Dana's Welcome
- 30 June 10
All the latest opportunities from
DaDa-Disability and Deaf Arts

Dana's Note.......................................................................................1
DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts latest.................................................2
Don't forget about DaDaFest.............................................................2
Disability Arts News...........................................................................2
Download some Heavy Load.............................................................2
Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs (UK)................................3
Are you having a laugh?...............................................................3
Curator Opportunity..........................................................................3
DanceSyndrome Seeking Pool of Dancers........................................4
Volunteers wanted for STRIDE.........................................................4
Work with young people? Want some training?.............................5
Radar leadership programme............................................................5
Arts Jobs............................................................................................7
Artist Wanted.....................................................................................7
House Manager, Zion Arts.................................................................8
Zombification.....................................................................................8
Disclaimer..........................................................................................8

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Dana's Note
Hello lovely readers,
If you're one of those mourning the loss of a certain Cup, or even if you're not; I've got lots of shiny new things to tell you about this week. I'm not accepting no ‘but I'm booking my Harry Potter preview tickets' either! Get reading, you will be tested next week!
Yours, Dana.
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DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts Latest
Don't forget about DaDaFest
DaDaFest International 10 presents ‘Disabled Women in India: Relationships and Sexuality through the Bollywood Lens' with Dr Anita Ghai Sunday 11th July 2010: 1pm to 4pm, Sandon Room, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
Dr Anita Ghai is an internationally renowned scholar and disability rights activist from New Delhi, India. She has written extensively around issues of disability, gender and sexuality from a post-colonial perspective.
Within the context of India where many female foetuses are aborted not for disability but rather due to their female gender, foetal ultrasound serves as an ambiguous tool producing new forms of representation.
Drawing on her conversations with other disabled women around India, Anita will address how sexuality and reproduction are weaved with disability using examples from Bollywood films, such as Sparsh, Guru, Pa, Dosti, Black, Sixth Happiness and Iqbal.
This is a DaDaFest International 10 Trailblazer event
A Free event but a ticket is required. For booking please contact tickets and information at the Bluecoat on 0151 702 5324
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Disability Arts News
Download some Heavy Load
You may remember Heavy Load from previous DaDaFests:
Storm the charts has begun - please tell everyone you know to download the track 'Bruce Forsyth' at iTunes - proceeds will help go towards future Stay Up Late activities. Please follow the link for further info:
http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fgb%2...

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Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs (UK)
The Stelios Philanthropic Foundation is giving disabled entrepreneurs in the UK the chance to win a £50,000 prize to fund the further growth of their business, and become the Stelios Disabled Entrepreneur of the Year 2010. To be eligible to enter individuals must own at least 25% management stake in their company, have a turnover in excess of £10,000, have been trading for between 1 and 5 years and the business must be registered in the UK. This Award is sponsored by Sir Stelios Hajiloannou, the serial entrepreneur best known for founding easyJet. Entry for the Award will close on the 3rd September 2010 at 5pm. For more information, visit: http://www.stelios.com/entrepreneurship/disabled-entrepreneur-award.html
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Are you having a laugh?
Did you get to see ‘Are you having a laugh?' at the weekend? If not, you can still watch it online (the show includes DaDaFest regulars too!). Watch it on BBC iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00swg99/Are_You_Having_a_Laugh_TV_...
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Curator Opportunity
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool. Salary range £23-27K. Founded in 1977, Open Eye Gallery is one of the UK's leading spaces for photography. Following a period of closure we're preparing to reopen early next year in our new premises on Liverpool's historic waterfront. As well as larger galleries for our cutting-edge exhibitions, we'll have expanded engagement programmes and a dedicated space for displays from our print collection. We're raising our ambition on every level, to share what we do with more people and to make a much bigger impact - locally, nationally and internationally. Working closely with the Director, you will research, develop and deliver the gallery's ambitious programme of exhibitions, commissions and public events. You will be responsible for managing the gallery spaces and print collection. As a key member of a small, senior team you'll make a big contribution to our new strategic and creative vision. For further information and to download an application pack, visit our website http://www.openeye.org.uk/vacancies.asp
Our jobs are open to all. Closing date: Monday 19 July 2010.
Interview date: Thursday 5 August 2010.

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DanceSyndrome seeking Pool of Dancers
Are you passionate about dance? Are you learning disabled and interested in community dance? Here is your opportunity to engage with qualified community dancers and others still training. This will be happening in July and August. Full day sessions in South Manchester for you to experience working with DanceSyndrome and visa versa. You are invited to join us, be inclusive, experience a little magic, share and discuss ideas and see if this is for you. If this sounds exciting let's dance, let's talk, and let's work together. For full information or to apply please e-mail dancesyndrome@hotmail.co.uk Support workers are welcome too.
DanceSyndrome exists to meet a proven need, to support a dancer who is learning disabled but passionately wants to inspire others to share their fun and love of dance.
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Volunteers wanted for STRIDE
Dance Initiative Greater Manchester and Company Chameleon are looking for volunteers to help support their Young Men dancing project - STRIDE during the Urban Moves International Dance Festival. The performers are from 6 Greater Manchester districts: East Manchester, Rochdale, Tameside, Oldham, Stockport and Wigan and are aged between 11-19. Volunteers helping with this project would be needed during the week of 19th - 25th July (day and early evening) - if you can help out at any point during this time please let us know.Two performances will take place at the Castlefield Arena on Sunday 25th July. We need people to help chaperone participants for the rehearsal week and for the performances. This could be on the mini buses to and from their districts to the venue but also to help looking after the lads on-site. We are looking for friendly individuals who are CRB checked (if not we can help arrange this), who are used to working as a member of a team and wish to partake in this opportunity of voluntary work experience as part of this exciting new project.
Anyone expressing an interest can contact us on 0161 232 7179 or via email info@digm.org.uk. STRIDE is presented by: Dance Initiative Greater Manchester and Company Chameleon
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Work with young people? Want some training?
Artsplan is delighted to have the 6-day accredited training course 'Young People the Arts and Social Inclusion' taking place in partnership with Kala Sangam in Bradford on the following dates: 16th & 17th September 2010, 14th & 15th October 2010, 11th & 12th November 2010. All course units run from 10 am- 4.15 pm each day (lunch included). Please find further course details below. For more information or to book a place on this course please contact the Artsplan Team via: 02380 682535 / artsplan@artswork.org.uk. This is a very popular course so early booking is advised. For details of all Artsplan courses taking place this year please either download the 2010-2011 Artsplan Programme via: http://www2.enyan.co.uk/download/152621562 , or visit the Artsplan website: www.artswork.org.uk/artsplan.
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RADAR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
Are you someone who likes taking initiative and longs to change the world around you? Do you want to influence public life in the UK? Would you like to be a school Governor, part of a community forum, a tenants association, a Non-Departmental Public Body?, a disability organisation? RADAR is interested in equipping people living with Ill health, Injury or Disability (IID) to be leaders and influencers in public life, and to take up leadership positions in the public, private and third (voluntary) sectors. RADAR won funding in 2009 to deliver a series of leadership events for disabled people, following on from our work with Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). A series of four Leadership Development Days are scheduled to run between September and December 2010, offering a blend of skills training and personal development work. In total there will be 100 places available, with 40 of these made up from the cited underrepresented groups. Successful applicants will attend all four events and it is an excellent opportunity to develop your full leadership potential and realise your dreams.
The Leadership Development Days will equip you with many of the key skills that are crucial to being a leader and influencer. We are currently developing the programme, which is likely to include sessions on: Understanding your strengths and personality and making them work for you, identifying leadership opportunities, maximising your leadership experience, case studies, what makes a successful leader, successful networking, personal presentation, interview techniques, CV writing and job application, making the most of mentoring, one-to-one coaching on your personal priorities. There will be inspirational speakers, professional coaches, diversity employment consultants and plenty of tips and advice from other disabled people who have experience in leadership and influential positions. The aim is to help you create your own self-sustaining networks and plans, so that you can start to achieve your leadership aspirations. We also work closely with diversity recruitment agencies, enabling delegates to have early access to leadership opportunities as they emerge. All four events will take place at: BVSC - The Centre for Voluntary Action, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DR. The events will take place on: Tuesday 14th September 2010, Monday 18th October 2010, Wednesday 24th November 2010, Monday 13th December 2010. Participation in the leadership events is free for delegates. However, you will need to meet your own travel costs. If you are offered a place and then do not attend at short notice, without advising us why, we reserve the right to charge you a cancellation fee of £25, as the place could have been used for someone else. A small bursary will be available for those who experience genuine hardship and for whom the costs would otherwise be prohibitive. If this applies to you, please send in your application for the programme in the normal way, and if you are accepted onto the programme, we will then talk to you about the travel costs. For more information please contact: David Stocks, Empowerment Manager David.Stocks@radar.org.uk Tel: 07590 929414 Carina Schmoldt Empowerment Officer Carina.Schmoldt@radar.org.uk Tel: 0207 566 0114, Anne-Marie Desmond Empowerment Assistant Anne-Marie.Desmond@radar.org.uk Tel: 020 7566 0111 Fax: 0207 250 0212 Minicom: 020 7250 4119
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Arts Jobs
Artist Wanted
FACT (Foundation for Art & Creative Technology) ARTIST CALL OUT.
Freehand (FACT's young peoples programme) is working with the support of The British Computing Society to deliver a weekend of workshops for young people in August. The aim is to work with a group of young people (aged 13-19) and the themes of our current exhibition ‘Persistence of Vision' (see below.) We are looking for an innovative and exciting artist to offer a 2 day workshop in computer and/or screen interaction but we are open to variations of this. We expect the artist we work with to have experience of working with children/young people and to have a current CRB. We are looking for something original that will be stimulating for young people and delve into new technology and the ideas behind our exhibition. We would like detailed ideas/proposals to be submitted to Louise Latter; Young People's Coordinator louise.latter@fact.co.uk 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ by 2nd July. ARTIST FEE: £540 (2 DAYS DELIVERY, 1 DAY PLANNING).
The current exhibition at FACT is ‘Persistence of Vision': Visual media is radically changing the way we think and remember. Today, visual memories are captured, shared and revived on an unprecedented scale through the proliferation of digital cameras, camera phones and the immense popularity of social media websites like Flickr and YouTube.
Current research shows that repeated exposure to digital media (such as the Internet and computer games) is leading to physiological changes in the human brain. The new breed of ‘digital natives' are becoming more sophisticated at reading images as three-dimensional spaces, developing visual-spatial skills and creating mental maps. We are also becoming more adept at sourcing and responding to information quicker than previous generations. While these individual cognitive skills may not be new, the particular combination and intensity of them is.
www.fact.co.uk These workshops are being delivered as part of Freehand; FACT's young people's Programme www.freehand.fact.co.uk
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House Manager, Zion Arts Centre
Manchester. Closes Monday 12 July 2010 combined arts Contact: Carolyn Gamble carolyn@zionarts.com £17,550 per Annum f/t Do you think you could offer a professional efficient service to young people and artists? Have you got excellent event management skills? Do you want a key public role in Manchester's creative hub? To be responsible for all House operations, taking the role of Duty Manager, as well as keeping the public areas clean, presentable and welcoming, preparing rooms and being responsible for day to day upkeep. This role requires working together with the Bookings Coordinator to provide an efficient event management service. It also involves line managing the hosts and front-of-house team.The role demands evening and weekend work, with some flexibility. Usual hours are anticipated as being Monday - Friday 1.30pm - 9.30pm The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an excellent approach to customer care and H&S in relation to public spaces, strong IT skills with the ability to work as part of a team as well as using their own initiative.
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Zombification
Make-up artists wanted. Contact: James Walmsley manctopia@mac.com Manchester based Zombie make-up artists (talented amateurs and professionals welcome) for daytime gig on 17th July. Fee available. Please phone James 07762436904 for more details.
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