Deadline: 31 July 2012
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced the launch of a new £1 million small grants programme for people to get involved in their heritage. Called ‘All Our Stories’, the programme will provide grants of £3,000 to £10,000 to support charities, community groups and heritage organisations running local history projects.
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Google Art Project is an online compilation of high-resolution images of artworks from galleries worldwide, as well as a virtual tour of the galleries in which they are housed.
The project includes works in the Tate Gallery, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and the Uffizi, Florence. There are currently over 30,000 works of art uploaded from museums and galleries all over the world.
The “walk-through” feature of the project uses Google’s Street View technology. To begin your virtual tour of the museums and galleries in Google Art Project please go to: http://www.googleartproject.com/
The William and Jane Morris Fund is open to applications from churches, chapels and other places of worship built before 1896. The Fund offers grants of up to £1,000 towards work concerned with the conservation of decorative features such as, stained glass windows, sculpture, furniture, internal monuments and tombs, and wall paintings. Grants towards major structural repairs and fabric maintenance may be considered under exceptional circumstances.
The next closing date for applications is the 31st August 2012.
For information visit: http://www.sal.org.uk/grants/williamandjanemorris/
The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a new £1 million grants programme called “All Our Stories” to support local projects across the UK that want to explore their local heritage.
A wide range of voluntary and community sector organisations (including charities, community groups, and heritage organisations) throughout the UK can apply for grants of between £3,000 and £10,000.
Funding will support activities which encourage exploring and learning about local heritage. Groups should be willing to share what they have learned with their community by doing things like holding a community event, performance, exhibition or producing a leaflet or designing a smart phone app or website, etc.
Activities that will be supported are:
Groups will be able to work with researchers from 21 universities and other educational organisations across the UK who will be available to support projects from the beginning of the application process as well as the research itself.
All Our Stories has been developed in support of the BBC’s The Great British Story – A People’s History, which is a new series to be broadcast on BBC Two. All Our Stories will also feature in five BBC Learning events at flagship heritage locations, which will be run in tandem with the TV series, to get people involved with their local heritage.
The deadline for applications is 31 July 2012 with a notification of decisions in October 2012.
For more information, visit http://www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes/Pages/Allourstories.aspx
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People’s History Museum, Manchester
As part of Adult Learner’s Week 2012, The People’s History Museum are hosting The Cultural Exchange for Creative practitioners, cultural venues, teachers, commissioners and consumers. It will be:
A highly interactive market place event designed to shine a spotlight on creative learning and excellent teaching.
A showcase and platform to profile creative practitioners and the creative learning opportunities offered by the city’s cultural venues.
A networking opportunity for cultural producers and consumers.
Come along and share in the wealth of ideas and opportunities, whether you are an individual looking to enhance your own practice, or a teacher looking for ideas to inspire your pupils, there will be something for you.
For more information, please email mcbfcln@mmu.ac.uk
