Community Post Type: Callouts

Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa is looking for young people to unleash their creativity with its design a Christmas card competition.

The resort is looking for high-school children across the region, aged 11-16, to design a card that will spread the festive cheer! The winning card will be available to buy at Formby Hall, with all funds raised going to the hotel’s charity, Cash for Kids.

The winning card designer’s name and school will be printed on the card, and they will win an after-school golf party at the resort’s Toptracer driving range complete with instructors, golf games and pizzas for their entire class!

Here’s how to enter:

Theme: “A Magical Christmas”. Christmas is all about friends, family, fun, snow, presents and much more! Use your imagination to show what a magical Christmas means to you.

Design: Create your Christmas card design with whichever medium you would like – from pencils, pens and paints to digital illustrations, it’s entirely up to you.

Size: Your design must be able to fit a standard 5x7inch card size.

To enter: Send your designed entry by email with the subject line “Formby Hall Christmas Card Competition” to cd@formbyhallgolfresort.co.uk or send it by post to Formby Hall Christmas Card Competition, Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa, Southport Old Road, Formby, L37 0AB. Send your full name, age, name of school and a short description of your design inspiration with your entry.

Deadline: Entries close on 1^st November 2023. Winner will be announced on 7^th November 2023.

Anecdotal evidence and literature suggest that systemic racism has led to disparity in funding opportunities and access to funding related support for Black-led organisations compared to their white-led counterparts, in the voluntary and community sector (VCS).

Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services (LCVS), in partnership with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), are undertaking research to explore the scale and nature of any such disparity for Black-led non-profit organisations operating in the Liverpool City Region. As part of this, we wish to better understand any barriers, but also any advantages or good practice in funding success, for Black-led non-profit organisations.

In this first stage of the research, we are looking for a number of individuals to represent their organisation in virtual focus group sessions and/or telephone interviews, which will take place in November 2023.

We’re looking to engage with individuals from the following organisation types:

• Funder Organisation
• Black-led Non-profit Organisation
• Support Organisation or Practitioners who support Black-led non-profit organisations in the Liverpool City Region, including support with funding bids and/or other related funding services/skills.

LCVS Chair, Sonia Bassey said:

“The challenges and obstacles to accessing funding have long been raised by local Black-led organisations. As part of our ongoing commitment to promoting equality and diversity we are extremely pleased to have been able to secure the resources and support from our partners to investigate this further. We would like to understand if there are particular hurdles that limit Black-led groups from accessing funding to support their work and what can be done to overcome them.

This will not only help us identify the scope and scale of obstacles that face such groups, but to develop an evidence base that can help us bring about change.

In 2020, LCVS made a strong commitment to the principles behind Black Lives Matter and this project is an important part of that ongoing work.”

To register your interest, please click here.

Closing date: 5 PM on Friday 20 October 2023.

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival is offering FREE artist-led Arab arts, language and cultural workshops and activities to schools.

Our programme is an exciting and unique opportunity for students to engage with Arab arts and culture and/or Arabic language.

We are looking to partner with schools who are interested in increasing students access/participation to Arab arts, language and culture.

We offer one-off workshops or a bespoke programme running over a number of weeks. All workshops led by professional Arab creatives/facilitators.

Some of the activities we offer:

• Arab language sessions for beginners, or, for Arabic speaking students – these workshops support students in developing their Arabic language through creative writing, poetry and storytelling.
• Authentic Arab dance workshops – led by a professional Dabke dance Tutor.
• Drama workshops – facilitated by a professional theatre producer/actor.
• Music workshops – for students who have an interest in music, and who would like to explore playing an authentic Arab instrument like the Oud or Tabla.
• Visual arts & crafts – introducing techniques used in the Arab region ranging from mosaics to creative calligraphy.

Are you aged 12 – 25 and have an interest in Arabic music and DJing?

MENA Beats is a Liverpool Arab Arts Festival project funded by Youth Music. It aims to provide young people of Arab heritage to develop DJing skills, mixing Western and Arab music to create contemporary sounds that are representative of their generation.

Sessions are held 6 – 8pm, no booking required, Harthill Youth Centre, Wavertree, L15 4JN

Email: admin@arabicartsfestival.co.uk or phone: 0151 727 2855

The award winning Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair is on the hunt for a crack team of volunteers to help us with front of house, assisting exhibitors, wayfaring, security & stewarding.

As a volunteer, you will have unparalleled ‘behind the scenes’ access to a bustling craft fair – and a chance to work alongside and meet professional makers, curators, event organisers and plenty of other like-minded people along the way.

Volunteers will receive duty training, entry to the show, refreshments and reimbursed travel expenses.

You’ll also have the opportunity to network, see the latest work from the UK’s best makers and add a weighty addition to your CV.

If you can spare at least 4 hours between Wednesday 18 October – Sunday 22 October then we’d love to hear from you.

To apply and for more details, see here

Closing date: 11 October

Role: Trustee

Callout: Movema is currently looking to appoint up to three passionate and dynamic trustees to help our diverse charity navigate our next chapter.

About Our Board

Movema’s Board of trustees consists of up to ten people, bringing together diverse experience, skills and knowledge to work collaboratively to provide governance. The Board is supported in this, by the designated Chair and Treasurer and the Executive team. We are currently looking to appoint up to three trustees.

This is a four-year appointment, unremunerated, with access costs and reasonable expenses covered.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for ensuring that Movema meets our responsibilities as a charity and limited company through delivering our mission. Trustees provide strategic oversight and governance across people, finance, delivery and compliance, overseeing and supporting the Executive and wider staff, freelance and volunteer team to deliver our vision and mission, ensuring our values are embedded in everything that we do.

In return, we provide the opportunity to be involved in a vibrant arts charity, to dance (optional) and ongoing training and development opportunities.

We are seeking interest from people with a commitment to and interest in our work and we welcome approaches from those considering their first trustee role as well as those with experience.

We welcome applications from individuals with skills in all areas of the arts and business sectors. Experience of the following would be particularly welcome to compliment our collective skillset;

● Finance, ideally willing to become Treasurer
● Marketing
● Charity Income Generation

Application Dates

Closing Date: Midnight, Monday 9th October 2023

Interviews: Monday 16th October (5-7.30pm), Friday 20th October (5-7.30pm), or Saturday 21st
October (10am- 12pm).

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://movema.co.uk/become-a-trustee/

Volunteering for our festival is a great way to get valuable experience and exposure for those trying to break into the film industry.

We offer a variety of positions and roles, which include guest liaison, marketing, ticketing, ushering, venue management, event technical support, pre-festival promotion and more.

You will support the Volunteer Manager and the team leaders in ensuring the smooth operation of the festival. Without our volunteers, this festival would not be able to take place! Volunteers can choose between different levels of commitment with flexible scheduling.

Important Information

• You must be available for a minimum of 2 days of volunteering, comprising three shifts of four hours each. This might differ a little in some locations and days.
• Full induction will be done to Volunteers over Zoom.
• We cannot provide accommodation and all the positions are unpaid.
• LIFF is a safe and inclusive space for all, any Volunteer seen harassing or otherwise impeding on the sanctity of the environment we strive to create will be blacklisted from this and all future events related to the festival.
• All volunteers must be aged 18 or older.

Please, read the volunteer role description and fill in the volunteer form. If you have any questions or need some help with the form please contact us: volunteer@londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk

Contact email: volunteer@londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk

Closing date: 6 Oct

Merseyside Expanding Horizons are sharing an opportunity for people who would benefit and add value to a funded week in Barcelona on a course about enterprise skills for employability in communities.

You can fill in the expressions of interest here https://forms.gle/xFsdvByvw3cGFjqu8 or receive more information through their LinkedIn and via the links to the companies and project: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7107289599751663618/

Deadline for submission is September 30th

Information evening is 9^th October and 11^th October

Selection and booking is 13^th October

The course is aimed at those looking for employment to explore entrepreneurial ideas, and we can also offer the Egypt mobility in January and Barcelona mobility in April.

As part of Picton Play, a long term-experimental project designed to explore the creativity of our neighbourhood, we are hosting a number of artist ‘listening’ residencies in unusual spaces like Botanic Park and the 86 bus route designed to facilitate sharing, research and exchanging knowledge in our local area. So far, artist Victoria Opomu has worked with young people to explore their experiences of growing up in Edge Hill, Wavertree and Toxteth and artist and community organiser Josh Coates is creating pop-up experiences around Edge Hill that examine the nature of community spaces. The residencies will give you a chance to develop your practice or research an idea in different contexts and in collaboration with people in our neighbourhood.

We are offering 2 artist residency opportunities for artists working in any art form, who live and/or work in the Liverpool City Region or have a strong connection to the city. Successful artists will work with our team in a location-specific residency in either Wavertree Botanic Park and Garden working with Friends of Botanic Park, or on the 86 bus route in partnership with Arriva.

These 3-month residencies will enable artists to research and develop new ideas and create work inspired by these spaces, working in collaboration with participants. Each successful applicant will receive a £2500 fee, alongside the use of Metal facilities, resources and staff time. The residencies will take place between November 2023 – April 2024.

Artists are welcome to apply for both of our residency opportunities using the same application form. We have included a question on the form to clarify if you are applying for a single location or both residency opportunities.

The closing date for both residency applications is Monday 9 October at 5pm.

Learn more and apply via the links below:

• Metal 86 Bus Route Residency
• Metal Botanic Park Residency

For more information visit https://metalculture.com/artists-area/picton-play-listen-residencies-open-call/

Calling all dedicated Indian classical dancers in the UK!

We have an incredible opportunity for you to be a part of a highly-acclaimed dance-drama to be staged at Indika 2023!

Do you have at least 5 years of training in an Indian classical dance form? Are you a passionate dancer currently practicing? We’re on the lookout for seven talented dancers to join the cast of ‘Sita’s Magical Forest,’ a magical children’s theatrical-dance production.

About ‘Sita’s Magical Forest’
Originally produced and staged in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region by Apsaras Arts, this enchanting production has seen numerous sold-out tours. Now, it’s set to make its UK debut at Indika Festival 2023, featuring an entirely UK-based cast, and that could be you!

Synopsis: Derived from the revered Indian mythological epic, the Ramayana, ‘Sita’s Magical Forest’ is a mesmerizing dance-drama for children. It narrates the trials and triumphs of Rama and Sita through captivating storytelling and dance. Sita shares tales of war, bravery, friendship, loyalty, and devotion, woven into her adventures with the forest’s fascinating animals, including an eagle, bear, sea monster, crow, frog, squirrel, golden deer, Hanuman, and his band of monkeys. The production boasts the music of classical pianist Anil Srinivasan, choreography by Mohanapriyan Thavarajah, and artistic direction by Aravinth Kumarasamy of Apsaras Arts (Singapore).

Roles to Audition For:

• Deer
• Jatayu
• Squirrel
• Monkeys (2)
• Hanuman
• Sea Monster

Rehearsal and Performance Commitments: If selected, you’ll receive individual training sessions, followed by full ensemble rehearsals. Before you apply, ensure your availability for the following dates in Liverpool:

• Oct 22nd – 28th (3 training sessions, 1.5 hours each)
• Oct 29th & Nov 1st – Full cast rehearsals
• Nov 2nd – Performance at Indika

All travel, accommodation, meals, and a fee will be provided by Milap.

Other Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of training in an Indian classical dance form
• Continuous practice (no recent long breaks)
• Availability for the specified Liverpool dates
• Right to live and work in the UK

Application Process: Send a one-page dance CV, including:

• Name, DOB, and Address
• Style of dance and years of practice
• Notable achievements or milestones in your dance career

Include a link to download/view an example of your dancing (can be informal or from a stage performance).

Email your CV, dance clip, and a note explaining why you’d like to be part of this production to the following addresses:

• archana@milap.co.uk
• aravinth.kumarasamy@me.com
• tmohanapriyan@gmail.com

Applications are due no later than September 24th, 2023.

For more information visit https://milap.co.uk/auditioning-for-dancers/