Ian Ferguson To: Mark Waddington Subject: Council for Voluntary Service News - 28 June 2012 Welcome to our weekly roundup of all things Voluntary Community Faith Sector in Central Lancashire! This email is issued to subscribers and contributors. Please feel free to circulate (preferably in its entirety) within your own networks. If you are receiving this email through forwarding and wish to subscribe directly, please email [email protected] with " subscribe newsletter" in the subject line. And now, the news … Guild 2012 New flag flying over city’s key landmarks A new flag to mark Preston’s Guild celebrations is flying over the city. The flags, commissioned by the Preston and South Ribble Civic Trust, has gone up over the Town Hall and the city’s minister. The tourist information office in the Guildhall Arcade has 700 paper versions of the flag available for people to buy. http://www.lep.co.uk/community/new-flag-flying-over-city-s-key-landmarks-1-4682295 Opportunity to participate in Bicycle Ballet this Summer We are looking for participants to get involved in the Bicycle Ballet project this Summer as part of the Preston Guild celebrations. Please find more detailed information regarding the rehearsal schedule on the poster link below. There will be two performances of the Bicycle Ballet - one at the First Proclamation of the Guild on 18th August and at the second at the Guild Wheel Opening on 19th August. Please help us by downloading, printing and displaying the poster: Download the poster here: http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site7587/bicycle%20ballet%20final.pdf A Vintage Guild Weekend - 1 - 2 September We are delighted to reveal 80s new wave stars, The Human League, will headline the Sunday night at the festival's vintage weekend extravaganza. The two-day event - A Vintage Guild Weekend will take place on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 September. It is being curated by internationally renowned designers, Wayne Hemingway MBE and Gerardine Hemingway MBE, who will bring a touch of glamour to the Guild festival. Stella Hall, Preston Guild 2012 festival director says: " A Vintage Guild Weekend promises to be one of the most stylish, colourful and exciting dates in the calendar this year. It will celebrate the best in Northern fashion, dance, food and music and also look forward to how the future of Preston Guild might look - a real journey through time and style". Tickets for the spirit of '42 Vintage Ball and Human League are now available online through the Preston Guild Hall Website or via telephone on 01772 258 858 or alternatively through Ticketmaster. http://prestonguild2012.com/?OBH=416&ID=78 Path completed ahead of Guild cycle festival A path has now been laid all the way round a 21-mile cycle route which is due to be opened in two months’ time. Organisers behind the Guild Wheel cycle path have achieved a ‘landmark moment’ having finished laying a track around the entire route. They are now working on the final stages of the project, including toucan crossings, line painting and signage. Alan Waters, Lancashire County Council Guild Wheel project manager, said: “We have completed the last section which is from Preston Crematorium to Red Scar Wood. We have now completed that section so we have a full surface route but it was a milestone achieved. http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/path-completed-ahead-of-guild-cycle-festival-1-4647719 1 Stitch a piece of Guild history The Harris Textile Craft Group will be meeting today to carry out a group project to make a patchwork for the Preston Guild 2012. The group meets once a month on a Tuesday afternoon. Anyone is welcome to drop in and join in between 2pm and 3pm. Call 01772 905414 Galloway’s Society for the Blind: Get your running shoes on for charity Local athletes have been given an unexpected opportunity to take part in this year’s BUPA Great North Run by charity, Galloway’s Society for the Blind. Fundraising manager George Turner said: “In recent years, a number of our guaranteed places have been taken up by employees of one of our supporters. “This year, the lady who normally makes all the arrangements there has gone on maternity leave and no one has replaced her, so we find ourselves in the unusual position of having places available with only a co uple of weeks to go to the closing date for entries.” Galloway’s Society for the Blind helps more than 7,000 blind and partially sighted people and needs to raise around £800,000 every year. Anyone interested in taking up one of the places or who would like further information should contact George Turner on 01772 744148 or 07743 825818 or email [email protected] . GUILD CALENDAR - JULY Once Every Preston Guild - Mon 2nd – Wed 4th St John’s Minster, Church St An exhibition featuring photographs, memories and life experiences from older members of the Preston and south Ribble communities, who have witnessed previous Preston Guilds. http://www.fiftyfiveplus.org.uk Youth Enterprise Event - Tue 3rd – Thur 5th Guild Hall Arcade Schools take over vacant units in the Guild Hall Arcade to exhibit and trade their arts, crafts and goods all made and created by young people. Opening with a special black tie evening event, young people will also showcase their performing arts talents at a number of programmed shows. http://www.prestonguild2012.com UK Corporate Games - Thur 12th – Sun 15th Various locations Previously staged in many of Britain’s largest citie s, Corporate Games 2012 will take place in Preston and be the 19th consecutive UK Games. 5,000 participants will arrive into the city from companies from all over the UK to take part in 22 sports including everything from Dragon Boat Racing to squash. The games will be held at a number of venues across Preston including the uCLan sports Arena. http://www.corporate-games.com Riversway Festival - Fri 20th – Sun 22nd The Dock The Riversway Festival brings one of the UK’s largest dock and marina sites alive with excitement, music, laughter and fun across this weekend which will see guest boaters sail to Preston from around the country to join in the fun – a host of water based activities including boat trips around the dock, police search and rescue boat displays, have-a-go dragon boating and jet ski displays will be available. Outdoor performance is a major feature of the Riversway programme, keeping crowds of all ages entertained across the weekend, whilst the exhibition marquee will host a unique range of gift stalls alongside a well-stocked bar to quench the thirst of any festival goer. A must-see will be ‘sing the Docks’. As one of our Made in Preston projects, More Music Morecambe has been working with choirs, singers and festival goers to build up to 2012 singers harmonising over the waters as the Guild Anthem is performed for the first time. Sponsored by Preston Bus Ltd. http://www.prestonriverswayfestival.co.uk GB vs. Australia – Pre-Olympic Table Tennis - Mon 23rd Guild Hall 2 Preston and District Table Tennis Association have proudly secured this final pre-Olympics warm up match before both teams travel down to London to compete in the Olympic Games. Live table tennis at this level is a spectacle to see so come along and give a rousing send off to both teams. http://www.prestonguild2012.com Funding and Fundraising PRSF Jazz Promoters Awards - Deadline 30th June The PRS Foundation for New Music (PRSF), which is the UK's largest independent funder purely for new music of any genre has announced that its Jazz Promoters Awards are now open for applications. The aim of the Awards, which are worth between £500 and £2,000 each, is to encourage small scale promoters of new British Jazz Music. Applications are invited from small scale jazz promoters who show a commitment to programming music by living British jazz composers, which is fresh, exciting and ground breaking. This application runs from September 2012 to August 2013 and must include no less than 6 promotions. Festivals are NOT eligible to apply. Programmes may be made up of a series of events by British bands, where musicians are performing their own work and/or programmes featuring new jazz works by British composers. http://www.prsformusicfoundation.com/Funding/Jazz-Promoters North West entries invited - Santander UK Award Scheme - Deadline 2 July Social enterprises across the North West of England are being invited to enter the Social Enterprise Development Awards, a new community business support programme from Santander, for the opportunity to win up to £50,000 to help fund business growth. The awards are targeted at established social businesses working in one of the following three areas: improving social inclusion, supporting employment or creating a greener environment. There are three prize levels - £50,000, £30,000 or £15,000 - dependent on turnover, for organisations with the potential to increase their community impact but in need of a financial boost. To enter the competition, social enterprises can complete a short entry form downloadable from www.santanderseda.co.uk detailing how an award would be used to grow their business to benefit the community. The deadline for applications is the 2nd July 2012 and the winners will be announced in September 2012. http://www.santanderseda.co.uk/ MAT Innovation Grants Programme - Deadline 11th July The Money Advice Trust (MAT) has opened its Innovation Grants Programme for 2012 to charitable organisations across the UK. Charitable organisations that provide free, independent, effective advice to people on how to deal with debt and how to manage their money in a wiser way may apply for grants of between £1,000 and £3,000.