Dana's Welcome
- 3 March 10
All the latest opportunities from
DaDa-Disability and Deaf Arts

Dana's Note.......................................................................................2
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
Adventures outside DaDaLand..........................................................2
Get booking for ‘No Idea'...................................................................2
Disability Arts News...........................................................................2
Breakthrough UK Independent Living Awards..................................2
Family Workshop...............................................................................4
Starting a social enterprise?..........................................................4
Consultation on Liverpool City Council..............................................5
Memory Lane.....................................................................................6
Actability Inclusive Theatre Company...............................................6
New community for artists and makers............................................6
Choose your sitter for public portrait.................................................7
Volunteer wanted..............................................................................8
North West Street Arts Networking...................................................8
Big Four design competition..............................................................9
Arts Jobs..........................................................................................10
Liverpool based set designer.............................................................10
Regional Programme Coordinator......................................................10
Poet in Residence..............................................................................11
Disclaimer..........................................................................................12

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Dana's Note
Hello to you all,
It's really nice to see some sun shining over the past few days. But Spring is a fickle creature- I'm not retiring my snow boots to the inner recesses of the attic just yet-so what have we got for you this week? More about DaDaFest coming up, lots of opportunities and events to get your teeth into, here they are....
Yours, Dana
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
Adventures outside DaDaLand
Our CEO Ruth has just returned from a busy time in Vancouver, spreading the word about DaDaVisions. To read her latest blog and some of the photos from her visit, please go to: http://www.dadahello.com/news/blog. If you haven't already viewed the DaDaVisions films, you can see them all on our home page at www.dadahello.com
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Get booking for ‘No Idea'
No Idea- 22-23 April 2010
A witty, perceptive and eye-opening piece....
Lisa and Rachael are good friends who turned some of their real-life encounters with members of the general public to form a heart-warming mockumentary/verbatim theatre piece. With its roots in stand-up theatre this is the first ‘taster' DaDaFest event of the year to be held at Unity Theatre, Liverpool. The show uses actual recordings fed back through headphones to the performers to create a live, spontaneous feel combined with improvisation. Suitable for new audiences and the well attuned DaDaFestian in all our readers. It's a great night out, so come and join us... to book your tickets now please contact Unity Theatre direct on 0844 873 2888, unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk and tickets@unitytheatre.co.uk. The theatre also offers a touch tour, please contact direct for more information.
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Disability Arts News
Breakthrough UK Independent Living Awards
Breakthrough UK Ltd is inviting nominations for its Independent Living Awards, which highlight and celebrate commitment to the independence of disabled people. Awards will be made to organisations that can evidence innovation and commitment beyond what is currently accepted
as good practice. This event will showcase those initiatives that have
led the way in supporting disabled people to be independent. Nominations, including self-nominations are sought for the following categories, some of which are based on the "Seven Needs of Independent
Living", as originally drawn up by Derbyshire Coalition of Disabled People.
Accessible Information, Accessible Transport, Accessible Housing, Good Practice in Employing Disabled People (Public and Private Sector), Good Practice in Employing Disabled People (Third Sector), Peer Support, Overall Independent Living Initiative: And a new category for 2010
Young Entrepreneur - a new category to recognise the work and achievements of young disabled people under the age of 35
Why should you enter or nominate another organisation?
1. The Independent Living Awards are a national event which showcases organisations that excel in Independent Living for disabled people
2. You will receive two invitations to attend the awards dinner if shortlisted
3. Shortlisted organisations will be showcased on our website and at the awards dinner
4. Winning organisations will receive an individually designed award and certificate to display and will be entitled to use the Breakthrough 2010 ILA logo for a whole year. Please go to www.breakthrough-uk.com for further details Or post to: Terry Holmes Breakthrough UK Ltd, Business Employment Venture Centre Aked Close, Ardwick, Manchester M12 4AN
Or call on 0161 273 5412 Or fax to: 0161 274 4053 For further information relating to the categories or the event which is due to be held at Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square Manchester on 16th June 2010 please contact Theresa Cartmill on 0161 273 5412. All applications must be received by 17:00 on Friday 19th March 2010
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Family Workshop
These sessions provide an opportunity for adults and children to share the experience of learning circus skills together. It's very relaxed and is an ideal way for children of all ages to have fun with their parents. Skills taught include juggling, tightwire and static trapeze in a safe and fun environment. The cost for adults is £10 and children are £5 - children must be accompanied by at least one paying adult. The next session is Sunday 21 March 10.30am - 12.30pm. To book visit our website: http://www.circomedia.com/kids-circus-classes/ or call 0117 935 3260 Summer School: A holiday scheme with a difference. Participants, whether beginners or advanced, will be able to learn and develop skills in juggling, aerial, acrobatics and balancing, using professional standard equipment and resources in our St Paul's Church centre. There will also be games and a range of physical activity including warm up and conditioning to keep fit and active! Participants will work towards a performance which will be shown to family and friends on the Thursday afternoon of each week. Secondary School Age: Mon 26th July - Thur 29th July, 10.30am - 3.30pm Primary School Age: Mon 2nd August - Thur 5th August, 10.30am - 3.30pm Cost: £130.00 - Early Bird booking £120.00 if booked by April 30th 2010. Places are limited so early booking is recommended. To book visit our website: http://www.circomedia.com/kids-circus-classes/ or call 0117 935 3260
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Starting a social enterprise? Want to make a difference to your local community, then this is for you!
Stepclever are running its second free training programme, consisting of 6 half-day training sessions over a 3 week period, to take you step by step through the do's and don'ts of starting up a Social Enterprise. Developed and delivered by Pulse Regeneration with expert advisors/guest speakers, each session will cover the most important aspects of setting up your business. At the start of the programme you will be allocated a dedicated mentor and receive a business health check, providing you with ongoing support from day one. Each session is also followed by the Social Enterprise Surgery, which offers time for individual questions, one to one support and free access to Pulse Regeneration's Social Enterprise E-learning Course to supplement your learning. At the end of each programme there will be a Challenge Event where you can pitch your ideas to a panel of experts, with the chance to win either £2000, free consultancy support or one of 3 £1000 awards to go towards the cost of starting or developing your social enterprise. The first session for the Social Enterprise Challenge will commence on Monday 1st March 2010
at 3.00pm -7.00pm, at Vauxhall Community Training & Enterprise Centre.
To register for your FREE place, or to find our more information, please
contact Ian Ogilvie on 0151 475 7000 or email ian@pulseregeneration.co.uk. Places on the Social Enterprise Challenge are limited so don't delay. While open to all, priority for places on the Challenge will be given to local residents of the Stepclever area of North Liverpool and South Sefton or participants who could set their businesses up in that area.
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CONSULTATION ON LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL CRU FUNDING FRAMEWORK
Liverpool City Council's Community Resources Unit currently provides nearly £4 million a year to voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver local projects for the benefit of local residents. Organisations receive three-year grants to deliver these projects. These are invested through a Funding Framework. This guides how the money is invested to meet local needs across five themes: Community Legal Advice, Domestic Violence, Homelessness, Stronger Communities, Strengthening Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations. The Funding Framework is currently being updated for 2011-2014. This includes a number of changes to guide how funds will be invested in the future. The Community Resources Unit would like to consult with anyone who wants to have their say on these proposals. This includes local residents, voluntary and community sector representatives, councillors, council officers and anyone else with an interest in the future of the programme. GVA Grimley is managing the consultation process on behalf of the City Council. To obtain views from as many people as possible who may be affected by the proposed changes, an online survey has been set up which can be completed by clicking on the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/crufundingframework . The survey takes no longer than 30 minutes to complete and will be open until 18 March 2010. If you would like to request the survey in an alternative format please send an email with your name and contact details to:
consultation@gvagrimley.co.uk or Contact the Community Resources Unit on 0151 233 4436 When the survey is closed, the results will be presented in a short report to inform the development of the draft Funding Framework. There will then be a second phase of consultation on this document between April and July. We look forward to hearing your views so please complete the survey and have your say. Closing date for completed surveys is 18 March.
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Memory Lane
Places are limited and will be on a first come first served basis... Sign up for our fabulous ‘Memory Lane' course, and you will get the chance to visit some fantastic venues, whilst dipping into a montage of memories. Reminisce about bygone times in Liverpool and take a trip down memory lane for a sublime spell of nostalgia. The course is completely FREE and includes the travel costs. Please contact: Alex Whittle Project Manager
Workers' Educational Association, Suite 405 Cotton Exchange, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9JR E-mail: awhittle@wea.org.uk Phone: 0151 243 5353 www.weacreative.org.uk www.twitter.com/weacreative

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ACTABILITY INCLUSIVE THEATRE COMPANY
RUMBLING TUMMY. A participatory experience for children. Actability, the innovative inclusive touring theatre company based in the Eastern Region present their new stimulating participatory experience for children. With an integrated cast of disabled and non disabled performers and featuring stories from Poland ,China, Africa and Native American culture, this is a culturally diverse slice of inclusive theatre. This piece includes live music, dance, animation. Puppetry and poetry and has been devised by the company with funding from Arts Council England. To follow our work via the Rumbling Tummy Blog please go to www.actabilityinclusive.org. Performance and workshop schedule (for further details contact us at paul@actabilityinclusive.org.uk or stan@actabilityinclusive.org.uk or on 07984112289 Albany Theatre - London - March 5,6 - 8,9, Hollytrees School - Brentwood - March 10,11, Lonsdale School - Stevenage - March 12, Beacon Hill School - Thurrock - March 15,16,17, 18,19, Amwell View School - Ware - March 22,23,24,25,26
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New community for artists and makers, CraftyFrugals
Contact: Sarah Whittle hello@sarahwhittle.co.uk A new community has been set up for artists and makers who are concerned about their environment. The Craftyfrugals community is a place where you can promote your eco friendly work, products, design and art, exchange green ideas and share skills. All arts and crafts welcome! Come and join us. CraftyFrugals: http://craftyfrugals.ning.com
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Choose your sitter for public portrait
"Revealing Culture:HeadOn" is an artwork and research by Visual Artist Tanya Raabe exploring identity, body image and disability culture, in contemporary portraiture and the nude: She will be delving into public art collections on display in Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern to devise a visionary portrait of disability culture, while creating ten new portraits of disabled cultural figures, past present and future. The sittings for these portraits will take place in Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern over the next 12 months and will be open to the public to watch and question both the artist and the sitter about who and why they are doing this exciting project. 'The Public's Choice' is a chance for you to nominate either a disabled sports personality, or a disabled athlete or a disabled sports person, to have their portrait painted as part of the Revealing Culture: Head On collection. The criteria for your nominated person is that they identify themselves as a disabled person - you must state: Why you have nominated this person - What has this person done to develop disability sports within disability culture.
Email me your nomination to info@tanyaraabe.co.uk There will be a Judging panel of art and cultural experts who will support me to pick the Public's Choice Portrait. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Funded by Grants for the Arts.
Supported by Tate Liverpool.
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Volunteer wanted
The Manchester Modernist Society is looking for a committed volunteer/intern to assist in all aspects of the project management of the Society's activities and projects, and in particular assisting in the delivery of an artist's commission, which will take place as part of the FutureEverything Festival, in May 2010. In this role the intern will gain valuable experience in the various tasks and approaches used to plan and deliver successful heritage and arts based projects.
Tasks will include: Assisting with planning and organisation of events such as exhibitions, city walks, talks, film screenings. Assisting with press and promotional activities. Assisting with event management (project launches, talks, film screenings etc). Assisting with fundraising and development of income streams. Maintaining the database of contacts, and managing aspects of communication to members and public (such as web and social networking sites). The intern will be responsible to the Modernists Society's Co-ordinators, and will have excellent communication and project management skills, and have an interest in (one or more of)the built environment, architectural heritage, urbanism or contemporary visual arts. This role will suit a graduate in museum, gallery or heritage studies. The intern will be based at our office close to Central Manchester and will work with a small informal team. (Manchester modernist society is a volunteer lead, Unincorporated Association.)
For further information about the Manchester Modernist Society, please visit our website: www.manchestermodernistsociety.org Internship Duration: This is voluntary role is for 1-2 days per week. The duration of the internship will be 3 months starting in March 2010.
Application: To apply for the internship send a cover letter and CV by e-mail to info@manchestermodernistsciety.org or by post to
Manchester Modernist Society, 142 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 6AF
Deadline and interviews: Deadline for all applications is Wednesday 17th March, 5pm. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 24th March.
The internship will start the week commencing Monday 29th March.
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North West Street Arts Networking
Once again XTRAX is hosting a North West Street Arts Networking Meeting for people working in, or interested in, the street arts sector and we would like to invite you to join us. Everyone welcome!
6 - 9pm Thursday 25th March. The Yard theatre 41 Old Birley Street, Hulme, Manchester, M15 5RF. This is an opportunity for Artists and Promoters to share information about work and network with others in the sector. As an informal gathering it will be an opportunity to make new contacts, catch up with old friends and colleagues and a chance to discuss current issues and developments in the street arts sector.
There shall be updates from Key Promoters / Producers including:
Deb Ashby, DiGM - Urban Moves Jeremy Shine, MIA - Lakes Alive programme John Wassell & Liz Pugh - On the Waterfront (Liverpool) & Manchester Day Parade. XTRAX will of course share information about other events and projects that we know about that may be of interest. We will be inviting colleagues from across the region including representatives from Local Authorities and Arts Council. Come and have a glass of wine on us from 6.00pm. The evening's discussions will begin around 6.30pm and we expect to finish at about 9.00pm. We'll carry on the discussion afterwards over a drink at our lovely café bar Kim by the Sea, just next door. ACCESS INFORMATION We welcome disabled people to this event. The venue is accessible to wheelchair users and we will try to meet your access requirements. Please tell us in advance if you have any requirements. Please confirm your attendance by contacting
nicole@xtrax.org.uk

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BIG 4 DESIGN COMPETITION, CHANNEL 4
Contact: Helen Prangnell hprangnell@channel4.co.uk Channel 4's BIG 4, a 50-foot high metal ‘4' outside the Channel 4 Head Office, has become something of a London landmark since it was erected in 2007 for the Channel's 25th anniversary. Since its construction it has been customised by the Photographer Nick Knight, Turner prize winner Mark Titchner, the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, and most recently by Stephanie Imbeau, an Art Graduate, whose Shelter design constructed with used umbrellas was the winner of a competition run last year for Art Students and recent Graduates. This year Channel 4 are launching what will become an annual competition, for current Art & Design Students and Graduates from the last two years (in this case 2008 and 2009), to come up with a fun and playful design to inspire and entertain passers-by, visitors and Channel 4 staff for the next year. The panel of judges will initially decide on three finalists whose designs will then be put through a feasibility study, before the final winner is chosen. In addition to creative representatives from Channel 4, the judges will include Alex Proud: Founder of the Proud Galleries, Maurice Blik: Sculpter and Fellow of the RSA and Ruth Mackenzie OBE: Cultural Olympiad Director. Please go to the following link for more details, Terms & Conditions and to upload your designs - Closing Date Friday 26 March: http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/B/bigart/
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Arts Jobs
Liverpool based Set designer, 2toned theatre
Contact: Martina Murphy martina@2tonedtheatre.com 2toned are looking for a Liverpool based set designer for their forthcoming studio theatre performance. 2toned are an award winning contemporary theatre company who are looking for a creative and orignal designer who thinks 'outside the box'. This post would suit a recent graduate looking to work in the industry it is unpaid position however 2toned are in the process of applying for funding. Please show expressions of interest to martina@2tonedtheatre.com www.2tonedtheatre.com
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Regional Programme Co-ordinator, Manchester and the North West, The Poetry School
Freelance position Fee: £2400 per annum (£800 per term) Closing Date: 22 March 2010 Interviews to be held in April. The Poetry School's outstanding Regional Programme Coordinator for the North West, Linda Chase, is stepping down from the role, creating an exciting opportunity for a literature professional with a passion for poetry to contribute to the programming, coordination, promotion and development of our most active region outside of London. The new Coordinator will inherit an established programme in robust health, with real opportunities and challenges ahead as the organisation looks to consolidate and grow. You will have a demonstrable knowledge and love of contemporary poetry and be brimming with ideas for the best ways to teach it to poets of all levels and abilities. You are likely to have strong links to the poetry-writing community in Manchester and the surrounding area, but also be driven by the desire to reach out to new audiences. You will be supported in the role by the Director and the rest of the Poetry School team in London. For a job description and details of how to apply please email administration@poetryschool.com or phone 0207 582 1679 www.poetryschool.com
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Poet in Residence, The Wordsworth Trust
The Wordsworth Trust is seeking a new Poet in Residence, to run for 9 months from July 2010 to end March 2011. (The residency may be extended to a year pending confirmation of further funding from Arts Council England.) The Wordsworth Trust was founded in 1891 to maintain Dove Cottage, in Grasmere, Cumbria, home of William Wordsworth when he wrote much of his greatest poetry. Dove Cottage is now an internationally famous visitor attraction, and the Trust's collection is now home to 90% of Wordsworth's known manuscripts, one of the largest archive collections of a writer in the world. The Trust is keen to maintain the tradition of creativity associated with Dove Cottage, and is striving to be the centre of poetry activity in North West England. In support of this aim it runs a growing contemporary literature programme, which includes a season of poetry readings, renowned as one of the best in the country, and a range of workshops and other events, often presented in partnership with national organisations such as The Poetry School and the Poetry Translation Centre. The programme is funded by Arts Council England. This Residency offers an invaluable opportunity for a published poet, from any cultural background and writing within any literary tradition, to spend time in Grasmere, Cumbria, in the heart of the Lake District, an area of outstanding natural beauty that so much inspired William Wordsworth. The poet will be given space to develop their own work and will also take part in the Wordsworth Trust Literature Programme and the wider cultural life of Cumbria. The Poet in Residence will be paid a monthly stipend of £1000.00 and provided with a cottage for which they will be charged a subsidised rent. For full details, and application procedure contact Andrew Forster on A.Forster@wordsworth.org.uk or 015394 35544 Closing date for applications 5.00pm Friday 5th March 2010.
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