Cultural Learning Alliance: response to the Henley Review
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. The CLA's response to the government on the Henley Review is available now - to see it, to sign-up to the CLA, and to download ImagineNation: The Case for Cultural Learning, visit www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk.
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Clore Poetry and Literature Awards
The third round of the Clore Poetry and Literature Awards is now closed. The closing date for Round 4 is 1 October 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.
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. The Clore Social Leadership Programme is now looking for its fourth cohort of Fellows: the deadline for completed applications is midday on 28 May 2012. For details of how to apply and to find out more about the programme, and the Clore Social Fellows, click here.
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. Click here for more details and to see the 2012 shortlist.