As it is so often the same faces, generally organisation Directors who sit around the networking tables, we thought it was about time we helped all of the other essential people who make the arts happen in Wiltshire, meet each other.
I am hoping to organise informal networking sessions for those involved in marketing, fundraising, programming, producing, venue managing, working as an individual practitioner or technician. Are there any others that you think might be useful?
I am aware that many of you wear more than one hat for your organisations so please feel free to be involved with as many of these networks as you feel is useful.
My suggestion for a loose agenda would be:
1. Introductions and sharing of areas of work (Under relevant heading, eg: marketing) that each person feels they/ their org is particular strong at and one that is more challenging
2. Informal response, advice, offers of support identified from sharing
2. Identify areas where there may be benefits in working together
3. Actions: Long and short term
An opportunity to continue more informal conversations, sharing thoughts, ideas and support over a glass of wine or soft drink will be facilitated following the main agenda.
These sessions will be confidential (with only actions minuted) so that all those who attend feel able to talk openly about their work in order that the groups can most effectively support each other.
These events will be FREE to WAP members and £5 for non members (remember it only cost £10 to become a WAP member for individuals and £30 for small organisations).
I have made a start by booking the following sessions:
Marketing network: Wednesday 28 September 4 - 6pm Salisbury Arts Centre
Fundraising network: Thursday 6 October 4 - 6pm Pound Arts Centre, Corsham
Individual Practitioners: Wednesday 12 October 2 - 4pm Fat Fowl, Bradford On Avon
Please do let any colleagues who don't receive WAP emails know about these sessions. It would also be useful for you to let me know which of the other networks suggested you might be interested in attending. Feel free to leave a comment on the blog or email me wiltshireartspromoters@gmail.com. Please let me know if you would like to attend either of these sessions by email also.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Free Open University Course Materials for Sector Managers
Thanks Grow for this also:
CharityWise is a collection of Open University materials online (with no charge) at http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/CharityWise/ for people who are responsible for leading and managing small charities and voluntary and community organisations. Ten Openlearn Units have been tailored for CharityWise, direct link here. (Source: Volresource)
CharityWise is a collection of Open University materials online (with no charge) at http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/CharityWise/ for people who are responsible for leading and managing small charities and voluntary and community organisations. Ten Openlearn Units have been tailored for CharityWise, direct link here. (Source: Volresource)
Update on Registration of Excepted Charities
This was also in Grow's E Bulletin:
Updated guidance from the Charity Commission sets out the latest position on excepted charities, which include scout and guide groups, armed forces charitable funds and charities connected with some Christian churches. (Excepted charities fall under the regulation of the Commission but haven't been required to register.) The exception from registration for such charities with annual incomes of less than £100,000 has been extended until 2012, allowing for the forthcoming review of the Charities Act 2006 to consider registration thresholds. Click here to view..
Updated guidance from the Charity Commission sets out the latest position on excepted charities, which include scout and guide groups, armed forces charitable funds and charities connected with some Christian churches. (Excepted charities fall under the regulation of the Commission but haven't been required to register.) The exception from registration for such charities with annual incomes of less than £100,000 has been extended until 2012, allowing for the forthcoming review of the Charities Act 2006 to consider registration thresholds. Click here to view..
Community Grant Programme for the South West
I picked this up from Grow's E Bulletin:
South West Foundation in Partnership with the Learning Curve and the Skills Funding Agency, will shortly be opening a new grant programme for the South West. The Community Grants programme, funded by the European Social Fund and the Skills Funding Agency, is aimed at supporting voluntary and community organisations with charitable aims, to deliver projects that will help and support people furthest removed from the labour market to pick up the skills and confidence that will enable them to move toward employment. This particular programme covers all of the South West (excluding Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly – these areas are being handled by a different agency). Grants up to £12,000 will be available although it is envisaged that most grants will be in the region of £6,000 to £8,000. In connection with this programme the South West Foundation is holding a number of information seminars throughout the region. This is a notification about the first sessions to be held in August and September. We will be organising seminars in Bristol and South Devon in early October and will send these details out later on. All those organisations that would like to find out more about this programme are welcome to attend. Click here to find out more information and the event dates.
South West Foundation in Partnership with the Learning Curve and the Skills Funding Agency, will shortly be opening a new grant programme for the South West. The Community Grants programme, funded by the European Social Fund and the Skills Funding Agency, is aimed at supporting voluntary and community organisations with charitable aims, to deliver projects that will help and support people furthest removed from the labour market to pick up the skills and confidence that will enable them to move toward employment. This particular programme covers all of the South West (excluding Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly – these areas are being handled by a different agency). Grants up to £12,000 will be available although it is envisaged that most grants will be in the region of £6,000 to £8,000. In connection with this programme the South West Foundation is holding a number of information seminars throughout the region. This is a notification about the first sessions to be held in August and September. We will be organising seminars in Bristol and South Devon in early October and will send these details out later on. All those organisations that would like to find out more about this programme are welcome to attend. Click here to find out more information and the event dates.
Fringe Arts Bath Invites aspiring curators to devise and organise a show as part of FAB 2012.
FAB curator shows can include: Performance, intervention, installation, multi-media and video work through to photography, drawing, painting and sculpture (and all spaces in between).Anyone can apply with any level of experience - students, graduates and artists all welcome.Check out some of this years shows http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/fab-at-the-officers-club-stall/
Submission is by a 500 word proposal detailing the underpinning themes with supporting images (optional) and C.V all saved as a PDF or word doc.
via email fringeartsbath@ymail.com or post hard copy to Fringe Arts Bath 103 Walcot Street Bath BA1 5BW. Deadline 7th October 2011
Submission is by a 500 word proposal detailing the underpinning themes with supporting images (optional) and C.V all saved as a PDF or word doc.
via email fringeartsbath@ymail.com or post hard copy to Fringe Arts Bath 103 Walcot Street Bath BA1 5BW. Deadline 7th October 2011
Arts Audiences: Insight
I'm working from The Pound Arts Centre today and Ian (WAP's Chair and Director of The Pound) handed me a beautiful, unmistakably Arts Council published document entitled Arts Audience: Insight and said 'So which one are you?'. Confused, I began to explore the document full of lovely 'wordle like' art work and fold out pages.
So what is it?
It is the culmination of what must have been extensive research which has moved away from the traditional ACORN and MOSAIC definition of the population to that focused on arts attendance. Groups are divided into three sections: Highly engaged, Some engagement and Not currently engaged. Within these sections are sub sections:
Highly Engaged: (Reps 9% of population)
Urban Arts Eclectic (5%)
Traditional Culture Vulture (4%)
Some Engagement: (Reps 70% of population)
Fun, fashion and friends (18%)
Mature Explorers (11%)
Dinner and Show (20%)
Family and Community focused (11%)
Bedroom DJs (3%)
Mid-life hobbyists (4%)
Retired arts and crafts (3%)
Not currently engaged: (23%)
Time-poor dreamers (7%)
A quiet pint with the match (8%)
Older and home-bound (6%)
Limited means, nothing fancy (2%)
The document goes onto to define these groups by their leisure pursuits, arts engagement, demographic, and their media use (with rather clever artwork to illustrate that information).
I am left wondering whether the investment in this is worthy of the usefulness in terms of an audience development strategy, having said that the section that looks at engaging each group is fairly useful. It does feel a little like reinventing the ACORN and MOSAIC wheel to limited value, although given that there is apparently 70% engaging 'sometimes', and 23% not currently engaged it does suggest we have some work to do! What do you think?
Oh and in reply to Ian's question 'which one are you?' I think I am probably 'Family and Community Focused', though I would like to have fitted into the 'Urban arts eclectic.'
So which one are you?
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Arts_audiences_insight.pdf
NB: I am sharing my own personal opinion in this post and is not intended to represent the opinion of WAP members!
So what is it?
It is the culmination of what must have been extensive research which has moved away from the traditional ACORN and MOSAIC definition of the population to that focused on arts attendance. Groups are divided into three sections: Highly engaged, Some engagement and Not currently engaged. Within these sections are sub sections:
Highly Engaged: (Reps 9% of population)
Urban Arts Eclectic (5%)
Traditional Culture Vulture (4%)
Some Engagement: (Reps 70% of population)
Fun, fashion and friends (18%)
Mature Explorers (11%)
Dinner and Show (20%)
Family and Community focused (11%)
Bedroom DJs (3%)
Mid-life hobbyists (4%)
Retired arts and crafts (3%)
Not currently engaged: (23%)
Time-poor dreamers (7%)
A quiet pint with the match (8%)
Older and home-bound (6%)
Limited means, nothing fancy (2%)
The document goes onto to define these groups by their leisure pursuits, arts engagement, demographic, and their media use (with rather clever artwork to illustrate that information).
I am left wondering whether the investment in this is worthy of the usefulness in terms of an audience development strategy, having said that the section that looks at engaging each group is fairly useful. It does feel a little like reinventing the ACORN and MOSAIC wheel to limited value, although given that there is apparently 70% engaging 'sometimes', and 23% not currently engaged it does suggest we have some work to do! What do you think?
Oh and in reply to Ian's question 'which one are you?' I think I am probably 'Family and Community Focused', though I would like to have fitted into the 'Urban arts eclectic.'
So which one are you?
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Arts_audiences_insight.pdf
NB: I am sharing my own personal opinion in this post and is not intended to represent the opinion of WAP members!
Friday, 26 August 2011
Bath Dance post
Bath have funding for Dance Development and are looking to appoint a creative producer for Dance. I went along to the first meeting attended by a vast and varied representation of all of those passionate about dance in Bath, there is obviously a great deal already happening but some key areas that such a development agency could support were identified on the day. I'm happy to share my thoughts from the day if that would be helpful.
Have a look at CEW's website for more information:
http://theatreworks.org.uk/jobs/icia-creative-producer-for-dance-freelance
Have a look at CEW's website for more information:
http://theatreworks.org.uk/jobs/icia-creative-producer-for-dance-freelance
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