Community Post Type: Callouts

How we use and develop land affects many aspects of our lives. It is therefore important that the people, communities and businesses of the city region have chance to influence and shape this. Have your say on a wide range of draft policies in this new survey.

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is preparing a Spatial Development Strategy (SDS). This will set out a framework for the future development and use of land in the city region looking ahead to 2040. This includes planning for homes, the economy and jobs, infrastructure and natural environment.

‘Towards a Spatial Development Strategy for the Liverpool City Region’ is a document presenting the next stage of the SDS’s development. It seeks to build on both feedback received from earlier stages of engagement, and the evidence base prepared to date.

We need your input in getting this Strategy right. This engagement is an opportunity for you to have your say on a wide range of draft policies making up the Spatial Development Strategy. We’ll then use this feedback to help refine and improve these policies as we prepare a final version of the Strategy.

Artists are being invited to apply for a new Liverpool Sculpture Prize, which would see their work displayed for twelve months with a prize fee of £2500.

Liverpool Sculpture Prize, created and managed by Liverpool BID Company and Liverpool Parish Church, is open to any sculptor working and living in the UK. The call for entries opens today, Thursday 8 February, and is open until 8 April 2024. A judging panel, featuring people from within the arts, business and creative communities, will decide the winning entry, which will be unveiled to the public in June 2024.

The work will be displayed at Liverpool Parish Church, either on the plinth on Chapel Street, or in the church gardens overlooking Liverpool’s waterfront. The plinth was the site of Brian Burgess’s ‘Christ on a Donkey’ and The Liverpool Plinth from 2018 – 2023. In the gardens at Liverpool Parish Church, various works have also been installed including Ranti Bam as part of Liverpool Biennial.

Bill Addy, CEO of Liverpool BID Company says,

“We have a long running commitment to public art and it is a vital ingredient in everyday life in Liverpool. We wanted to develop a sustainable prize that would be open to artists across the country and we are excited to see the submissions we receive. We are looking for artwork that is thought provoking, animating and that will catch the eye of those who walk past. This is a high profile location with tourists, office workers, residents and visitors on its doorstep”.

Rector of Liverpool Revd Canon Dr Crispin Pailing is from Liverpool Parish Church,

“Our ambition with the Liverpool Sculpture Prize is that it attracts artists both young and old to submit their work. We know that the opportunities for exhibition for artists, particularly sculptors, are increasingly few and far between, especially in the public realm. This prize is designed to provide real support and ambition to promote artists who need it”.

Applications are open now until 8 April – see here for details

Jennifer John Music is excited to share a new online training offer .

The free 4-week course has been inspired by the survey responses which included  vocal strain, articulation, vocal agility, range extension, lack of confidence and so much more. Jennifer has decided to focus on one specific area which is breath control, a good starting point for vocals.

The course is The Art of Breath Control for Singers and it is open to everyone who wants to take their singing to the next level whatever that means to you.

There is a very short application form and all you need to do is complete it to take part.

The link to the application form is here: The Art Of Breath Control For Singers

Rebecca Loy, NML Diversity & Inclusion Partner, is looking for a wellbeing practitioner to give a wellbeing session for National Museums Liverpool (NML) colleagues after a busy LGBT History Month. The aim is to promote wellbeing and support staff who will have worked hard over the period.

Rebbeca is looking for someone or a company who is;

• Experienced in creative practice
• Has a variety of therapeutic techniques
• Experienced in working with LGBTQ+ communities.

To register your interest, please send an overview of your work session proposal (ideally no more than 2 hours for the session) and a link to your website and/or socials.

Deadline to respond 20th Feb 2024

Rebecca Loy – Rebecca.Loy@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

NML Diversity & Inclusion Partner

Applications to trade at this year’s Africa Oyé festival are now open!

Click the appropriate form below to apply. We look forward to hearing from you and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to be in touch on email – traders@africaoye.com

FOOD AND DRINK APPLICATION FORM

RETAIL APPLICATION FORM

Please Note: All food must be served in/on disposables made from either wood, paper/cardboard or leaves, this includes straws and pizza trays (pizza boxes are not permitted). The rules around composting are very strict and using non-compliant disposables may mean you are not invited back to trade in the future. Disposables labelled as compostable may not meet our requirements; Pronto-Pack are a renowned supplier and will be able to advise successful applicants if unsure www.pronto-pack.co.uk

Application deadline: Friday 22 March, 5pm.

Description: 30 minute play, 2 main characters, the tramp and lady of the title. One non speaking part, mugger.

Actor 1 Tramp. To look forty five plus, rough and ready.

Actor 2 Lady: to look 25 -35

Summary: Two people, at first seemingly at odds, become close through finding out about each other’s lives, over a period of train-waits. Tragic twist at the end, and character of Lady changes through experience of meeting Tramp.
Thoughtful, true to life, poignant. Dialogue and character driven. Good acting piece.

No preparation needed for audition. Play will be read and short excerpts handed out for actors to audition. Time given to prepare.

Rehearsals likely to be Monday evenings but can be negotiated.

More details info@valleytheatre.co.uk

The National Festival of Making and British Textile Biennial are releasing a new Art in Manufacturing opportunity for an artist or maker to become Artist in Residence at historic fabric printing company, Standfast & Barracks, during their Centenary year.

The artist practitioner or collective will undertake a residency with https://standfast-barracks.com/ – Standfast & Barracks based in Lancaster.

Residencies will take place between the period of late February 2024 and June 2024. The residency dates during this period are flexible and will be determined in conversation with the National Festival of Making and Standfast & Barracks.

As an outcome of this residency, the Artist in Residence will make a new piece of work/body of work that will be shown at the National Festival of Making 2024 (6th – 7th July) and at the British Textile Biennial 2025 (dates to be announced).

We welcome responses from all types of creatives – artists / makers / designers. This commission is open to both individuals and collectives.

Budget: The project budget is £8000. The project budget should cover your artist fees, expenses and materials plus any other associated costs.

More info / Apply: https://festivalofmaking.co.uk/news/art-in-manufacturing-open-call-standfast-barracks/

The VS6 Partnership are pleased to announce the launch of the Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub website, the central place for all volunteering needs across the city region.

The hub revolutionises volunteering by supporting the co-ordination and management of volunteering across all six Liverpool City Region (LCR) boroughs into one platform providing wider promotion of opportunities and a shared database of registered volunteers looking to give their time to our LCR communities.

Organisations can register on the hub’s website to promote their volunteering opportunities for free and access a pool of volunteers across LCR. All opportunities are listed on the hub website, and due to the interoperability of the hub with volunteer centres across LCR boroughs, opportunities will also be promoted at a local level. The hub also supports the management of volunteers including accepting volunteers, logging volunteer hours, GDPR compliance and producing data reports on volunteering activities.

The hub was developed in partnership with TeamKinetic, who designed the bespoke management software, and is funded by Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, to build upon the legacy of generosity and volunteering from the pandemic.

Originally, the idea of the hub was developed following TeamKinetic’s work with Halton & St Helens VCA in developing a digital volunteer management platform which was enhanced during the pandemic in response to the rising demand for both volunteers needed and residents wanting to get involved in volunteering. Following the success of this platform and further funding from the Combined Authority, each borough in the city region now has their own digital volunteer platform run by their local CVS, which now all feed into our newly launched Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub.

To access the Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub to register your organisations’ opportunities or to sign up to get involved in volunteering, please click here.

Additionally, if you are an organisation wanting to promote your volunteering opportunities and want to know more, Volunteer Centre Sefton are hosting some training on how to use the TeamKinetic system throughout February and March:

Tuesday 13 February 2024 from 10 AM 12 PM on Zoom

Thursday 7 March 2024 from 1 – 3 PM on Zoom.

Willow Williams is a photographer, originally from the area and starting a project this year on her home city. Willow seeks people of all ages, looks and characters for her photographs.

She wants to celebrate Liverpool and Scouse culture with portrait imagery of the people that make it. As a photographer, she has worked with British Vogue, Nike, Stella McCartney and many others but this project is self funded and she wants to shoot something personal to her.

www.willowwilliams.com