After the success of the first round of Big Ideas Bonanza, we are back with the second round of bonanza – BIG 2.

If you are aged 16-30 and need funding to get your new business idea or project off the ground, the Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards offers up to 5 x £1,000 prizes every month to the most innovative ideas submitted by new businesses. Deadline: 29th February 2012. http://www.shell-livewire.org/awards/

On behalf of Corby Borough Council we would like to invite you to join the Corby 2012 Celebration Forum.  The forum has been formed as a communication group between all organisations and communities within the Borough to share the events happening within the Borough throughout 2012, including; Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Torch Relay and Olympic and Paralympics Games.

5pm on the 12th of March, venue TBC.   Many of you will already be aware that Arts Council England (ACE) recently launched a new funding stream, ‘Creative People & Places’ – Corby is eligible to make a single co-ordinated application which must demonstrate a collaborative approach to planning & delivery. ACE are providing a briefing on the afternoon of the 29th of Feb at The Core at Corby Cube – full details below; if you haven’t already signed up to attend a link is also included below.   The main focus of the next Cultural Forum will be to discuss this opportunity. We aim to make the meeting as inclusive as possible & encourage colleagues to circulate this notification as widely as possible to those already working in the arts & to those who could use the arts to deliver against their aims & objectives around improving the quality of life for people living, working or ‘playing’ in Corby Borough.   If colleagues have any ‘burning issues’ that they’d like to add to the agenda then PLS let me know ASAP, this...

Making it Relevant - a professional practice symposium open to all aspiring and existing makers and exploring the influence of career paths and cultural heritage on contemporary craft practice.

As part of our work to develop the creative industries within Northamptonshire, Creative Northants have commissioned research to assess how the creative industries in the county are performing in the current economic climate and to identify opportunities and barriers to development.