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Wiltshire’s fourth annual Health Improvement Partnership Awards

Sent on behalf of the Wiltshire Health Improvement Partnership Awards Team to all Wiltshire Assembly members.

Dear colleagues

Nominations are now open for Wiltshire’s fourth annual Health Improvement Partnership Awards which celebrate the work of every individual, group, organization and business involved in improving the health and wellbeing of our local communities. 

Please forward this email through your circulation lists to organisations and groups you think may be interested in getting involved.

You can also take part either by nominating work you are directly involved in or by nominating other groups, individual, clubs or organizations whose work you know of.  It’s quick and easy and is a great way of recognizing the work being done in our communities. 

To find out more and to nominate, visit www.wiltshire.gov.uk/healthawards2012

Last year over 170 people from over 70 different organisations and projects attended the awards ceremony at Salisbury’s City Hall.  This year’s ceremony will take place at Warminster Civic Centre on 23^rd February 2012.

There are nine award categories:

Physical activity award

Healthy eating award

Sexual health award

The Sanofi Pasteur MSD Innovation award

Mental health and wellbeing award

Health inequalities award

Smoking, alcohol and drug abuse prevention award

Workplace Health and Wellbeing Award award

The Liquid Media Public award for outstanding contribution to improving health and wellbeing

The deadlines for nominations are 14^th December 2011 if you want to nominate another organisation, group or individual; and 21^st December if you want to nominate your own organisation’s work.

Thank you for your help and support

The Wiltshire Health Improvement Partnership Awards Team

www.wiltshire.gov.uk/healthawards2011

Email: awards@morganroberts.co.uk
Telephone: 01225 718520

Inspire Make Deadline 18 November!

If you are intending to apply for Inspire Mark you have until the 18th of this month to get them to Richard Crowe so he can make sure they get through before the closure of the programme on the 1st of December. 

Richard emailed,  

...THEREFORE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I RECEIVE ANY OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS FOR THE INSPIRE MARK BY FRIDAY 18^TH NOVEMBER 2011 (so I have time to process and submit them to London in advance of 01.12.11)

At this stage London are saying that you don’t have to comply with the 75% funding upfront in advance of application and, to be honest, don’t have to provide the level of detail they generally require if you haven’t worked that out yet.  We just need to ensure your project/event is flagged and in the system.  Obviously, however, they will need that information eventually along with assurances about your budgets before they will confirm the license to operate the Inspire Mark, so as much information as you can give now is going to be useful and save you time in the long run.

I can obviously help with editing your application and suggesting changes, so please return these to me in the form you receive them (i.e.: Word) and not as pdfs or other formats I can’t amend.

I do hope that’s all fairly straight forward and makes sense.  Please do contact me if you have queries/problems on this process – best by e-mail than phone as I’m in meetings pretty much all day for the next ten days or so.

Best wishes

Richard

London 2012 Creative Programmer for the South West

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk

Richards email address is: 

richard.crowe@artscouncil.org.uk

HOODWINK NEWS October 2011

Hoodwink are still company in residence at Salisbury Arts centre and have had a busy year so far:


‘Where’s Constable?’
Saturday 11th June 2011 Cathedral Green, Salisbury.

A commission as part of Salisbury’s celebrations of 200 years since artist John Constable first visited the city, to go alongside the major exhibition of his work at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Created in partnership with Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Arts Centre and Wiltshire County Council.

Created and performed by a team of performers from HOODWINK and featuring:
Jon Hicks www.thejonhicks.com, The Hood ( Hoodwink’s young company), Jigsaw Youth Dance Company, Downton Community Choir, The Jane Austen Dance Society and Beverley’s Creative Cakes.
“great fun and a show that deserves to be remembered for all time in the annals of Salisbury performances !”
Rhoddy Voremberg, The Stanley Picker Trust.

For those of you who missed the live event: http://vimeo.com/29776323

Devizes Christmas Festival

WAP member Dave Buxton has asked that I share this with you. 

Friday 25 November

Devizes Christmas Festival is on Friday 25^th November (a bit early to be called Xmas fest I know but hey …) and features our super Lantern Parade of hundreds of lanterns made by schools and community groups from Devizes and all the surrounding villages. Around 700 expected this year including some big sculptural specimens.

Christmas markets, festive food and drink, street performers, bands, fire jugglers, fireworks. Party atmosphere guaranteed!

We are offering open access lantern-making workshops for all ages at Crown Centre, St Johns Street, Devizes: Saturdays 12^th, 19^th (2.00 – 4.30); Wednesdays 16^th, 23^rd (6.00 – 8.30). Materials and tuition are free. All welcome.

I’ve attached some publicity stuff if you can use it and here’s a link to a lovely YouTube video of last year’s festival which is highly recommended, especially if you don’t feel very Christmassy yet!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfqAaPqFfzI

Day of innovation on the future of the book!

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Innovation is key to surviving and prospering in business, and never more so than in troubled economic times. Can innovation invigorate the book and the publishing industries, currently undergoing unprecedented transformation? Book now for this Day of Innovation, where you can find out how to be more innovative; understand how publishers (and new players) are making money from digital; meet innovators working on the future of the book; and network with potential partners who can help you develop successful digital products. Key thinkers and doers will give thought-provoking Lightning Talks and present recent Show and Tells, giving you insights into what has and hasn’t worked in innovation and business growth. To raise your sights further, leading innovators will showcase inspiring projects. We will debate the challenges and opportunities facing publishers now, and set the scene for the future. How will social, technological and business changes shape the industry over the next five years? Will apps go the way of CD-ROMs? Might print become a gateway to digital experiences? In rapid workshops experts will teach you about creating digital content; collaborating with partners and digital agencies; working with designers and developers; and developing new business models and revenue streams. To wrap up the day a panel of industry luminaries will discuss how we can innovate better and and more cost-effectively, using methods including open innovation, rapid development and lean models. Full programme announced soon! Check back at: www.mediafutures.org.uk/2011 The Future of Publishing programme is produced in partnership with Cyprus Well, powered by NESTA, and supported by the Creative Industries iNet, which is part of the Government’s Solutions for Business portfolio, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and led by South West Screen. To keep up with Day of Innovation developments you can connect with us via… Twitter Facebook. If this email was forwarded to you, you can also join our Media Futures mailing list in order to be notified of the full programme. £75 for individuals and small businesses with first allocation £50, and corporate rate £100 with first allocation £75. (Plus booking fee.) Publish! A Day of Innovation 8 December 2011 10am – 5:30pm Watershed 1 Canons Road Harbourside Bristol BS1 5TX Calendar entry

Arc Theatre debate at Trowbridge Local Area Board

Here is another article in advocacy of The Arc. Do add your voice to the debate with Vice Principle Bev Flanagan at the Trowbridge Area Board on Thursday 17 6.30pm for a 7pm start at Bradley Road council offices. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/9359060.Arc_takes_centre_stage/

WAP's letter of support of The Arc

Take a look at this letter that WAP sent to the Wiltshire Times in support of the important part The Arc theatre plays Wiltshire. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/yoursay/letters/9342077.Let_us_help_Arc/

Call to artists to ‘Celebrate with Paws*’ the participatory arts workshop scheme in Wiltshire

Wiltshire Council's arts service offers a participatory arts workshop scheme (PAWS) with projects designed and run by professional artists, to local community groups. Every six months we create a new menu that is offered out to a wide variety of community and voluntary group, after school clubs, youth groups, older people's clubs, disability groups and more.
 
Groups apply for the project of their choice and we then assess and allocate up to 20 projects per season.  Each project runs for a minimum of 8 hours spread over 2 to 4 visits. The fee per project is £350 plus travel expenses and a planning fee.


The forthcoming season, ‘Celebrate with Paws’ will run from April to September 2012, a time when the country will be hosting the London 2012 Olympic Games and celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. To help our Wiltshire communities celebrate these major events we are inviting artists to submit their proposals of celebratory projects to be featured as part of this unique season’s menu.

For more information about the opportunity please read the artists information sheet, if you would like to register please complete the application form and return it to us no later than the 18 November 2011.

If you would like to discuss your project ideas with the Arts Officer please contact Faye Bradley at faye.bradley@wiltshire.gov.uk or call 07827081039.
For more information about Paws visit the website; www.participatoryartswiltshire.co.uk
* Celebrate with Paws has applied for an Inspire Mark to be and official project of the Cultural Olympiad 2012.

PRACTICE

Sat 26 Nov, 7.30pm

ICIA, University of Bath

A work-in-progress platform event for
Contemporary Theatre/ Dance & Live Art.
See exciting new work in the making.
Engage in a dialogue with the artists.

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Eleanor Sikorski
Chocolate

With a hoard of sweet, unwrapped delicacies and a taste for detail and the absurd, a woman walks into the spotlight to present the noisy face of curiosity.
www.eleanorsikorski.com
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Bill Aitchison: Vinyl

A record collection is so much more than a selection of fragile black disks that play music; it is a depository of memories, those of the owner overlaid upon those of the society.
For Vinyl, Bill will play some of his wildly diverse singles and LPs he has collected over many years on the move and he will recall, revise and retell what they might be records of.
www.billaitchison.co.uk
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Two Destination Language:
A journey of a home

Your plane is about to depart for a new beginning. You’ve packed your bags, you’re ready to go and we’re going to take you on the journey of your dreams. You get there. It’s raining.
Two Destination Language lead you on a solo journey where dreams of the future meet the present day.
This is a one-on-one audio performance walk: please book your personal journey with the attending steward at our booth, where you can also read and share all kinds of journeys.
www.twodestinationlanguage.com
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IJAD Dance Company

IJAD presents a 10 minute extract of a work in progress, showcasing live dance installation My multitude me – which forms part of a larger project In-Finite, that is being developed for performance on different platforms from September 2012.
In-Finite explores new technology within the contemporary dance world and how it determines the parameters of the stage, celebrating cultural identity, exploring its uniqueness through a collage of untold stories and secrets.
IJAD on Facebook

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Sat 26 Nov, 7.30pm
ICIA Arts Theatre & Arts Barn
University of Bath
Tickets £7, Concs £5
www.bath.ac.uk/icia -- Book Now

Marketing Network Meeting

WAP's Marketing Network is meeting again tomorrow (Tuesday 15th) to talk more about the plan that came out of meeting one!!! Wiltshire Loves Arts!! We'll also see how everyone's coping with the Christmas rush! We'll be in the cafe at Salisbury Playhouse from 3pm, all marketeers welcome!

Community Arts Training

I had a great afternoon with everyone on the Community Arts Training course. It really brings home how many talented, professional individual practitioners there are out there. All of the CAT graduates have been given membership to WAP until April 2012 so I hope we'll get to benefit from their input at our next meetings.

To find out more about Community Arts Training visit http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/artsheritageandlibraries/artsandgalleries/communityartstraining.htm for more information.