What's On lists things of interest by, with and for disabled and Deaf people in Wales and beyond.
What's On is not intended to be a complete listing of every arts and disability event throughout Wales - so check your local arts press as well.
What's On is edited by Disability Arts Cymru's staff, and managed by Sara Mackay
*Views expressed in What's On do not necessarily reflect those of Disability Arts Cymru.
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There are currently 24 items in the What's On database
Deadline: 31 January 2010 (children`s welfare) and 31 March 2010 (elderly people / adults and children with disabilities)
The Tesco Charity Trust has announced that it will once again be seeking applications through its Community Awards programme in early 2010. The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000. The funding it gives goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and adults and children with disabilities, living in the local communities around our stores in the UK.
There are two categories of Community Awards – grants to support children`s welfare and/or children`s educations (including special needs schools) and grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children with disabilities. Previous projects supported have included: sensory garden or room projects; outdoor classrooms; breakfast and after school clubs; holiday play-schemes; and part funding to purchase minibuses.
The grants programme for children`s welfare will open for applications will open from 1 December to 31 January 2010. The grants programme for elderly people and/or adults and children with disabilities will open from 1 February to 31 March 2010.
www.tescocharitytrustcommunityawards-applications.co.uk
Calling all young disabled writers. Creative Writing competition
Are you a young disabled person living in Wales who has a way with words?
Enter one poem or one short story of up to 500 words using `what ignites the flame for you?` as your inspiration. Think about excellence, friendship, respect, determination, inspiration, equality.
Entries will be accepted from two age groups: 13-16 years old and 17-25 years old
We will work with the winners from each category to develop their writing skills. The winners` work will be included in an anthology in 2012.
Send your poem or short story to –
Ignite the Flame competition
Disability Arts Cymru
Sbectrwm
Fairwater
Cardiff
CF5 3EF
Tel: 02920 551 040
Fax: 02920 551 036
Or email entries to: post@dacymru.com
You can also enter by audio or CD-rom or any other format preferred.
The Parkinson`s Disease Society holds a creativity award for people with Parkinson`s. The Awards encourage and celebrate the creative talents of people with Parkinson`s. There are three categories:
Art, poetry and photography.
The Mervyn Peake Awards were named in memory of the late artist and author best known for the Gormenghast trilogy and the Alice in Wonderland illustrations. The awards are open to anyone in the UK with Parkinson`s. We hope you feel inspired to take part whether you are an experienced artist or you simply feel like trying something new. Pick up your paintbrush, pen or camera and start creating!
A cash prize is generously offered to the winner of each category by the Peake family. The closing date for entries is March 31 2010.
For more information please visit-
www.parkinsons.org.uk/mervynpeake or call 0207 963 9330
Young Brits at Art 2010: Turning young people`s vision into art
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is re-launching its Young Brits at Art awards, inviting 11-19 year olds to express their vision of this year`s theme: `What would the world look like if we lived without prejudice?` National curriculum teaching packs are available to guide schools, pupil referral units, religious groups and other organisations that wish to explore the meaning of equality and human rights through art. Young people can also develop their own artwork and enter independently. Find out more about the resources on our website.
One of last year`s winners, Stephanie Winn, said: `When I won, I felt I managed to send out a positive message about the negative effects of discrimination. This year`s theme provides the perfect opportunity for us to express our thoughts and voice our opinions through the medium of art. I hope we will see a change of attitude.` All the winners and shortlisted entries will be exhibited in London in the Summer.
To view more information about Young Brits at Art please visit: www.equalityhumanrights.com/art. Young Brits at Art is part of a wider programme of work with young people, for more information visit : www.equalityhumanrights.com/youth
The Disabled Children Matter Wales campaign wants disabled children and young people in Wales to have …
• The right information at the right time
• A real choice of quality education
• The health services they need to lead an ordinary life
• Full access to play and leisure activities
• A real say in planning the services they receive
• Full access to community facilities
• Enough money to live on
To sign up to the campaign or for more information contact: info@dcmw.org.uk or Visit www.dcmw.org.uk
Every Disabled Child Matters Manifesto for Change
The Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) Campaign is led by four leading organisations working with disabled children and their families: Contact A Family, Council for Disabled Children, Mencap and Special Educational Consortium.
EDCM have produced a Manifesto for Change, which challenges politicians and policy makers to deliver on government commitments.
The Manifesto can be downloaded from http://www.edcm.org.uk/Page.asp
