Funding

The 2007 priorities for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s four programmes have now been set:

• Arts – The Arts in Public Places; The Arts and Sciences
• Education – Human Scale Schools; Cross-cultural Schools; Youth Work Projects
• Social Change – Financial Inclusion; Environmental Awareness; Older People
• Anglo-Portuguese Cultural Relations

The Foundation only gives grants for proposals of a charitable kind, from registered charities or otherwise tax-exempt organisations. At present there is a ntional limit of £15,000 to any one grant. Proposals are considered at Trustee meetings, which are held three times a year, usually in the first week of March, July and November.

For further information visit www.gulbenkian.org.uk or contact
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
United Kingdom Branch,
98 Portland Place,
London
WIB 1ET
T: 020 7636 5313,
F: 020 7908 7580
E:info@gulbenkian.org.uk

The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has announced that it will be re-opening the People’s Million Programme in March 2007.

The People’s Millions is a £15 million partnership programme between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV. It was launched in June 2005, and in November 2005 53 grants of up to £50,000 were made to projects throughout the UK which would benefit local environments.

People’s Millions promises to be even bigger in 2007. The programme will open again in March 2007 and organisations will be able to apply for grants of up to £100,000 for local projects across the UK that will help communities to transform, use or enjoy local environments. The programme will be open to voluntary and community groups, local authorities, schools and health organisations.

The programme has a strong focus on public involvement, and TV viewers watching regional TV programmes get to choose which projects they would like to see funded in their communities. TV votes will take place towards the end of November 2007.

More: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_peoples_millions.htm

Are you 11 to 25?
Do you have an idea that will benefit your community?
The Big Boost gives awards to young people of between £250 and £1000 (11-16) and £500 and £5000 (16-25), to help them get their ideas off the ground.
Go to: http://www.thebigboost.org.uk/

The Local Network Fund for Children and Young People provides small grants and capacity building support for small voluntary organisations working with children and young people. The object of the Fund is to enable communities to develop projects and activities for children and young people with limited opportunities or access to services that many young people take for granted.

Advice and support on project development, establishing and running community groups and developing safeguarding procedures is available, along with grants between £250 and £7000.

Applications are invited under the themes outlined in Every Child Matters and include

• Enjoying and achieving: projects or activities that help children and young people maximise their potential and develop skills for adulthood (e.g. theatre arts groups, self advocacy skills programmes, cultural dance and music projects)

Contact the Local Network Fund National Call Centre on 0845 113 0161 (to check eligibility & request application forms)

Arts Council England Annual Review

Arts Council England has released its Annual Review for 2006 which looks back and reports on activities and achievements from Spring 2005 to 2006.

To download a copy of the Annual Review visit www.artscouncil.org.uk

The Camelot Foundation invites young people aged between 11 and 25 to apply for the Foundations 4Front Awards. Nine grants of £3,000 are available to young people or groups who have an idea to improve things for themselves and others. Applications must be submitted in the form of a five minute film outlining the idea and how it will benefit the community. Previous winners include a school radio station; and to provide IT and internet connections as part of the regeneration of a derelict building into a resource centre. Closing date for applications is the 18th September 2006. for more information visit: http://www.4frontawards.org/public/index.html

Videoconferencing grants for cultural sector organisations
The Department for Education and Skills has provided MLA with funding to enable cultural sector organisations in England to connect to the National Education Network (NEN) in order to provide videoconferencing sessions to schools. A small number of grants, totalling £50,000, will be provided to cultural sector organisations that have already expressed an interest in providing videoconferencing sessions, but are currently unable to fund their connection to the NEN.

Applications are welcomed from cultural sector organisations, including museums, galleries, archives, libraries, arts organisations, science centres, heritage bodies and other similar organisations in England.

For more information see: http://www.mla.gov.uk/website/programmes/online_initiatives/Videoconferencing/

David Dawson
Head of Digital Futures
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Note new address: Victoria House, Southampton Row, London WC1B 4EA

Young Partners Award
NCVYS have re-launched The Young Partners Award. The award is a celebration of youth participation within the voluntary and community sector. The Award aims to inspire others by publicly highlighting the creative and dynamic ways in which young people have become actively involved in the running of voluntary organisations.

If you want to find out more on the Young Partners Award 2006, contact Steven Pryse on 0207 253 1010 or email steven@ncvys.org.uk or visit the NCVYS website http://www.ncvys.org.uk/docs/youth/young_partners.htm
BYC Media Reps
The British Youth Council (BYC) is looking to recruit a diverse group of young people to act as media spokespeople. This exciting role will involve young people becoming spokespeople and responding to journalists (Television, Radio, Web and Printed) on behalf of BYC. The media spokespeople will be trained and fully supported to comment on a broad range of issues from ASBOs and votes at 16, to sexual health and education.

For more information about the media spokespeople position, and for application forms visit the BYC website http://www.byc.org.uk/byc-mediaspokespeople.html

Youth Matters: Next Steps
The Department for Education and Skills have today published 'Youth Matters: Next Steps. The report is published after a lengthy consultation period in which 19,000 responses were received from young people alone. Key reforms in the Next Steps include:

A statutory duty for local authorities, in the context of national standards, to ensure that young people have access to a wide range of positive activities.
10 pilot projects around England to develop the Youth Opportunity card.
The volunteering proposals being carried out by the Russell Commission Implementation Body.
Improve Information, Advice and Guidance by encouraging schools and colleges to work in partnership with children's trusts.
Improving and simplifying how we help young people who lead complicated and troubled lives.
Read Youth Matters: Next Steps http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/youth

One of our Cultural Partners, Michael Freeman (of Junk Music fame) has offered the following to anyone who may benefit:

Musicians in Residence is a scheme funded by Arts Council England to support musicians and promoters in the
region. Voluntary and community groups who want to book professional musicians for events or festivals
can receive a subsidy of up to 40% of the fee.

Deadline: (January and May each year)
Contact: Musicians in Residence
Tel: 01653 668 551
Email: office@musiciansinresidence.org
Web: www.musiciansinresidence.org

The future of arts lottery funding is being decided - make your voice heard.

To coincide with the renewal of the lottery licence, the Government is consulting the public on the future of the Lottery Good Causes and how National Lottery money should be distributed from 2009 onwards.
This is an opportunity for all of us who care about the arts to make our voices heard.

Making a difference to the North East
Over the last 10 years Arts Council England, North East has invested over £158 million of arts lottery funds in community projects, public art and regeneration across our region. This money has changed both the physical and cultural landscape of our region, making possible flagship projects such as the Angel of the North, The Sage Gateshead, BALTIC and Middlesbrough institute of modern art (mima), as well as countless community projects.

Your opinion counts
The consultation runs to 28 February 2006. We want to make sure that the arts continue to be supported by the National Lottery and would like to encourage you to respond to this consultation.
Whatever your involvement with the arts, your opinion really counts. This is your opportunity to speak out and help safeguard the future of the arts as a valuable and valued recipient of lottery funds.

To take part
You can take part in the consultation in the following ways:
Log on to www.lottery2009.culture.gov.uk and fill in the questionnaire on line.
Phone 020 7211 6372 to ask for a paper questionnaire.
Write to the Government at: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH

CulturEuro seminars

EUCLID, the UK's official Cultural Contact Point appointed by the EC and the DCMS, is pleased to announce that our new round of popular CulturEuro seminars on EU funding opportunities for the cultural sector is now underway, and we look forward to visiting Newcastle on Wednesday 15th March, at Newcastle Civic Centre.
CulturEuro will be highlighting not only current and future EU funding opportunities, but also ways in which cultural organisations can build partnerships, access other European sources of funding and deal with the challenges of EU rules and regulations.

This half day seminar will run from 1.30pm-4.45pm and all participants will receive a full information pack with notes on the presentations and extensive contact details. The cost to attend is £75 + VAT (£88.12).

To register online:
For further details, including the full list of venues and dates, and to access the online booking form, please visit www.euclid.info/uk/seminars

Louise Barton
Development Manager
EUCLID
Tel: 07000 382543
www.euclid.info

Firstlight is a national organisation that provides funding to support making short films by young people aged between the ages of 5 and 18. The funding is being made available through two award schemes. The pilot award provides funding of up to £4,000 for the production of one 5 minute film and the studio awards which will provide grants of up to £20,000 for the production of up to 4 films that can be up to 10 minutes long. The next closing date for applications is the 24th January 2006. www.firstlightmovies.com/funding.php

The programme will support a wide range of youth ideas from school-based enterprises through to larger scale, community projects (examples may range from a counselling helpline for young people, to a youth magazine, which raises awareness of racism). The programme will use strict assessment and monitoring criteria, including face-to-face interviews and follow-up procedures, to ensure that it reaches its target audience, including young people from deprived communities.
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CulturEuro Seminars - EU Funding Opportunities for the Cultural Sector…

This invitation comes from Peter Mok, EUCLID's marketing executive:

EUCLID, the UK's official Cultural Contact Point is pleased to announce that our current round of CulturEuro Seminars across 19 major cities across the UK is underway! We will be visiting Carlisle on 26th October (The Fratry, Carlisle Cathedral) and Newcastle (Arts Council England, North East) on 24th November.
The half day seminars will highlight not only current and future EU funding opportunities but also ways in which cultural organisations can build partnerships, access other European sources of funding and deal with the challenges of EU rules and regulations.
The seminars will run from 13:30 – 16:45 and all participants will receive a full information pack with notes on the presentations and extensive contact details. The cost to attend is £70 (plus VAT).
For further details and access to the online booking forms please visit www.euclid.info/uk/seminars
Finally, I would be very grateful if you could please include this information on your website and in any publications and mailings. In addition, please do forward this information to colleagues you think would be interested in attending.
Many thanks
Kind regards,

Peter Mok
Marketing Assistant
EUCLID
12 Charlotte Street
Manchester
M1 4FL
T: +44 (0)7000 382543 (EUCLID)
F: +44 (0)161 245 3322
W: www.euclid.info
E: peter@euclid.info

Gateshead Council now provides assistance via their External Funding Team to schools and other community bodies.
There is a free external funding search (Grantnet) at:
http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/externalfunding/grantfinder.htm
and news of current grants through the following link:
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For 15-25 year olds. A starter pack and grant form are available when you send an A4 stamped addressed envelope to:
CYEC
7 Lion Yard
Tremadoc Road
London
SW4 7NQ
T: 020 7498 6151
F: 020 7622 4365
mail@cyec.org.uk
www.cyec.org.uk
DEADLINE: 23rd September

Schools are eligible to apply to their local B&Q store for a grant of between £50 and £500 towards materials for a sustainable community project. See link to the B&Q website below...
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/
templates/contentlookup.jsp?content=/aboutbandq/2004/
social_responsibility//better_neighbour.jsp

Education Secretary Ruth Kelly pledges 280m over three years for school meals and nutritional standards will be reintroduced. The government claimed that this matter had been on its agenda, although the announcement coincided with the end of TV chef Jamie Oliver's 18-month campaign and his delivery of a 271,000 signature petition on the matter to Tony Blair, who in turn promised to make education Labour's number one priority.
The food budget will account for £220m (50p on primary school meals and 60p on secondaries). The £60m remainder goes towards a new School Food Trust to support improvement within schools. A panel of experts will deliver the nutritional standards, which will be mandatory by September 2006. See the DfES and Jamie Oliver's webpages below...
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2005_0044
http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/J/jamies_school_dinners/index.html

Life Science Centre is to receive a £1.2m grant from ReDiscover, a renewal fund for science centres, which is a contribution to its new exhibition space plans. Chancellor Gordon Brown has just revealed plans to give Science City status to Newcastle. The redevelopment will begin, with the Centre open throughout, in Autumn 2005.

This is a Department for Education and Skills Press Release under the title:Music Boost for schools with new champion and more money on 24th November 2004:

The drive to improve music education was given a significant boost today with the announcement by School Standards Minister David Miliband of a further £30m funding over the next three years, and a new appointment to push forward the Music Manifesto.
Read on for more good news for schools music...

Gateshead Council has secured funding for a new state-of-the-art sport facility at Gateshead International Stadium – the only one of its kind in the region.

The two-storey Regional Performance Centre will integrate community and educational sport facilities with a top grade training environment for athletes and local people across the North East.

Unlike other centres around the country, the International Stadium centre will be a permanent home to 300 students from Gateshead College’s Sport and Leisure department. It will also be occupied by the English Institute of Sport (EIS), bringing the centre in to a network of nine national multi-sport elite facilities. Funded by One NorthEast through the Tyne & Wear Partnership and their Single Regeneration Budget, Active England and Northern Rock Foundation, the project will cost in the region of £15m. The project is expected to be completed by Winter 2005/06.

A selection of news from DfES via the Arts Council Education Service on a variety of topics from awards, funding and school meals projects.
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An article by Bill Macnaught, Head of Cultural Development at Gateshead Council, featured in A-I (artsindustry) magazine on June 4th this year. The article, 'After the Baltic' , saw a focus on people rather than buildings in the next phase of Gateshead's cultural plan.

The lottery grant body, Awards for All have adopted a new community-focused approach to applications for schools; effective from 1st April 2004.
So far they have given ?21 million to 5,600 schools for projects ranging from nature trails, to creating school gardens, to African drumming, increasing participation in extra-curricular sport, music performances and breakfast clubs promoting healthy eating; all making a significant contribution to the quality of school life.

Visit their website: www.awardsforall.org.uk for further details and see the text in the extended entry.