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Inspired? Get Writing! Creative Writing Competition 2013/2014

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Enjoy writing but need that little bit of inspiration and a goal to get started?

Why not enter this years Inspired? Get writing! competition? You can write in prose or poetry about anything that has inspired you from our permanent collection: drawings; paintings; prints; sculpture; photography; installation. There are five categories for school pupils and adults. Four volumes of Inspired? Get writing! have been published, featuring winners from previous years, so you can check out the standard. For full details download the rules. There is also a resource pack which you might find helpful.

There are 5 categories:

•           Under 12 years

•           12 – 14 years

•           15-18 years

•           Adults prose

•           Adults poetry

Entries should be submitted by Friday 17 January 2014.  Results of the competition will be announced by Thursday 17 April 2014.

For more information click here.

CPD, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Opportunities, Outdoor learning

Youth Spaces Conference – Three weeks to go!

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This year and with support from SNH, TCV Scotland is hosting ‘Youth Spaces’ – an outdoor-based networking conference to be held on 3 October 2013. This free event will  bring together youth sector agencies and environmental organisations in order to learn more about how working outdoors in nature can increase skills and employability for disadvantaged young people as well as improve health and well being. The event will be a springboard for future partnership activity, providing participants with the opportunity to meet new people and learn about Scotland’s natural environment.  Developing skills and creating enhanced employability for disadvantaged young people is an area of work that is growing for TCV Scotland and also a topic of national concern with youth unemployment figures at historically high levels. Youth Spaces will be held at Redhall Walled Garden (SAMH) in Edinburgh on Thursday 3 October from 9.30 am till 4.15 pm.

Youth Spaces is aimed at practitioners in the Youth Sector who would like to support disadvantaged young people (16-24 year olds) by integrating environmental and outdoor based activity into their programme of work.

Youth Spaces will provide:

  • The chance to learn more about outdoor-based environmental activity and the many volunteering and placement opportunities available
  • Future access to a powerfully effective, free resource to add to their portfolio for working with and inspiring young people

If you would like to book a place, please use link below to access the booking formhttp://bit.ly/YouthSpaces2013.

If you would like more information about the event please contact Julia Duncanj.duncan@tcv.org.uk

Art, Art and Design, Competition, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Expressive Arts

Enter Royal Mail’s Christmas stamp design competition

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Royal Mail is running an amazing national art competition for primary school pupils to design stamps for Christmas 2013.

Two lucky winners will see their designs on one of the 1st or one of the 2nd Class Christmas stamps from this year’s range.

The competition theme is ‘what does the Christmas season mean to you?’ and so the children can design an image that best describes what the festive holiday period means to them.  Competition entries must be received by 19 July 2013.

Click here to find out how to enter.

Art, Art and Design, Competition, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Expressive Arts, Literacy and English

Design a book cover competition for schools

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The Design a Book Cover Competition is an exciting opportunity to showcase your pupils’ creative skills whilst encouraging them to engage with books and reading.  It’s open to all primary schools and it’s easy to take part.  There are two entry categories: P1 – P3 and P4 – P7 and there are prizes to be won for your school and pupils.  The closing date is Monday 3 July 2013.

Full details and the Entry Pack can be found on the competition website or by emailing michelle.mcleod@bailliegifford.com

Creative Learning, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Funding, Music, Opportunities

PRS For Music Foundation – Beyond Borders funding links UK countries

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Deadline: Thursday 26 June 2013

Beyond Borders is a co-commissioning and touring programme, offering funding of up to £15,000 for both new commissions and repeat performances of music written in the past five years.

Run in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Colwinston Trust, the scheme was launched in 2010 and has supported 22 projects so far.

The idea behind the fund is to stimulate collaboration between organisations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, enabling them to produce exceptional new music to be performed in at least two UK countries.

Beyond Borders is open to any UK-based not-for-profit organisation, but applications must consist of at least two partners, each from a different UK country. Larger partnerships, incorporating international organisations, are also encouraged.

For more information on how to apply, visit the PRS Foundation website

Art, Art and Design, Creative Learning, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Drama, Events, Expressive Arts, Funding, Health and Wellbeing, Music, Opportunities

Funding to help groups celebrate the 2014 Commonwealth Games

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A new £4 million fund has opened which will help the people of Scotland celebrate their part in the Commonwealth before, during and after the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

‘Celebrate‘ is a joint scheme developed by the Scottish Lottery Distributor’s Forum which is made up of Big Lottery Fund Scotland, Creative Scotland, Heritage Lottery Fund and sportScotland.

Grants of between £500 to £10,000 are available to help communities across Scotland come together to hold arts, heritage, sports and local community celebrations of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The fund will also support communities to celebrate the diversity of the Commonwealth and create a legacy of community and Commonwealth connections.

Celebrate is open to

  • voluntary and community organisations
  • community councils
  • statutory bodies (such as schools, local authorities or health boards)

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until 12 December 2014. For more information, and to apply, visit the Celebrate website.

Creative Learning, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Events, Learning, Music, Opportunities, Primary schools, Rothes Halls

The Big Strum!

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Fife Council Youth Music Initiative is currently running a pilot project using the ukulele to teach singing and musicianship skills to primary teachers and their pupils.

The project, involving over 60 teachers from 35 primary schools, is being led by Ann Rae, primary music specialist and ukulele enthusiast who has led twilights for participating staff throughout the session.

To celebrate all that has been achieved by children and their teachers during the year, all schools involved in the project are being invited to attend one of three “Big Strums” – held during the day on Monday 17th June, in the Rothes Halls, Glenrothes. Children will enjoy a packed hour of singing and playing, supported by their teachers.

Each of the three Big Strum sessions will accommodate just under 600 young ukulele players at a time – surely a first for Fife, if not Scotland! – with support by Fife Youth Music Initiative through transport subsidies for schools.

Adding to the excitement will be a multi-media presentation including use of cameras relaying live pictures to a large screen, in partnership with the Creative Industries Department from Adam Smith College.

Pictured, are young ukulele players from Denend Primary School who are all looking forward to the event!

For more information, please contact Sandra Taylor, Music Co-ordinator, Sandra.taylor@fife.gov.uk Education and Learning Directorate, Fife Council.

Art, Art and Design, Creative Learning, Creative Partners, Creative practitioners, Creativity, Curriculum for Excellence, Dance, Drama, Expressive Arts, Funding, Music, Opportunities

Enterprise Music Scotland – Traditional Arts Fund

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Deadlines: 5 July 2013, 27 September 2013 & 28 February 2014

Enterprise Music Scotland has an allocation of £120,000 available for the funding of small traditional arts projects.

This fund is devolved from Creative Scotland and is managed centrally by Enterprise Music Scotland. It will provide grants of between £250 and £3,000 to support traditional artists and organisations to create, platform, tour and showcase their work, as well as supporting professional development projects.

Individuals, groups and organisations can all apply to this fund. The applicant must be able to demonstrate a positive track record and professional commitment to one or more of the traditional art forms: Scottish Traditional Dance; Scottish Traditional Music and Scottish Traditional Storytelling.

For more information visit the Enterprise Music Scotland website.