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Only six weeks left – nominate your group for an epic award - posted 29.7.2010  area: England
Some great entries have already started making their way to Voluntary Arts England for the epic awards 2010 – if your art or craft group is doing some excellent work then why not nominate them for an award?
The epic awards is Voluntary Arts England’s national award scheme designed to recognise and shine a spotlight on the excellent work taking place within the 50,000+ voluntary and amateur art and craft groups operating throughout the country. The epic awards invite voluntary and amateur art and craft groups to nominate themselves in four categories;
• engagement
• partnerships
• innovation
• creativity
Winners receive a package of benefits including cash, training, equipment and publicity as well as being invited to a winners’ reception at the House of Lords.
Find out more and nominate your own group at www.epicawards.co.uk.
Music charges delayed for small charities - posted 29.7.2010 
At the end of last week the Chief Executives of NCVO, NAVCA and Volunteering England wrote to Government Ministers calling on them to protect the very smallest charities from new music charges. As a result, NCVO has learnt that the legislation due to be laid this week will now be delayed.
The charges were due to be introduced by the Intellectual Property Office, which is part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Government’s own figures suggest that this will cost voluntary and community organisations up to £20 million a year.
Find out more about the Don't Stop the Music campaign at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/policy-research-analysis/our-campaigns/dontstopthemusic.
source: NCVO ISAN launches new, improved outdoor arts website - posted 29.7.2010 
The Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN) has announced
the arrival of its new, improved website at www.isanuk.org. There you can find details of upcoming outdoor arts events near you. The site also offers information on all ISAN members and access to its unique publications and downloads.
ISAN has also launched its new outdoor arts training guide (http://isanuk.org/training). The guide covers a wide range of training and professional development opportunities including accredited courses in Higher and Further Education; continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities including workshops, professional networks and artist support; and work placements and apprenticeships.
If you would like to give feedback on the new site please contact info@streetartsnetwork.org.uk.
www.isanuk.org
Legacy Trust UK partners announced for somewhereto - posted 29.7.2010 
Legacy Trust UK has announced that youth communications agency Livity has been appointed to deliver its national youth programme somewhereto, alongside media partners Channel 4 Education .
Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to create a cultural legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has committed £40m of funding to cultural and sporting programmes across the UK.
somewhereto is a groundbreaking programme which gives 16 to 25 year olds the support to access spaces they need, to do the things they love doing. somewhereto will:
• inspire young people to look for space;
• help identify a space they might use;
• help campaign to overcome barriers to spaces;
• encourage everyone to view space differently.
somewhereto is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and has already undergone a pilot phase in London, Birmingham and Crewe and will be rolled out to young people across the UK over the next three years.
Further information on somewhereto can be found at www.legacytrustuk.org/national-programmes/somewhereto.
CSV Make a Difference Day - posted 29.7.2010  dates: 30 October 2010
On Saturday 30 October make sure you take part in CSV Make a Difference Day, the UK’s biggest day of volunteering! Every year tens of thousands of people across the country take part through anything from creating community gardens to helping out isolated neighbours with their shopping, teaching financial literacy or renovating community centres.
Free resources include a Handbook packed with ideas and advice and an Action Pack containing t-shirts, posters, certificates (and free chocolate!) to help publicise your activity and thank volunteers.
This year the campaign is encouraging more families to volunteer together for the day, and a range of brilliant family friendly volunteering How-to Guides is available for inspiration. Events for the campaign can take place between 23 October and 7 November, and anybody who wants to get involved can find an event on the campaign website, get in touch and go along on the day!
To request any of the free materials, email difference@csv.org.uk or call the team on Freephone 0800 284 533. To find out more about this year’s campaign, visit www.csv.org.uk/difference.
Arts finalists for the National Lottery Awards 2010 revealed - posted 29.7.2010 
Three art organisations have been named as finalists in their category in The National Lottery Awards 2010, the annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects.
The three finalists in the Best Arts Project category are:
• Beacon Hill Film Project is a partnership between Beacon Hill Business and Enterprise College and Arpeggio Films.
• Kidz R Us, located in an old chapel in the centre of St. Ives, is a theatre and performing arts group for children in and around the local community.
• Streetwise Opera’s My Secret Heart is the current production of an innovative organisation that uses music as a tool to help homeless people move forward in their lives.
All the projects in the running have already received Lottery funding and the Awards celebrate how they have put that money to good use. The three finalists in the Best Arts Project category will now go head-to-head in a public vote.
Public voting for the final starts at 9am on 26 July 2010 and ends at midday on 13 August. The public can vote for their favourite project by simply going online to www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/awards or by phone (details on the website).
The Big Link-Up from the Cultural Learning Alliance - posted 29.7.2010  dates: 1 to 5 November 2010
On the week of 1 to 5 November the Cultural Learning Alliance will be leading The Big Link-Up – a celebration of the richness and strength of cultural learning, and a nationwide debate to discuss how the education and cultural sectors can work together to maintain and further this activity for children and young people.
You may have already signed up to the Cultural Learning Alliance – a year-long campaign to promote and protect cultural learning, which was launched in March. If not, you are invited to sign up now and add your name to the hundreds of people across the country who are showing their support. The Big Link-Up aims to connect children and young people, cultural practitioners, teachers and policy-makers to celebrate and debate cultural learning.
There are four ways you can get involved in The Big Link-Up week:
• Run an Assembly Event – get your school involved in The Big Link-Up by holding an Assembly to celebrate the cultural learning that takes place in your school;
• Run a Link-Up Event – bring cultural practitioners, teachers and leaders in your local cultural learning network together;
• The Big Link-Up National Event on 3 November which will bring cultural learning leaders and decision-makers together to discuss the challenge;
• Watch a live stream of The Big Link-Up National Event online and see what our cultural learning leaders have to say.
If you want to get involved see more at www.thebiglinkup.org.uk and sign up to the campaign now. Hold 3 November in your diaries for The Big Link-Up Event and Live Stream, and think about how your organisation can get involved in Assembly and Link-Up events.
For more information please contact info@culturallearningalliance.org.uk.
www.thebiglinkup.org.uk
Nominate for the Social Change Awards - posted 29.7.2010 
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!
Four years ago the Directory of Social Change started the Social Change Awards for all those working to achieve a positive change in society – individuals, charities, community groups, funders, companies, public bodies.
The nomination process is simple. Visit Social Change Awards Online 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. 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.
There are now four categories and five awards:
• Everyday Impact - New Enterprises Award;
• Everyday Impact - Long-term Enterprises Award;
• Influencer Award;
• Lifetime Achievement Award;
• plus, new for 2010, the Great Giving Funders’ Award!
DSC’s Great Giving campaign is about improving the relationships between funders and those they give money to. We all know that often these relationships can be challenging – this award is about trying to highlight the good examples that are out there. Learn more about Great Giving campaign at www.dsc.org.uk/NewsandInformation/PolicyandCampaigning/GreatGivingCampaign.
www.socialchangeawards.org.uk
ITC training on how to find unusual funding sources - posted 29.7.2010  area: London
dates: 30 September 2010, 2pm to 5pm
This course from the Independent Theatre Council (ITC) will equip participants with the strategy, skills and confidence in communicating the commercial benefits to potential investors while staying aligned to their organisation’s artistic values.
By the end of the seminar, participants will be able to:
• identify what their organisation has that business wants;
• articulate the main selling points of their organisation to investors;
• make their own luck;
• understand the Social Investment Marketplace;
• understanding the sales process;
• define a vision of their organisation operating without the need for funding.
Visit www.itc-arts.org or contact training@itc-arts.org for more information.
Home Office consultation on alcohol licensing - posted 29.7.2010  area: England and Wales
deadline: 8 September 2010
The Home Office has launched a consultation to ask for your opinions on government plans to overhaul the current licensing regime, to give more power to local authorities and police to help them fight alcohol-related crime.
It wants to hear from everyone who will be affected by the changes, including members of the public who drink alcohol; those who have been affected by alcohol-related crime; those who work in pubs, clubs, supermarkets and shops; criminal justice agencys; licensing authorities; and trade associations representing those who produce and sell alcohol.
Comment online now at http://consultations.homeoffice.gov.uk/index.php?survey=3.
Or if you prefer, you can read the full consultation document online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/consultations/cons-2010-licensing-act and respond via email or post.
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