Bulletin 24 April 2009
Inspiring Communities – funding opportunity
Just to alert you that the application process for the Inspiring Communities funding which Naomi Eisenstadt spoke about at our Raising Aspirations conference is now available. Full information is available at http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/inspiringcommunities
Call for submissions: Glastonbury Festival Big Screen
Glastonbury Big Screen – Expanding the network of London 2012 Live Sites around the UK, London 2012 and the Cultural Olympiad have secured a double sided screen at Glastonbury Festival, to run during the festival 24-28 June 2009. The screen is a partnership between LOCOG (London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, the BBC and Glastonbury Festival. The screen will have its own Screen manager for the duration of the festival, who will be responsible for developing, approving and editing content for the screen. Glastonbury Festival has an audience of 350,000, and the screen offers an opportunity to showcase the best of the UK’s film & new media work to festival goers and BBC viewers of the Festival. The 2012 screen is at the “meeting point” at the festival, one of the busiest points of the site.
Call for Submissions – As part of this, Arts Council England are now looking for content for the Glastonbury Big Screen, to be shown during the Festival. The selection of the films and work to be showcased on the screen is being managed via the London 2012 Creative Programmers in each region/nation. In the North East, we are undertaking an open call; submissions will then be selected by a panel made up of Northern Film & Media, Arts Council England NE and the London 2012 Creative Programmer in the North East. Attached are a briefing paper and a film submission form for you to submit your work for consideration for inclusion on the Glastonbury Big Screen. Deadline for submissions is midday on Friday 15th May.
Internship Opportunity
Northern Pride are offering an internship for 1 day a week. The Intern’s main duties will be administrative, recording bookings, paperwork, phone calls, assisting in compiling the annual report and evaluation, finalising accounts and administration around the Annual General Meeting, it is envisaged that the internship will be 3 to 4 months. If you or you know of anyone who is interested then please contact Darren@changemakers.org.uk . For more information on Northern Pride please visit their website at http://www.northernpride.org.uk/
About Northern pride – Northern Pride is a community based organisation entirely run by an enthusiastic group of volunteers elected at an Inaugural General Meeting in July 2007. They are working hard to bring you a Pride celebration that is accessible, enjoyable and informative for the whole community.
Their aims are to
• To create a safe environment, where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people can promote their culture and work, in the interests of their social welfare, towards removing the social exclusion experienced by many.
• To promote equality and diversity, advance education and eliminate discrimination in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
