Scottish winners of Queen s Award for Voluntary Service announced
Eighteen charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups across Scotland receive the prestigious accolade.
From:
2 June 2021
The highest award given to charitable organisations, the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2021, will be awarded to 18 organisations in Scotland today, as the UK Minister for Civil Society and Youth hailed volunteers as “the backbone of local communities” during the national recovery from COVID-19.
From Inverness to Edinburgh, charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups across the country have received the prestigious award for delivering exceptional service within their communities over the past year and beyond.
Contemporary artworks selected for the Government Art Collection (GAC) will soon be displayed at flagship buildings including 10 Downing Street.
The GAC has used £230,000 of funding to acquire 90 contemporary pieces from 45 UK-based artists and support them through the pandemic.
The pieces include ink animal drawings by Manchester-based artist Leslie Thompson, who is supported by learning difficulties charity Venture Arts, and an intricate wooden construction akin to a miniature theatre set titled The Kiss by Northern Irish artist Graham Gingles.
‘Animals from memory’ by Leslie Thompson (Government Art Collection/Leslie Thompson/PA)
The collection also includes four colourful patterned images which tell a story about market communities across Sandwell in the West Midlands, made by Coventry University visiting lecturer Nilupa Yasmin.
The competition is now live and applications are encouraged from towns and cities across the UK Winner will have baton passed to them from Coventry - UK.
Search for the next UK City of Culture launched
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has launched the search for UK City of Culture 2025
From:
29 May 2021
Winner will have baton passed to them from Coventry - UK City of Culture 2021
UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has today launched the competition to find the UK’s next City of Culture.
The competition, delivered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in collaboration with the devolved administrations, will use culture as a catalyst for levelling up areas outside London and put culture at the heart of their plans to recover from the impact of the pandemic.