MYAN E-Bulletin : Issue 13: Dec 2007 - Jan 2008

3. Funding & Other Opportunities

FUNDING

Awards for Young Musicians

Awards for Young Musicians is pleased to announce that applications are now invited for its 2008 Awards Scheme. AYM supports young instrumentalists, who make music in any genre, who can clearly show that they are really talented and committed and that they need financial help with their music expenses.

Open to 5-18 year olds, Awards range from £200 to £2000. Application forms are now available.

For further information visit www.a-y-m.org.uk or email awards@a-y-m.org.uk, call 0117 9049906 or send an A4 SAE (with 70p postage please) to: Awards for Young Musicians, PO Box 2754, Bristol BS4 9DA.

Deadline: 4 April 2008

The Gordon Foundation

The Gordon Foundation helps people up to the age of 30 grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. It offers grants to support their education in the fine or performing arts, particularly music, drama or design, or to allow them to engage in educational travel which involves physical challenge and endeavour.

If you would like to apply for a grant to support your education in the fine or performing arts, please write either by letter or email to Gillian Hoyle at the following address, giving details of your plans, your fundraising activities and a proposed budget.

Gordon Foundation, PO Box 214, Cobham, Surrey KT11 2WG.

First Light Movies

First Light Movies fund groups of young people aged 5-19 through various funding schemes. There are two main funding strands available, the Pilot and Studio Awards, but they also offer support with generating those first film ideas.

Pilot Award (no application deadlines)

• for one film of up to five minutes long
• maximum grant £5,000
• match funding of 20% required
• ideal for first time filmmakers

Studio Award (next deadline Tuesday 15 January 2008)

• for between two and four films of up to 10 minutes long
• maximum grant £25,000
• match funding of 40% required
• a track record of filmmaking with young people necessary

What's the Big Idea? Award (no application deadlines)

• to develop ideas and stories for films
• maximum grant £3,000

For more info, full guidelines and application forms for each strand go to www.firstlightmovies.com/funding

The Foundation for Sport and the Arts

The Foundation for Sport and the Arts aims to increase active participation in sport and the arts, especially amongst young people and those with more ability than resources.

The FSA looks to support a wide range of activities where there is clearly beneficial impact across the community. Their particular goal at this time is to encourage active participation by young people. They look for evidence of energetic fund raising and the involvement and commitment of local people in trying to help themselves, where an award of up to £40,000 can make the difference between success and failure.

To apply visit their website at www.thefsa.net or contact them at The Foundation for Sport and the Arts, Walton House, 55 Charnock Road, Walton, Liverpool L67 1AA. 0151 259 5505, contact@thefsa.net

WorldSkills UK

WorldSkills UK is a portfolio of 70 skills competitions designed by leading industry experts and training providers. Cultural & creative competitions include:

• Architectural Stained Glass
• Art
• Contemporary Dance
• Creative Writing
• Fashion Design
• Floristry
• Graphic Design
• Jewellery
• Millinery
• Performing Arts
• Photography
• Popular Music
• Print Journalism
• Radio Production
• Video Moving Image

This is an opportunity to compete against others in your field and have the chance to exhibit at the UK Skills Cultural and Creative exhibition in June 2008 and take part in live finals for performance, dance and popular music.

Competitions are open to those working or studying in the creative industries. UK Gold winners will be invited to a high profile national awards event. See more at www.worldskillsuk.org/competitions

Police Property Act Fund

Financial assistance is available to voluntary organisations and community groups for projects that directly benefit the residents of Greater Manchester. Grants are up to £1,000.

The Police Property Act Fund is made up of monies received by the police from property confiscated by order of court and then sold. The Police Authority administers the fund and considers applications from voluntary and charitable organisations and community groups within the Greater Manchester area.

Applications from statutory organisations and those in receipt of substantial and ongoing local or national government funding will not be considered. Community groups in receipt of a one-off start up grant will still be eligible to apply. Details of specific exclusions are listed in the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document, which can be downloaded from: www.gmpa.gov.uk/site/whatdowedo/PPAFund.htm Deadline: 31 January 2008

New online funding information available

The Scarman Trust Manchester is pleased to announce the launch of a new online funding facility available on the Scarman Trust Manchester website. This facility is a self-help funding and support service providing free information for local voluntary and community organisations that provide comprehensive coverage of government, lottery, EU, non government and charitable trust funding opportunities.

www.thescarmantrustmanchester.org/news/index.php/Item1008.html?PHPSESSID=846fbd4fe1a0c5fd61fcf47e62db1608

The Sing Up campaign

The Sing Up campaign has been launched with £40 million funding over four years. Its aim is to put singing at the heart of every primary school in England by 2011.

The £40 million government investment in singing aims to ensure that every primary school-aged child has the opportunity to experience high quality singing as part of their everyday lives in the school, the home and the wider community.

Sing Up will encourage teachers, as well as parents and kids, to get singing back into classrooms by giving them online resources training teachers and funding singing programmes across the country. The campaign will promote singing both as a stand-alone activity, as well as ensuring that singing is integrated into the other subjects and facilitated in class.

According to the Music Manifesto Report 'Every Child's Music Matters', singing provides a universal route into participative music making for every child and builds community involvement at all ages.

The investment in singing is part of a wider government commitment to provide £316m to support music making in schools over the next three years. Supporters of the scheme say that this four-year commitment to increased levels of funding will dramatically improve the quality and quantity of music making provision for children and young people. The Government has decided to back music for children having been convinced by compelling accounts of engagement in active music-making. Singing has been shown to have a central role in improving the development of skills in other key areas such as language and maths as well as improving children's confidence, behaviour, health and even attendance at school.

The Sing Up programme will incorporate:

• www.singup.org which will become a national singing resource - a web-based songbook of new and traditional songs and all the resources that teachers need to integrate singing in their classroom activities. The website will be supported by a magazine and CD materials which is available free of charge to all primary schools. Combined, they will give teachers guidance on how to incorporate singing into the school day no matter what their own singing ability is. In addition to lesson plans, teachers will be able to download song lyrics and backing tracks for use in the classroom.
• A workforce development programme to build the confidence and expertise of teachers and other singing leaders. 24 Area Leaders will coordinate singing programmes across England, providing direct support for schools and organising tailored training programmes.
• Funding for national and regional singing groups. Sing Up will fund organisations with a strong track record in singing project delivery helping them to extend and broaden their work.

The online resource www.singup.org will offer parents and children resources to carry on singing in their homes, with downloadable songs and lyrics, and for those never-ending car journeys.

New £40m trust will create a legacy from 2012 Games

A new £40 million fund that will use the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to promote culture and sport among young people and communities was launched last month.

The Big Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have endowed Legacy Trust UK with £40m. This, and other funds that the Trust will raise from other public and philanthropic sources, will be used to support cultural, artistic, educational and sporting activities that celebrate the 2012 Games.

Currently there are plans for projects that benefit the whole UK, including £6million for the UK School Games. The rest of the money will be allocated to specific projects via the three nations and nine English regions of the UK.

The Trust will form partnerships with organisations that will attract additional match funding to deliver Legacy Trust supported programmes. This approach was central to the successful application to create the Trust submitted by a consortium led by the City of London.

The Trust will co-ordinate its work with that of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). It is expected that many of the projects that the Trust funds will be eligible for inclusion in the programme for the Cultural Olympiad, which is a key element of the 2012 Games.

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