Arts and Culture East Devon - March news, events and funding

Welcome to the ACED March newsletter. Check out our free training, co-working days and funding opportunities for East Devon creatives
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Dear Creative,
Welcome to the ACED March newsletter. Thank you to everyone who came to our ACED network meeting, more information and links below.
* Call out for ACED Mentees
* ACED co-working days
* Devon & Torbay devolution - have your say
* New grant and training opportunities
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*February ACED Network Meeting at Thelma Hulbert Gallery*
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Thank you for joining our ACED network meeting. Useful links from our speakers:
* Sarah Campbell, Arts & Culture University of Exeter [
] - artist residency queries:
artsandculture@exeter.ac.uk
* Rachel Dunford, Crowdfunder UK [
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* Andrew Holland, Removing Barriers to Inclusion - Disability Confident Scheme [
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* Kate Massey-Chase, Arts, Health & Wellbeing - Creative Health Review [
] & Creative Health Toolkit [
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* Jess Huffman, Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots, [
] volunteer queries: jesstosfor@gmail.com
Save the date! Our next ACED meeting is on 11 June at The Gateway Theatre, Seaton.
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Call out for ACED Mentees
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We're looking for young creatives aged 18 - 30 living in East Devon interested in a career in the arts. Join our free ACED mentoring programme [
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Please help us share this opportunity and reach young people by reposting on your social channels: share on Instagram [
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Deadline: 31 March
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*ACED co-working days*
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Join our free monthly co-working days for creative freelancers to gather and co-work
* *Thursday 28 March, 9-4, Exmouth Library [
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* *Thursday 25 April, 9-2, Seaton Library [
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Bring your own laptop. Free WiFi. Drop in for as long as you like and connect with other ACED Members. No need to book.
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Have your say!
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Your view is invited on the draft proposal to create a Combined County Authority (CCA) for Devon and Torbay. Deadline 24 March. Find out more [
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March Highlights
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A new festival celebrating all things thrifty.
UPCYCLING, REPURPOSING, SAVING, MENDING AND REUSING
Join them for a week of pay-what-you-can workshops and free activities in different venues across Exmouth.
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Exhibition of Stockland village history and farming life, culminating in a special concert on Saturday 16 March, 7.30pm: Songs of Devon’ with Jim Causley.
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"These events are brought to your through the Creative East Devon Fund [
]. The next round of grants will open in April 2024."
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Funding opportunities
**East Devon's Innovation and Resilience Fund [
]** goes live in April 2024. Businesses can apply for up to £30,000 to fund a transformational project.
Join a drop-in session at East Devon Business Centre [
] to discuss eligibility: Thursday 21 March: 10 to 11:30 [
] / 4 to 5.30 [
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*British Council International Collaboration Grants 2024* supporting the creation of new cultural collaborations between UK artists, arts professionals and organisations and their peers around the world. Grants of £25,000 - £75,000. Deadline 30 April. More [
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*The Foyle Foundation* will offer £23m-worth of grants over two years before closing its grant programme in 2025. Grants of up to £10,000. Deadline: April 2025. More [
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*18 March is Village Halls Day:* Village [
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] Halls Small Grants Fund [
] provides grants of £2,000-£5,000 to make improvements to rural community buildings - find your local village hall [
]. Deadline 31 December.
*Cause 4's Power Hour *service offers a *free *hour of fundraising consultancy support to registered charities and CICs. Sign up [
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live events
Training opportunities
*Improve your website with Digital Culture Network: Wednesday 27 March, 11- 12.* Learn how to improve and health check your website in a free one-hour webinar. Sign up [
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**ACED Producing Live Events: Wednesday 17 April, 10 - 1 **at The Beehive, Honiton. Free workshop for East Devon creatives and producers about all aspects of delivering a successful event. Sign up [
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*ACED Collections Care: **Thursday 25 April, 10 - 1 *at Axminster Heritage Centre.
Free training course for East Devon museum staff and volunteers in packing and storing of textiles and display of costumes. Sign up [
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Have a job opportunity or artist call? Please share it: aced@eastdevon.gov.uk More funding and training opportunities and links to resources on ACED website [
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