Thanks to funding from Arts Council England and the Garfield Weston Foundation, we are able to develop our Community Outreach programme  at The Writers’ Block for 2020.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Community Facilitator to promote and develop new social and community partnerships. The aim of the role is to open up the opportunities in The Writers’ Block to wider audiences with particular reference to the Camborne Pool Redruth area, Social Prescribing and Early Years.  The role will also support the development of greater outreach work.

The post is currently for 2 days per week, with the possibility of increasing to 3 days per week should further funding become available. Salary is £18,000 pro rata.

Please have a look at the job description and application form (links below) and contact us if you have any questions.

Community Facilitator Job Description

Community Facilitator application form

Deadline is Monday 27 January at midday. 

The Cornwall Council Culture Team have created this useful Funding Directory that provides an overview of the funding available for creative projects in Cornwall.

Download pdf Cornwall-Council-funding-pack-2016

The Big Lottery Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery

There are funds for under £10,000 and over £10,000.

www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

We invest in art and culture for a lasting return. We’re looking for organisations, artists, events, initiatives and others to apply for our funding and help us achieve our mission of great art and culture for everyone.

www.artscouncilengland.org.uk/funding

We award grants to the local, grass-roots community organisations that need it most.

Whether you are looking for funding for an organisation or an individual we ask you to submit a straightforward application form.

Your application will be assessed by our experienced Grant Assessors. Final decisions about funding are made by an experienced volunteer grants panel with local knowledge and expertise for each fund.

www.cornwallcommunityfoundation.com

FEAST harnesses the many talents and energies of Cornwall’s artists and communities to create inspiring opportunities for people to come together and enjoy high quality arts as participants and audiences.

FEAST brings artists together with community volunteers to launch or invigorate local festivals and events. We also work with partner organisations to offer new creative ways of tackling some of the social, economic or environmental issues facing Cornwall.

www.feastcornwall.org

image by Helen Oxenbury

Ever wanted to step inside your favourite children’s adventure?

We can’t go under it,
We can’t go over it,
We’ve got to go to it!

Swash your way the long grass
Sploosh through a river
Stumble through the dark wood
Then tiptoe into a gloomy cave…
…and rub noses with a great big friendly Bear

The hands-on, interactive experience, with hidden rooms, a bear’s den and giant chocolate cake, was designed by Discover Children’s Story Centre, Stratford, London. The installation features twenty-five-year-old children’s classic book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by former Children’s Laureate and well loved author Michael Rosen and award winning illustrator Helen Oxenbury. This brand new, pop-up style installation is touring the UK and Cornwall College Camborne is its debut location. Visit us from 14 May to 24 July 2016.

Funded by Arts Council England and Esmee Fairbairn, Michael Rosen’s Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad Things truly reflects Michael’s energy and passion for education, creativity and writing. Younger children will be able to participate in a Bear Hunt trail whilst older children can go on a fun fact finding mission and create poems of their own to takeaway. Michael has collaborated on the project, and the exhibition will feature hidden rooms where clues can be found that reveal the inspiration behind Michael’s writing, including his Grandparents’ sitting room and his childhood classroom.

Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad Things

 

WRITING SQUAD KERNOW 2014-15

The Writing Squad Kernow is a group of talented, enthusiastic, committed young writers aged between thirteen and nineteen from across Cornwall.  The group is managed by Kernow Education Arts Partnership (KEAP) and the lead writer is poet, playwright, short story writer and cultural creator Annamaria Murphy who works regularly for BBC Radio, Kneehigh, Rogue Theatre, c-scape dance and The Story Republic.

The aim of the group is to create an environment in which creative writing is the norm and where the young writers have the chance write in a variety of genres and work with a range of different writers.  We are also very linked up with Cornish cultural events and activities and we seek commissions for the young writers so that they are writing for a purpose and also that their work is being seen by a wider audience.

This year the writing squad will be meeting several times in the year and taking part in half and full day activities.  Each session will involve workshops with professional writers and the work is often read or performed as part of local festivals and events.

We will be recruiting in September 2015 for new members to take us into the following year.

For further information contact Amanda Harris 07712331421 amanda.harris@keap.org.uk

The Cornwall College Group is the county’s largest education and training provider.

KEAP’s office is now based at Cornwall College Camborne, and they recently partnered with us in hosting two amazing travelling installations based on top children’s authors Oliver Jeffers and Michael Rosen.

www.cornwall.ac.uk