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The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service - posted 26.7.2010  deadline: 30 September 2010
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK for outstanding work done in their local communities. Find out what work the award is given for, who decides on the nominations, and when the announcement of winners is made.
You can nominate any volunteer group if you know about the work they do. However, you can’t nominate a group that you are a part of, for example if you are a volunteer or a staff member.Any group of two or more people doing volunteering work that is a social, economic or environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the award. In order to be nominated, volunteer groups should do work that:
• provides a service and meets a need for people living in the local community
• is supported, recognised and respected by the local community and the people who benefit from it
• is run locally
Also, volunteer groups should have been running for three years or more. Any member of the public can nominate a volunteer group working in the local community, even if you benefit from its work. You can’t nominate a group that you are a part of, for example if you are a volunteer (including trustees) or a paid staff member.
More: www.direct.gov.uk
PRS for Music customer consultation on charges for popular music events - posted 26.7.2010 deadline: 7 September 2010
If you run a festival or an event, club, concert or promote live music anywhere you are a PRS customer and you need to read this.
PRS for Music is conducting a customer consultation on charges for popular music events. You are invited to participate in the consultation and PRS would welcome your views. You can find the consultation document on the PRS website at: www.prsformusic.com/customerconsultation.
The results of this consultation may well end up changing the charges and PRS strongly recommend you review the whole document and send direct to them any comments you may have by 7 September 2010.
source: Association of Festival Organisers Social Change Awards - posted 05.7.2010  deadline: 10 September 2010
Are you passionate about making a positive change in society? Do you deserve recognition for your work? Do you know someone else who does? If yes, then you could be nominated for a Social Change Award!
The Social Change Awards are for all those working to achieve a positive change in society – individuals, charities, community groups, funders, companies, public bodies.
You don't have to be a charity to apply... whether you're applying as an individual, an informal group, a company, a public body, a funding body or a charity, if you're passionate about social change then there's a category for you.
The nomination process is simple, visit Social Change Awards website at www.socialchangeawards.org.uk and select the award you would like to enter, complete the online application and submit it. You can nominate yourself/your own organisation or recommend others for nomination.
www.socialchangeawards.org.uk
Film Nation opens for competition entries - posted 29.6.2010  deadline: 1 October 2010
London 2012’s short film competition for young people is now open for entries. The interactive website where films can be uploaded, viewed and commented on is also live - www.filmnation.org.uk.
The first round of Film Nation is now open for young people between the ages of 13 – 25, with prizes available for the film that gets the most votes each month by viewers. The closing date for the first round of Film Nation: Shorts is 1st October, with a star-studded red-carpet awards ceremony taking place in December 2010. In 2012 the best films from the 2 year programme will win the chance to be shown in iconic sporting venues during the Games in 2012 as well as at high profile screenings around the country.
To view films, find a favourite, and upload your film to share with your friends go to www.filmnation.org.uk
Mayor of London publishes Cultural Strategy - posted 14.6.2010 deadline: 6 September, 2010
The Mayor’s Cultural Strategy sets out his vision, priorities and recommendations for how to strengthen the cultural life of Londoners across the capital. It recognises the significance of the cultural and creative sectors in making London a successful world city, and puts forward a case for its continued support and investment – particularly in the run up to the 2012 Olympics and the opportunity it presents for London to undertake a step change in cultural activity and participation.
The strategy is now available for public consultation. Results of the consultation will be published in late 2010.
Read the draft strategy and give your views at www.london.gov.uk/get-involved/consultations/current-consultations/cultural-strategy
Learning clubs and groups – help and advice to make them work - posted 07.6.2010 
Learning clubs and groups – help and advice to make them work is designed to support the many people who learn in clubs/groups organised by members.
The website will help adults set up learning groups or clubs and keep them going. The site contains information and materials which can be printed off or read on-screen. Each learning group is different, so the website is set out to allow groups to choose the sections that are most useful. The material is made available through a 'Creative Commons' licence which allows people to use and change the materials as much as they like so long as the original source is mentioned, so people can re-write them, add photographs and so on to make them relevant for a specific group.
www.selforganisedlearning.com
New Music 20x12 - posted 24.5.2010  deadline: Friday 1 October 2010
The PRS for Music Foundation (PRSF) has launched its new Cultural Olympiad music programme, New Music 20x12.
New Music 20x12 will support 20 12-minute, specially-commissioned works of music to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The selected works will premiere in 2012 and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Winning composers and musicians will also benefit from networking and professional development opportunities.
A panel of experts, chaired by Roger Wright - Controller BBC Radio 3 and Director, BBC Proms, will be announced later this year. Music organisations, festivals, ensembles, promoters and venues from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to submit ideas for new work, in any musical genre, that they would like to commission from a UK-based composer by Friday 1 October 2010.
For information on New Music 20x12 and how to apply visit www.prsformusicfoundation.com/newmusic20x12/index.htm
Minimum wage rates from October 2010 - posted 17.5.2010
From 1st October 2010, the adult minimum wage rate starts at age 21 rather than 22 and there is a new minimum wage for apprentices. The adult rate will be £5.93 per hour, with £4.92 per hour for 18 to 20 year olds and £3.64 per hour for 16 to 17 year olds.
source: Volresource Free legal help to individuals and community groups - posted 12.4.2010 
LawWorks is a charity which aims to provide free legal help to individuals and community groups who cannot afford to pay for it and who are unable to access legal aid. In the last year LawWorks helped provide free legal advice to over 40,000 people and around 350 voluntary sector organisations.
They work with just under 100 member law firms and teams of in-house counsel, as well as mediators, law students and solicitors who have been made redundant involving them all in pro bono work.
www.lawworks.org.uk
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