To celebrate 2012 as a special international year in the UK, Charnwood Arts UK2K12 has launched an ambitious project encompassing all forms of visual arts created by young people across the world.

Picnic in the Park will be taking place on the Queens Diamond Jubilee day Tuesday 5th June from 12 noon to 5pm. This year we want to make it a super celebration. not only is it the Diamond Jubilee but also London 2012! There will be an array of traditional sports...... from egg and spoon races to sack races to 'tug o war.' There will of course be the usual eclec..

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Everyone at Charnwood Arts would like to wish you a very Happy New Year! Plans are already well advanced to make 2012 one of our best years yet , so..... Watch This Space....!

The 2011 Annual General Meeting took place on Monday November 21st and was very well attended by supporters, staff and trustees alike - including several prospective new Trustees. The evening went off smoothly and was ably chaired by His Worship the Mayor of Charnwood, Cllr Bernard Burr. The accounts for 2010-11 were approved and Cound and Co reappointed as our Accountants for the coming year.

....but not very far! On Tuesday November 8th, we moved lock, stock and mosaic to our new offices - all of two doors down the road at 27 Granby Street, formerly the offices of our magnificent accountants, Cound and Co. Telephone numbers, fax number and e-mail addresses are the same as they are now. We've had a memorable few years at the library but we're sure that our new base will take us to even greater heights. (Especially as we'll now be on THREE floors, not just one!)

I need some volunteer marshals for Picnic in the Park! Wouldn't you like to help out? Be part of a great community event? Gain some valuable experience? add it to your CV? Work as part of great team? I need volunteers to help me to steward this lovely family event. You will be required to assist stall holders on the day, answer queries from ..

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Charnwood Arts is delighted to announce that we have been accepted into the new National Portfolio Funding scheme of Arts Council England with an award of £131,000 rising to £137,500 in 2014/15. In a major shake up of national arts funding, Charnwood Arts has been chosen as one of only 695 successful organisations out of the 1,333 which applied to the Arts Council.

The Loughborough Mela 2011 is taking place on Sunday 31 July 2011. We are looking for a committed community minded person to co-ordinate this event.

Many thanks to everyone who attended the 33rd Charnwood Arts Annual General Meeting. We are delighted to welcome back Helen Flach as Chair in a year which will see some exciting changes in the structure of the organisation. Minutes from the meeting will be posted here soon.

Following the enormous success of Vision ’09, a competition aimed at young photographers in the UK and worldwide, Charnwood Arts is again challenging the world to come up with the most original, exciting and innovative photographs we've seen yet! This year there are FOUR categories, three of which are open to photographers of any age and one for young people only. For full details and how to enter, click on the web link below.