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Only Connect bursary scheme
Only Connect is a visit scheme sponsored by Tridos Bank which enables you to visit another voluntary and community organisation to learn about their experiences. Closing date 10 December. read more
Survive and Thrive - Support for business in tough times
In response to the economic downturn and to further demonstrate emda's support for business, emda will be hosting, in association with Business Link, a series of Business Support events - one in each of the region's counties. read more
PROGRESS: Development Programme for Small or Emerging Arts Organisations
PROGRESS is the new development programme managed by Cultivate, the development agency for cultural audiences and organisations in the East Midlands. It operates in partnership with Creative Launchpad, Creative Leicestershire and Derbyshire Arts Development Group, and is funded by Arts Council England. read more
EMARAN autumn 2008 conference
The East Midlands Arts in Rural Areas Network presents their autumn conference: Cross Fertilisation & Companion Planting. A conference that aims to have a big conversation about how to work best with non-arts partners in rural areas. There will be three exciting projects from the region coming to talk and a key-note address from Steve Messam, artistic director of the internationally known FRED art invasion in Cumbria. read more
Spires and Steeples
Spires and Steeples is a newly created arts and heritage walking trail that covers 26 miles. The trail takes in beautiful art works and church architecture while roaming through a variety of Lincolnshire landscapes and charming villages. read more
Cultivate Seminars and Teatime Talks
The first season of training from Cultivate in autumn 2008. 13 different courses on a range of topics that will help in organisational development and planning for cultural organisations. read more
Make Your Heritage Work for You
A new system of protection. A new economic framework. An essential event which no policy maker can afford to miss. 13 October 2008. read more
EMARAN artist commission
East Midlands Arts in Rural Areas Network commissioned Jo Fairfax to respond to the issues, conversations and atmosphere at their conference in May 2008. Read on to see the result of their first artists commission. read more
Call for projects - Habits of Solidarity
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent, charitable foundation committed to funding and encouraging the promotion of social justice. We contribute to the diversity and immigration debate through our research and policy work and through our support of communities that are tackling these issues on the ground. read more
National Empowerment Partnership Regional Grant Call
The National Empowerment Partnership East Midlands grant call is now open for applications from organisations based in the East Midlands, who can apply to develop the regional empowerment partnership and subsequent empowerment activity across the region. read more
MLA tool for schools and local government advice for museums
Find out about the new MLA workshops on museum work with schools and the recently published support for local government improvement of museums, libraries and archives. read more
Renaissance East Midlands conference bursaries
The bursary scheme for museum staff has had its deadline extended. read more
Artists in Rural Areas EMARAN event
East Midlands Arts in Rural Areas Network invites you to its FREE spring event. EMARAN’s third regional event puts the spotlight on artists living and working in rural areas. Expert regional and national artists and practitioners will share their experiences of overcoming the challenges, and making the most of living and working in rural areas as well as discuss some national and international models for artists thriving in rural areas. There will be workshops and discussion groups, a tour of Market Harborough artists’ studios, and a long lunch break to allow for networking. read more
MLA Council Regional Restructure News
MLA Council has announced a significant restructure that will affect the regional agencies. Read on to find out how it affects your area. read more
Museums and Galleries Month (MGM)
Find out more about Museums and Galleries Month. read more
New Perspectives Theatre Company: The Farm
The Farm tells the painful, funny, uplifting story of how big business is changing the face of the English countryside forever and how one family in particular adapted to the challenges of a new life after being forced to give up their birthright. read more
Arts and Business Training
Training for Board Members and Free Rolls-Royce training courses on negotiation skills, presentation skills, and influencing skills. Not to be missed! read more
Exploring the economic impact of culture in market towns
The East Midlands Cultural Observatory forthcoming seminar on measuring the economic impact of culture in market towns, 29 April at the Britannia Hotel, Nottingham. read more
Invitation to Tender
A consultancy opportunity with Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Rural Touring Schemes read more
EMARAN Spring Event
The East Midlands Arts in Rural Areas Network (EMARAN) will be holding its spring conference on Wednesday 14 May. The theme for this conference is Artists in Rural Areas. read more
Cultivate Training Courses
Training courses from the organisational and audience development agency for the East Midlands. Find out how to use the Big Picture, an organisational development framework for your own business, and learn how to carry out risk analysis management. read more
Pride of Place Rural Touring Festival
Pride of Place is a consortium of regional touring theatre companies that is taking a lead in the debate about the relationship between place and art and the ways in which rural communities contribute to contemporary Britain. Their next Festival is taking place from 3 - 6 April. read more
Migrant Stories: Building Inclusive Communities
Migrant Stories, a series of two-minute digital shorts made by The Rural Media Company will be screened at the Borderlines Film Festival in Hereford on Wednesday 2nd April at 6.15pm. These short films have been produced as part of the action research work being undertaken under the Carnegie UK Trust Rural Action Research Programme (RARP) theme Building Inclusive Rural Communities read more
Message Board is LIVE
The rural culture website also hosts a message board that you can use to advertise events, or training or ask for advice or help. read more
Rural Advocate reports on realities or rural England
During 2007 Stuart Burgess, the chair of the Commission for Rural Communities and the government's Rural Advocate, visited rural communities across the country to listen to rural people about what matters most; the many benefits of rural living but also some real concerns read more
Parish Planning into the Future
Community Lincs are hosting the “Parish Plan into the Future” Conference that will be taking place on March 12th 2008 at the Lincolnshire Oak in Sleaford. The conference will showcase the importance of Parish Plans as a tool that can influence council policy as well as look at their impact and future funding. read more
REAP and Severn Trent Water in Partnership
REAP Rural Education Arts Project are delighted to announce that in partnership with Severn Trent Water we again will be aiming to entertain thousands of fun seekers in a weekend to remember in Staffordshire. read more
Rural Creative Industries Research District Reports
As well as completing important regional research into the creative industries, Burns Owens Partnership completed 29 separate reports on rural and partly rural districts in the region. You can download each individual report and find out about your district here. read more
East Midlands Rural Creative Industries Research
The Burns Owens Partnership Rural Creative Industries Research is now available to download from this website. The research was commissioned by Culture East Midlands and is an important piece of work for anyone working in conjunction with or interested in the creative industries in the rural East Midlands. read more
Community Bridge Building Conference
In conjunction with the Equality & Human Rights Commission, Communities & Local Government, East Midlands Economic Network invites you to a groundbreaking conference on a complex, but vitally important, issue; Community Bridge Building. read more
Grassroots Grants Scheme
Grassroots Grants is a £130 million programme that aims to invest in a thriving community sector. It is funded by Office of the Third Sector (OTS) and delivered by the Community Development Foundation (CDF). read more
Sustainable Rural Communities
The Regional Scrutiny Board has undertaken a scrutiny review into the role and effectiveness of East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and partners in supporting sustainable rural communities. Read on to access a full copy of the report. read more
2008 Regeneration East Midlands Training Programme
This programme promotes the wide range of training and events that will be delivered by REM in 2008. Each of the service areas of Design; Funding; Intelligence; Skills; that make up REM are described and information is provided outlining activities scheduled. read more
Breathing Places 3 is launched
The Big Lottery Fund has launched Phase 3 of the Breathing Places, a UK wide small grants programme with a budget of £5 million across the UK. There is still time to complete your application. read more
£45 million cultural investment in seaside resorts
Disadvantaged coastal resorts around England will be targeted by a new programme lasting from 2008-2011 led by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. read more
ITC Training in January and February 2008
ITC offer a range of courses that take you from learning about rural touring, through to financial management and stress control. You can kick start 2008 with learning something new... read more
East Midlands Intelligence Network skills event
There are still places available for the next East Midlands Intelligence Network event, the theme of the event is "Skills in the East Midlands: towards a shared evidence base." read more
Renaissance East Midlands November Newsletter
This item contains information from the Renaissance East Midlands November Newsletter. There is news on funding opportunities, courses and training and other useful information for regional museums. read more
HMRC Grant in Aid Funding Programme
The aim of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to administer tax and customs systems fairly and efficiently, and make it as easy as possible for individuals and businesses to understand and comply with their obligations and receive their tax credits and other entitlements. HMRC has £2 million per annum available for the next three financial years, aimed at funding Third Sector Organisations (TSOs). HMRC is committed to building its funding relationship with TSOs so that they play an increased role in public service delivery, particularly socially inclusive services to those who are hard to reach or who do not engage directly with them. The funds are available in the form of grants in aid to help with the costs of activity contributing to the HMRC’s key aims, outcomes and priorities. read more
Fail to Plan: Plan to Fail
Arts Marketing Planning Training Day from Arts and Business and Cultivate, 14th December, Nottingham read more
South Holland Open Arts Competition
South Holland District Council in South Lincolnshire is inviting artists, photographers, students and anyone with a creative flair, to take part in the eighth Open Arts competition, sponsored and organised by Arts Development, South Holland District Council with additional sponsorship from Millgate Windows and Conservatories. read more
ThinkSustainable
thinksustainable was developed in Defra as a package to communicate sustainable development (SD). It was created to raise awareness and understanding of SD and to help policy makers embed SD in their work. Read on to find out about their interactive resource kit. read more
Website Phase Two Launch
We are currently working hard on developing new resources for the website. We will be launching in the next week with new sections that include opinion papers on rural culture, downloadable resources, a message board and the hosting of the East Midland Arts in Rural Areas Network online home. read more
EMARAN Autumn Conference
East Midlands Arts in Rural Areas Network invites you to its autumn conference MARKET TOWNS AND CULTURAL CURRENCY read more
The Hired Man, New Perspectives Theatre Company
The Hired Man, arguably the finest new British musical of the last thirty years, acclaimed for its epic, nostalgic, funny book and rousing, romantic, award-winning score, is now available on tour in the UK for the very first time. read more
Autumn events at Catmose Gallery
Listings of the various arts, music and craft events at the Catmose Gallery in Rutland in November and December. read more
Folk Arts England Events
A series of training days and focus days for FAE members and non-members read more
Office Space available in Appleby Magna
Two offices available at the Sir John Moore Foundation read more
People Express Job Opportunity
People Express are looking for an experienced Project Development Officer read more
Folk Float launched in Egremont Cumbria
Creative Egremont is delighted to announce the launch of the Folk Float, a unique kind of mobile community resource that will tour the Egremont area for the next six weeks. read more
Funding opportunities for communities
Read on for more information on the O2 Community Awards, the HBOS Foundation Community Action Programme read more
Upper Broughton's 25th Art Show
Artists from around the region will be showing their paintings, over the three day exhibition, at the 25th Annual Art Show organised by the Upper Broughton Village Hall Committee and held in the Village Hall. read more
Adventure Capital Fund
The Adventure Capital Fund (ACF) offers a range of investments and support to develop community based enterprises. The aim of ACF is to fill the investment gap that faces community enterprise organisations, and to increase investment-readiness of community organisations wishing to move to greater sustainability through enterprise. The ACF offers two types of funding for established community organisations: the Main Investment Fund and the Managed Workspace Fund. read more
Cultural Festival The Peele Community College
Community Lincs “Building bridges project” in partnership with new community group “Spalding International” has been awarded additional funding to carry out Cultural Festival at Peele Community College in Long Sutton. read more
€68 million UK LIFE+ programme launched in the East Midlands
East Midlands Development Agency (emda) recently hosted the UK launch of the new EU LIFE+ funding programme which is aimed at addressing environmental and nature conservation projects. read more
£12 million rural boost for the East Midlands
East Midlands Development Agency (emda) is to breathe new life into the region’s rural communities with a new ?£12 million funding initiative. read more
Future role of third sector in social and economic regeneration
The Government as published the final report of the review of the future role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration. Read on to find out more and download the report. read more
Introduction to Arts Sponsorship Seminar
An Arts and Business Seminar to increase understanding of arts sponsorship and give practical guidance to artists and arts organisations. read more
Measuring Real Value
A DIY guide to Social Return on Investment Publication from the New Economics Foundation. read more
New Guide to Funding for the Arts
The DCMS Arts Division has produced a new guide on funding for the arts. read more
Ashby annual Arts Festival
ASHBY will be coming alive for its annual arts festival from Saturday 4th to Sunday 12th August. read more
Sheriff launches Robin Hood Fund
Sheriff of Nottingham, Councillor Jeannie Packer has reversed the traditional role of the Sheriff and Robin Hood, by launching a new Robin Hood Fund worth £432, 000 for voluntary and community groups. read more
Global Village Peace Gathering
Global Village Peace Gathering is a three day music and arts festival in the heart of rural Lincolnshire. read more
EFFECT publication
Charities will be able to keep up to date with developments in European funding, thanks to a new publication from The European Foundation Centre, an international membership association of independent funders. read more
Gate to Southwell Folk Festival
Southwell is holding its first ever folk festival with lots of famous names confirmed... read more
EMRAF Conference
East Midlands Rural Affairs Fourm 6th Annual Conference. The event will focus on the theme of climate change and try to address the issues relevant to those living or working in rural areas. read more
Leicestershire Rural Business Advice Fair
An event for all those wanting to develop business and diversification ideas in rural areas. read more
Greater Nottingham Tourism Conference
A conference aiming to help rural groups attract tourists to their area. read more
Lowdham Book Festival
The eighth book festival is taking place 22 - 30 June 2007. read more
Rural Youth Conference in Derby
The Rural Youth Network’s latest event will look at issues affecting young people in rural areas. read more
Innovative seminars from Action for Market Towns
A new series of seimars providing information on supporting independent businesses and finding funding read more
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
EUCLID seminar highlighting changes to the Common Agricultural Policy and potential benefits to the arts and cultural sector. read more
Greener Events Guide
Read a new guide to reducing the environmental impacts of conferences and seminars. read more
Leicestershire Funding Toolkit
The Leicestershire Funding Toolkit has been developed by Leicestershire Together (the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) for the county of Leicestershire. read more
The Six-hour Coffee Break
East Midlands Arts in Rural Areas invites you to The Six-Hour Coffee Break..... read more
Para Dressage Charity Ball
A fund raising ball is to be held at Brooksby Hall, Leicestershire on 21 April. All funds raised will be split between the Para Dressage Training Trust and the UK riders competing at the FEI World Para-Dressage Championships to be held at Hartpury College in July this year. Read on for more... read more
Culture East Midlands Chair appointment
A new post available at the Regional Cultural Consortium. read more
EMRAF Coordinator Post
Coordinator post available at The East Midlands Rural Affairs Fourm. read more
Flicks in the Sticks
Lowdham Festivals Ltd. is pleased to present the sixth Flicks in the Sticks held in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire. read more
Women Of Steel
This innovative piece of theatre had so many people asking for more when last summers tickets sold out that Corby Womens Theatre Group felt compelled to offer the play to a wider audience. read more
New Good Companion website launched
NALGAO (National association of local government arts officers) has created this web resource to give arts officers and those working in the arts a clear guide to the structures and organisations contributing to arts activity in all UK regions. read more
Arts Council England, East Midlands - Grants for the arts assessment workshops
This series of workshops are for anyone planning to apply for a grant for the arts, or thinks they might do in the future. Get firsthand information on how best to complete the process. read more
Workshops at Catmose Gallery, Oakham
A range of different workshops throughout March for those interested in learning new skills, or developing their craft knowledge. read more
Buxton 2007 Fringe Festival now open for entries
A chance to submit your performance ideas for this growing event that happpens around the annual Buxton Festival. read more
Leicestershire Dance Network
A free network meeting for all those involved in dance in Leicestershire. read more
Uppingham Theatre Performing Arts Platform
Uppingham Theatre is offering slots for local musicians, dancers and theatre practitioners to perform in a new strand of Platform performances. read more
Arts Training Central presents the Signpost Surgeries 2007
Are you or your company working on a professional or business development issue, and would benefit from informed and confidential one-to-one advice? New workshops in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.... read more
Museums Development Network
In January 2007, Renaissance East Midlands launched the Musuems Development Network. For the first time, museums in the region will be able to call on a museum development officer; one based in each of the four counties in the region and one for Leicestershire and Rutland. read more
Regeneration East Midlands New Training Programme
New courses for 2007 that range from fundraising, regeneration skills, and the sports and regeneration programme. read more
Shenton Wildlife Walk
Free open day in Market Bosworth Country Park with various activities.... read more
To be Creative
Leicestershire creative businesses and pracitioners networking opportunitity read more
Ha Ha Practical Work in Great Billing
An opportunitiy to help carry out maintenance work to the historic Ha Ha. read more
Arts Networking Meetings
Information on a series of meetings in Leicestershire for anyone participating in the arts. Meetings are a chance to network, but also learn new skills.... read more
Heat Up!
Rock and Pop Workshops - Sutton Bridge Youth Centre - FREE! read more