Welcome to the December issue of MediaNet News, the e-newsletter of the media education community in the West Midlands

In this issue: Life is what you make it, according to Tenneil- regional Mediabox documentary competition winner.

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Help us to develop the regional Media Literacy Action Plan

Switching On To Media Literacy, the West Midlands Media Literacy Strategy was launched back in the summer. In order to take the work forward we are now developing a Media Literacy Action Plan. To help with this process we have developed a short survey about the work your organisation is currently doing or planning for the future. The survey should take no more than a couple of minutes but will help develop a picture of the good work already taking place.

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Life is what you make it, according to Tenneil!

17 year old Tenneil Ameena Badley from Birmingham is one of ten lucky winners of a Mediabox/4 Docs documentary competition. Tenneil attended a prestigious award cermony and screening in London where all the young film makers were presented with awards by Russell Brand.

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Enyan consults on 'Aiming High' young people's strategy

Enyan, the English youth arts network, is giving those working with young people the opportunity to shape government policy on cultural provision. Following its conference "The Youth Offer: Arts Meeting Young People's needs" in November, where Margaret Hodge MP asked the sector for help in shaping government plans, the agency is asking for people to email their input for collation and submission to the government in the new year.

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Sign up for Film Club!

FILM CLUB is a new service supporting schools in setting up after-school film clubs to screen a diverse range of movies. It is currently in it pilot phase in Yorkshire, Kent, Northern Ireland and London and hopes to expand the service next year. They now need to know if YOU are interested in setting up a Film Club for your school.

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MACE providing films in the classroom

MACE, the East and West Midlands film archive, is working with teachers to develop web resources for classroom teaching .    

Arts Award is taking hold in the West Midlands

Arts Award in the West Midlands is set to reach the highest numbers nationally outside London. Over 600 artists, teachers and youth workers have been trained as Arts Award Advisers across the region with 1500 young people registered.

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My Mediabox applications now even easier!

Mediabox has launched a new and improved application system for My Mediabox grants. Young people visiting the site will now be directed to a section dedicated to them, with handy tips and advice for applying, examples of funded projects, comprehensive editorial and production guidelines and a shortened application form.

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Arts Award Access Fund opens its coffers again!

Arts Award, the youth arts accreditation scheme, offers grants of up to £500 to projects running Arts Award through its Access Fund. Registered Arts Award centres can apply for money to pay for tickets, travel, artists fees, equipment or venue hire to help run their arts award project.

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Grants for the Arts Education Surgeries

The Arts Council, West Midlands Learning Team are launching monthly Grants for the Arts advice surgeries for the Arts Education sector starting in December 2007.

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Dates for your Diary

December

10th December Breathe filmmaking comepetition deadline. For information see www.channel4.com/breathe

19th December Grants for The Arts Surgeries, Arts Council West Midlands, Birmingham. To book a slot please contact Rebecca Williams, Administrator, External Relations and Development email rebecca.williams@artscouncil.org.uk  or phone 0121 6315716.

January

7th January Screen WM Access Fund deadline, for more information visit www.screenwm.co.uk

9th -12th January BETT 2008, Olympia, London. See www.bettshow.com for details.

12th, 13th, 19th and 26th January Script Presents: Introduction to Screenwriting Course, Herbert Media Centre, Coventry, £90/£60. For more information visit www.scriptonline.net or to book call 024 7683 2310.

16th January Grants for The Arts Surgeries, Arts Council West Midlands, Birmingham. To book a slot please contact Rebecca Williams, Administrator, External Relations and Development email rebecca.williams@artscouncil.org.uk  or phone 0121 6315716.

18th January Arts Award Access Fund deadline. See www.artsaward.org.uk for details.

25th January Adult Learners Week Nomination Deadline see www.alw.org.uk/nominate for information

30th January Working in Special Needs and Early Years Settings, Jennie Lee Centre, Wednesfield, £20. For info or to book contact Semone Myrie: s.myrie@wlv.ac.uk or 01902 518592

February

1st February Submission deadline, Disability Film Festival, Wolverhampton. See www.outside-centre.info for more information

12th February Hear By Right participation workshop, Thistle Hotel, Birmingham, free. For more information e-mail Jake Manning at jakem@nya.org.uk, or call on 0116 242 7443. For event details online click here.

20th February Grants for The Arts Surgeries, Arts Council West Midlands, Birmingham. To book a slot please contact Rebecca Williams, Administrator, External Relations and Development email rebecca.williams@artscouncil.org.uk  or phone 0121 6315716.

For further events visit the events diary on the MediaNet website

Link of the month

The Comliteracy project by the Community Media Association uses community radio as a tool to increase understanding and awareness of media literacy issues. The Ofcom funded project worked with 15 community radio projects across the UK. Each project ran workshops for staff and volunteers focussing on an aspect of Media Literacy and then produced at least 3 Public Service Announcements and a radio programme on Media Literacy. The CMA are in talks with Ofcom about extending the project. To read more visit www.commedia.org.uk/medialiteracy

There are more media education links in the link bank online.

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We are always keen to hear about news stories or events that would be of interest to the MediaNet community. If you have a news story to share or an event to publicise contact Lou Llewellyn the MediaNet Coordinator by emailing info@medianetonline.org.

We aim to include as many relevant articles as we can in our news and events sections and in our monthly email bulletin which goes direct to the inboxes of over 200 media educators in the region.

The next issue of MediaNet News will be sent out on January 17th. May we take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

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