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Artist & Film-maker Gary Thomas blog
Gary Thomas looks at the relationship between art & film, why it's sometimes uncomfortable, and how he deals with his own 'strands', (including disability), both personally & professionally.
He'll also be writing about his own work and on developing other projects, including films about the Olympics.
http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/Gary-Thomas
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Free HR policies and job descriptions
HRBank is a collection of human resources policies and job descriptions donated by voluntary and community organisations, which are available for organisations to amend and tailor to their own needs.
You can request job descriptions and policies from HRBank using their online form. Please allow up to ten working days for them to respond to your request.
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/workforce-development/hrbank
Institute for Volunteering Research launches new evidence bank
The Institute for Volunteering Research, the research arm of Volunteering England, has launched a new evidence bank for volunteering research.
This searchable database is free to use and accessible to everyone. Publications are available on a wide range of topics, from diversity to employer supported volunteering to skills development in volunteering and much more.
The evidence bank currently contains around 200 entries and will be updated on an ongoing basis. Entries can be searched by keyword, or by one of 30 themes. Material can then be downloaded in a PDF format.
www.ivr.org.uk/evidence-bank
The artist's fees toolkit
This toolkit takes artists step-by-step through a process to calculate an individual daily rate and prepare quotes for freelance work. It concentrates on pricing the services that artists supply, as opposed to any products they sell.
The toolkit is a practical framework that demonstrates how artists can take responsibility for their working arrangements and establish, and make the case for, their charges and fees. It takes into account:
- The level of remuneration for comparator professionals
- The costs specific to freelance working
- The artist's particular circumstances and location
- How an artist's knowledge and experience level impacts on charges
Written by financial expert Richard Murphy and published with Arts Council England support, The artist's fees toolkit is part of a body of advocacy, advisory and practical resources from a-n: The Artists Information Company around good practice in valuing and paying artists.
www.itool.co.uk/Interactive/artfees/login.php
ACE suspends adverts for unpaid jobs
Adverts for voluntary jobs and unpaid work experience have been temporarily suspended on Arts Council Englands jobs website because it was feared that many contravened minimum wage regulations.
ACE is redeveloping the Arts Jobs site so that users can only offer genuine volunteering opportunities that are within the minimum wage regulations. Users posting job adverts will have to answer mandatory questions and fill additional entry fields once the changes have been made to the website.
ACE expects the improved unpaid opportunities function to go live by September.www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/29239/ace-suspends-adverts-for-unpaid-jobs
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