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Funding, News, Opportunities

Creative Identities – funding now available

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Creative Identities is part of the Scottish Government’s CashBack for Communities programme, which reinvests the proceeds of crime back into communities to benefit Scotland’s young people. The Scottish Government has allocated £2.25 million over three years (2011-2014) to Creative Scotland to deliver Creative Identities programme.

The purpose of Creative Identities is to provide access to high quality experiential opportunities in dance, film and music for young people (0-25 years) in communities where there is an identified and demonstrated need.

For full details on how to access investment through Creative Identities following the link below.
This opportunity is available in: All Scotland
For further information, please contact enquiries@creativescotland.com, or visithttp://www.creativescotland.com/investment/creativeidentities.

Creativity, Funding, Opportunities

Breaking News: Big Lottery launches Young Start Fund

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Announced on the 13 March 2012 is the ‘Young Start’ grants programme run by the Big Lottery Fund to distribute money from dormant accounts. £10K-£50.

Young Start aims to create opportunities for children and young people aged between 8 and 24 to help realise their potential. All children and young people, and the communities they live in, have something to offer which Big Lottery Fund want to tap into, build and develop. They recognise that some children and young people face barriers to achieving their full potential and want Young Start to help overcome these.

Outcomes
CONFIDENT – Children and young people have more confidence and skills
HEALTHY – Children and young people have better physical, mental and emotional health
CONNECTED -Younger and older generations are better connected and have more understanding and respect for each other

Project examples and further information is available by clicking here

Creative Learning, Creativity, Education Scotland, Funding, Literacy and English, Opportunities, Primary schools

Money for language departments and projects in Scotland

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The British Academy is offering two awards of £4000 specifically for Scottish schools that want to develop creative ways of improving language teaching and learning. It could go towards helping you to work with your local primary schools, take forward business links, or develop a new course.

Click here for more info

Funding, Opportunities, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Get Moving Fund…time is running out, apply now!

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The Cultural Partnerships Team are keen to encourage and support schools and youth organisations who wish to provide exciting experiences, opportunities and activities that bring together creativity and learning to benefit the lives of children and young people. Recognising that transport costs are a real barrier to participating in cultural opportunities we have put in place the Get Moving Fund.

The fund is open to schools and organisations to aid participation for young people in creative learning experiences. It is available to support activity taking place between now and March 31st 2012 and applications should be made using the attached form.  Funding is available to cover transport costs up to a maximum of £250.

 The planned activity should meet at least one of the following Actions from the Cultural Strategy:-

  • Action 2– Identifying the barriers to cultural participation and ways of overcoming them.
  • Action 3– Encourage communities to maximise cultural opportunities to celebrate their strengths and their heritage.
  • Action 5 – Increase access to participation in cultural activity and creative learning opportunities.

 Please note that the fund is limited and applications will be assessed on a first come first served basis.

 Should you have queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01592 583255

Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Funding, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Primary schools

Fife Libraries World Book Week Event

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Book and Film Event

Tuesday  28th February 2012 at 10am or 7pm

Film Tickets Only £2.50 per child (Teachers & adults helpers FREE)

Film Ticket with Coach Transport to the Event £5 per child (Teachers & adults helpers still FREE!!!)

****FREE TRANSPORT AVAILABLE ****

to the first 10 schools to apply to be part of our

 Across the Generations Project

Thanks to special funding from the Creative Learning Network, these special showings also offer schools the chance to encourage families to read and share book experiences together. Our unique Across the Generations Project encourages children to invite an adult from their family to come with them to the event, helping you to encourage literacy and strengthen the bond between school and home.

To be eligible you simply need to…

Offer your children the chance to bring a parent, grandparent or other adult with them to the show,

either in the morning at 10am or in the evening at 7pm.

Submit your Booking Form and we will hold a place for each child with an additional free adult ticket allocated for each one,

you then send a letter home inviting adults to come with the class and confirm the adult numbers later. 

Just asking the adults to come makes you eligible to apply for FREE Transport!

The film ticket costs £2.50 per child but all adults are FREE and if you are among the first 10 schools to apply we can provide coach travel from schools anywhere in FIFE to the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy completely FREE.

Questions??  Problems??

Find more details in the BOY World Book Week Event flyer or contact me, 

Maggie Gray on 01592 583204

Don’t delay – apply today!!!

 

 

Funding, Opportunities

£500 grants available to groups of young people for the Money for Life Challenge

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There’s still time to enter the Money for Life Challenge, a national financial capability competition for groups of 16 to 24 year old students in further education, work-based learning or community learning. Their Challenge is to come up with a money management idea which the grant can help them develop. The Challenge is not yet fully subscribed and the closing date for the application for the £500 grant has been extended to 24th February 2012. If you work with a group of young people help them learn about money matters in a fun way and support them to enter the Money for Life Challenge. For more information see:

http://www.moneyforlifechallenge.org.uk/