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Dear Creative,
Thank you to everyone who attended our October ACED network meeting in Sidmouth. Please save the date of 12 February 2025 for our next meeting at Poltimore House.
Our ACED Directory now has 200 members! Please take a look there for contacts in your culture sector. Don't forget to sign up for our last training session of the year in Individual Giving.
 Exmouth Festival's new decarbonisation toolkit
Exmouth Festival’s recent decarbonisation project provides excellent learnings on how we can think about decarbonising events. Jess Magill and Zoey Cooper have created a useful toolkit, including a bespoke carbon calculator, to help event organisers lower the carbon footprint of their events.
Jess & Zoey will present their learnings at the East Devon Tourism Network Meeting at Jurassic Discovery, Seaton: 19 November, 9.30-12.00. Explore ways to blend the world of local arts and culture, East Devon’s rich geological heritage, and our outstanding leisure and tourism businesses. Register.
Last chance to sign up for fundraising training
Individual Giving: 21 November, 10.30-1.30, The Beehive, Honiton. New ACED training delivered by fundraising specialists Cause 4. Unlock the Art of Making the Ask to connect with high-net-worth individuals and philanthropists to generate transformational gifts.
Missed our ACED Social Media Advertising Training or Corporate Sponsorship training? Email aced@eeastdevon.gov.uk to receive a copy of the recording.
This training opportunity is funded by the UK Government through the Shared Prosperity Fund.
November Highlights
 Your Town My Town, JJ Waller
Exmouth Film Festival: 16-23 November. Volunteer run community festival of 11 films and events in Exmouth.
Networking event for film/TV and media, 18 November, 11-1, Ocean Exmouth. Connect, share and collaborate with fellow creatives in film, TV or moving image media. Led by ACED Film Champion Pip Piper. Refreshments provided. Limited places, booking essential. Email pip@osbd.org
Your Town My Town, Sidmouth School of Art: 20 November 7– 9pm, Arts Centre, Manor Pavilion – JJ Waller will present images of local people and groups from the first phase of the project, talk about his work and host a Q & A session - book
 New Arts Council Interactive Resource
Arts Council England have launched the Culture and Place Data Explorer, a useful tool to access data about funding, population, demographics, tourism and the economy. Build a detailed picture of culture and creativity in a specific area, ideal for developing bids and reports.
Artist opportunity
Devon Writers Mailing List. Sign up to hear about a variety of creative opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally through Exeter City of Literature.
Funding opportunities
The BFI National Lottery Discovery Feature Funding: The programme supports original live action and animation feature filmmaking by debut directors. Deadline: 06.12.24
The Linbury Trust: grants of up to £5,000 for small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, accessibility or improving the diversity of audiences. Deadline: 17.01.25.
Arts & Culture Impact Fund: Repayable finance to support UK Arts, Culture and Heritage organisations – the world’s biggest social impact investment fund for the creative arts is offering finance up to £1 million to socially driven arts, culture and heritage organisations. Deadline: rolling
Cultural Facilities Fund from Biffa: Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 for projects based in a museum, arts or heritage centre, which aim to improve recreation, interest and education. Deadline: rolling.
 Training opportunities
East Devon Bitesize Sessions: Marketing: sell the sizzle, not the sausage: 20 November, 2-3-30pm online. Understand how to identify messages to capture the attention of your target audience to help 'sell' your organisation.
East Devon Deep Dive - Writing Simple Business Plans: 14 November, 10-1, online. How to use planning tools and a template structure to help develop a clear business plan.
East Devon Deep Dive - Writing Effective Funding Applications: 4 December 10-12.30, online.
Understanding your Customer's Digital Journey, 20 November, 9.30-12.30, Exeter Science Park. Discover practical tips, insights and hands-on activities for content creation, customer engagement, and remarketing strategies. Ideal for small businesses new to digital marketing.
Have a job opportunity or artist call? Please share it: aced@eastdevon.gov.uk. More funding and training opportunities and links to resources on ACED website.
Arts and Culture East Devon (ACED) is a network connecting the artistic communities of East Devon and providing a central platform to engage, network, promote and talk about arts and culture across the region.
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