National Family Week

National Family Week aims to celebrate family life in the UK and connect millions of families with the organisations, charities, good causes and services that support them. For the last two years, families have enjoyed thousands of events, competitions, special offers and much more as part of the UK’s biggest celebration of family life.

National Family Week 2011 will take place from Monday 30 May – Sunday 5 June and aims to be bigger and better, engaging with thousands of families nationwide.

Get involved …

Why not be a part of National Family Week 2011 and organise family-friendly events and activities for your local community? Your organisation can hold a Family Week event to showcase and publicise what you have to offer families, and can also double up as a fundraising exercise for one of your projects.

Exactly what type of activity or event is entirely up to you and these events can take place at any time during the week. Or alternatively, if you already have events planned for that week, why not co-brand them National Family Week events? Those who register any type of event are eligible to receive free branded merchandise; such as balloons, posters, stickers, and voucher booklets.

Also, if you usually charge for any of your services, perhaps you could provide a family discount or offer during The Week, to get more families through the doors?

Free promotion

Register your organisation online and benefit from free promotion through the Event Finder, as well as access to the merchandise. To do this, and for further information on National Family Week as well as ideas, themed toolkits and other resources to support your involvement, please register for the Partner Zone.

Promote The Week

Please promote National Family Week through your marketing materials telling people about The Week – and any events you may be running at that time too. We can provide you with editorial copy, website banners etc, or you could simply direct people to our website, www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk.

We hope you agree that National Family Week offers your organisation a great opportunity to both engage with local families and connect with the wider community. If you or your colleagues have any questions, or if you’d like to discuss ideas, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly.

Frankie Serman

T: 020 7871 0189
E: fserman@nationalfamilyweek.co.uk
W: www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk

A: Family Week Ltd, 4th Floor, Trans-world House, 100 City Road, London EC1Y 2BP UK

A fabulous opportunity for artists experienced in working with young people

Desperately seeking experienced artist

English Heritage and Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership are seeking to deliver an innovative programme of creative activities which develop informal learning activities for young people aged 13-19 in Wiltshire. The focus of this learning is the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (within or about).

The project is set into two parts.

The first stage:

The artist will work with a small group of young people to design/shape 2 activities that they feel will engage other young people in the historic environment of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

Second Stage:

The completed ‘package’ will be delivered by the artist and young people to volunteers, to train them and others to deliver the activities for other young people accessing or taking part in Stonehenge World Heritage.

Requirements:

A minimum of 3 years experience of working with young people from 13 - 19 years of age. Valid CRB checked and public liability clearance as well as car driver.

A proven track record of working with and engaging children and young people in the arts - with a clear directive of Every Child Matters and Wiltshire Council’s Youth Work Curriculum Framework.

Good working knowledge of risk assessments, project planning and evaluation.

Breakdown of costings:

5 days at £200 per day.

To include meetings, planning, shaping, delivering and evaluating sessions for young people. The artist will be required to work alongside young people/evaluating and compiling materials.

3 days at £200 per day

To include meetings, planning, shaping, delivering and evaluating sessions for training of volunteers. The artist will be required to work alongside English Heritage, Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership and young people compiling/evaluating this piece of work.

How

Artists are required to submit an up to date CV and draft proposal for the project. Successful applicants will be invited to an interview with English Heritage, Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership and young peer mentors.

This piece of work will take place in June/July 2011

Deadline for proposals:

3rd May 2011 12am

Interviews will take place on the 10th May 2011.

Please submit proposals via email to:

carrie.creamer@wiltshire.gov.uk

For further information, please contact Carrie Creamer- WYAP Coordinator at carrie.creamer@wiltshire.gov.uk

Hoodwink need volunteers/participants. Aged 16+

Would you like to be part of a professional outdoor show?

‘Where’s Constable?’

Saturday 11th June 2pm, Cathedral Green, Salisbury.

Commissioned as part of Salisbury’s celebrations of the art of John Constable. This outdoor spectacle in trademark Hoodwink visual style, combines comedy, music, choirs, runaway sheep from the water meadow, birthday cake…..and more!

Hoodwink needs volunteers.

At 10.30am on Saturday 11th June Hoodwink would like to fill the street corners of Salisbury with as many ‘Constables’ as possible.

A flash mob of ‘Constables’, drawing, painting their view of Salisbury Cathedral.

We need as many ‘Constables’ as possible to create an impact.

Male or female the costume is the same.

You don’t need to be an experienced artist or performer but up for fun and a memorable experience as part of a professional show.

Simple costume and rehearsal/briefing will be given and lots of cake on the day!

If you are really keen you can be involved in the show at 2pm as well.

If you would prefer to help make the event happen from behind the scenes you are very welcome too.

Please contact:

Stephanie Jalland Artistic Director info@hoodwinktheatre.co.uk

Mobile: 07816 419095.

www.hoodwinktheatre.co.uk

Hoodwink are company in residence at Salisbury Arts Centre.

Funding information

I met with Julie Alan of the Charities information Bureau last week to explore opportunities of funding for us as a Network as well as you as individual members. Julie was really helpful and has shared a number of useful documents, one particularly interesting one I've embedded here. You can find the other 3, Finding Funding, Evidence Of Need and Project Planning filed under Funding in our ISSUU library.

Remember if you're asked to log into ISSUU use username wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com
password wiltshirearts.

Thank Julie

Open publication - Free publishing

Trowbridge Community Area Plan Consultation

The Trowbridge Area theme groups including BA14 Culture have produced a Community Area Plan which has been developed with the community to highlight strengths and needs for this community area which includes the Parishes of Hilperton, North Bradley, Southwick, Trowbridge and West Ashton.

It is quite a lengthy document but might be useful for you to look over the introduction from Colin Kay, chair of Trowbridge Community Area Futures and head of Clarendon College, and pages 16 and 17 which highlight the Cultural issues.

This is still in draft so please do feed back any thoughts you may have either as a comment on the blog of to me via email wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com

Open publication - Free publishing - More trowbridge

Consultation opportunities

Wiltshire residents are invited to have their say on a plan which aims to increase the number of people getting involved in their local communities.

“Local people helping their communities through volunteering” is the title of the draft volunteering plan, which is out for consultation from the beginning of April to the end of June.

The plan aims to make a wider range of volunteering opportunities available to people of all ages, backgrounds and interests, throughout the county. It was developed by a group of people who support volunteering drawn from the public sector, businesses, charities and communities.

The volunteering plan ad all other Wiltshire Council consultations can be viewed through the council’s consultation website http://consult.wiltshire.gov.uk/portal , by contacting the volunteer centre on 0845 034 5250, or emailing the council’s volunteering development manager, Karen Scott.

Do please take a look at these and add an arts voice wherever you can!

5x5x5 Creativity Conference 15 July 2011

Shaping the Future: a conference for all concerned about the future of our young people's creative education.

Take a look at http://www.5x5x5creativity.org.uk/?id=129 for more information.

The tools you need to help your creative business plan, adapt and grow.

This look like it might be a really useful. http://www.business-survival-toolkit.co.uk/

Up to £1000 available to support arts projects

The Wiltshire Council Arts Project Grant Scheme is now open to all voluntary and community organisations (not individuals) wishing to provide arts projects in Wiltshire. Details can be downloaded at:

www.wiltshire.gov.uk/leisureandculture/artsandgalleries/artsprojectgrants.htm

 

Arts projects can cover a wide range of creative opportunities, including visual arts, crafts, media and digital forms, literature and performing arts. The scheme aims to support the vibrant Wiltshire arts sector. 

 

The total 2011/12 budget available is £6,000  and will be allocated in 2 rounds. We aim to allocate 50% of the budget in each round of applications .

 

The first deadline is Friday 6 May 2011 for projects taking place between July 2011 and June 2012

 

and the autumn deadline will be Friday 30 September 2011 for projects taking place between November 2011 and October 2012.

 

Please feel free to circulate to anyone you think may be interested and publicise in any networks/bulletins that you might have.

 

Apologies in advance for any duplication and cross posting.

 

best wishes, Meril

 

Meril Morgan

Arts Development Officer

Wiltshire Council Arts Service

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

Cocklebury Road

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 3QN

 

Tel: 01249 705531

Mobile: 07793 802665

Fax: 01249 705527

Email: meril.morgan@wiltshire.gov.uk

Website: www.wiltshire.gov.uk/arts

Do you have any questions for the Director of Arts Council South West?

Peter Tyas, Wiltshire Council's Head Of Arts has asked me to invite you to suggest questions he could ask Phil Gibby, Director of Arts Council England South West, when he meets with him on the 15th April.



Arts Council England recognise local authorities as one of their most important strategic partners. To make sure that this relationship works effectively there is a regular meeting between local authority lead officers and their Arts Council regional office. This means that on a roughly quarterly basis Wiltshire Council sends a representative down to Exeter to meet with senior officers at the Arts Council. The next meeting is on the 15th of April and if you have any questions that you would like raising within that forum please either place your comment below or e-mail Peter directly peter.tyas@wiltshire.gov.uk

Funding questions

I'm attending a funding surgery with the Charities Information Bureau on the 20th April. If there are any questions I can ask on your behalf please do leave a comment below or email me wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com

Click on their logo above to find out more about the work that the CIB do.

Thanks

Tracy