creating new work together. In July, over 150 young performers from all over the world will descend on Manchester for an eight day celebration of work created by young people.
Contact International Forum presents an exciting chance to engage with the festival, broaden your international connections and explore performance practice from across the globe. Forum participants will see and experience work created by young people from diverse cultural, social and economic contexts.
Fees for a place on Contact International Forum 2010 are:
£600 + vat (without accommodation)
£750 + vat (with halls of residence accommodation)
Deadline for applications is 5th April 2010.
If you are interested in applying for a place, please contact Ruth Adkins at ruthadkins@contact-theatre.org or on + 44 (0)161 274 0642. For more information visit: www.contactingtheworld.org

Events & projects

Summer Project at Nexus Art Cafe
Nexus are looking to develop a summer programme of art workshops/activities culminating in an exhibition and possibly a weekend festival to showcase youth arts in the city centre at the end of summer. It would be wonderful if this festival could spill out of the venue onto the streets of the northern quarter or perhaps even Picadilly gardens!
A similar scheme last was piloted summer (though no festival) in conjunction with a local church group with some considerable success. This year they are looking to build upon that foundation and really push the programme forward and hopefully reach many more young people who may not ever access a ‘conventional’ kind of arts space otherwise. If you or your organisation wish to get invloved or you know of any useful links or contacts, please contact Emily Philips at the following address: info@nexusartcafe.com

Exhibition Opportunity – Call for artists – Noise Arts Lab
EXHBITION CONCEPT:
·To showcase emerging artists who are creating work during the socio- economic conditions of the ‘recession’.
·Exhibition will be context/ site specific when situated at the proposed venue, Noise Arts Lab.
Overview of themes:
·Art Market and the Economy
·Art in the Public realm
·Participatory, interactive and activist art
If you are a creative practitioner that makes work in relation to the above themes and would like to be involved please send:
·Artists statement [100 words max] [how you re practice is relevant to the themes of the exhibition]
·Proposal of Work to be exhibited [100 words]
·Artists C.V
·Examples of Past Work [images/ stills]
This brief is open to all practitioners; Illustrators, Graphic Designers, Photographers, Printers, Film Makers, Theatre Groups etc.

Closing date for submissions: Monday 15th March
Provisional date for exhibition: May 2010
Venue: Noise Arts Lab, Market Street, Manchester
Contact: Taneesha Ahmed taneeshaahmed@gmail.com

Global Action Plan Art Competition
Global Action Plan, a climate change charity are running an art competition which would give students an opportunity to get their art nationally exhibited in high profile galleries, such as the Village Underground in East London, the View Gallery in Bristol and the Manchester Town Hall. The competition involves entering a piece of art which has been inspired by climate change. The competition is being organised by Climate Squad (a division of Global Action Plan), who attempt to raise climate change awareness in young people aged 16 – 25.

Closing date for entries is 28th May and entries should be uploaded to the website. For more information and a more detailed brief visit: http://www.cop-art.org.uk

Funding & other opportunities

Creative Apprentice Wanted
Manchester City Council’s Cultural Strategy Team are looking for a Creative Apprentice to join their team. If you are a Manchester resident aged 18-24 and do not have a degree, please visit the link below for more information and details of how to apply:
https://apprenticeshipvacancymatchingservice.lsc.gov.uk/navms/Forms/Candidate/VisitorLanding.aspx

Cultural and Education Development Officer Wanted
The Phoenix is a youth arts charity based in Bolton. They are looking for a Cultural & Education Development Officer to join their team.
One Year Fixed Term Contract, Salary £22,000 – £24,000
Three days a week this role will involve a commissioned post as Cultural Development Officer for Bolton Council’s ‘Find Your Talent’; to engage with, and evaluate and monitor, existing and future partners of the ‘cultural offer’ within Bolton, with a specific focus on third sector and schools development.
Two days a week this role will involve developing, programming and delivering The Phoenix’s cultural educational services with a specific focus on primary education.
The job involves a variety of duties. These will include project management, promotion and marketing, liaising with partners and evaluating projects. You will be expected to have:
Project Management experience and excellent communication skills.
Experience of working in the arts and knowledge of the education system is essential.
The successful applicant will be a self-motivated individual. They must demonstrate an ability to work unsupervised, use their own initiative and communicate appropriately with a diverse range of people.
Deadline for applications: 2pm March 15th
Interviews: March 17th or 18th
Further details and application form may be obtained from:
matthew@boltonphoenix.co.uk

Freelance Creative and Performing Arts Youth & Support Workers Needed
Activate Arts are a creative and performing arts charity based in Liverpool. They have a number of Lancashire contracts starting very soon and are looking for Lancashire based youth & support workers to work alongside delivery staff, supporting learners and assisting with the delivery of the course.
Previous experience of working with children and young people, especially vulnerable, at risk and disengaged learners would be an advantage. They also have a number of course working with young people with Special needs and learning difficulties.
Pay – £10.00 per hour, varied hours
Please email your CV and a Covering letter and your availability Monday – Sunday to viv@activatearts.com or Hill House, Archway Road, Huyton, L36 9XB. T: 0151 4824884

Conferences & meetings

Get sorted 2: Budgeting and Fundraising for Youth Arts Projects
23rd September 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm, Cornerhouse, Manchester.
This one-day training course is aimed at organisations and individuals who already have an idea for a youth arts project but are unsure on how to finance it. ‘Get Sorted 2’ will take you through a step by step guide for planning and drafting your own budget, advise on the best way to fill in funding applications and suggest where you can go to find the funds you need.
‘All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of the course and a wealth of practical resources. Prices for each course, which include lunch and refreshments, range from £110 to £150, with limited bursaries available. Please also remember that ENYAN members can request a 5% discount on all Artsplan publications and training!
For more information on these courses or to book a place, please contact the Artsplan Team via: artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 02380 682535.

Training

Workshop for drama workers and teachers
DRAMA, IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY:
Tuesday 23 March 2010
10am – 3.30pm
Venue: Royal Exchange Theatre
Beginning with the simple question, “What If?” drama can take children and young people on a journey of discovery. What if I was a refugee? What if I went to that school? What if I didn’t have any friends? What if everyonelooked at me with suspicion? Drama can enable us to create fictional characters and put them in fictional situations which reflect real people in the real world, without leaving the safety of the classroom. To give someone a name and a voice, in other words to humanize ‘the other’ can dramatically affect the way we see them.

Using some of these ideas as a starting point, this workshop will use
practical, accessible drama-based approaches to explore issues around
identity and diversity, and is suitable for everyone working with both young people and adults.
Cost: £50 (teachers and practitioners) / £30 student teachers
Book at Royal Exchange Box Office: 0161 833 9833

Artsplan Upcoming Courses
Artsplan (the in-house professional development department of ENYAN) is delighted to have an exciting programme of youth arts training courses taking place this year at the Cornerhouse in Manchester.

Upcoming courses include:

Behaviour Management and Youth Arts – 22nd April 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm
Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts – 20th May 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm

For further course information visit: www.artswork.org.uk/artsplan.

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MYAN e-newsletter: November 2009

News

  • NW Cultural Legacy Programme for 2012 Olympics

Events & projects

  • Survey: young people & the internet
  • Craft Club

Funding & other opportunities

  • Youth Music Open Programme
  • Work experience at Royal Exchange
  • Gallery assistant internship available
  • Vacancies at Contact
  • Opportunities for writers & artists
  • Dance, drama & music classes
  • Charlemagne Youth Prize

Conferences & meetings

  • Seminar at Cornerhouse

Training

  • Technical workshops for young people
  • Business planning in the recession

News

NW Cultural Legacy Programme for 2012 Olympics
WE PLAY is the North West cultural legacy programme for the London 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games.

The aim of the programme is to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, and to ensure the Games also leave a lasting cultural legacy for the North West.

WE PLAY is a series of new, innovative & complementary programmes in the North West. It combines digital, physical & virtual participation opportunities for people from all walks of life. It will integrate year round public events, community programmes & the development of new work. Visit www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/we-play for more information.

Events & projects

Survey: Young people & the internet
Youth of Today is interested in how young people use information & communication technologies (ICTs). Your responses will help them make recommendations to policymakers and organisations that work with young people. This short survey will take about 10 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous.

www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZlIfta_2bTK2ehNATPjLl4tw_3d_3d

Please note that you should be aged 13-25 to complete the survey.

Deadline for completing the survey is Fri 27 Nov ’09.

Craft Club
Craft Club is a national campaign for craft in schools. They aim to unite skilled & enthusiastic craftspeople with children and young people through after-school clubs. Working together they can engage learners beyond the curriculum and enthuse them about making. They believe that the future of craft lies in nurturing talent; children and young people must be able to learn about craft at school and have access to excellent teaching throughout their education.

They offer advice, resources & support to inspire teachers, pupils and volunteers to set up clubs during lunchtimes or after-hours in their school or venue.

Register an interest at http://www.craftclub.org.uk

Funding & other opportunities

Youth Music Open Programme
The Youth Music Open Programme is available for organisations wishing to apply for grants of £5,000 to £30,000. It targets nearly £2m of Youth Music’s funding towards projects that support their 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

Deadline: 10 Feb ’10

More: www.youthmusic.org.uk/looking_for_music_funding/Open_programme.html

Work experience at Royal Exchange
An exciting opportunity for 20 Year 10 and 11 students to spend a week working, observing and learning from the professionals behind the scenes at the Royal Exchange Theatre.

This is the first of a series of weeks, replacing our previous work experience programme for schools. Closing date for applications is 7 Dec ’09.

Further details about the week, including dates & application procedures are currently being finalised. If you’d like to register an interest in the scheme please email kate.reynolds@royalexchange.co.uk. If you’d like to talk to someone about the scheme please call 0161 615 6721/0.

Gallery assistant internship available
CUBE is running a student placement scheme for creative, arts, design, arts management or heritage graduates. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the gallery team as a gallery assistant to help deliver an exciting programme of exhibitions and events. You’ll have the opportunity to experience the working environment of a gallery and to put into practice the skills, knowledge and understanding of culture and art that you have gained during your course.

The gallery assistant will be practically assisting the Exhibitions Coordinator and Curator in developing the gallery programme, planning and preparing new exhibitions and dealing with the day to day running of the gallery. Your creative ideas will be valued and you will be an integrated part of the gallery team. You will be provided with your own desk and computer.

A placement at CUBE will provide you with valuable experience in the creative sector and help develop your career as you will get the opportunity to develop a high level skills and knowledge required by future employers in the cultural arena. A taxable bursary of £600 for 3 months (£1,200 for 6 months) is available together with travel costs.

To apply, send a cover letter explaining why you’re interested in the position, what areas of gallery work you’re specifically interested in and details about your educational background together with your CV to gallery@cube.org.uk Enquires call 0161 237 5525 or see www.cube.org.uk

Deadline: 20 Nov ’09

Interview: 30 Nov ’09

Start date: 14 Dec ’09

Vacancies at Contact
Contacting the World is a pioneering theatre project developed by Contact in Manchester, one of the UK’s leading organisations creating work by and for young people. It aims to increase the skills, understanding and experience of young people from around the world in a unique theatre project facilitated by the internet. Devising 12 new productions which will be premiered together at Contact in July 2010.

Project Manager
Fixed term contract (p.t, 3 days/week)
£20,000 pro rata (Jan-Sept ’10)

A highly motivated and organised individual is required to lead on the delivery of Contacting the World 2010. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate outstanding organisational skills, have experience of international working, be able to work under pressure and possess excellent communication skills with a keen attention to detail.

It is expected that all post holders will be able to start in January.

Special Notice
Contact is currently fundraising for Contacting the World 2010. The posts advertised are dependent on the result of an outstanding funding bid. We will know the results of the funding bid by the end of November. If we do not secure funding for these posts, the interviews will not be held in December as specified.

Deadline: 12 noon, Mon 30 Nov ’09
Interviews for Project Manager post: Tue 15 Dec

For an application pack please visit our website www.contact-theatre.org, call Roxanne Moores, Administration Assistant on 0161 274 0646 or email vacancies@contact-theatre.org

Please note that only applications using the form for the Project Manager post will be accepted. For further information on Contacting the World, please call Julia Turpin, Project Director on 0161 274 0631.

Opportunities for writers & artists

  • Manchester-based cabaret act is looking for performers & original acts, contact Gareth Cutter at formerlybucket@ymail.com
  • Writers & artists required for new online fashion magazine to contribute short fiction or artwork on the subject of ‘vintage’. Please send submissions by 1 Dec to thefashionmagazine@ymail.com
  • Writers & artists sought to contribute to fanzine, visit www.fatout.co.uk. If you’re interested in getting involved or for more info get in touch through our contact page or email Polly at fat_zine@hotmail.com
Charlemagne Youth Prize
The European Charlemagne Youth Prize aims to encourage the development of European consciousness among young people, as well as their participation in European integration projects.

The Prize is awarded to projects undertaken by young people which foster understanding, promote the development of a shared sense of European identity, and offer practical examples of Europeans living together as one community.

The European Charlemagne Youth Prize is awarded jointly and annually by the European Parliament and the Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen. Visit www.charlemagneyouthprize.eu for more details.

Conferences & meetings

Seminar at Cornerhouse
Wed 9 Dec ’09, 10.30am

What can young people achieve creatively as technology advances?
Are we advancing ourselves enough to support their creative potential?
Using social networking sites?

ENYAN, English National Youth Arts Network in partnership with Cornerhouse invites you & your colleagues in the North West to a FREE event which will explore the advantages of using technology creatively with young people.

We’ll profile case studies of innovative projects within the region and will look at what young people can achieve through the creative process. Speakers will talk about resourcing projects appropriately and ensuring that we, as sector professionals, are open to taking on new projects, artistic concepts & approaches as we support a digital generation.

Models of best practice will be profiled and there’ll be some focused discussion around the issues that are unique to developing, funding & running digital youth arts projects. We’ll also discuss the use of social networking sites with young people and your’ll hear from those experienced in using these online facilities.

We’re looking to create a dialogue between you & the speakers so that you can really benefit from attending. This is a free, open & informal information session for ENYAN members in the region and anyone who wants to know more.

Visit www.cornerhouse.org/events/info.aspx?ID=1663&page=0 for more details or, if you’d like to attend, please email enyan@artswork.org.uk with your full contact details to reserve a space. Spaces are limited so early booking is essential.

Training

Technical workshops for young people
Contact Theatre is running free, regular workshops for young people aged 15-25 who’d like to gain experience in the technical & backstage aspects of theatre and performance.

Visit www.contact-theatre.org/whats-on/events/575/technique.htm for more information or to book a place.

Business planning in the recession
Arts Council England has developed advice & information on effective business planning in the current economic climate. This can be downloaded from their website at www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/business-planning

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MYAN e-newsletter: September 2009

News

  • Changes to Grants for the Arts
  • Creative Learning must take Lessons from the Past
  • MYAN members on Flickr

Events & projects

  • NDotM Pop-Up Centres
  • U.Dance
  • Contact Young Tech Team

Funding & other opportunities

  • Future Jobs Fund
  • MyVoice Bursaries
  • Arts Award Access Fund
  • Youth Music Open Programme

Conferences & meetings

  • Supporting Young Creativity in Yorkshire
  • Unlocking the talent of children & young people conference

Training

  • 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

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MYAN e-Newsletter August 2009

News

  • New MYAN website

Events & projects

  • Call for expressions of interest, Contacting the World
  • Call for expressions of interest, KINOFILM
  • UK Young Creative Entrepreneur awards 2009-2010 (UKYCE)

Funding & other opportunities

  • Media Box funding available
  • Learning Launchpad
  • First Light Movies
  • BBC Children in Need
  • Wellcome Trust ‘Engaging Science’ Arts award
  • Freelance drama facilitators needed
  • Activity development workers, Oldham (19 posts)

Conferences & meetings

  • Creativity: Luxury or Lifeline?

Training

  • Using the arts to develop leadership, aspiration and potential

News

New MYAN website
The new MYAN website went live in July 2009 and is being updated regularly with new events and news.  We would also like to encourage artists and arts organisations involved in or running activities for young people to register.

If you are a Manchester-based arts organisation or are an artist that works with young people, you can register on the website. Once registered, if you’re an artist, you can post:

  • information about your arts practice (you can upload a copy of your CV and/or artist statement)
  • examples of your work (you can easily upload photos, audio clips and video clips)
  • a link to your own website and/or Facebook/MySpace/Twitter etc
  • your contact details for commissioners to get in touch with the offer of work!

If you’re an organisation, you can post:

  • information about your organisation and the kind of work you do
  • information about upcoming events and ones you’ve hosted in the past  (you can easily upload photos, flyers, audio clips and video clips)
  • a link to your own website and/or Facebook/MySpace/Twitter etc
  • your contact details

If you’d like to find out more, email us at info@manchesteryoutharts.org.uk

Events & projects

Call for expressions of interest, Contacting the World
Contacting the World 2010 seeks expressions of interest from young performance companies to participate in a pioneering, intercultural project.

Contacting the World is a biennial international performance project developed by Contact in Manchester, one of the UK’s leading organisations creating work by and for young people. It aims to increase the skills, understanding and experience of young people from around the world in a unique theatre project facilitated by the internet. Twelve theatre companies from Europe and overseas will be twinned to work collaboratively over a seven month period, devising twelve new productions which will be premiered together in the UK July 2010. This is a unique opportunity to take part in an extraordinary project that focuses on exchange and genuine creative collaboration.

Contacting the World is due to take place from January to July 2010 subject to funding. Applications to participate are currently being invited from young theatre makers, emerging artists, youth theatres and other organisations creating theatre with young people.

You’ll need to meet the following eligibility criteria as part of the application process:

  • Participants of companies must be aged between 15 & 25 years of age
  • Be available to collaborate on the project from January-July 2010
  • Be creating work that is groundbreaking. You must be able to demonstrate how your work is innovative. This can be through your artistic product, how you are organised, how you recruit and work with other young people or your aims in creating performance work
  • Provide at least one representative from the company to take part in an exchange visit with an international partner
  • Availability to perform and attend a week long event in July 2010
  • Ability to fund own production costs and travel costs to Manchester
  • Access for participants to the internet

If you’re interested in finding out more about taking part and receiving an application form, please register interest by contacting the Project Administrator at aaroncunningham@contact-theatre.org

Deadline for applications: Sunday 6 September 2009.

Alternatively you can download an application form from the website at http://www.contactingtheworld.org

Call for expressions of interest, KINOFILM
Kinofilm announces the call for entries to its new European Short Film Festival in 2010.

The 11th edition of the Festival will take place in Manchester from 23-28 February 2010, as a European Short Film Festival and invites submissions from all over Europe including former Eastern European and Baltic States.

Submissions are open until 10 September. To submit a film please email the Festival for the festival rules, regulations and procedures and application form: info@kinofilm.org.ukTo see more details view the separate post in the news section.

UK Young Creative Entrepreneur awards 2009-2010 (UKYCE)
On 27 July, Secretary of State for Culture Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP launched eight UKYCE awards.

These awards celebrate the role of young entrepreneurs in creating a sustainable and dynamic creative economy. The awards are open to individuals aged 25-35 with at least three years industry experience.

Applications are accepted from those who aren’t self-employed as long as they can demonstrate their entrepreneurialism within their organisation and from those working in the social enterprise and not-for-profit sector.

Following is a brief definition of each of the awards and the market focus country that 6 finalists from each award will visit to meet industry leaders and their peers.

  • Design (UKYDE 09) – architecture, product and furniture design, exhibitions, events and consultants. The market focus tour is to Turkey in November. Applications close 24 August. www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukyde09
  • Communications (UKYXE 09) – graphic design, print & broadcast media, PR, advertising, branding and photography. The market focus tour is to India in November. Applications close 7 September. www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukyxe09
  • Interactive (UKYIE 09) – digital and interactive multimedia, leisure software publishers, developers and marketing specialists; entertainment developers for the internet, digital television, radio and mobile phones, internet and web design and experimental media. The market focus tour is to India in November. Applications close 7 September www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukyie09
  • Visual Arts (UKYVAE 09 ) – owners, curators, directors, managers and other professionals working in both commercial and public galleries; auction houses and other forms of distribution or agency; developers of visual arts publishing (magazines, books etc), communications or websites all within the visual arts sector. The market focus tour is to India in December. Applications close on 21 September. www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukyvae09
  • Screen (UKYSE 09) – feature film, documentary, shorts, television production, and animation – development, production, post-production, distribution and/or sales, exhibition, marketing, journalism, PR. The market focus tour is to Mexico in November. Applications close on 21 September. www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukyse09
  • Music (UKYME 10) – record companies (including A&R) production, recording or engineering, licensing and distribution, venue and/or festival programming and management, artist management or agents music broadcasting, journalism and publishing, retail and marketing. The market focus tour is to China in February. Applications close on 30 November www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukyme10
  • Fashion (UKYFE 10) – this includes textiles, accessories, perfume design, shows, exhibitions, retail, research, marketing, fashion PR and journalism. The market focus tour is to Indonesia in March/April. Applications close on 30 November. www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukyfe10
  • Publishing (UKYPE 10) – publishing, e-publishing, agents, literary festivals, retailing (including e-tailing). The market focus tour is to South Africa in February. Applications close on 30 November. www.creativeconomy.org.uk/ukype10

For more information please visit www.creativeconomy.org.uk

Conferences & meetings

Creativity: Luxury or Lifeline?
Survive and Thrive in a changing Educational Landscape
Wednesday 30 September 2009
National Media Museum, Bradford

There’s still time to book your place on the conference at the National Media Museum, Bradford. The programme of provocative key note speeches and targeted seminars and workshops interrogates 3 key themes:

  • creativity at the centre of learning for young people
  • partnership at the centre of practice
  • enquiry at the centre of professional learning

For more information and speaker biographies visit the CapeUK website – www.capeuk.org/news/capeuk_conference.html

Funding & other opportunities

Mediabox Funding Now Available
Mediabox funds media projects that use print, television, film, radio, digital, or online media projects in order to enable young people aged 13-19 to express their ideas and views on issues that matter to them.

Mediabox offers a variety of different grants ranging from £1,000 to £40,000.

Mini Mediabox and Mix Mediabox – Now open

Mid Mediabox – Open for applications on 11 September 2009

Big Mediabox – Open for applications on 25 November 2009

For more information about Mediabox go to www.media-box.co.uk
For pre-application support email lwimbok@visionandmedia.co.uk or call 0161 244 3350.

Mediabox Roadshows
26 August 2009 – Mediabox Surgery @ The Queens Hotel, Chester. email lwimbok@visionandmedia.co.uk to book your slot

3 September 2009 – Mediabox Information Day @ Radio City, Liverpool. http://mediaboxnorthwest.eventbrite.com

16 September 2009 – ‘Are You Game?’ Mediabox project exhibition and information day in association with Onteca @ Toxteth TV, Liverpool email max@onteca.com for more information

Learning Launchpad
Learning Launchpad is a fund for ambitious people who have a passion to make a difference. Their goal is to discover and support groundbreaking ideas that will raise the aspirations and release the potential of young people aged 14-25 in their transition to adulthood.

They help innovative organisations to grow or get off the ground through a combination of financial investment and tailored support. They’re looking for ideas that help young people reach beyond academic paths to success, encourage learning-by-doing and develop their non-cognitive ‘soft’ skills.

The Learning Launchpad fund provides investment to organisations in their early stages of development. They offer investment at two stages:

Stage one investments
These investments of up to £30,000 are suitable for people who are starting out with a new idea.

Stage two investments
These investments of up to £100,000 are typically suitable for organisations or initiatives that are already up and running and want to grow.

If your idea delivers its social goals via a social enterprise or for-profit commercial organisational business, they’ll usually look for either a recoverable loan or an equity stake in your business, or a convertible grant that they can make back once your cash flow can sustain it.

They care about making a lasting difference and know that the opportunities to do this can take many different forms. So, if you meet their criteria, the fund is open to you, whether you’re an individual, a team or an early-stage organisation; and whether you’re a charity, a for-profit business or a social enterprise.

For application guidelines & further information visit www.learninglaunchpad.org/what-we-look-for

Next application deadlines:
Thursday 3 September 2009
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Tuesday 16 February 2010

First Light Movies
First Light Movies funds groups of young people, 5-19 years old, through three funding schemes.

There are two main production funding strands available, the Pilot and Studio awards, and they also offer support with generating those first film ideas through the What’s the Big Idea? award.

First Light Movies funds filmmaking projects throughout the UK. You can see films from your area or find out about the people First Light works with near you on our map.

N.B. They don’t fund individuals so if you are a young person who wants to make a film, you need to encourage your teacher or a leader of an after school club to apply to them.

All applications to First Light Movies are made online. The information below will help you select the best pathway for your First Light Movies grant application.

Get some inspiration for your film or script idea from other First Light Movies projects by visiting the ‘Films’ page. Why not get some inside knowledge by checking out First Light Movies’ filmmaker blogs on the Lightbox? Interested and want to find out more about filmmaking? Then visit their ‘Get Involved’ page for tips on how to get started.

The Big Idea award is funding for script development projects that team young people with script professionals. The maximum grant is £3,000 and you need to provide10% match funding.

Forthcoming dates:
Deadline 13 October 2009 – Decisions announced 24 November 2009
Deadline 19 January 2010 – Decisions announced 2 March 2010
Deadline 27 April 2010 – Decisions announced 8 June 2010

Pilot award is funding for one short film of up to 5 minutes in duration. The maximum grant is £5,000 and you need to provide 20% in-kind match funding.

Forthcoming dates:
Deadline 13 October 2009 – Decisions announced 24 November 2009
Deadline 19 January 2010 – Decisions announced 2 March 2010
Deadline 27 April 2010 – Decisions announced 8 June 2010

Studio award is for between two & four films of up to 10 minutes in duration. The maximum grant is £30,000 and you need to provide 40% match funding. You must have a track record of filmmaking with young people.

Forthcoming dates:
Deadline 5 October 2009 – Decisions announced 5 February 2010

First Light Movies allocates £700,000 of National Lottery funding per year to its funding schemes.

First Light Movies, Unit 6 Third Floor, The Bond, 180 – 182 Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5SE. Tel: 0121 7534866 email: info@firstlightmovies.com

Guidelines and application forms can be downloaded from www.firstlightmovies.com/funding

BBC Children in Need
Children in Need gives grants for projects delivered by organisations working with disadvantaged children & young people, 18 years and under, living in the UK, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

Disadvantages experienced by children and young people include:

  • Illness, distress, abuse or neglect
  • Any kind of disability
  • Behavioural or psychological difficulties
  • Living in poverty or situations of deprivation

The application should focus on the children your project will work with and the differences that your project will make for them. You should clearly be able to demonstrate how your project will change the lives of the children involved for the better. Where possible, it should take into account their views and involve them in decisions that affect them.

You can contact them by email on pudsey@bbc.co.uk or through the helpdesk from Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm – 020 8576 7788.

The next deadline for applications is 15 October 2009.

Please note: Applications are accepted exclusively online.

Full guidance and application forms are available on their website: www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/apply.shtml

Wellcome Trust ‘Engaging Science’ Arts award
Biomedical science is part of every day life. The Wellcome Trust wants to encourage people of all ages and from all walks of life to consider, question and debate the key issues of now and the future.

Their Engaging Science grants programme offers over £3 million per year to support projects that aim to inform and inspire the public about biomedical science and its social contexts.

Their funded activities also include directly commissioned work and partnerships with other organisations to reach broader audiences and support innovative practice.

The Trust’s ‘Engaging Science’ Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science.

The scheme aims to:

  • stimulate interest, excitement and debate about biomedical science through the arts
  • examine the social, cultural, and ethical impact of biomedical science
  • support formal and informal learning; encourage new ways of thinking
  • encourage high quality interdisciplinary practice and collaborative partnerships in arts, science and/or education practice

All art forms are covered by the programme: dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media. The Trust invites applications for projects which engage adult audiences and/or young people.

For small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30,000) upcoming deadlines are:
16 October 2009
29 January 2010

For large projects (over £30,000) the next deadline will be in January 2010 (date to be announced).

Decisions will be made approximately 6 months after the deadline.

Freelance drama facilitators needed
Bigfoot Arts Education, the UK’s largest provider of creative education workshops in primary schools, is currently recruiting for a pool of freelance drama facilitators in the North West for adhoc work in primary and secondary schools in Bolton and Liverpool. Further information regarding the type of work available and our company can be found at www.bigfoot-theatre.co.uk

The deadline for applications is Friday 4 September 2009. A selection day with be held in Bolton, on 8 September.

Bigfoot Arts Education is committed to being a safe organisation in regards to child protection and safeguarding children.

Bigfoot Arts Education has a rigorous selection process and the identity of all successful candidates will be checked thoroughly. Successful candidates will be offered freelance contracts which are conditional upon the candidate being in possession of a current CRB check and the taking up of references.

For more information, contact Wendy Ellis on wendy@bigfoot-theatre.co.uk.

Activity Development Workers, Oldham (19 posts)
Fixed Term Contract until March 2011
Ref: PCS09/0433

The purpose of the posts are to work in partnership with a group of local schools to increase levels of participation through the delivery of responsive and needs led provision for children, young people and families in the local area. The posts will deliver a range of positive activities and may have a specialism in sport, youth, music, play or arts. The posts will involve delivering within a range of school and community settings and have an emphasis on collaborative local working. The posts include working evenings and weekends.

These posts will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau.

The council is conducting a job evaluation exercise which may affect the grade and salary of this post.

£16,991 – £18,937 p.a. (pro rata)
22 hours per week
Based in various schools across Oldham

You can apply online or download a job application pack at www.oldham.gov.uk, or phone 0161 770 4677 or text 07732 596009.

Please return applications to Central Recruitment, PO Box 25, Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham OL1 1UN

Closing date: 27 August 2009

Training

Using the arts to develop leadership, aspiration and potential
12 November 2009
10am-4.15pm
Cornerhouse, Manchester
£75

This course is suitable for anyone, professional or voluntary, seeking to use or develop the arts in their work with young people.

It looks to demonstrate how the arts can be used as a mechanism to develop young people’s leadership skills, aspiration and potential. It celebrates inspirational examples of young people who have excelled through engagement in youth-led arts projects, continue to achieve well and are an inspiration to both the youth and cultural sectors at large. The course also benefits from being part facilitated by young people who have taken on leadership roles within a creative setting.

For more information on the course and to book a place, please contact The Artsplan Team, on artsplan@artswork.org.uk or call 023 8063 0960.

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