Scottish Screen have launched a new £300,000 Digital Projection Equipment Fund to help fit-out cinemas, multi-art spaces and other venues in rural and remote areas of Scotland with equipment to enable them to project films digitally.

INTRODUCTION TO FUNDRAISING (half day/evening) 19th August 10.00-1.00 Previously provided April 2008, this explores the Fundraising Cycle and the Fundraising Pyramid and provides an introduction to 3 kinds of income generation.

Action for Children’s Arts, the UK's umbrella body on behalf of all arts organisations providing arts for and working with children, has launched the UK’s first ‘Manifesto for Children’s Arts’ at its conference at The Unicorn Theatre in London.

Spring Fling Open Studios Coordinator

28 hours per week £19,750 pro rata (£15,800 per annum for 28 hours per week)

Closing deadline: 28 July 2008

this weeks news and opportunities fromt he scottish arts council

Here we are! Aberdeen Arts Centre’s highly successful Arts Carnival from 7^th July till 8^th August was launched this morning. There’s still some spaces available for one of our 38 workshops, anything from hip-hop dance to summer pantomime, crafts, drumming, chanter and summer fun! (check our website for details and registration www.aberdeenartscentre.org.uk).

how2fundraise.org is the most comprehensive, free on-line resource for the UK's 16 million volunteer fundraisers, from the Institute of Fundraising. There you can share what you know and get inspired by others.

deadline: 18 July 2008

The Barrow Cadbury Trust has launched a new funding stream aimed at fostering greater cohesion in some of Britain's most diverse towns and cities. Through the new stream the trust will fund voluntary and community projects with grants typically worth £30,000.

Issue 7 of Pushing Out the Boat (New Writing from North East scotland) was formly launched at Aberdeen Arts Centre on 1 May and is on sale locally in the Art Gallery and other vendors...

3rd - 5th October 2008 Aberdeen

NESTA are pleased to announce the awardees of NESTA’s Starter for 6 programme 2008, which has supported 80 early stage innovative businesses in science, technology and creative industries across Scotland this year...

Deadline: 30 June 2008

Development Director, 3 days per week.

Timespan Heritage and Arts Centre has recently reopened after substantial redevelopment, including
new museum design and a new education suite...

New Webpages for EU Funds

EUCLID now offers a range ofrevised and additional webpages for EU funds relevant to the cultural sector:

• www.culturefund.eu - about the Culture programme - REVISED
• http://eufunds.culture.info - the funds in summary - REVISED
• http://transnat.culture.info - about the trans-national funds - NEW
• http://structural.culture.info -about the structural funds - NEW
• http://interreg.culture.info -about the Interreg programme - NEW
• http://thirdcountries.culture.info -about third country programmes - NEW

ARTS EVENTS quicklinks

these links take you directly to our website:
Kites Over Howden - scotland - west lothian 
How do I look in this? - scotland - falkirk 
Bags of Fun Holiday workshops - scotland - falkirk 
Design your own logo t-shirt - scotland - falkirk 
Meet the Maker: Millinery Demo - scotland - falkirk 
Pret-a-Porter - scotland - falkirk 
Ceilidh - featuring the Absolutely Legless Irish dance group and the Islander Band - scotland - east lothian 
Corstorphine Fair 2008 - scotland - edinburgh 

If your organisation is having a positive social or environmental impact you could be in with a chance to win up to £10,000 and be featured in The Times Public Agenda. The Enterprising Solutions Awards 2008 recognise the UK’s best social enterprises solving social or environmental problems through their business ideas.

At the 'Varieties of Cultural History' conference, at the University of Aberdeen, 5-8 July 2007, a meeting, chaired by Crosbie Smith of the University of Kent, was held on 8 July to consider the establishment of a Cultural History Society. It was proposed by Peter Burke of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and generally agreed, that 'International' should be included in the title of the Society. In order to launch such a Society, the meeting set up a small committee, to prepare a draft constitution, to arrange a founding conference, to develop the membership, and to explore the establishment of a Journal of Cultural History and occasional publications series. For these purposes an email list, website, and newsletter should be started. The Provisional Committee that was set up at the general meeting met immediately afterwards. It has now co-opted additional members so as to increase the number of countries represented.

The Scottish Centre for Regeneration (SCR) helps build skills and expertise and shares knowledge among those working in community regeneration.

From 1 April 2008 this site will be archived. Please sign up for our e-bulletin for regular updates on our move to the Scottish Government or visit www.scotland.gov.uk.

Question of the month

How to join up budgets?....more....

Salary: £30,000pa

craftscotland promotes the best of Scottish contemporary craft and represents the interests of the
Scottish craft sector across the globe. The organisation has developed a successful world class web
resource for craft in Scotland (www.craftscotland.org) which welcomed its millionth visitor in June
2007. craftscotland also curates and presents top quality exhibitions across the UK. craftscotland is
an independent organisation with charitable status, in receipt of development funding from the
Scottish Arts Council, and governed by a Board of Directors.

Closing date: Monday 2 June 2008

area: Scotland
deadline: 23 June 2008

The National Association for Literature Development (NALD) has received further funding from the Scottish Arts Council to institute a Co-ordinator post that will further extend and develop its activities in Scotland. This project will run from July/August 2008 to July 2009.

For more information, please contact Catherine McInerney at catherine@nald.org.

National Youth Organisations in Scotland have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £50,000 through a new fund set up by the Scottish Government....

Please take this opportunity to make your views heard about the development of your local area. This survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.

Generous tax breaks exist to encourage you to support the arts as an individual or sponsor them as a business.

New Webpages for EU Funds

EUCLID now offers a range ofrevised and additional webpages for EU funds relevant to the cultural sector:

 As part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, the Intercultural Cities Conference will look at migration, diversity and urban life in a fresh way. The conference will not only provide an opportunity for International city leaders and experts to look at how different cultures can live together but how mixing can be turned to economic, social and cultural advantage. New thinking is needed on how diverse communities can co-operate in productive harmony instead of leading parallel or antagonistic lives.

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop - Co-ordinator Artists Professional Development Programme

Deadline: 6 June 2008

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has produced a consultation paper in response to Ofcom's recent review of community radio and to seeks views on the future scope of community radio funding. To contribute to the consultation, please visit http://tinyurl.com/2fn3kw.

We're just putting together plans for this year's Forum, which is to be held on Saturday 7 June 08 at

engage Scotland wishes to commission a researcher / programmer to develop the concept for the engage Scotland Interpretations Conference taking place in Edinburgh on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 September 2008 and to programme this important annual event. [more]

In the last month Peacock's have received two pieces of wonderful news.

First came the annoucement that the Scottish Government have approved the plans for Aberdeen's new centre for the contemporary arts.

Then, just last week the Scottish Arts Council announced they will be providing £4 million of capital funding for the centre. It's the largest single grant being awarded in Scotland and we are delighted!

Emails generated thousands of messages of support which sent a loud and clear message that the public were backing the new centre.

They are now on track to developing a magnificent new arts facility for everyone to enjoy.

Creative Communities is the national conference for strategic decision-makers working in regeneration, neighbourhood renewal, housing, culture and leisure. Promoting participation in the arts, cultural and creative activities has a profound effect on deprived neighbourhoods and their communities. Embedding arts and cultural projects into community plans and Local Area Agreements can unlock new funding routes and help local authorities achieve statutory outcomes and shape places.

Leading speakers will explore the latest opportunities to meet Government targets through community-led creative programmes which successfully address issues of deprivation, diversity, cohesion, employability, health and wellbeing. The 2008 event will also celebrate the fantastic success of the Creative Communities programme led by Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008, which has rekindled Liverpool's famous enthusiasm for creativity and brought a new lease of life to some of the UK's most deprived areas.

Register at www.neilstewartassociates.com/se216/ or phone Laura Brownlee on 020 7324 4372 for more information.

Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000 to help young people set up a project that will benefit their community. You just have to come up with an idea for a project that will improve life in a local community in the UK. Maybe a new basketball court, a music studio, a youth club, sex education workshops in schools, a youth advisory board, even a local magazine. Anyone who is aged 14 to 16 and is in school but struggling, or aged 16 to 25 and unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week are eligible to apply.

Projects must:
- be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25;
- clearly benefit the local community;
- benefit the people running the project;
- be a new or developing project.

The following are not eligible:
- formal groups or organisations;
- expeditions or overseas travel;
- fundraising activities for charity;
- trips and outings, unless they have educational value.

Funding of up to £1,000 is available for 14 to16 year olds and up to £5,000 is available for those aged 16 to 25.

Call free on 0800 842 842 or visit the Prince's Trust website for more details.

deadline: 14 April 2008

The Centre for Social Justice Awards 2008 is looking for small grass roots charities, voluntary groups and community groups who are tackling poverty in your local area. If you are people focused, tackling causes as well as symptoms, driven by conviction and motivated by compassion then it wants to hear from you.

There is no application form. Simply describe in 500 words or less how your organisation makes an exceptional contribution to tackling poverty.

For more information, see www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/awards.

Salary £23,292 £28,296
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to develop and manage our outreach programme. With experience of coordinating education projects in a community setting, a passion for art and a commitment to increasing access for a diverse range of audiences, you will have a good knowledge of current issues and legislation in the  community sector.

Gray’s School of Art is committed to supporting and encouraging innovative professional practice within the national and international context of the North East. As part of this goal Gray’s is committed to encouraging the retention of our graduates within the city of Aberdeen & to keep and support artists who have arrived here independently. In partnership with the Scottish Arts Council, Gray’s will continue to administer the Gray’s Aberdeen Visual Artists Award scheme.

What best sums up the distinctive nature of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire – the oil industry or fishing? Farming or information technology? What do people imagine when they hear of the City and Shire – is it Doric, or a cosmopolitan community? The weather, or the granite?

Aberdeenshire Arts* in partnership with the Cultural Enterprise Office are offering a series of one-to-one advice sessions to creative individuals and organisations across Aberdeenshire.