From: SEFAN [admin_at_sefan_dot_org_dot_uk]
Sent: 27 January 2009 13:30
Subject: SEFAN 2009-01-27_01 GLEANINGS from Voluntary Arts England/ACE


1. GLEANINGS from VAE
PRS and MCPS rebranding
Danceorganisations.org.uk
Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN) Access Toolkit
Arts need ‘urgent’ reassurance of funding in credit crunch
Young Roots
2. GLEANINGS from ACE
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1.GLEANINGS from VAE
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PRS and MCPS rebranding

PRS and MCPS, the bodies which administer performing and mechanical reproduction licences for music and have been operating as the MCPS-PRS Alliance, are rebranding as PRS for Music. The licensing system will remain the same. 

For more information, visit www.prsformusic.com.

source: VolResource

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Danceorganisations.org.uk 

Do you want to find out more about dance and dancing? This site is a gateway some of the diverse dance organisations in the UK that can help you, and signpost you to the information you need. 

Danceorganisations.org.uk is a tool to enable anyone find out more about the organisations out there and identify those best able to help them. 

Danceorganisations.org.uk is a collaboration between:
• Association of Dance of the African Diaspora (ADAD);
• Council for Dance Education and Training (CDET);
• Dance UK;
• Dancers' Career Development (DCD);
• Foundation for Community Dance;
• National Dance Teachers Association;
• South Asian Dance Alliance (SADA);
• The Place; and
• Youth Dance England.

Find out more by visiting www.danceorganisations.org.uk
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Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN) Access Toolkit

The Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN) Access Toolkit is packed with useful information, and examples of ways you can improve access for Deaf and disabled audiences at your festivals and events. All areas are covered, from marketing to facilities, from stewarding to programming and much more.

Many of the measures you can take don’t cost a bean, and all of the advice in the toolkit will help you encourage attendance and improve access for the audience members you might not even know you were excluding.

Download your copy of the Access Toolkit at www.streetartsnetwork.org.uk.

The Toolkit was written by Suzanne Bull of Attitude is Everything, and features case studies from three UK festivals. Improving access for Street Arts has had different challenges from other sectors, and Suzanne and those working on the development of the Toolkit have been making new discoveries all the time.

ISAN knows that there will be more to learn and welcome feedback from you on your experience of implementing measures suggested in the Toolkit, and on any new measures you discover yourself.

Please send your feedback to toolkit_at_streetartsnetwork_dot_org_dot_uk. ISAN plans to incorporate feedback into a revised version of the Toolkit later in the year, and hopes to publish it as a tried and tested handbook for the sector, and to make it available in a variety of different formats.

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Arts need ‘urgent’ reassurance of funding in credit crunch

Arts industry chiefs are seeking urgent reassurance that culture secretary Andy Burnham will fight to maintain the current level of government spending, which is being threatened by the global financial meltdown. 

Leading names, including National Campaign for the Arts director Louise de Winter, Equity general secretary Christine Payne, Independent Theatre Council chief executive Charlotte Jones and Theatrical Management Association principal officer Kathleen Hamilton, have written a joint letter to Burnham seeking a meeting “as a matter of urgency” to discuss the challenges facing the sector in the year ahead. 

The correspondence comes in response to The Stage’s exclusive interview with the culture secretary earlier this month, in which he revealed that subsidised organisations were not “immune” from a government savings drive, and that despite funding levels being set until 2010/11, they could face cuts in the third and final year of the settlement. 
source: The Stage

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Young Roots

Young Roots offers grants of between £3,000 and £25,000 for projects that involve 13 to 25 year-olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement. To receive a Young Roots grant a project must relate to the varied heritage of the UK and:

• Provide new opportunities for a wider range of young people aged 13 to 25 to learn about their own and other’s heritage;
• Allow young people to lead and take part in creative and engaging activities;
• Develop partnerships between youth organisations and heritage organisations; and
• Create opportunities to celebrate young people’s achievements in the project and share their learning with the wider community.

To be eligible a project must also create either:

• Opportunities for young people to volunteer in heritage; or
• New opportunities for young people to gain skills in identifying, recording, interpreting or caring for heritage.

Young Roots is a rolling programme and there are no deadlines for applications. For further information, visit www.hlf.org.uk/English/HowToApply/OurGrantGivingProgrammes/YoungRoots.

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2. GLEANINGS from ACE

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Announcing the 
Regional Strategic Conference for the Folk / Roots / World Sector March 2009
supported by the National Lottery  through Arts Council England
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Penny Allen  -    General Manager
Anthony John Allen - Chair of the Board

SOUTH EAST FOLK ARTS NETWORK:
             admin_at_sefan_dot_org_dot_uk                   www.sefan.org.uk
Charity registered in England and Wales No: 1111883
Company Limited by Guarantee No: 5114495 registered in Cardiff

MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDHS:

89 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton,  BN1 7JQ
Tel.  +44 (0)1273 541453





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Announcing the 
Regional Strategic Conference for the Folk / Roots / World Sector March 2009
supported by the National Lottery  through Arts Council England
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Penny Allen  -    General Manager
Anthony John Allen - Chair of the Board

SOUTH EAST FOLK ARTS NETWORK:
             admin_at_sefan_dot_org_dot_uk                   www.sefan.org.uk
Charity registered in England and Wales No: 1111883
Company Limited by Guarantee No: 5114495 registered in Cardiff

MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDHS:
             admin_at_meltdownec_dot_org_dot_uk       www.meltdownec.org.uk

89 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton,  BN1 7JQ
Tel.  +44 (0)1273 541453