WELCOME TO MEDIABOX IN THE EAST MIDLANDS!

Mediabox is a Department for Children, Schools and Families fund that gives disadvantaged 13-19 year olds living in the UK the chance to make creative media projects about the issues they are passionate about. This is a fabulous creatively driven funding opportunity for young people to express their opinions, ideas and views, gain new skills and get their voices heard!

MEDIABOX APPLICATIONS (July 2010)

Mediabox is not currently open for new applications, subject to a review of the scheme by the Department of Education. This page will be updated with more news as it arrives.

OPPORTUNITIES

Notts Positive Activities for Young People Strand3 Funding
The Nottinghamshire County Council Positive Activities for Young People Strand 3 funding round for 2010-11 is now open. This additional funding is to be used to create a wide range of high quality art, sport and community based youth provision, to be delivered mainly in school holidays, but also aimed at Friday evenings and Saturdays, (and other out of school times provided that evidence of need can be proven) as part of the national year round support to increase positive activities for young people in identified areas of high need in Nottinghamshire.
For more information please contact paypstrand3@futuresnn.co.uk.

Shine Week 12th – 16th July 2010
Shine is a chance for young people across the UK to show everyone what an amazing, creative and talented group they are. Between July 12-16, 2010 Shine returns for its third annual week-long festival when schools and youth groups across the country can celebrate the skills, talents and achievements of young people aged between 13 and 19.

In 2009, thanks to the help of The National Youth Agency, the Department for Children Schools and Families and countless others, over 6,000 schools and organisations and up to a million people took part in Shine Week, culminating with 250 young people debating in the House of Lords!

Do you have a talent to share? Or do you want to showcase the young people you know? Register now and start planning.

Co-operatives UK have launched a guide to legal structures for community enterprises. This valuable guide is for development professionals who are involved in advising and supporting new and existing organisations in the third sector. The guide will also prove useful for individuals who are considering establishing a new organisation or are reviewing the structure of an existing one. The comprehensive 67 page guide covers:
Incorporation
Legal forms
Organisational types
Ownership and asset locking
Charitable status

To download this guide click here: Please visit the Co-operatives UK website for more information.

YOUNG CHAMPION

Joanne Salter is the Mediabox Young Champion for the East Midlands. Joanne first became a Young Advisor in January 2007, when the scheme was being piloted in Dudley. She is currently studying Marketing Management at DeMontfort University in Leicester.

CONTACT

Please contact Heidi Gaffney, the East Midlands Mediabox Co-ordinator NOW if you would like to:

Heidi Gaffney 07971 169 007  (Thursdays/Fridays) or email mediabox@em-media.org.uk.