https://www.creativehertfordshire.com/listings/news/?archive=1&user=5880&view=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/sport-england-coronavius-fund/ Sport Engalnd Re making up to £195 million of funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. That will include dance organisations. The package ... Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/fundraising-workshop-hertfordshire-6th-june-hatfield/ How to find the right sources of funding and develop a winning proposal Royal Opera House Bridge is hosting a series of fundraising sessions to help you attract investment to your work with children and young people.... Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/funding-insight-newsletter-hertsdirect/ Funding Insight Newsletter 13th May 2013 Regular funding alerts are available from HertsDirect. The "Funding Insight" Newsletter summarises the latest funding opportunities to have featured on the Grants Online we... Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/oily-cart-workshop-working-learning-disabled-young-people/ If you work with learning disabled young people you may be interested in this chance to do a week long workshop with leading theatre company, Oily Cart this October. The company specialises in productions for SPMLD chil... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/crafts-creative-industry/ You may have heard about the proposal by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to remove crafts as a category within the creative industries. Please sign this e-Petition to stop the government reclassifying craft a... Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/arts-worth-5-9bn-uk-economy-report-stage-7th/ Arts Council England has published the findings of an independent report claiming that the arts and culture sector accounts for 0.4% of gross domestic product, with £5.9 billion worth of gross value added to the UK econo... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/grants-arts-arts-council-england/ (From ACE update 17 June) From 1 July 2013, the application and assessment process for Grants for the arts will be changing in order to help us streamline our investment process. The changes include: • the thres... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/family-arts-festival-add-details/ (From Arts Council Engalnd update 17th June) This autumn, hundreds of arts organisations across the UK will present events in the very first Family Arts Festival. If you work with families, then this is an opportunit... Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/school-term-dates-sept-2013-july-2014/ It's often useful to know the term dates of schools, for planning activities and events - below (from HertsDirect) are term dates that apply to community and voluntary-controlled schools only: they may not apply to volun... Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/youth-music-sign-free-e-newsletters-discussions/ "More should be done to encourage girls to consider music as a career option." Jen Long, BBC Radio 1 Last month 240 professionals tuned into the lively debate at the Fresh Thinking for Music Education seminar. BBC Rad... Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/university-hertfordshire-hosts-creative-hertfordshire-launch/ The launch event of an exciting new online creative hub for the county www.creativehertfordshire.com, took place on Thursday 12 September at the University of Hertfordshire. Creative Hertfordshire is a free to use websit... Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/artists-working-in-participatory-settings-survey/ A survey is being undertaken to support the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) Special Initiative called ArtWorks, which seeks to understand and develop support for artists working in participatory settings. This survey is int... Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/apply-now-for-sky-arts-portrait-artist-of-the-year/ The Sky Arts series, Portrait Artist of the Year, is made in association with the National Portrait Gallery and sees inspiring artists of all levels, compete to win a £10,000 commission to form part of the permanent coll... Mon, 07 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/find-hertfordshire-s-art-in-public-places/ Hertfordshire has about 300 pieces of public art sited in all parts of the county and they are one of the county's best-kept secrets. Most of the pieces are in publicly accessible spaces. However some have been includ... Tue, 17 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/litfest-15-starts-25-events-throughout-hertfordshire-libraries/ The annual programme of events for adults and children presented by Hertfordshire Libraries takes place in March and April. You can come and meet authors and listen to them talk about their work including S.J. Watson,... Thu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/free-2-day-course-starting-a-creative-business-watford/ Thinking about starting your own creative business? Want to know more about how to do it, what to consider and whether it's right for you? Want to learn the key aspects of starting a creative business in friendly and i... Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/creative-hertfordshire-survey-win-an-ebook-reader/ Today we are asking YOU, our creative community, for help! Can you spend 5 minutes answering some questions about Creative Hertfordshire online? The answers and insights you give us will help us as we move the netw... Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/evaluating-arts-and-wellbeing-presentations-available/ The information from this event in Hatfield on 23rd June are now available on Creative Hertfordshire at the link below. We hope you find them useful. Evaluating Arts and Wellbeing: a Hertfordshire approach - 23rd Ju... Tue, 27 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/free-conference-on-working-with-volunteers-welwyn-2nd-nov/ #TeamHerts Volunteering and Herts Community Foundation are delighted to invite you to our FREE Quality Standards Conference on 2nd November 2016 from 9.30am-12.30pm at Focolare Centre for Unity, 69 Parkway, Welwyn Garden... Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/do-you-have-an-idea-to-boost-young-people-s-mental-health/ A funding pot has been set aside as part of the transformation of mental health services for children and young people in Hertfordshire. Organisations and groups can apply for up to £10,000 from our Innovation Fund. ... Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/take-it-away-uk-loans-for-musical-instruments/ Take it away, an initiative from Arts Council England that aims to make musical instruments and tuition more affordable for aspiring musicians, especially younger people and those on lower incomes, has recently been laun... Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/website-refresh/ The Creative Hertfordshire website, along with the other sites in our network has had a major refresh this week. You'll see new icons to represent all the main headings (Creative Directory, What's On etc) a cleaner look ... Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/are-you-16-25-want-to-learn-new-skills/ Programme date: Monday 24th April to Friday 28th April Location: Trestle Theatre Company Ltd. St Albans  Take part in inspiring and exciting drama and mask workshops that will help improve your teamwork, communicat... Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/afternoon-tea-with-rowan-coleman/ Join author Rowan Coleman for an afternoon tea at Hatfield Library, Thursday 18th May at 2.30pm. Rowan is a Hertfordshire based, Sunday Times Bestselling author. She will be talking about her latest novel 'The Summer... Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/promoting-your-organisation-training-course/ #TeamHerts Volunteering and HCF Training and Development would like to invite you to our newly announced second date for the Promoting Your Organisation Training Course taking place on Tuesday 9th May, 9.30am-3.00pm at ... Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/arts-council-england-s-catalyst-small-grants-scheme-to-open/ Funding will be available to help arts and culture organisations build their fundraising capacity so they can attract more private giving to the sector. Arts Council England has published the guidance notes to the new £... Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/the-variety-show/ Saturday 6th May 7pm TICKETS: £10/£5 UNDER 12’S PRO ACTION HERTFORDSHIRE PRESENTS AN EVENING OF SONG, MUSIC, DANCE AND MAGIC SHOWCASING THE TALENTS OF YOUNG PERFORMERS FROM ACROSS HERTFORDSHIRE. Performers inc... Wed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/electric-umbrella-presents-the-big-show/ Everyone is invited to Electric Umbrella presents…The Big Show! Thursday 18th May, 7pm at Watford Palace Theatre. Tickets £10. Enjoy an evening of performances by incredible people taking to the stage to prove tha... Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/apprenticeships-for-employers/ Would you like more advice and guidance on creative apprenticeships? Join Creative & Cultural Skills throughout the year at their half-day events across England to get just that. Many employers in the creative sector ... Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/watford-young-filmmakers-festival-2018-submissions-now-open/ Are you a budding director, screen actor, or have a film you want to present on Watford’s only town centre cinema screen? We are looking for young filmmakers to submit new films or existing content no older than one y... Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/art-collection-consultation-hertfordshire-county-council/ Add your views on artworks held by Hertfordshire County Council, as part of the fine collection is reviewed between January and April 2018. Different types of artwork are open for comments every fortnight over the coming... Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/arts-council-announces-new-funds-for-cultural-sector/ Arts Council England has announced plans for development funding to sit alongside its National Portfolio investment in 2018 to 2022. These funds create new opportunities for individual artists and organisations in and b... Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/uh-arts-marketing-symposium-writing-better-profiles/ What does your Profile say about you... On Tue 20 February 2018, 6pm-8pm, the free UH Arts Marketing Symposium workshop will help Arts and Creatives to write a personal profile that helps them to stand out. The focus ... Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/inquiry-into-the-civic-role-of-arts-organisations/ Rethinking Relationships: Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations: Phase One Rethinking Relationships maps how arts organisations in England are currently playing a civic role. It examines exciting and innov... Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/do-you-work-with-herts-young-people-cultural-education-survey/ If you provide cultural opportunities for children and young people in Hertfordshire, we hope you will share your views with us and join a collective effort to expand the culture and creative offer for young people in He... Fri, 06 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/teamherts-call-for-content/ #TeamHerts Volunteering are looking for content to include in the August Edition of their monthly newsletter which goes out to over 1,000 individuals across Hertfordshire. This content can include volunteering roles yo... Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/watford-young-filmmakers-festival-2019-submissions-now-open/ Are you a budding director, screen actor, or have a film you want to present on Watford’s only town centre cinema screen? We are looking for young filmmakers to submit new films or existing content no older than one ... Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/fundraising-update/ Small Grants Small Grants uses Lottery funding to make awards of between £300 and £10,000 to not-for-profit organisations to help more people play sport. Application deadline: Ongoing https://www.sportengland.org/fun... Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/watford-palace-theatre-s-110th-birthday/ To celebrate the theatre's 110th birthday, WPT have created a series of podcasts covering the past eleven decades. The third instalment is read by actor, Assad Zaman, who you might remember from 2016's Arms and the M... Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/do-you-work-with-adults-who-are-lonely-or-isolated/ If you do, would you share some details to be part of a countywide strategy to tackle loneliness? Hertfordshire County Council is joining up examples of existing work or activities around the county that target people... Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/information-of-financial-support-available/ Self Employment & Universal Credit https://www.gov.uk/self-employment-and-universal-credit Employment & Support Allowance https://www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance Covid-19 Small Business Government Grant ... Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/small-scale-development-programme-arts-marketing-association/ The Small-Scale Development Programme is designed specifically for leaders of small-scale cultural organisations. You’re likely to have many competing demands on your time and this programme will support you in your ... Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/arts-council-support-for-creative-and-cultural-sector/ The Arts Council want to ensure that the people and organisations that make up the artistic, creative and cultural sector are protected during this crisis. They have made £160 million of emergency funding available for t... Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/ideas-for-academic-research-funding-wanted/ Does anyone know someone or some organisation that would be interested in the inclusive social research proposed below. Admittedly, this would definitely help me, but perhaps some mutually beneficial agreement could pres... Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/interior-design-masters-is-back-and-looking-for-new-designers/ The new series of the smash hit BBC2 programme Interior Design Masters is back and we are looking for a new and exciting cast people People can apply by click the following link: https://shortaudition.com/Interior-Des... Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/funding-for-happy-holidays-christmas-programme/ This Christmas, Hertfordshire County Council, Herts Sports Partnership and Hertfordshire Community Foundation will once again join forces to deliver healthy food alongside physical and enrichment activities, under the na... Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/2022-broxbourne-community-awards/ The 2022 Broxbourne Community Awards will again recognise the achievements of the Broxbourne community, but will have particular focus on those members of the public who have made a significant contribution during the pa... Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/funding-surgeries-in-watford/ Are you looking for funding? Do you have any funding related questions? If your answer is yes, come along to Watford CVS ‘Funding Advice Sessions’ in Watford Town Centre. Wednesday - 20 September, 10:00 – 13:00 ... Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/job-opportunity-cultural-tourism-impact-visioning/ Watford Palace Theatre, on behalf of cultural partners in Hertfordshire, is seeking to recruit consultants to undertake a two part study funded by Arts Council England and the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.... Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/creative-hertfordshire/creative-hertfordshire-members-meet-and-network-in-letchworth/ More than 70 creative practitioners, organisations and businesses from around the county attended the free Creative Hertfordshire Network on Thursday 24th April at the inspiring Spirella Ballroom in Letchworth Garden Cit...