Do you want the chance to be one of six villages in England to be featured on a reality BBC TV programme?
Does your village have a population of under 3,000 people?
Do you have a great idea for a business enterprise which will bring energy and life back to your community?
Could the project be started by August 2010 and finished by August 2011?
Do you want to be eligible for between £100,000 and £400,000 of funding from BIG (Lottery)?
Do you want to work with an enterprising ‘Village Champion’ who will move in to your community and support you to achieve your ambition?
If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, you may be interested in the new initiative from the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC ‘Village SOS’. Find out more by following this link.
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_village_sos.htm
Monday, 13 July 2009
GRCC Plumes Project
‘Plumes’ Project
GRCC’s In Touch project is joining forces with Gloucestershire Care Providers Association to link people in care homes with those out in the community by way of letter writing.
Most care homes today are places where everything is on hand to enjoy life to the full, yet even in these excellent conditions people who live in care can be lonely if they don’t have any relatives or friends nearby. These individuals would really value a letter from someone on a regular basis, just saying what generally has been going on and passing the time of day. Unfortunately the excitement of receiving a letter has all but disappeared, and the piles of paper that come through the letterbox each day are usually advertisements, bills or junk mail.
If you live in Gloucestershire and think you, or someone you know could spend ten minutes or so writing a letter to someone who would really appreciate it, can you please contact either Barbara Piranty or Vicki Hewlett on 01452 528491. We can then match you with someone nearby or further afield if you would like. In return, you will of course receive a reply! This link would mean so much to someone who has everything else except someone to keep in contact with.
Friday, 10 July 2009
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Congratulations to yet more winners at Farncombe ...
All winners of Farncombe vouchers in our June Referral prize draw ; S Tucker & Ms Allen from Warwickshire & L Oxford from Oxfordshire.
Sunday, 28 June 2009
WORLD PREMIERE OF EDWARD COWIE’S ‘SUMMER’ FROM FOUR SEASONS
CC21's Four Seasons project is supported by the PRS Foundation for New Music, RVW Trust and CC21 Benefactor Friends
This concert showcases the first in a series of four seasonal a cappella motets
accessible to amateur choirs and a great addition to the choral repertoireTHE CHOIR OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Howard Williams conductor s Helen Tunstall harp
Saturday 11 July 2009 at 8.00pm
(pre-concert talk by Edward Cowie at 7.15 pm)
GROSVENOR CHAPEL
South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA
Music for a Summer's Evening
Edward Cowie: Summer from Four Seasons (World Premiere)
Programme also includes
Delius: Midsummer Song and Two Songs to be sung on a Summer Night on the Water s Howells:The Summer is Coming
Holst: Summer s Bainton: Summer s Robert Walker: A Canonic Madrigal (from 5 Summer Madrigals)
Britten: Harp Suite s Salzedo: Song in the Night
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) on the door or in advance for £11 (including booking fee) from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49942
This concert showcases the first in a series of four seasonal a cappella motets
accessible to amateur choirs and a great addition to the choral repertoireTHE CHOIR OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Howard Williams conductor s Helen Tunstall harp
Saturday 11 July 2009 at 8.00pm
(pre-concert talk by Edward Cowie at 7.15 pm)
GROSVENOR CHAPEL
South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA
Music for a Summer's Evening
Edward Cowie: Summer from Four Seasons (World Premiere)
Programme also includes
Delius: Midsummer Song and Two Songs to be sung on a Summer Night on the Water s Howells:The Summer is Coming
Holst: Summer s Bainton: Summer s Robert Walker: A Canonic Madrigal (from 5 Summer Madrigals)
Britten: Harp Suite s Salzedo: Song in the Night
Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) on the door or in advance for £11 (including booking fee) from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/49942
Saturday, 27 June 2009
FREE ADVICE FOR 2009 ARTS GRADUATES, Matt Roberts Arts
GRADU-START - Professional Development and Networking
As part of our continuing dedication to supporting early career artists we will be holding FREE professional development sessions for 2009 graduates from Fine Art, Art History, and Photography courses to discuss what there next steps should be.
Talks will take place on Thursday 2nd July, Friday 3rd July, Saturday 4th July, and Sunday 5th July at the following times:
10am - 11.30am12pm - 1.30pm3pm - 4.30pm
All professional development will take place at the MRA Project Space, Unit 1 (Front of) Vyner Street, Bethnal Green, E2 9DG. To book your place please email mail@mattroberts.org.ukIf you are able to stay within the area we will be holding evening networking events on the evenings of Thursday July 2nd and Saturday July 4th from 6pm, where there will be live perfromances, and we will launch our 2009 Degree Show Review publication.
As part of our continuing dedication to supporting early career artists we will be holding FREE professional development sessions for 2009 graduates from Fine Art, Art History, and Photography courses to discuss what there next steps should be.
Talks will take place on Thursday 2nd July, Friday 3rd July, Saturday 4th July, and Sunday 5th July at the following times:
10am - 11.30am12pm - 1.30pm3pm - 4.30pm
All professional development will take place at the MRA Project Space, Unit 1 (Front of) Vyner Street, Bethnal Green, E2 9DG. To book your place please email mail@mattroberts.org.ukIf you are able to stay within the area we will be holding evening networking events on the evenings of Thursday July 2nd and Saturday July 4th from 6pm, where there will be live perfromances, and we will launch our 2009 Degree Show Review publication.
Congratulations William Tyler MBE !
An MBE in the Queen's birthday honours announced on Friday came "completely out of the blue" for Farncombe Estate tutor William Tyler.
William Tyler spent his whole professional life working in adult education, something which took him all over the country. He said he was "almost embarrassed" about the honour which recognises a career spanning almost 30 years in adult education.
"We got a letter from the Cabinet office it was a complete and utter surprise and completely out of the blue," he said. "It is a huge honour and recognises the importance of adult education as a service in society."
William Tyler is one of the 984 people to be honoured by the Queen. His MBE is in recognition of services to adult education and his last full time post was as Principal of The City Lit in London, Britain's biggest adult education college. He had previously served as a Principal of Manchester's Adult Education College and as Warwickshire's County Adviser for Adult Education.
Mr Tyler read law at Oxford University, before studying criminology at Keele University and undertaking a research degree at Nottingham University in educational geratology - education of the elderly. He said he was looking for a job after university when he became a resident tutor at a college in Kent. He met his wife, Jennifer, there as she was a bursar housekeeper and Mr Tyler said he "enjoyed working with adults, I thought it was interesting and fun and went on from there".
Humble Mr Tyler said he will visit Buckingham Palace within the next six months with his wife and two children. He said he cannot believe the company he keeps with regard to his honour. "When you look at what people who have received these awards have done, one feels quite privileged to be in the same group," he said. "To be in the same list as James Bolam of the Likely Lads was pretty humbling and there are a lot of people with real talent."
As well as serving on a host of boards and trusts Mr Tyler is constantly busy in his retirement, as he has built up a freelance career including lecturing, public speaking, writing and consultancy work which includes tutoring on several weekends a year at Farncombe Estate Centre just outside Broadway. William's next course at Farncombe takes place in January 2010.
William Tyler spent his whole professional life working in adult education, something which took him all over the country. He said he was "almost embarrassed" about the honour which recognises a career spanning almost 30 years in adult education.
"We got a letter from the Cabinet office it was a complete and utter surprise and completely out of the blue," he said. "It is a huge honour and recognises the importance of adult education as a service in society."
William Tyler is one of the 984 people to be honoured by the Queen. His MBE is in recognition of services to adult education and his last full time post was as Principal of The City Lit in London, Britain's biggest adult education college. He had previously served as a Principal of Manchester's Adult Education College and as Warwickshire's County Adviser for Adult Education.
Mr Tyler read law at Oxford University, before studying criminology at Keele University and undertaking a research degree at Nottingham University in educational geratology - education of the elderly. He said he was looking for a job after university when he became a resident tutor at a college in Kent. He met his wife, Jennifer, there as she was a bursar housekeeper and Mr Tyler said he "enjoyed working with adults, I thought it was interesting and fun and went on from there".
Humble Mr Tyler said he will visit Buckingham Palace within the next six months with his wife and two children. He said he cannot believe the company he keeps with regard to his honour. "When you look at what people who have received these awards have done, one feels quite privileged to be in the same group," he said. "To be in the same list as James Bolam of the Likely Lads was pretty humbling and there are a lot of people with real talent."
As well as serving on a host of boards and trusts Mr Tyler is constantly busy in his retirement, as he has built up a freelance career including lecturing, public speaking, writing and consultancy work which includes tutoring on several weekends a year at Farncombe Estate Centre just outside Broadway. William's next course at Farncombe takes place in January 2010.
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