Cardboard Citizens, the UK's only homeless peoples’ professional theatre company, are seeking intern support for its busy Fundraising and Marketing Department....

 This programme from the Heritage Lottery Fund offers grants of £50,000 or more. Projects should conserve and enhance the nation's diverse heritage, or encourage more people to be involved in their heritage, or both. Projects should also make sure that everyone could learn about, have access to and enjoy their heritage. Heritage includes many different things from the past that are of value and need to be preserved for future generations.

AIMS the Foundation supports projects which are genuinely original in their field and also favours those which take place outside London.  In addition to accepting applications for projects that fit within its designated programmes, the Foundation increasingly sees the value in initiating a series of strategic partnerships. Exceptionally, they may
consider ideas which fall outside their programmes if they think these to be of particular interest to them and they have the potential to be truly innovative.

GRANT SIZE As a guide, grants made by the Foundation rarely exceed £15,000. The Foundation does not give grants in response to general fundraising appeals or towards the simple continuation of existing services.

The Foyle Foundation will support charities working in the fields of Learning, the Arts or Health.

GRANT SIZE The Foundation will consider both revenue and capital projects. grants awarded range between £10,000 and £50,000.

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....

New Webpages for EU Funds

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

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.

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]

dates: 28 April 2008

Nationwide Community & Heritage Awards recognise the thousands of people who give their time and energy to improve the life of members of the community. Initially three regional winners in each of the categories (young people, groups, individuals) will be selected, making a total of nine community winners and nine heritage winners in each of the twelve regions. The 216 regional winners will each receive an award, along with £50 dining out vouchers for individuals or £100 for groups.

From each region, three community and three heritage national finalists will receive an award, vouchers to the value of £250 and a £500 donation to the charity or cause of their choice, presented at the regional presentations.

To find out more and download an nomination form, go to http://tinyurl.com/ywzhnw.

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.

North East Arts Touring (NEAT) has announced an exciting performing arts job opportunity.

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.