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local govt. communities of practice - check out info. this is wher a lot of conversation is happening with govt. bods.

£1 Million Available to Support Youth Projects (UK) Young people are being given the chance to claim a share of £1 million to help tackle the dangers of drugs, crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity "The Prince's Trust" to young people who want to run community projects in some of Britain's poorest areas. The Awards, worth £250 to £5,000, are available to disadvantaged 14 to 25-year-olds who want to transform their area and learn practical skills. Projects could range from improving local youth facilities to tackling teenage pregnancy or drug misuse. Projects must: · be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25 · clearly benefit the local community · benefit the people running the project · be a new or developing project. Previous projects supported include; an amateur boxing project to give young people greater confidence; and a media project to promote community cohesion and greater understanding between the local community and asylum seekers. Applications can be made at any time.

"The resources listed in this catalogue provide a wealth of information on how to effectively engage local people, increase active citizenship and social responsibility, all of which lead to a greater sense of identity, wellbeing and belonging in the community. This online guide allows you to peruse our resources and explore our learning and expertise. In sharing our work, we hope to champion good practice in empowerment across London, supporting local services, voluntary and community groups and local people to work together to achieve better outcomes for all. Resources are grouped into four types of report: * RESEARCH REPORTS * EVENTS REPORTS * CASE STUDIES * GUIDANCE TOOLS"

Meet the Funder Lessons from The City Bridge Trust programme Delegate fee: FREE SEL warmly invites you to a FREE learning conference on achieving financial sustainability within community groups. Supported by The City Bridge Trust, over the last year SEL has run an innovative programme of support with 36 organisations to enable them to develop financially sustainable practices. The aim of this conference is to disseminate the learning from that programme. There will also be an opportunity to meet the Deputy Head of Grants at The City Bridge Trust, so if your organisation could benefit from a greater focus on financial sustainability then make sure you come along.

The make lounge is a concept that can be copied for the skills you impart. You could create collectives that creates stuff - then learns to teach stuff (to the community for small fee) - collaboratively make it, and then sell it either as part of a charity auction or as part of your "portable charity shop" ;-) For Bunny Ideas: >Develop a puppet kit... all the bits they need, instructions, ideas on paper element and an invitation to: >> send you their puppet creation photos (to go into a book!!!) >>send you their puppet movie to be put on your youtube channel (most viewed would be put onto DVD and sold - Vanity factor!!! >>donate their first puppet to go into a puppet catwalk or puppet "celebrity" - voted by people (in a celebration event?) >Develop animation kit... perhaps animation kit that learners can use on the day then buy to take home and practice. They then could be invited to: >>Share/send their story for the corresponding book >>Share/send their animatin for inclusion in the youtube channel For Xtine & ELiz, what could you think about for your activities? >Story sack kit & instructions? >character cakes? (dalek, etc.?) >what else?

This is really good and it links to some of the reading I've done and which I'm starting. It looks at finding the nuggets of wisdom & good practice within the community!

"9th Exeter Arts & Therapies Conference (Exeter) 17/09/2010 - 17/09/2010 Friday September 17th 2010, 10.00am to 4.30pm - The Exeter Guildhall * Doom & Bloom * In challenging times people need both art and community more not less. Promoting successful Arts & Mental Health practice work in Devon. When EATc began in 2002 there were few projects in Devon specifically working with the arts and mental health. This event, organised in association with Arts & Health South West, celebrates an explosion in their diversity, range and number since then. It is a chance to gather, give and receive inspiration and to feel strength in numbers. It is hoped that it will mark the beginning of an Arts & Emotional Health network for Devon. Cost: £20 (£12 concessions) "

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