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Hi All,
Welcome to the first edition of the CCS Connect e-news.
To keep you and your families and the children and young people you work with connected and engaged with cultural activity, CCS have put together a list of fantastic cultural events, activities and resources that can be accessed from home – see below. These include opportunities which are local to Shropshire, as well as regional and national.
New opportunities will be shared fortnightly through this e-news and via social media, so keep an eye out. For details of how to send us your online and digital opportunities, please see below.
Also featured in this e-news; CCS Update; Training/Support/Conferences for the cultural sector and Funding.
We hope you and your families are okay and enjoy getting involved in some of the opportunities on offer.
Take Care
CCS Management Group
 If you would like CCS to share the online and digital opportunities you have available for children and young people and their families, please contact Alexa Pugh, email, alexa.pugh@shropshire.gov.uk
We’re looking for local workshops, performances, film, animation, virtual tours, exhibitions, talks, mentoring, articles, CPD and resources etc. Content needs to be accessible and age appropriate for children and young people and their families.
The deadline for inclusion of information in the next e-news is Thursday 7th May.
Please follow the government guidelines on COVID-19 when delivering activity. For updates, take a look at the NHS and Gov.UK webpages.
 Please tag us in events on Facebook and we will share them - https://www.facebook.com/cultureconsortiumshrops/
Twitter – Culture Consortium Shropshire @CultureShrop #spotlightshropscyp
Website – https://www.cultureconsortiumshropshire.com/
 Arts Award
Aged 5-9? Want to earn a qualification? Shropshire Libraries are currently running Arts Award from home and supporting children and their families to achieve an award. Shropshire Libraries will provide a log book and guidance on how to complete your Arts Award Discover at home. Then, you can come to a celebration event (TBC when safe to do so), pay £5 and receive a certificate from Trinity College London!
To register or for more information please email artsaward@shropshire.gov.uk #LibrariesFromHome
 Spaghetti Junction, a new dance film collaboration between award-winning choreographer/director Corey Baker, BRB and Hong Kong Ballet, has been launched to celebrate Earth Day 2020. Filmed on location beneath Birmingham’s (in)famous interchange Spaghetti Junction, the film brings attention to the climate change crisis.
 Still from Spaghetti Junction dance film
 Shropshire Youth Theatre (SYT)
SYT have launched SYT Connect. Using classical text as a starting point, we want to create a virtual space for young people to create, collaborate and question, without the pressures of deadlines or assessments.
Using a dedicated Facebook page we'll create opportunities for students to connect and produce work online organically, make space for current students to ask advice from our talented alumni and encourage participation with young people from other youth organisations in Shropshire in our first virtual cross-organisation project.
www.shropshireyouththeatre.co.uk
  Creative Industries Federation
For those of you with children at home at the moment, they are compiling an amazing set of creative learning and entertainment resources at https://discovercreative.careers
 Meadow Arts
Meadow Arts have two online workshops coming up:
Make With Meg art workshop and a tour of artist Oliver Jones' studio
Join artist Megan Clark-Bagnall on her Make With Meg YouTube Channel on Saturday 9th May, 2pm - 3:15pm.
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Grab your favourite craft items from around the house, or rummage through the recycling bin for inspiration, and let Meg take you through the themes in artist Oliver Jones’ work and feed you with Top Tips, for creating your very own artwork. This special broadcast is designed for children aged 10+ and their families. It’s inspired by past and present themes around beauty, portraiture, social media and how we present ourselves.
www.meadowarts.org/events
Image of Megan Clark-Bagnall by Gina C print
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The Artist's Studio - Oliver Jones (online tour). 15th May 2pm
What happens in an artist's studio? Join us to watch Oliver Jones as he takes us on a tour, answers some of your questions and discusses his work in the first of our series of virtual studio tours - The Artist's Studio. You can send us your questions in advance by messaging @MeadowArts on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or email rebecca@meadowarts.org by 4 May. Oliver Jones is an award-winning visual artist, working from his studio in rural Shropshire, after spending the first part of his career working from and co-running studios in Birmingham. His work is collected and exhibited both nationally and internationally and can be found in some highly notable public and private collections throughout the UK, Los Angeles and Istanbul.
www.meadowarts.org/events/the-artists-studio-oliver-jones
Where: Meadow Arts YouTube Channel or Facebook Page
'Mood' by Oliver Jones, courtesy of the artist
DASH
Online Course - ‘Art Influencers - A Guided Tour of Art History’
Weekly 1.5 hour webinars to commence from May over a course of 12 weeks
Join us at DASH on a guided tour around the history of western art.
We’ll meet in ‘The Art Room’, where we’ll consider why we make art, before we set off on our journey. On the way, you’ll learn about:
- The Disability Arts Movement
- ‘Geometric Greece’ and how to design your own amphora
- ‘Fragmented Rome’ and the birth of mosaics
- the icons that inspired Warhol’s pop-art and Klimt’s lavish colour pallet..
.. and many other historical links to modern art!
This course is designed to offer an introduction to the history of art and is aimed at creatives aged 16 - 30. You will learn about key art periods before going on to explore them in more depth through your weekly creative art challenge. This is an ideal course for anyone looking for start or diversify their portfolio or to strengthen their creative confidence.
We are seeking artists who identify as disabled - including neurodiverse artists. The subjects are deigned to suit a range of abilities and supplementary material will be offered to those who wish to gain deeper understanding of each topic.
Whether you’re a self-taught, early stage artist, or a more experienced artist who is yet to study the history of art, this course might be a great starting point.
Please contact Sarah at DASH on: sarahc@dasharts.org
 Shropshire Libraries
Online Manga art activities, rhyme and story times, lego club and “Grow with Ro” from Ludlow Library in lockdown.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ludlowlibrary/videos/
Use your Library from Home - e-library, e-magazines and e-newspapers as well as our curated links supporting reading and learning for all ages
Carry on reading and learning through Shropshire Libraries from Home
Carry on reading and learning through Shropshire Libraries from Home. Access our e-library (e-books, e-audiobooks, e-magazines and e-newspapers) from
 Shrewsbury Bookfest Big Book Awards 2020 Virtual Awards Ceremony
The Bookfest team has been hard at work to make sure the Awards Ceremony for the Big Book Awards went ahead virtually and the work of the 39 primary schools and 1,400+ children involved was celebrated. The ceremony featured a fantastic line up and the winning book was revealed.
The ceremony is now available to view on the bookfest website.
www.shrewsburybookfest.co.uk
 FindMyPast and Ancestry
Residents of Shropshire can access FindMyPast and Ancestry with a Shropshire Library log in via the e-library. The sites contain huge amounts of material for family history.
https://libraries.shropshire.gov.uk/web/arena/ancestry
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Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery Family Activities
Range of family activities on offer, including educational with links to the national curriculum, new ways of exploring the collections and craft. One of this week's activities is making leaf prints.
https://www.facebook.com/shrewsburymuseum/
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 Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery collections
Thinkuknow is the education programme from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline – https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
 BBC Bitesize will support you while you're learning from home
It's a strange time to be a school pupil right now but wherever you're doing your lessons, BBC Bitesize is there for you. You can access regular daily lessons in English and Maths, as well as other core subjects, in an expanded version of their website and also on special programmes broadcast on BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zn9447h
 Weekly lessons schedules available from the BBC Bitesize Daily website
BBC & Arts Council – Culture In Quarantine: bringing arts and culture into the home
https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/
 Shropshire Youth Association have responded to self-isolation, by offering weekly virtual youth clubs in Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Broseley, Sutton Hill, Brookside & Stirchley, Minsterley, Westbury, Nesscliffe, Hanwood, Market Drayton - Phoenix centre, Market Drayton – Zone, Hinstock, Whitchurch, Wem and Oswestry.
All sessions accessed through the individual links, placed on the SYA clubs facebook pages.
SYA are also putting quizzes and links to useful activities on our facebook pages, and are offering 121 phone, txt and virtual support to young people who are struggling.
We are also supporting a number of voluntary clubs and organisations to get their virtual clubs up and running.
Email - richard@sya.org.uk
The Hive - MYC Music
Every Tuesday at 2pm, alternating weeks of songwriting and jamming
By referral only. Please contact tom@hiveonline.org.uk for more information or to make a new referral.
Fun creative music sessions for young people experiencing isolation or loneliness
Inclusive to those experiencing loneliness or isolation, and designed to increase accessibility to those who may be new to the Hive and/or new to music-based activity and is designed to assist in over-coming reticence, increasing confidence and instil a sense of belonging.
https://soundcloud.com/user-419778658
https://www.facebook.com/hiveshrewsbury/
#HiveHugs
#HiveWellbeingProjects
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CCS members are invited to attend the Arts Network Event below.
The event is FREE to attend and provides an opportunity to network, exchange ideas, information and learn new skills.
Tuesday 29th September, 6-8pm
MediaActive Projects : Adventures with Archives, using archive film creatively with children and young people.
Using the Hidden Treasures of local, regional and international film archives MediaActive Projects has, over many years, worked with children and young people on award winning film productions, cross artform events and visual arts exhibitions. Our current BFI funded programme brings together archive film content and new music/spoken word for event based screenings, exhibition install and cinema.
The Cafe will present an opportunity to enjoy some examples of archive film based work made by children and young people, in and out of the classroom, and hear about opportunities to access, exhibit or work with Adventures in Archives content and programme.
The processes of research, curation, production and exhibition and sharing all involve digital aspects (supporting digital competency and inclusion) and the use of archive film has particular pertinence to museums, galleries, libraries, schools, colleges and festivals and artists working with children and young people.
No experience is needed within digital practice, although by that point I’m sure you will have quite a bit!
Please email Alexa Pugh to book your place: alexa.pugh@shropshire.gov.uk
Venue: Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Market Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LG
 Arts Connect – Only Connect: One Stop Shop
A collection of links and curated resources to key trusted sites to provide guidance, advice, support and inspiration for arts and cultural organisations, freelancers, educationalists and those involved in arts and creativity at home and at school. This page will be updated regularly and highlight West Midlands resources as well as providing links to national and international resources.
https://www.artsconnect.co.uk/what-were-doing/only-connect/
Mentoring Support for Disabled Artists in Self-Isolation
In these strange, anxious and unpredictable times DASH is looking at ways we can support Disabled artists development and counter the isolation that the virus has brought to us all. Mike is offering phone/skype/zoom mentoring on a first come first served basis to any Disabled visual artist across the UK. There will be a maximum of 3 sessions plus a short introductory session where you will decide the topics you want to cover. Each session will last up to 2 hours and can be spread over several months.
If you are interested then please contact Artistic Director, Mike Layward at mike@dasharts.org for more information.
#GetCreativeAtHome?
Instead of promoting local creative events where people come together, Voluntary Arts England are using the #GetCreativeAtHome campaign to highlight and promote the amazing participatory creative activities that are being developed to help people to express themselves creatively during a time of unprecedented change.
Instead of confining the campaign to 10 days in May, we have opened up the festival to make activities accessible now, when people need them most.
We are encouraging individuals, groups and organisations large and small to create, curate or signpost great accessible remote activities by listing them on the Get Creative website. Our partners across the sector, including ACE and BBC Arts, will be helping to promote Get Creative activities to a broad audience throughout the coming weeks and months. If you have already started delivering creative activities remotely and would welcome new participants from across the country, do register your activities on the Get Creative website alongside your existing online promotion.
Register your activities at: www.GetCreativeUK.com
West Midlands Culture Response Unit Launches - Register Now
Culture Central have launched the West Midlands Culture Response Unit, to develop and deliver an action-orientated, sector-led response to the Covid-19 crisis in the short, medium and long term. The purpose is to ensure the visibility, viability and recovery of the Cultural Sector in the West Midlands.
Everyone in the region’s cultural sector are invited to join.
Find out more about our plans for the Culture Response Unit here.
Voluntary Arts West Midlands – Creative Network Meetings
Voluntary Arts West Midlands are hosting creative network meetings and talks, from Monday to Friday. A wealth of attendees from all over the sector participate in the meetings, who can give advice and support.
The sessions are Monday to Friday 9:30-10:30. Join the conversation here - www.voluntaryarts.org/creativenetwork
Artsmark Update
In light of the COVID-19 emergency and school closures Arts Council England (ACE) are relaxing all deadlines for settings currently on their Artsmark journey. Whilst they are welcome to continue on their Artsmark journey, ACE have reassured settings that they will not be chasing them for submissions during this time as deadline and timescales are now flexible.
If you newly registered between 16th-27th March then you can either put your applicaiton 'on hold' or delete and re-register again in the future. Any new registrations and re-registrations for Artsmark are temporarily closed from the 15th April until further notice.
Arts Connect are delivering online Development Days and Support Sessions for Artsmark schools. Please get in touch with Helen Frost. Artsmark Manager at Arts Connect, for further info - helen.frost@wlv.ac.uk.
University of Chester - Remote Volunteering
We understand that many of you will have adapted your working practices given the situation surrounding Covid-19 so we wanted to get in touch and let you know that the University of Chester’s Volunteering and Mentoring team are working from home and here to support you as needed.
If you have any online/virtual opportunities that you would like us to share, please do not hesitate to get in touch and we will continue to support you as much as possible on our website and on social media.
We have also created a new ‘type’ of activity on our website called “Covid-19/Activity takes place at home” which students can filter by to apply for opportunities supporting you at this current time, so please do continue to upload any activities you are still offering so we can help advertise them for you.
For more information contact - volunteering@chester.ac.uk
Noise Solution Update
The recent COVID-19 situation has highlighted the need for measured safe responses to engaging with vulnerable youth in their home. Noise Solution are nationally recognised as experts in digital youth work, with over 10 years of experience. They have recently developed a 100% digital intervention that provides evidenced and meaningful engagement for those vulnerable youth and families, promoting the things that they know underpin protective factors in well-being, for all involved.
Find all details of Noise Solution offer here
IVE – Working with Children and Young People Online Guidance – https://weareive.org/ive-studio/working-with-children-and-young-people-online/
Are you worried about online abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online? Make a report to one of CEOP's Child Protection Advisors – https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Festivals Bridge e-safety – Before any organisation starts to consider developing their online learning offer, they need to ensure that their policies and procedures are fit for purpose. This short learning unit explains how schools and other organisations protect their staff and young people online and provides suggestions and examples to enable an organisation to create an appropriate online safety strategy. https://nnfestival.org.uk/festival-bridge/what-we-do/research-development/digital-resources-toolkit/online-safety-module/
Festivals Bridge – CREATING YOUR OWN DIGITAL CONTENT – If you are building an online resource and need some help with how to structure this or make it user friendly, then have a look at our Digital Resources Toolkit, this is a great starting point. https://nnfestival.org.uk/festival-bridge/what-we-do/research-development/digital-resources-toolkit/
 Shropshire Council Small Grants for online and digital content
https://shropshire.gov.uk/arts-and-festivals/shropshire-council-emergency-arts-grants-2020/
£100m to Support the UK’s Social Sector Organisations During Coronavirus Crisis
Full details will be provided as soon as they become available.
Grants to Help UK Music Creators Adapt to COVID-19 Conditions
The PRS Foundation is supporting artists, songwriters and composers to create and develop when they need it most. The PRS Sustaining Creativity Fund is designed for music creators experiencing hardship from loss of work due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The fund will help UK artists from any genre to continue their work using a new model to support music making. The aim is to allow creators to spend time writing, recording, collaborating, innovating and making creative plans.
Grants of £750 will be available, to be spent on anything that enables music creators to continue to create exceptional new music.
Self-employed, freelance or unemployed UK-based music creators experiencing a significant impact on their work, income and ability to complete planned musical activities due to the coronavirus may apply.
The next deadline for applications is 11 May 2020.
Click to view further information about this news alert
Chancellor Announces 100% Government-backed Loans for Small Businesses
The new Bounce Back Loans scheme, announced by the Chancellor, will allow small and medium businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000 and access the cash within days. Loans will be interest free for the first 12 months, and businesses will be able to apply online through a short and simple form.
Firms will be able to access these loans through a network of accredited lenders. The Government will work with lenders to ensure loans delivered through the scheme are advanced as quickly as possible and agree a low standardised level of interest for the remaining period of the loan.
Businesses can apply for a loan if they:
- Are based in the UK.
- Have been negatively affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
- Were not an ‘undertaking in difficulty’ on 31 December 2019.
Rishi Sunak said the scheme will help bolster the existing package of support available to the smallest businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic. It will run alongside the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS).
The Chancellor said:
'Our smallest businesses are the backbone of our economy and play a vital role in their communities.
'This new rapid loan scheme will help ensure they get the finance they need quickly to help survive this crisis.
'This is in addition to business grants, tax deferrals, and the job retention scheme, which are already helping to support hundreds of thousands of small businesses.'
The scheme will launch for applications on Monday 4 May 2020.
ACE Emergency Response Funding: Applicant Guidance Live for NPOs and Lead CPP Organisations – We are making up to £90 million available, with no upper limit for applications. Organisations should only apply for the minimum they need to survive until 30 September 2020. This fund will open for applications on 12 May 2020, with a deadline of 19 May 2020. We've designed the application process to be as simple as possible, and produced helpful guidance and FAQs which you can check out on our website. The Guidance for Applications is available in Easy Read, and will soon be available in Large Print and BSL. https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/financial-support-npos-and-lead-cpp-organisations
Historic England - Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund – https://historicengland.org.uk/coronavirus/fund/
Heritage Emergency Fund – The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has set up the £50 million Heritage Emergency Fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The funding is for organisations that cannot secure funding from other sources. https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/heritage-emergency-fund
Heart of England Community Foundation Coronavirus Resilience Fund – Constituted groups based in the West Midlands can apply for grants of up to £1,500 to help those most affected get the support that they need. https://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk/coronavirus-resilience-fund/
GRANTfinder is closely monitoring all the relevant news about the Coronavirus COVID-19 and the consequences for the funding landscape. The GRANTfinder news section will keep you updated on which funds and extra support have been announced to counteract the impact of the outbreak. Please go to www.grantfinder.co.uk/coronavirus
The Prince’s Trust and NatWest Enterprise Relief Fund – The £5million Enterprise Relief Fund will offer grants to 18 to 30-year olds across the UK who are self-employed and/or running their own business. In conjunction with cash grants, the initiative will offer one-to-one support and guidance to anyone who needs it and who may be worried about their future. https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about-the-trust/coronavirus-response/enterprise-relief-fund
The Charity Commission – has released a guide to the most frequently asked questions in response to the pandemic. These FAQs include answers to questions on furloughing staff, using reserves, changes to AGMs and meetings, and reporting to the Charity Commission. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission?mc_cid=e9a45a6492&mc_eid=0e22237a5d
Barclays launches £100 million COVID-19 Community Aid Package – https://home.barclays/news/press-releases/2020/04/barclays-launches-p100-million-covid-19-community-aid-package/
Tesco Bags of Help COVID-19 Communities Fund Accepting UK Applications https://www.grantfinder.co.uk/coronavirus/tesco-bags-of-help-covid-19-communities-fund-accepting-uk-applications/
 Creative Black Country’s are looking for four content ‘editors’ to help spread some Bostin’ News during these extraordinary times – We’re commissioning stories, features and articles that highlight the work and creatives from the Black Country (Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall). The stories don’t need to be about the current situation but we’d like a record of how people used creativity to get them through this difficult time. Maybe you have been writing a story or some poetry? Maybe you’ve taken a series of pictures during your daily exercise? Maybe you’ve learnt a new skill that you’d like to share? Deadline is: 4th May, 2020 at 5pm. https://www.creativeblackcountry.co.uk/blog/2020/4/19/help-us-spread-some-bostin-news
Birmingham Black History Month (BHM) Co-ordinator – Birmingham City Council requires a supplier to provide services for the coordination of Birmingham Black History Month. Deadline: 12th May For more information and how to apply visit www.finditinbirmingham.com/opportunities
Please forward this e-newsletter to interested parties. Apologies for any cross posting. If you have been sent this e-news by a colleague and would like to sign up to become a member of CCS and receive the e-news direct please email alexa.pugh@shropshire.gov.uk
Please note: this information has been forwarded to you because we think it may be of interest. We make every effort to ensure that any information that is forwarded is appropriate, however CCS (Culture Consortium Shropshire) can accept no liability for any inaccuracies or omissions contained in this e-news. Forwarding the creative sector opportunities does not represent any endorsement of projects or initiatives by CCS and readers should take their own steps where necessary to check the reliability of any organisations or projects featured.
If you are interested in any of the opportunities or events we ask that you get in touch with the relevant named persons, using the contact details within the text.
Get in touch
To find out more information about CCS, please contact:
Alexa Pugh, member of CCS and Arts Development Officer, Shropshire Council. email: alexa.pugh@shropshire.gov.uk
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