Community Post Type: Callouts

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

Dovedale Primary school, the PTA are doing a panto with parents and staff to try and raise funds for the school, as such they are looking for the following in-kind in return sponsorship, mentions on social media etc.

PA

16 track desk (decent push for live band and multiple mics)

4 x head mics/ receivers

Needed over Feb half term  – think from 12 Feb – and production to return Mon 26 Feb.

Any possible leads please reply or email laura@orchardcreative.org.uk

Grin Theatre Company is thrilled to announce that Queertet will be returning Summer 2024 and now is your chance to get involved!

They are seeking scripts that are:

• 30 minutes long
• LGBTQIA+ themed
• Upbeat and celebratory

Email scripts or any queries to kiefer.grintheatre@gmail.com

Deadline to submit scripts: 29 February

Lemon Yellow Social Club are teaming up with Refugee Women Connect and their wonderful host venue, Space Liverpool, to curate a weekend of special events to mark International Women’s Day 2024.

Our IWD24 Art Exhibition will be held at Space Liverpool, 41 Stanhope St, L1 0BG, on Sunday 10th March from 6pm – 9pm and aims to promote the work of female and female-identifying artists from Liverpool and the wider North West region.

We are accepting applications from artists working across any visual medium, including (but not limited to) painting, photography and sculpture.

This year’s International Women’s Day theme is #InspireInclusion and we’re especially interested to hear from artists whose work reflects that theme.

Read the full terms and apply here.

Applications for all of Lemon Yellow Social Club’s 2024 events are now open.

LYSC have a full calendar of events this year at @spaceliverpool_.

– 100% Independent
– Indoors
– Dog Friendly
– Fully Accessible Venue
– Bar stocked with a range of alcoholic & non alcoholic beverages

Lemon Yellow Social Club 2024 Market Dates