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Equalities notices
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Africa In Motion 2008 - Call for submissions
Changing Roles - March 2008
China-UK Connections through Culture
Comic Relief application deadline
Gateway Exchange Fund
Stagetext Seek New Trustees
A new casting agency for disabled artists
Art in Healthcare volunteer opportunities
Africa in Motion festival launches new short film competition for emerging African filmmakers. The Africa in Motion film festival (AiM), which takes place annually in October at Edinburgh Filmhouse, is officially inviting African filmmakers to submit short films for a new AiM competition. In order to target the competition specifically towards young and emerging African talent, filmmakers who enter a film for consideration must not have completed a feature-length film previously. Films entered must have been completed in 2005 or after, and must be no longer than 30 minutes.
The competition winner will be selected from a shortlist of films and will be announced at an awards ceremony at the third successive Africa in Motion festival in October 2008. The winner will have the opportunity for their film to be screened at AiM 2008 as well as the chance to win a significant cash prize. A selection of other short films specially commended by our competition jury will also be screened as part of a short film showcase at AiM 2008.
The deadline for competition submissions is 31 May 2008, and following from this a shortlist of films will be selected by an AiM viewing committee. The shortlist will be announced in July 2008. These films will then be viewed by all jury panel members, who will make a collective decision as to the prizewinners, based on a point scoring system that will take into account the relative merits of each of the short listed films.
For further information please visit Africa In Motion website for full submission guidelines and to download an entry form or email AiM festival director Lizelle Bisschoff.
Birds of Paradise's Agent for Change programme, with support from the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland, is presenting 'Changing : Roles' in March 2008.
Designed for the benefit of playwrights and directors of new work in Scotland, this one day event will stimulate debate around the question of how the visibility of disabled actors on the mainstream Scottish stage can be increased. The event will look at the role of the writer in creating characters with disabilities - if, indeed, that is the right course of action - and also look at the director's opportunity to cast roles regardless of impairment.
With contributors from across the UK, the event will look at what has been done so far to address the under-representation of disabled performs in theatre and then go on to look at what can be done to use the creative process to redress the inequality. Action will be the desired outcome of the day!
Keep watching the Playwrights' Studio ebulletin for further information and information on how to book your place. Enquires can be emailed to Robert at Birds of Paradise.
Are you looking to create links with Chinese Arts Organisations, unsure how to get started, or need guidance on how to over come bureaucratic hurdles to further develop links already established? Connections through Culture could be just the scheme for you.
China — UK Connections through Culture is a joint initiative between the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Council with support from the Scottish Government. The initiative offers support, information, advice, networking opportunities and development grants to cultural organisations in China and the UK, aiming to build relationships and to develop exciting cultural collaborations between organisations in the two countries.
There is a website which contains a searchable database of organisational profiles and interests. All cultural organisations in the UK and China can register on the database to enable potential partner organisations to make contact.
For further information visit the Connections website, email Malena Malbaek, Projects Co-ordinator, British Council Scotland or telephone 0131 524 5729.
Comic Relief, which operates a number of grant schemes through its Red Nose Days funding programme, has announced that the next application deadline for grants over £5,000 is 29 February 2008. Grants are available through six programme areas:
• Young people
• Older People
• Mental Health
• Refugees & Asylum Seekers
• Domestic Violence
• Disadvantaged Communities
The grants programme is open to registered charities and constituted community and voluntary groups, and grants are made for between one and three years. Although there is no maximum grant size, Comic Relief is likely to make grants of between £15,000 and £40,000 per year. For grants under £5,000 there is no deadline.
For more information go to the Comic Relief website or telephone 0207 820 5555.
The Gateway Exchange Fund aims to support those who are seeking funding assistance to promote healing, creative self expression, transformation and renewal through innovative projects which can make a difference in areas of deprivation and need throughout Scotland.
Grant awards of up to £5,000 will be available to constitution, not for profit groups. Priority for grant awards will be given to projects which seek to involve or empower people to move on with their lives or fulfil their potential, where they would otherwise not have the opportunity. For example, ex-offenders, people recovering from addiction or individuals with mental health problems or recovering from abuse. In particular, creative projects involving the arts or those with therapeutic, healing and spiritual benefits will be a priority.
The fund does not receive direct applications, so please apply via the Scottish Community Foundation on 0131 524 0300 or 0141 225 6670..
Stagetext are seeking to recruit three new members to join their board of trustees, currently comprising of seven members, six of whom are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. You will need to have enough spare time to be able to attend 4 Board meetings per year, as well as play a role on some of our subcommittees which meet on an adhoc basis. They would particularly like to talk to people who are skilled in strategy development and creative thinking and who have sound judgment and good team-working abilities. They are Seeking trustees with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas; Networking and relationship building with senior policy makers in the arts and entertainment field. Developing access services in museums, galleries and heritage sites. Developing training programmes to meet national quality control standards. Finally experience of marketing services to new audiences.
If you would like to join the Board of Stagetext please email Tabitha Allum, Chief Executive, telling her something of your skills and experience and why you would like to join the Board. Alternatively, phone Voice 020 7377 0540 or Textphone 020 7247 7801. Shortlisted applicants will be called in for an informal interview so in order for planning please let them know if you have any access requirements. For further information on Stagetext please visit the Stagetext website.
Dianne Kasperowicz, a second assistant director in the film industry was recently charged with finding supporting actors for the children’s BBC drama 'Desperadoes', a series about a wheelchair using basketball team. Casting disabled actors has raised her awareness of the lack of opportunity disabled actors face and the difficulties directors have of casting them. Her answer is to start a new agency that will work with rather than in competition to the two similar agencies that exist.
There will be no joining fee or subscriptions, just the usual industry standard percentage deduction. Her problem is locating actors to join the new agency’s books.
If this is for you please email Dianne Kasperowicz or telephone 07847 473 641
Art in Healthcare (formerly Paintings in Hospitals Scotland) is a forward-looking arts-in-health organisation working with healthcare communities to create opportunities for patients, visitors and staff to enjoy and engage with the visual arts.
The organisation is currently looking to recruit volunteers to be involved with its work around Scotland.
AiH would like to hear from people who are passionate about visual art, interested in improving their local hospitals and looking for an enjoyable volunteering experience.
They have Scotland-wide opportunities to be involved with:
- Overseeing the hanging of artwork in local hospitals and healthcare centres
- Advising staff and patients on where best to place work
- Providing regular checks on the artwork
- Recruiting and training local volunteers
- Encouraging hospitals to use visual art to improve their working environments.
They will provide you with the training and support you need and reimburse ‘out of pocket’ expenses.
For further information please call 0131 554 5481, email Art in Healthcare, or write to:
Kate Watson
Volunteer Network
32-36 Dalmeny Street
Edinburgh EH6 8RG |