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.