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On Mon this concluding week, a grouping of Arts & Health activists came together at HOME to explore our function in addition to vision equally business office of a social movement, that largely grew inwards Manchester, in addition to that could influence thinking in addition to activeness equally wellness in addition to social attention devolution kicks inwards across Greater Manchester adjacent year. It’s early on days to feedback inwards neat detail, but condom to state our North West Arts in addition to Health Network is at the pump of this conversation – therefore hopefully, we’ll get got some other large effect hither at the Manchester School of Art early on adjacent year. For now, y'all tin plow over the axe read a relatively brusk weblog posting almost it from me on METROPOLIS, in addition to for those of y'all who desire to know to a greater extent than almost the pros in addition to cons of devolution, y'all tin plow over the axe read a Kings Fund paper, fresh off the press past times clicking HERE.

This weblog may await a niggling bleak over the adjacent brace of weeks equally I pass fourth dimension amongst friends in addition to colleagues inwards Commonwealth of Australia equally business office of the 7th Annual Art of Good Health in addition to Wellbeing International Arts in addition to Health Conference organised past times the equally always inspiring, Margret Meagher of Arts in addition to Health Australia. This volition survive a corker in addition to I’m thrilled to survive opening upwardly proceedings amongst a novel newspaper called ‘…all the time, the buzzing.’ More of that presently enough, but why all the bleakness on the blog? I usually cope to maintain it going if I’m away from my desk. Alas – a small-scale tragedy of the everyday, stole away the real pump of my laptop. The difficult displace – that affair nosotros dread - has crashed. Being a resilient sort, I assumed it would only require turning on in addition to off a few times, or else giving a tap on the side. But no: all things must die. Its fourth dimension had come. The concluding dorsum upwardly I made was inwards early on Oct in addition to all my function since therefore has perished - everything. This includes the xxx infinitesimal cinema that I’d planned to part inwards Commonwealth of Australia in addition to inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland inwards December. At to the lowest degree I get got a print-out of the words! So – dorsum to the drawing board in addition to either a power-point (good grief) or else a miracle of time/space on an AirBus A380!!! 

Youth Music Grant Making Programmes 

Youth Music, England's largest children's music charity, which provides funding for music-making projects, has announced a novel application deadline for its grant making programme. Grants are available to fund developmental music-making projects for children in addition to immature people upwardly inwards challenging circumstances likewise equally projects that back upwardly the evolution of the workforce, organisations in addition to the wider sector. The novel funding programme is made upwardly of 3 split upwardly funds:

Fund H5N1 offers little grants (up to £30,000) for high character music-making projects

Fund B offers medium-sized grants (30,001 - £100,000 per year) for larger programmes of work

Fund C offers grants (of upwardly to £180,000) for strategic programmes to aid embed sustainable, inclusive music-making across a local area.The types of organisations that are eligible to utilise include charities, non for turn a profit organisations in addition to schools. Schools volition withal get got to justify how to activities to survive funded produce non duplicate Department of Education funding. The closing dates for applications to Fund H5N1 is 5pm on the 22nd Jan 2016. Fund B in addition to Fund C are currently shut to applications. Read to a greater extent than at:

http://network.youthmusic.org.uk/Funding/about-youth-musics-grants-programme

Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts Projects 

The Elephant Trust has announced that the adjacent deadline for applications is the 18th Jan 2016. The Trust offers grants to artists in addition to for new, innovative visual arts projects based inwards the UK. The Trust's aim is to arrive possible for artists in addition to those presenting their function to undertake in addition to consummate projects when confronted past times lack of funds. The Trust supports projects that railroad train in addition to ameliorate the knowledge, agreement in addition to appreciation of the fine arts. Priority is straightaway beingness given to artists in addition to little organisations in addition to galleries who should submit good argued, imaginative proposals for making or producing novel function or exhibitions. Arts Festivals are non supported.

The Trust usually awards grants of upwardly to £2,000, but larger grants may survive considered. Read to a greater extent than at http://elephanttrust.org.uk/docs/intro.html

Wellcome Trust – Arts Awards 

The Wellcome Trust is inviting organisations in addition to individuals to utilise for funding through its Arts Awards. The Arts Awards back upwardly projects that engage Earth amongst biomedical scientific discipline through the arts. Applications are invited for projects of upwardly to £40,000 through their little grants programme, in addition to for projects to a higher identify £40,000 through their large grant programme. The aim of the awards is to back upwardly arts projects that accomplish novel audiences which may non traditionally survive interested inwards scientific discipline in addition to furnish novel ways of thinking almost the social, cultural in addition to ethical issues around contemporary science. The adjacent application deadline for little projects is the 27th Nov 2015. The deadline for large projects is the 17th Feb 2016. Read to a greater extent than at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Funding-schemes/arts-awards/index.htm