Full time position £28-30k depending upon experiance
Initaily funded by Arts Council England for two years
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a dynamic and resourceful person to join the only national organisation for brass bands in the UK. You will find working with brass bands to develop artistic activities and projects in this nationally strategic role diverse, interesting and autonomous.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 30th June 2010 with interviews held in July 2010. For a full job description and application pack please download from www.bfbb.co.uk or write to: The General Secretary, British Federation of Brass Bands, National Office, Unit 12, Maple Estate, Stocks Lane BARNSLEY South Yorkshire S75 2BL
Arts Participation Manifesto Consultation Event
June 19, 2008
On Monday, 9th June 2008, I was in London with about fifty other people from a wide variety of arts organisations, local authorities and umbrella bodies to assist in the development of an Arts Participation Manifesto. Discussions focused around finding a way of getting more people to engage with the arts in a positive way over the next ten years.
The task of finding a consensus was not easy and took most of the day. Activities centred on small groups that then put their observations and opinions to the remaining delegates by combining themes through a process of assembling ideas.
Though a definitive manifesto has not yet been agreed, key goals and a means by which its aims might be met have been. The process of developing a full blown Arts Participation Manifesto will no doubt take another twelve months or more but a good start has been made. For once, a project that claims to champion participation has started off by sending out the right signals and, more importantly, involving people in its initial construction processes.
