Monthly Archives: November 2011

Applications for grants are invited from weavers living and working in the UK. Those who have recently completed higher education need to have two years working experience before applying.
Grants are available to enable weavers to purchase equipment and materials: take a sabbatical to reassess the creative nature of their work: pursue a specific project; or […]

AD:uk is the leading body for arts development professionals, following its rebranding from nalgao (National Association of Local Government Arts Officers) in May 2011. AD:uk intends to raise the profile and reputation of the work of its members, influencing policy makers and funders and has a key role in training, developing, representing professionals working in […]

The Gannett Foundation provides funding to support registered charities in areas in which Newsquest publications are circulated. Grants are available for a range of community projects that take a creative approach to local fundamental issues. National or regional registered charities may apply if the project addresses local community needs within the specified locations above.
The Foundation supports […]

Where: West Oxfordshire
The arts team at West Oxfordshire District Council is keen to hear from you in order to compile a list of groups that operate in the area.
Please send contact details (name of group, main contact person, email address, phone number and postal address) to mary@vaengland.org.uk and Mary will pass them on.

According to an article in Charity times, a new independent audit of the Government’s Big Society – the first comprehensive assessment of how far community empowerment, social action and the opening up public services is being achieved ­– has been announced this week.
The Audit’s first report is expected to be published early next year and […]

Young Britons believe they are amongst the most restricted in Europe when it comes to becoming happy, according to a new report commissioned by somewhereto. The study, which ran amongst 16 to 25 year olds in leading European nations, identified how the lack of resources available to young people impacts on their hopes and aspirations. […]

Culture Action Europe has set the target of 100.000 signatures to the its ‘we are more’ manifesto before the EU Council of Culture Ministers meeting in May 2012, when it plans to present the signatures to the Council.
The campaign defends culture, heritage and the arts, together with education, social cohesion and environmental sustainability, as key […]

The BBC is looking for partners that are charities or not-for-profit organisations or societies that run free or cost-recovery activities in the UK to upload to the website www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo. The activities should involve learning and participation, and available to all members of the public.
All activities should be related to one of the categories (which includes arts […]

Each year the JMK Trust provides up to 20 talented young theatre directors with awards, guidance and development opportunities.
Its James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director Award (The JMK Award) is awarded to young people demonstrating enterprise, vision and inspiration.
Submissions for the 2012 JMK Young Director’s Award will open in December 2011.
For more information, visit the JMK Trust […]

An accordion is a bellows-driven reed instrument, sometimes referred to as a ‘squeezebox’. It is played by compressing and expanding the bellows, while pressing buttons or keys to allow air to flow across reeds to produce tones and chords.
Modern accordions consist of a body in two parts, each generally rectangular in shape, separated by a […]