North West Leicestershire District Council and Sinfonia ViVA have engaged local schools to take part in a fantastic music project to be performed at Hermitage Leisure Centre on Wednesday 24th March. This is a follow up project to the successful evening last year. more...
Centre Stage
Centre Stage is the Rural and Community Touring Scheme for Leicestershire and Rutland bringing opportunities for professional live touring to village and community venues throughout the two counties.
Centre Stage's Touring Programme is distributed to voluntary group members twice a year - in April and October - giving details of shows and artists available along with a whole range of information which help promoters to choose tours most appropriate to their local venue and local audience. Groups select their shows, after which dates are allocated and a tour schedule produced, along with a seasonal leaflet.
Centre Screen is a community cinema scheme which enables you to show blockbuster or archive films in a venue on your doorstep.
Volunteers within the community select their film, book the venue & sell the tickets & Centre Screen provides the technician & state of the art equipment to run the screening. It is managed by Phoenix Arts, Leicester.
Centre Screen can help you:
to choose your film
advise on how best to choose something for the type of audience you want to attract
set your ticket price
create a poster template for your event
Centre Screen will turn up with all the kit, set it up & run the film screening for you. They can also come & visit your venue beforehand to ensure all will run smoothly. You need to....
Find Your Talent
Leicester and Leicestershire have been chosen to run one of 10 pathfinder projects as part of a national £25million Government programme called 'Find Your Talent'. The aim is to involve Leicester and Leicestershire's 250,000 children and young people in five hours of cultural activities per week - from film-making to museums. This will be acheived by recruiting a team of Young Ambassadors who will work to devise and deliver cultural activities across the City and the County. Learn more about Find Your Talent
Funding
You may be eligible for a grant. Could your group benefit from a cash boost of up to £500? Why not see if you are eligible for funding through either our 'One Off'Grant Scheme or the Coalville Special Expenses Community Chest Grant. We are offering the additional funding to local groups and organisations whose work fits in with our own priority work areas and to groups that can demonstrate their work directly affects members of the community.
North West Leicestershire District Council has introduced a quarterly newsletter for anyone interested or connected with arts & heritage activities in the district.
A programme which has been set up to support professional artists, creative freelancers & businesses based in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
Register with them via the website to find out about opportunities to support you in your career & business.
Made in Leicestershire
A showcase for the rich range of handcrafted work by local artists and designer makers.
LCC Arts Development
Leicestershire County Council Arts Development information is also very useful.