From: SEFAN [admin_at_sefan_dot_org_dot_uk]
Sent: 15 April 2010 19:53
Subject: SEFAN 2010-04-15_02 GLEANINGS Artjobs and VAE
1. GLEANINGS from Arts Job 3 x UNPAID.
2. GLEANINGS from News from Voluntary Arts England
New music licensing fees for charities delayed
Dance Champions website goes live - register your details
Podcasts look at experiences of being a Chair
Free legal help to individuals and community groups
Manifesto on culture
A Place for Culture: Towards a Local Cultural Offer for All Children & Young People
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1. GLEANED from ARTSjobs. UNPAID.
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2. GLEANINGS from News from Voluntary Arts England


NEWS
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New music licensing fees for charities delayed

The introduction of music licensing fees for charities has been postponed, with no new implementation date yet.

A flat annual fee allowing charities to play music on their premises was meant to come in on April 6 2010. However, successful lobbying by the voluntary sector, which is currently exempt from such charges, has delayed the new fee. Discussions about removal of the exemption and the potential fees are ongoing.


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Dance Champions website goes live - register your details

The Dance Champions website is now live for dance organisations and dance teachers to register their details. The Dance Champions website is now live for dance organisations and dance teachers to register their details for inclusion on the Dance Champions national database.

Once your details have been formally registered they will be made available on the Dance Champions online search tool. The national dance search tool will create a 'one stop' search mechanism for ALL people interested in dancing so they can easily access dance opportunities in their local area.

If you would like to find out more about Dance Champions, visit www.dancechampions.org
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Podcasts look at experiences of being a Chair

Skill sharing website, KnowHow NonProfit, have produced a series of governance podcasts called 'In the Chair' that explore how non-profit and charity Chairs are helping their organisations and fellow board members deal with times of crisis and change.

KnowHow NonProfit is a new website built solely for people working in not for profit organisations. Completely free and easy to use, it is packed with practical information and resources covering all kinds of topics from finding funding to strategy planning. You can use the forums to ask questions, discuss issues and share your own experience. There are also podcasts of events, a calendar of conferences and courses stretching across the UK and their own fortnightly non-profit story 'Millcaster Tales.' The site is intended to be a friendly and useful space for a community of non-profit people and organisations to share what they have learnt and to help others.

www.knowhownonprofit.org
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Free legal help to individuals and community groups

LawWorks is a charity which aims to provide free legal help to individuals and community groups who cannot afford to pay for it and who are unable to access legal aid.  In the last year LawWorks helped provide free legal advice to over 40,000 people and around 350 voluntary sector organisations.

They work with just under 100 member law firms and teams of in-house counsel, as well as mediators, law students and solicitors who have been made redundant  involving them all in pro bono work.

www.lawworks.org.uk
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Manifesto on culture

Britain's leading cultural and heritage organisations have joined together to launch their vision for the future in the document, Cultural Capital: a Manifesto for the Future. The publication shows how investing in culture and heritage can help Britain's social and economic recovery from recession.

It demonstrates with facts and figures that a fifteen-year period of investment has created a public appetite for culture that continues to grow, and that the arts, heritage, museums, libraries and archives make a strong contribution to the economic and social wellbeing of Britain.

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A Place for Culture: Towards a Local Cultural Offer for All Children & Young People

The Government has confirmed the next steps in realising the ambition for every child and young person to experience at least five hours of high-quality cultural activities each week.

A policy paper “A Place for Culture: Towards a local culture offer for all children and young people” published on 1st April, looks at what has been achieved so far and spells out ambitions for the future.  It sets out the ways in which the Department of Culture, Media and Sport will now make the offer universal by mainstreaming it into schools and local authorities, based on the learning from the successful Find Your Talent programme.

This will include a review conducted by the Arts Council of its support for the delivery of the cultural offer. The paper is available at:
www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/place_for_culture.pdf
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FUNDING

NOTE : More and more of these Funding Trusts are granting to Reg. Charities only.
If you have a project and think you would be a fit ... talk to us as we might be able to submit your proposal on you behalf, or roll it into a larger bid for activity in more than one area.
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J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust - increasing the level of annual spend

Since 1986 J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust has awarded nearly £38 million to over 3,000 charities across the UK.  The trustees have now decided to wind down the Trust over a period of 5 – 10 years.  This means that they will be increasing the level of annual spend and looking for opportunities to award a number of more substantial grants that will have an enduring impact.

The Trust is currently focusing its support on charities in England and will only consider applications for projects under one or more of its stated priorities, which include:

• Reducing Reoffending
• Improving Prospects (providing meaningful occupation for young people aged 14-19 to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion)
• Repairing Communities
• Repairing Lives (making a lasting impact on the lives of people with substance misuse problems; helping people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness)
• Sustaining the Arts

The Trust awards grants towards both revenue and capital costs.  Main grants are between £10K and £250K for work over a period of 1 to 3 years. Small grants of up to £5K are also available for smaller charities. All applications must be submitted using the online form available via the website at: www.jpgettytrust.org.uk.  There are no closing dates, and you should hear within 6 weeks if they are able to take your application forward.  You can contact the Trust for advice on 020 7486 1859.
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Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

deadlineword - June, 10 September and 10 December 2010

The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation considers grant applications from charitable organisations working in a number of areas, including the performing arts and music. The Trustees meet quarterly to decide grant allocation.

Performing arts (excluding music)
The Foundation has been a consistent supporter of the performing arts. The Trustees intend to maintain that policy with particular emphasis on financial support for not-for-profit companies with a record of artistic excellence that require additional funding, not available from public sources or commercial sponsorship, to broaden their repertoire or develop work of potentially outstanding interest which cannot be funded from usual sources. Assistance will also be considered for training and professional development for creative talent or the technical professions.

Music
The Trustees recognise that music is seriously under-funded in the UK and will consider applications for support in those areas of music performance and education which do not readily attract backing from commercial sponsors or other funding bodies, or which are not eligible for public funding. Priority will be directed towards supporting the work or education of musicians based in, or wishing to study in, the UK, but by no means exclusively so. An important criterion will be whether, in the opinion of the Trustees, the funding sought will make a significant difference to the applicant's prospects.

The Foundation does not have an application form. Applications in writing only to Karen Marshall, Administrator, Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, 2nd Floor, 20-22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR. Visit www.wingatefoundation.org.uk for more information.

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Anthony John Allen - Chair of the Board

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