Inspiring arts and events | FREE training

[Leon Patel]

Dear All, Please find below some really great and FREE training opportunities from Mossley Light Festival, Global Grooves and Bangdrum CIC. This is great for artists, groups and creatives wanting to get involved with events. No experience necessary but if you do have experience its an opportunity to top up your skills and hear from some great speakers. For the carnival sector its a fabulous opportunity for your volunteers and workforce to develop skills around infrastructure and management support well in time for next years season.  Hope to see you there! 

Inspiring arts and events training Support your local community, learn new skills & do something incredible.   View this email in your browser Nurture your talent and energy to help make wonderful & creative things happen. Be Inspired by amazing producers & arts leaders Feed your mind with professional training Be part of something incredible Contribute to your community Learn something new FREE ARTS AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT TRAINING As part of Mossley Light Festival we have designed a series of training days tailored to the needs of local cultural events. The training days will consist of five stand alone sessions that give an overview of different types of site specific outdoor events ranging from health and safety training and carnival infrastructure to hearing from inspiring international events producers and artists from around the globe. You can choose to attend as few or as many of the days as you wish. All the training is FREE and will lead to a final tailored day that will equip you with the knowledge and skills to manage and crew this year’s Mossley Light Festival. Interested? Read on to find out whats on offer. ALL THINGS EVENTS An introduction to events | Sunday 2nd October | 10:00am - 2:30pm October 02 2016   DETAILS Time: 10:00am - 2:30pm FREE! Sunday 2nd October 2016 Our first training day is designed to offer you a basic understanding of the key elements of hands on events management and the role of an events crew. The day will also offer a spark of inspiration to encourage discussion about the future arts and cultural offer in the local area Events Trainer: James Walmsley Guest Speaker: Dave Moutrey - HOME Mcr Read more and book below BOOK HERE SITE SPECIFIC ARTS AND EVENTS Saturday 8th October | 10:00am - 2:30pm OCTOBER 08 2016   DETAILS Time: 10:00pam - 2:30pm FREE Saturday 8th October 2016 Our second training day will explore ‘site specific’ outdoor events and explore the opportunities available in our local area. Perhaps you have a dream of developing your own local festival or have seen an amazing space perfect for an exciting arts event. Events Trainer: James Walmsley Guest Speaker: Rachel Wood - OMBC Read more and book below BOOK HERE CARNIVAL TIME All things Carnival | Saturday 15th October | 10:00am - 2:30pm OCTOBER 15 2016   DETAILS Time: 10:00am - 2:30pm FREE Saturday 15th October 2016 We explore Carnival locally, nationally, and internationally and learn how Carnival has transformed communities around the world. You will have the opportunity to hear from some of the UK’s leading Carnival artists and organisations and look at what it takes to produce and manage a local Carnival event. Events Trainer: James Walmsley Guest Speakers: Global Grooves & Cabasa Carnival Arts Read more and book below BOOK HERE SAFETY FIRST A safe place to create | Sunday 13th November | 10:00am - 2:30pm NOVEMBER 13 2016   DETAILS Time: 10:00am - 2:30pm FREE Sunday 13th November 2016 How do we create a safe space for arts and culture to bloom? What are the challenges, successes, and legalities of community-led arts and events. How do we monitor and control risk? Who’s responsible and what are the key elements of a safe and well managed and led event? Events Trainer: James Walmsley Guest Speaker: David Chadwick, pa-BOOM Read more and book below BOOK HERE MOSSLEY LIGHT FESTIVAL CREW DAY Join the team | Sunday 20th November | 10:00am - 4:00pm NOVEMBER 20 2016   DETAILS Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm FREE Sunday 20th November 2016 This training day will focus on the hands on elements of leading and managing outdoor events. This will be an opportunity to come together as a team and explore, agree and design the structure of Mossley’s very own events team. We’ll take a closer look at what’s required to deliver Mossley Light Festival safely and effectively and assign roles to support the final parade event on the 24th November. Events Trainer: James Walmsley Guest Speaker: Anne Tucker Read more and book below BOOK HERE We are delighted to announce the launch of Mossley Light Festival, a winter-time celebration that brings everyone from our beautiful, unique community together.   MOSSLEY LIGHT FESTIVAL 2016 MAKE ART | MAKE MUSIC | DANCE | VOLUNTEER ARTISTS COMMISSIONS | LEARN | PARADE | ENJOY www.mossleylightfestival.co.uk JOIN OUR CARNIVAL BAND Join our fun Carnival band and bring the beats to the streets. Leading up to the ‘big night’ we are holding four fun and friendly music sessions. The workshops will culminate in a fizzing final parade performance to show off your new rhythms. www.mossleylightfestival.co.uk   ARTISTS COMMISSIONS Mossley Light Festival is pleased to announce several small artists commissions to create new and unique ‘site specific’, light based work for this years festival. www.mossleylightfestival.co.uk C O N T A C T Tel: 01457 238 089 Web: www.mossleylightfestival.co.uk Email: mossleylightfestival.co.uk Address: THE VALE, Unit 2 Vale Mill, Off Micklehurst Road, Mossley, Tameside, OL5 9JL Mossley Light Festival is produced by a consortium of locally led organisations Global Grooves - www.globalgrooves.org Bangdrum CIC - www.bangdrum.co.uk Mossley Town Council - www.mossley-council.co.uk Tameside MBC - www.tameside.gov.uk The Vale - www.the-vale.co.uk Mossley Sports and Leisure Forum - www.mossleysportsforum.co.uk Mossley Town Team - www.mossleytownteam.com The Mayors Charity Committee   Copyright © 2016 Mossley Light Festival, All rights reserved.