Shine Week 2009
dates: 6 to 10 July 2009
Shine is a national festival celebrating all the talents in all young people. Embracing the energy and enthusiasm of young people, teachers and youth workers, Shine Week creates a real buzz across the country and in the media and is a really exciting way to celebrate the talent that every young person has.
Shine Week is about celebrating all talent – it can be in the performing arts but it can also be in technology, science or working in the community. Register on the Shine website now and you can showcase the talent of the young people you work with, your school or organisation. You can also receive free event and media packs to help prepare and promote your activities during Shine Week.
Visit the website at www.shineweek.co.uk where you can find loads of ideas, inspiration and interactive tools to help draw out that talent.
Media Trust opens £900,000 digital media fund
The Media Trust has made a £900,000 fund available to help charities and community organisations use digital media to reach isolated people. The organisation will give out £250,000 in 26 grants of between £1,500 and £14,000 to groups that work with deprived and isolated people. The grants, which will be made over two years, will fund digital media projects including films, photography, TV and websites.
The Media Trust will use the rest of the fund, which is being provided by the Communities and Local Government department and the Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills, to provide online resources to help charities use digital media in their work.
The online application process for grants is expected to open in July.
CHANGEit IdeasFund
deadline: 30 June 2009
CHANGEit is an organisation that recognises, supports and rewards young people who want to, or have already spoken up and taken constructive action about something they want to be improved, changed or created in their community. It has announced that it is seeking applications to its new £50,000 IdeasFund.
The aim of the Ideas Fund is to support creative enterprise and seeks to promote new and exciting ways of working between young people and organisations that are driven by and for young people. Individuals or groups can apply to the IdeasFund between 1 June and 30 June and the funding available ranges from £500 to £5,000 per project. The type of activities supported include:
• projects and project development;
• commissions and productions;
• marketing and communications;
• education activities;
• multimedia development;
• new networks, partnerships and collaborations.
For more information visit www.changeit.org.uk/index.php/changeit-blog.
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