Project Mosaic Young Filmmakers YouTube Competition!

Are you a budding filmmaker? Do you want people to hear your voice and see your film?
What kind of film can I enter?
You will need to make a 2-minute film about the importance of tolerance, diversity & British values in helping to counter prejudice and extremism.
Who’s Eligible to Join?
You have to be 16-25, a British national living in the UK or a resident of the UK.
What are the Key Dates? Entries must be posted on YouTube before January 21, 2011. Film judging ends April 22, 2011. The winner will be announced at a London Award Ceremony on June 22, 2011.
How do I join? First read the details on our website at www.projectmosaic.net/youtubecompetition. Then make your film and upload it to http://www.youtube.com/ and finally tell us about it by completing an online Entry Form at www.projectmosaic.net/youtubecompetition
Who are we? Project Mosaic (http://www.projectmosaic.net/) is a UK-based charity that teaches people to be tolerant of those coming from a different background. We promote interfaith and intercultural tolerance, multiethnic good citizenship and integration of immigrant communities, and we combat prejudice, group hatred and extremism. Project Mosaic was set up in 2008 in memory of David Fontana, one of the 343 firefighters that died on September 11, 2001 while helping to rescue people from the World Trade Towers in New York.

ENYAN announces Regional Youth Arts Champions

ENYAN announces Regional Youth Arts Champions

The ENYAN Regional Youth Arts Champion initiative has been developed to celebrate, commend and raise the profile of individuals working with young people and the arts at grass roots level, to award these individuals a title and to invite them to work with ENYAN as part of our National Campaign 2010/11 ‘Youth Arts Transforms Lives – FACT!’
Following a successful nomination process, the details of the individuals below were viewed by panels of Regional Youth Arts Specialists in each region. The following individuals have been awarded the title of Regional Youth Arts Champion:

Cancellation of our launch event and rescheduling it

We are sorry to say our launch event on the 2nd of December had to be cancelled due to the snow.

However things aren't too bad because the event is going to be rescheduled for some time near the end of January. If you were going to come to the event before please come to it in January. We'll be sending out details of the revised event soon.

Anyone interested in youth arts or involved in it is welcome to come along.

If you want to know more about the event contact us. Contact details are on the right, on the main page of the blog.

Youth Arts Network High Peak on Facebook

If you use facebook and want to get involved in the youth arts network or want more information, take a look at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Youth-Arts-Network-High-Peak/143050465746529?v=wall

Message board.

Promote your group here or post information about events, by clicking the comment button below. Comments are moderated so may take a day to appear.

Funding Opportunity - Young Film Fund

First Light Movies provides grants to projects that enable young people to participate in all aspects of film production has announced that its Young Film Fund will re-open for applications on the 15th November 2010. 

Since launching in 2001, First Light Movies have enabled over 12,000 young filmmakers to write, act, shoot, light, direct and produce over 800 films. The funding is available to organisations such as:

• Schools
• Youth services
• Community and voluntary groups that work with young people aged between 5 and 18.

Every year approximately £700,000 of grants are available through three funding streams: 

• The Studio Awards provides grants of up to £30, 000 for between two and four films of up to 10 minutes
• The Script Awards provides grants of up to £3,000 for script writing projects that team young people with script professionals
• The Pilot Awards provides grants of up to £5,000 for one short film of up to five minutes in duration.

Previous grants awarded included Hartside Primary School, County Durham, which received a grant of £3,000 to help produce a five minute shadow puppet film using an original fairy tale devised, told and filmed by the children in Year 1 and Balfour Junior School in Brighton, which received funding to make an environmental documentary ‘The Amazing Adventures of the Plastic Bag’.

The closing date for applications will be the 11th January 2011. For more information, visit: http://www.firstlightonline.co.uk/fundingstream/young-film-fund

Youth Arts Network High Peak launch event !

Youth Arts Network High Peak Launch event - December 2nd, 7pm, the University of Derby Dome Buxton

We are having a launch event for the network and will hopefully have plenty of people involved in youth arts in the High Peak attending. This will include guest speakers on possible subjects like funding and how to work with young people. A guest speaker from ENYAN may be attending.

If any groups would be interested in providing entertainment for the event please let one of us know, (contact details are on the right).

This event will also act as a consultation for the network, as the network will be influenced by its members.

The event will be a great way for people involved in youth arts to communicate with each other, which could lead to collaberations between different people or groups. Also guest speakers will provide useful information and hopefully there will be great entertainment.

More info will be given nearer to the event.

Funding Opportunity for young people to create a volunteer project in their area

VCashpoint is a new funding initiative provided by "V", an independent charity that seeks to champion youth volunteering in England. VCashpoint provides small grants to young people aged 16 to 25 who want to establish a volunteering project in their area. Funding is available to help young people turn their ideas into reality. Projects should be organised, planned and carried out by young people. Projects should create volunteering opportunities and be of benefit to the local community. Innovative and creative project ideas are encouraged. Financial assistance is available to young people aged 16 to 25 in England, who want to set up a volunteering project in their local community. Average grants will be around £1,500, and up to £2,500 is available.

Youth arts in the High Peak

There are around 50 youth arts groups in the High Peak at the moment which cover a range of activities such as dance, drama, music, art and theatre. These are the groups we want to get involved in the network and who will benefit from it.

Funding issues ?

Currently a lot of groups are facing issues with funding and some have stopped running as a result of this, networking with other youth arts groups in the area could help your group with funding as these issues could be discussed and others could offer you advice from their experience.

Collaboration through a network may also help your funding situation, for example collaborating with another group on a project may mean your group is eligable for different funding

Youth Arts training courses in the East Midlands

Artsplan is the largest provider of specialist youth arts training courses and publications in the UK and all training and publications are written and supported by experienced youth arts specialists, currently involved in direct project work with young people.

Artsplan is delighted to have the following one-day, youth arts training course taking place soon in the East Midlands:

This course gives an overview of the benefits of using the arts with young people at risk and covers essential areas when doing so. Participants are given an understanding of youth arts and youth culture and the skill set needed to successfully design, fund, manage and market an appropriate arts project. Current CRB child protection legislation will be considered, ensuring your youth arts project complies with the recommended guidelines.

Using the Arts with Young People at Risk - 24th November 2010, 10 am- 4.15 pm, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham

Putting Young People at the Core of Youth Arts - 2nd March 2011, 10 am- 4.15 pm, Royal and Derngate, Northampton - SPECIAL RATE FEE- £75 PER PERSON

For more information, or to book a place on an upcoming course please contact the Artsplan Team via: 02380 682535 / artsplan@artswork.org.uk.