Please see attached Job Description, Person Spec and Job Application.  Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm Friday 25th June 2010.

Job Description

Person Spec

Application Form

Take a look through and if you would like to be added to our database to receive a hard copy please email - kerry_artfull@btconnect.com.

We will be transforming a dull garden at a health centre in Birmingham in to an inspirational new space using art to brighten it up and engage users of the space.

OPPORTUNITIES: We will soon be recruiting an artist to help transform the Garden. We are looking for someone with great ideas on how we can make the space look amazing. More details will be available soon…

Art Club takes place every Monday afternoon (except Bank Holidays) from 1pm – 3pm in Highgate, Birmingham. We require either an art student or recent graduate who is looking to gain experience in community art to join us.

You would be needed for 2 hours per week to help run the session and assist the artist and clients who attend. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in an arts in health setting, develop key communication skills, learn more about working in the area of Mental Health and show off some of your artistic skills.

We are able to reimburse public transport travel costs.

To apply or to make any informal enquires, contact Kerry Thomas, Development Officer on 0121 446 6829 or email your CV, covering letter with details of your past art experience to kerry_artfull@btconnect.com.

Deadline is Monday 8th of March at 12 noon.

If you would like to make your own Christmas Cards and decorations or small Christmas gifts then why not join our Xmas Craft Workshops?

We will be meeting every Monday until Christmas to make our gifts. The sessions are free and we provide the materials and mince pies.

No need to book in just come to ROOM 1 at the Friends Institute from 1pm.

DATES:
Monday 23rd     November 1pm-3pm
Monday 30th     November 1pm-3pm
Monday 7th       December 1pm-3pm
Monday 14th     December 1pm-3pm
Monday 21st      December 1pm-3pm
Every Monday from 1-3pm

ADDRESS:

The Friends Institute
220 Moseley Road
Highgate
Birmingham, B12 0DG
0121 446 6829

*The number 50 bus from the city centre drops you right outside the Building (are on the opposite side of the road from Moseley/Kingsheath)
The number 8 bus stops near by.

1.  Culture Vulture Event - Monday 30th November
World Aids Day
Free concert Birmingham Town Hall.
Meet at 6.45pm outside
Birmingham Central Library

2.  Print and Card Making with FPA- Tuesday 1st December 2009
Ardenleigh Women’s Wards
2pm – 4pm

3.  “Arts All Over The Place” Celebration Day - St Martins Café - Monday 7th December 2009
11am – 4pm
A day of music, art and awards
Please contact Emma to book a place Tel: 678 2702

4.  Clock Making Event - Fordbridge Centre, Nine Acres Drive - Tuesday 8th December 2009   
Make a Christmas clock
10am – 12 noon
Further details from Jo Neale - Tel: 678 2786

5.  Park Lane Christmas Event - Wednesday 9th December 2009
Park Lane 2pm -4pm
Gospel Choir Performance
Join Park Lane for a coffee and mince pie

Yewcroft Photography Group - Wednesday 9th December 2009
Meet outside Birmingham Rep Theatre at 11am and capture some Christmas cheers   around the Christmas Frankfurt Market

6.  Heart of Birmingham - Assertive Outreach Black and Gold Christmas Party -  Thursday 10th December 2009 
7pm till late featuring a performance by the Trust Gospel Choir 50’s and 60’s Soul/Blues Band and other Trust performers.
£2 AOT service users / £3 for others
Contact Pam and Kerry on 301 6880 or Claire on 685 6980 for tickets

7.  Print and Card Making - Friday 11th December 2009
Mary Seacole, 2pm – 4pm

8.  Winter Lantern Festival - Saturday 12th December 2009
Come and join the Creatives Saturday afternoon 2pm-6pm At the Winter Lantern
Festival, Cannon Hill Park, Russell Road Entrance
Come and see the lanterns made by young people from local willow, with carols and drummers, craft stalls and telescopes to watch the Winter sky and shooting stars at dusk

9.  Print and Card Making with FPA- Monday 14th December 2009
Ardenleigh Women’s Wards
2pm – 4pm

10.  Trust Reflection Service - Oleaster Centre - Wednesday 16th December 2009
With Trust Community Gospel Choir Performance 4pm
Join the Spirituality team and Choir in celebrating Christmas

11.  Christmas Tree Decorations - Fordbridge Centre, Nine Acres Drive -  Thursday 17th December 2009  
Make a Christmas Decoration
10am – 12 noon
Further details from Jo Neale, Tel: 678 2786

12.  Zinnia Christmas Service, Zinnia Centre - Friday 18th December 2009
With Trust Community Gospel. Choir Performance 11am – 12pm
Join the Spirituality team and Choir in celebrating Christmas

You will be able to pick up Gift Hampers, Personalised Xmas Cards, Confectionary, Cakes & Biscuits and they will also be providing a gift wrapping service.

Well done Amy!

When do you take time to take a lunch break? We’re always rushing, never get round to reading that book or watching that movie all the way through so we’re encouraging people to take their proper lunchbreak on 4th November, move away from their desk, switch their ‘phone off and take a well-deserved indulgent break!

We’ll be hosting workshops in empty spaces with artists in situ who will teach you a new skill or help you develop an old one (venues and times TBC). And we will be sending out information packs early October to people who email - kerry_artfull@btconnect.com.

Stress related illness in the workplace costs UK businesses billions of pounds a year.  And although stress itself is not an illness, if it becomes excessive or is prolonged then mental or physical problems may develop.

The fourth of November is National Stress Awareness Day and FPA is spearheading an awareness campaign across Birmingham aimed at reducing levels of the condition by promoting the benefits of arts in health.

The Charity is encouraging businesses to sign up to the scheme, which will also double as a fundraising campaign to subsidise community projects that will support vulnerable adults and young people.

Companies are being asked to encourage their staff to take a proper break during their workday on 4 November, and the Charity is offering to provide artists in situ for short workshops or full day events at very little cost.

We’re asking companies to make a contribution for the workshops and we will use that money to continue providing workshops and projects for excluded communities in the City.  Alternatively companies can organise their own art event, such as a Christmas pantomime, and just make a donation to the Charity if they wish to do so.

While raising money would be a bonus for the vulnerable communities served by FPA, the main aim of the Charity’s campaign is to raise awareness of the causes of stress and the benefits of arts in health.  “We want to encourage people to take a break from their usual routine, which could be beavering away at work, or staring at a TV set all day, and just do something different,” said Roseanne.

The general public is also invited to take part in the campaign.  The Charity is negotiating with local authorities to take over high street shops during the week that includes
4 November.  These shops will be turned into drop in art workshops, which will include a variety of art forms for everyone to try.  These will be free to attend with donations being made at the participants’ discretion.

The Charity will also be producing a booklet on the benefits of arts in health.

To register for a fundraising pack, which includes fundraising ideas and posters, or to receive an information booklet on the benefits of art in reducing stress levels, email Kerry_artfull@btconnect.com.

Further details will be shown on the website so keep checking back!

- One in 4 people experience mental health difficulties
- The average employee has 6.7 days off sick a year with a stress related illness
- Stress at work costs the UK economy £13.2bn a year