Clore Poetry and Literature Awards
The closing date for the third round of the Clore Poetry and Literature Awards is 17 April 2012. The Awards are open to schools, colleges, community groups and other arts/cultural organisations, and fund poetry and literature initiatives for under 19s costing between £1,000 and £10,000. Click here for more details. For the announcement of the recipients of Round 2 of the Awards click here. For a commentary on the applications submitted for Round 2, click here.
Cultural Learning Alliance: New Report
The Foundation is a supporter of the Alliance, a collective voice working to ensure that all children and young people have meaningful access to culture. To sign-up and see the latest report, ImagineNation: The Case for Cultural Learning, visit www culturallearningalliance.org.uk.
The CLA is enabling a united cultural community to share ideas, information, evidence and influence. You can also join the Alliance on Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin.
New Clore Learning Spaces
The Foundation is giving £8.2 million to 11 cultural organisations across England to fund new Clore learning spaces designed by leading architects. The donations span museums, galleries, a royal palace and three theatres and will open between April 2011 and 2014. Click here to see the press release. Click here for an interactive map of all the Clore learning spaces.
Museum of the Year: Clore Award for Museum Learning
The Foundation is supporting a new Award as part of the Museum of the Year Prize: a £10,000 annual award for outstanding learning initiative. The winners of the 2011 Award were announced in June. Click here for more details.
Leadership Training
The Foundation has created two leadership programmes, the Clore Leadership Programme for the cultural sector, launched in 2004, and the Clore Social Leadership Programme, launched in 2009. Both are now separate charities.