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• Transforming Places; changing lives: a framework for regeneration
• 02 September 2008
• This framework sets out a package of proposals for consultation that aim to shape the way that regeneration is carried out in future in England.
• Operational Area: Economic Development, Framework for the Future, Sustainable Communities

• £3.2 million investment in museums, libraries and archives research
• 02 September 2008
• Thirteen research projects involving UK museums, libraries and archives have been awarded over three million pounds of funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
• Operational Area: Archives, Funding & Fundraising, Libraries, Museums

• TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards 2008
• 29 August 2008
• TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards enables charity and community groups throughout the UK to harness the power of the Internet. Thirty winners will receive cash grants of £2,000 each to fund technology-related projects, as well as technology equipment to help them make the most of the Internet.
• Operational Area: Archives, Funding & Fundraising, Libraries, Museums

• Public Libraries Statistics Consultation
• 18 August 2008
• The CIPFA Public Libraries Consultation paper is now available to local authorities. This paper gives the opportunity for authorities to rate information in recently released performance benchmarking documentation and also whether highlighted information should be included in the CIPFA statistics in future.
• Operational Area: Libraries

• Museums, libraries and archives and the visitor economy
• 07 August 2008
• MLA South East commissioned Roger Tym & Partners (RTP) in Spring 2008 to explore the role museums, libraries and archives play in the wider visitor economy and quantify the economic value of the museums, libraries and archives sector. The full report and an accompanying In Brief ‘ are now available on our website. We would like to thank all our colleagues in the sector and in tourism for contributing to the research by taking part in interviews conducted by RTP.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

• Digital Horizons 2012
• 31 July 2008
• South East Media Network (SEMN) and its partners are inviting individuals to sign up for Digital Horizons 2012, which launches later in the autumn. Digital Horizons 2012 focuses on imparting the online skills, connections, contacts and intelligence which will enable culture, media and sport enterprises to maximise the online opportunities for engagement and business offered by the London 2012 Games.
• Operational Area: Archives, Learning & Skills, Libraries, Museums

• South East benefits from Awards for All grants
• 23 July 2008
• The latest announcement from Awards for All sees 62 projects in the South East sharing funding of £455,428. Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are awarded for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

• New guidance on CRB checks for volunteers
• 23 July 2008
• The Cabinet Office have published guidance to help organisations that use volunteers to be clear about when they do and don’t need to carry out Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks on volunteers. The guidance will help cut unnecessary red tape and responds to concerns voiced by the voluntary sector that potential volunteers can be put off if they are asked to undergo a CRB check without good reason.
• Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Libraries, Museums, Workforce Development

• UK Library Archives and Information Services National Occupational Standards approved
• 21 July 2008
• Following extensive consultation with employers and stakeholders supported by MLA, Lifelong Learning UK has developed the first combined suite of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Libraries Archives and Information Services employers.
  
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries

• Royal Society ‘Local heroes’ grant opportunity
• 18 July 2008
• As part of a year long programme to celebrate its 350th anniversary in 2010, the Royal Society will provide small grants for museums, galleries, libraries or archives to enable them to celebrate their local scientific heroes, whether they were individuals pioneers of the industrial age, geniuses that changed the way we see the world or contemporary scientists finding solutions to today's problems.
• Operational Area: Archives, Libraries, Museums

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