MERTHYR TYDFIL ARTS CULTURE & MEDIA FORUM
FFORWM Y CELFYDDYDAU, DIWYLLIANT A’R CYFRYNGAU
4.00pm, Wednesday, 3rd June 2009
4.00yh, Dydd Mercher, 3ydd o Fehefin 2009
Voluntary Action Centre / Canolfan Gweithredu Gwirfoddol
Present:
Alison Harris – VAMT (Acting Chair) (AH), Gus Payne – Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (GP), Sally McIntyre - Communities First (SM), Ceinwen Statter (CS), David Jones - Yo! Maz (DJ), Andrew Owen – The Foundary (AO), Jock Greer – The Foundary (JG), Kate Strudwick - H4A(KS), Jo Richards – Dance practitioner (JR), Chris Long - MTCBC, Anne-Marie Carpenter (AMC).
1. Welcome / Apologies:
Apologies received from; Karen Dusgate – MTHA, Dinah Pye – Active Music Service, Lis Mclean - Menter Iaith, Michelle Powell - Communities First, Lesley Hodgeson - Glamorgan Gates, Andrew Thomas – Merthyr Tydfil College, Lee Davies – 3Gs.
2. Minutes from last meeting
All agreed last minutes as correct. No Thought Sheets have been returned.
3. ACMF Chair
No nomination forms for the Chair and Vice Chair have been received. Alison Harris will act as Chair for the time being, until a permanent Chair is found.
4. The Foundary
Andrew Owen and Cllr. Jock Greer outlined a project idea they are developing to create a new Media project in Merthyr Tydfil.
They explained that the project would use the experience and knowledge gained from the Merthyr Media Project, with continuing links to the University of Glamorgan (drawing on links with those who helped set up GTFM and Cardiff Radio) but providing something that fits funding priorities better than MMP did.
The idea would be to create a community TV and radio station, together with a design studio, with the ambition to become self sustainable within three years.
The project would have an emphasis towards the voluntary sector, engaging with grassroots community groups across the board (recording and broadcasting community interest articles and activities).
The initial timescale would be three years.
Current targets would be 70 people into full-time work, together with many more on a part-time basis, with at least 180 going through the system.
The project could possibly link with tourism and business and the Media Foundation Degree. BBC has shown interest and would like to be involved. (18 past MMP users have gone on to work on the Dr Who programme, plus more on other TV projects)
Other ideas could also be taken on board at this early stage.
Time-scale – 12 months to start, with a 10 year Business Plan.
The project will be a social enterprise.
Various potential funders have been identified but not yet approached.
CS raised the issue of accessibility
AO explained that they could get access to the University of Glamorgan’s mobile unit
SM asked if the ACMF could see the Business Plan
KS expressed an interest in there being a link to H4A’s activities
DJ asked about age group targets.
AO There would be no closed doors. There would be 2 – 3 staff per year.
CL said there should be a Communities First link and asked what the (AO & JG’s) next step would be and what could the ACMF help with
AO & JG to meet Karen Dusgate at MTHA to explore some possibilities. ACMF could be the conduit to sustain the development process.
CL asked for a pitch document, which could be considered by funders and sent to the CF Partnership Support Network and other interest groups.
5. Sub-groups
GP received 5 nomination forms. All those who nominated themselves for the “Activities” group, also nominated themselves for the “Strategic” group. Therefore it was agreed to merge the two groups and have one focussed sub-group, to concentrate on pushing the ACMF agenda forward. allowing a whole forum meeting to be planned twice a year (consisting of invited speakers, updates and possibly training events). The purpose of this development is to make the sub-group more focussed and allow the wider group to become more appealing to the general attendee.
The first task of the sub-group would be to clarify the purpose of the ACMF: A service provider or a networking tool?
6. Updates
• Creative Communities may become a partnership project with H4A. Strinda Davies in RCT is currently pursuing at the possibilities and will be contact in all the community groups who showed an interest to reassess the position.
• Global Village had a positive evaluation the workshop sessions will have their own evaluation session on 12th June.
• Bedroc and other projects are also progressing with no further updates
7. AOB
• SM: Trefechan Communities First are working on an intergenerational project with The Willows in Troedyrhiw, to produce a piece of issue based theatre, tackling alcohol abuse.
• SM: 5th August is National Play Day, an event in Cyfarthfa Park. The project expects to engage 1000 children. Sarah Williams at the Play Forum in VAMT is searching for any donations of art materials (paper, pens, paints, kids glue, glitter etc.). If anyone can help, please contact Sarah at sarah@tricountyplay.co.uk.
• KS: Fflach / Flash is the new project from H4A leading to a community play for the 2010 National Eisteddfod in Ebbw Vale. Groups interested in getting involved should contact: Kate Strudwick on kate.strudwick@head4arts.org.uk. They are also working on bilingual lantern workshops, carnival catapilars and on continuing the Tiddly Proms (classical music for toddlers).
8. First Sub-Group meeting:
5th August, 4pm, Civic Centre. The next main ACMF meeting TBC
FFORWM Y CELFYDDYDAU, DIWYLLIANT A’R CYFRYNGAU
4.00pm, Wednesday, 3rd June 2009
4.00yh, Dydd Mercher, 3ydd o Fehefin 2009
Voluntary Action Centre / Canolfan Gweithredu Gwirfoddol
Present:
Alison Harris – VAMT (Acting Chair) (AH), Gus Payne – Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (GP), Sally McIntyre - Communities First (SM), Ceinwen Statter (CS), David Jones - Yo! Maz (DJ), Andrew Owen – The Foundary (AO), Jock Greer – The Foundary (JG), Kate Strudwick - H4A(KS), Jo Richards – Dance practitioner (JR), Chris Long - MTCBC, Anne-Marie Carpenter (AMC).
1. Welcome / Apologies:
Apologies received from; Karen Dusgate – MTHA, Dinah Pye – Active Music Service, Lis Mclean - Menter Iaith, Michelle Powell - Communities First, Lesley Hodgeson - Glamorgan Gates, Andrew Thomas – Merthyr Tydfil College, Lee Davies – 3Gs.
2. Minutes from last meeting
All agreed last minutes as correct. No Thought Sheets have been returned.
3. ACMF Chair
No nomination forms for the Chair and Vice Chair have been received. Alison Harris will act as Chair for the time being, until a permanent Chair is found.
4. The Foundary
Andrew Owen and Cllr. Jock Greer outlined a project idea they are developing to create a new Media project in Merthyr Tydfil.
They explained that the project would use the experience and knowledge gained from the Merthyr Media Project, with continuing links to the University of Glamorgan (drawing on links with those who helped set up GTFM and Cardiff Radio) but providing something that fits funding priorities better than MMP did.
The idea would be to create a community TV and radio station, together with a design studio, with the ambition to become self sustainable within three years.
The project would have an emphasis towards the voluntary sector, engaging with grassroots community groups across the board (recording and broadcasting community interest articles and activities).
The initial timescale would be three years.
Current targets would be 70 people into full-time work, together with many more on a part-time basis, with at least 180 going through the system.
The project could possibly link with tourism and business and the Media Foundation Degree. BBC has shown interest and would like to be involved. (18 past MMP users have gone on to work on the Dr Who programme, plus more on other TV projects)
Other ideas could also be taken on board at this early stage.
Time-scale – 12 months to start, with a 10 year Business Plan.
The project will be a social enterprise.
Various potential funders have been identified but not yet approached.
CS raised the issue of accessibility
AO explained that they could get access to the University of Glamorgan’s mobile unit
SM asked if the ACMF could see the Business Plan
KS expressed an interest in there being a link to H4A’s activities
DJ asked about age group targets.
AO There would be no closed doors. There would be 2 – 3 staff per year.
CL said there should be a Communities First link and asked what the (AO & JG’s) next step would be and what could the ACMF help with
AO & JG to meet Karen Dusgate at MTHA to explore some possibilities. ACMF could be the conduit to sustain the development process.
CL asked for a pitch document, which could be considered by funders and sent to the CF Partnership Support Network and other interest groups.
5. Sub-groups
GP received 5 nomination forms. All those who nominated themselves for the “Activities” group, also nominated themselves for the “Strategic” group. Therefore it was agreed to merge the two groups and have one focussed sub-group, to concentrate on pushing the ACMF agenda forward. allowing a whole forum meeting to be planned twice a year (consisting of invited speakers, updates and possibly training events). The purpose of this development is to make the sub-group more focussed and allow the wider group to become more appealing to the general attendee.
The first task of the sub-group would be to clarify the purpose of the ACMF: A service provider or a networking tool?
6. Updates
• Creative Communities may become a partnership project with H4A. Strinda Davies in RCT is currently pursuing at the possibilities and will be contact in all the community groups who showed an interest to reassess the position.
• Global Village had a positive evaluation the workshop sessions will have their own evaluation session on 12th June.
• Bedroc and other projects are also progressing with no further updates
7. AOB
• SM: Trefechan Communities First are working on an intergenerational project with The Willows in Troedyrhiw, to produce a piece of issue based theatre, tackling alcohol abuse.
• SM: 5th August is National Play Day, an event in Cyfarthfa Park. The project expects to engage 1000 children. Sarah Williams at the Play Forum in VAMT is searching for any donations of art materials (paper, pens, paints, kids glue, glitter etc.). If anyone can help, please contact Sarah at sarah@tricountyplay.co.uk.
• KS: Fflach / Flash is the new project from H4A leading to a community play for the 2010 National Eisteddfod in Ebbw Vale. Groups interested in getting involved should contact: Kate Strudwick on kate.strudwick@head4arts.org.uk. They are also working on bilingual lantern workshops, carnival catapilars and on continuing the Tiddly Proms (classical music for toddlers).
8. First Sub-Group meeting:
5th August, 4pm, Civic Centre. The next main ACMF meeting TBC
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