TS2K, at one time the largest Single Regeneration Budget (SRB)voluntary sector project in London, which worked with young people in the creative arts as a means of social inclusion and regeneration, has gone into receivership and all staff have been made redundant. Heavily supported by computer company ICL, which was given a DTI Award for Excellence for its involvement in the project in 1999, TS2K's work was then described as offering "a sustainable model for replication".
Arts & Business has published a new report, 'Creative Connections: Business and the arts working together to create a more inclusive society.' The report documents a range of projects through which business and the arts have been working together to promote social inclusion, and makes the case for businesses to use the arts to implement their Corporate Social Responsibility strategies.
The Current Educational Research Database in the United Kingdom (CERUK) is now online and available free of charge through the website of the National Foundation for Education Research. The database was officially launched in September, and holds details of over 1,400 projects on educational research being undertaken in the UK which were completed or ongoing in the year 2000.
w: http://www.nfer.ac.uk/ceruk
Sense Scotland has launched the 5th biennial Helen Keller Arts Award, to be given for the most inspiring submission, in any art medium, on the subject of deafblindness.
w: http://www.helenkelleraward.com
America Online (AOL)and ticketing giant Tickets.com have announced a strategic alliance between the two organisations which will make Tickets.com's event ticketing services available to users of the AOL Box Office.
London Arts (LA)has launched its Disability Action Plan which sets out its strategy for involving disabled people in the arts, and outlines how targets will be set for the companies it funds. LA will be offering support and guidance to organisations on issues such as the Disability Discrimination Act, and programming work by disabled arts practitioners. Museums and galleries are being invited to link their websites with that of the National Grid for Learning, which provides educational content for learners. Those which register for a link before January 18 will be eligible for entry into the UK Education Web Site Awards for 2002.
w: http://www.ngfl.gov.uk and http://www.becta.org.uk/websiteawards
Suggestions for examples of enterprise and excellence throughout the North West of England are being invited for inclusion in a new publication on the region's outstanding assets and attractions. The book is due to be published in time for visitors to Manchester's Commonwealth Games. Contact Ann Sollars e: ann.sollars@nwblt.co.uk; f: 01925 212095
Horsham District Council has given the go-ahead for a £5.4m refurbishment and extension of Horsham Arts Centre as part of its strategy for supporting live theatre and increasing cinema provision in the area.
Two series of weekly public lectures by leading artists and directors of arts organisations from across the UK are being given as part of 'Arts, Architecture, Community' at the University of Southampton, starting in January. 'Arts and the Everyday' will consider the relationships between the arts and the community; and 'Mirrors and Influence', will look at the role of architecture in a changing society. For further information t: 0800 0856361 w:http://www.goldenjubilee.soton.ac.uk/lectures.htm