Category Archives: Community Learning and Development

Pupil films on the big screen – anti-knife crime

Local youngsters attend premiere of anti-knife crime films

Two short films made by local young people about the consequences of knife crime have premiered at Loch Lomond Shores Sea Life cinema.

The films were part of the ‘No Knives, Better Lives’ project supported by West Dunbartonshire Council Community Safety & Anti Social Behaviour Services and its partners.

Young people, their families, and youth workers from across the area came together to share the celebrations, and the filmmakers received Oscar-style awards from Helen Turley, Head of Housing and Community Safety, in recognition of their hard work, effort and contribution to the anti-knife campaign.

http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/news/local-youngsters-attend-premiere-of-anti-knife-crime-films/

CLD meets Social Entrepreneurship Collaborative Conversations

CLD Standards Council are working with the Social Enterprise Academy to host three one day events across Scotland in late September 2012.

The events, part of the our Ideas Academy programme, will bring together small groups comprising six community learning and development practitioners and six social entrepreneurs to learn from each other’s action and experience.

http://www.cldstandardscouncil.org.uk/News_Events/News/CLD_meets_Social_Entrepreneurship_Collaborative_Conversations

Festival Backstage competition on the lookout for TV journalists of tomorrow


Edinburgh International Festival today launched Festival Backstage, a behind-the-scenes mini site for Festival 2012 which offers a backstage glimpse of what goes into putting the Festival together, with videos and interviews with artists, staff members and fans made by young local filmmakers. The first film is about Julien Thibault, a young dancer from French company Ballet Preljocaj, who takes a break from rehearsals to talk about the challenges and the excitement of being a professional dancer. Watch the video at http://eif.co.uk/festivalbackstage

This year, in partnership with Standard Life and Napier University, they are running a competition offering one lucky young person aged between 12 and 17 the opportunity to join the Standard Life Festival Backstage production team for a day during the height of the Festival. They are looking for budding film makers or presenters to make a short film reporting on their passion for or experience of something cultural – it could be anything from a weekly dance class, or their talented brother or sister, to a recent trip to the theatre. A selection of the films will be hosted on their digital channels and a panel of experts will choose a winner to join the crew during the Festival, as well as winning tickets to a Festival show.

Entrants to the competition must be between 12 and 17. To enter upload a video (maximum length of 2 minutes) to YouTube and send the link to backstagecompetition@eif.co.uk. The deadline for entries is 12noon on 29 June 2012. A shortlist will be announced on 9 July, with the winner announced on 13 July. For more information visit http://eif.co.uk/backstagecompetition

Creative Identities – funding now available

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.

Teachers and CLD Practitioners – we need your creativity


Competition for teachers and CLD practitioners



The Scottish and Credit Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQFP) invites teachers and those working in community learning to come up with a new title for the guide currently known as the Schools Toolkit. This competition is open to all secondary school teachers and workers in community learning settings in Scotland and the deadline for entries is Friday 29 June 2012.


http://www.scqf.org.uk/News/&action=fullnews&id=55

Eric Booth Masterclass – motivating arts learning experiences

Activated environment – motivated participants
An Eric Booth Masterclass, for ArtWorks Scotland

19 June 2012, 10 am to 4pm, at the Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh

Spend a day exploring the mechanics of motivation with a master ‘teaching artist’ and arts education consultant from the USA.

“Research shows that the single greatest influence on the quality of an arts learning experience is the motivation of the learner, and the second greatest influence is the social environment that impacts that individual’s motivation. Our workshop will explore the ways that teaching artists can better support the courage of participants to pour themselves into our learning opportunities, and the ways we create conducive environments—quickly.” Eric Booth

Places on this day long masterclass are limited to 30 and are open to artists across all artforms and levels of experience. As the ArtWorks team are keen to offer places to a cross section of artists, participants will be selected by a panel based on the criteria in the booking form.

To submit a request for a place on this masterclass request a booking form from Hilary Nicoll (ArtWorks Scotland project manager) viahilary.nicoll@creativescotland.com

Summer Art Opportunity for Young People aged 12/13-18yrs at Talbot Rice Gallery

For three days leading up to the Edinburgh Art Festival, International artist Tim Rollins and his collective, Kids of Survival (K.O.S), invite young people to take part in a unique one-off art event at the Talbot Rice Gallery during July 2012.

Over two days, young people will work directly with K.O.S members Tim, Angel and Rick to finish a unique work of art based the classic adventure novel ‘Treasure Island’ by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.  This work will feature in the forthcoming exhibition at the Talbot Rice Gallery.

Tim Rollins and K.O.S are an artist collective from New York who create original artworks inspired by classic novels, speeches and music.  The group act as an artist team whose members are of different ages and from all types of different backgrounds.

Since the formation of K.O.S in 1981, works by the group are now part of prestigious private and public collections across the world including the Museum of Modern Art (New York); The Tate Gallery (London) and The Hirshhorn Museum of Art (Washington D.C)

Tim Rollins & K.O.S are a key highlight of this years’ Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF), the UK’s largest annual festival dedicated to visual art.  The new work created in Edinburgh and based on ‘Treasure Island’ will feature prominently in the Talbot Rice Gallery exhibition.

Please refer to the attached PDF for more information and an application form.

ACES RECRUITMENT PACK

Contact Rachel.thibbotumunuwe@ed.ac.uk for further information.

BeXcellent – new website


http://www.bexcellent.org.uk/

Children in Scotland announces that a new website has been launched to bring Curriculum for Excellence to life for young people.  Visit www.BeXcellent.org.uk <http://www.BeXcellent.org.uk>

There is also a BeXcellent competition, calling for entries from individual young people and groups which demonstrate excellent learning across a range of categories. Winning entries must be inspiring and innovative. Closing date – 8 June 2012.

‘Youth Radiothon’ @ Pulse Radio 98.4, East Renfrewshire


Did you ever want to be on air and run your own radio show?  This is your chance:  East Renfrewshire Council in conjunction with Pulse Radio 98.4 will celebrate young peoples’ engagement and voice by inviting pupils and youth clubs from the 12 to 14 June to participate in a Youth Radiothon.


http://ltsblogs.org.uk/globalcitizenship/2012/05/14/%e2%80%98youth-radiothon%e2%80%99-pulse-radio-98-4-east-renfrewshire/

Glow Meet: using small, everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees

Simple Acts – Spirit Project, Wednesday 9 May, 11 am, http://glo.li/Iuk9ba
http://ltsblogs.org.uk/glowscotland/2012/04/30/simple-acts-share-a-story/

Simple Acts is about inspiring individuals to use small, everyday actions to change perceptions of refugees. Through Glow TV you can join weekly events that highlight individual acts such as learning about a refugee experience, cooking a dish from another country and finding out about the new Spirit Project. The series is on every Wednesday morning at 11 am.