Attitude is Everything Ltd: Regularly Funded Organisation of the Arts Council England 2008-2011

The Board of Directors of Attitude is Everything (AiE) Ltd are delighted to announce that on Friday 1^st February 2008 they received significant news from the Arts Council England (ACE) which informed them of their funding agreement from 2008 -11. AiE have been successful in being selected as a Regularly Funded Organisation for the next three years. ACE have made a commitment to supporting organisations who have a strong and effective influence of increasing audience attendances; and AiE are pleased that they have received this just recognition, at a time when they are separating from their parent organisation and seeking independence. 

Attitude is Everything Ltd is currently undergoing a separation from Artsline to develop and realise its potential as an organisation, both in terms of service growth and financial sustainability.  The Arts Council England have supported AiE's change programme and they are pleased that they will be supporting their development. ACE are proposing a significant uplift to AIE to support additional costs we will incur as a result of becoming an independent organisation.  This proposed additional investment will also increase AiE's capacity to provide strategic services for the music industry to improve Deaf and disabled people's access to live music (see the funds in brackets).

Our funding level is confirmed as:

2008/9 - £90,000 (£16,550 additional funds for capacity building and confirmed pending organisational development outcomes)

2009/10 - £92,430 (£24,460 additional funds again subject to business planning)

2010/11 £94,925 (£29,529 additional funds subject to business planning)

AiE Project Manager Suzanne Bull says:

"I believe that the funding level reflects strongly the faith and the passion that all of our supporters, whether they be our volunteer mystery shoppers, bands, artists, DJ's, stewards, representatives in the music industry, former and present staff, and past and present Steering Group members, have had in Attitude is Everything.  We have a brilliant team that has gone from strength to strength over the past 7 years and now the world is our oyster!"

The organisational aims of AiE are to increase access for Deaf and disabled people to live music by working in partnership with audience, artists and the music industry to implement a Charter of Best Practice across the UK. This is achieved by being user-led at every level, to increase awareness of the issues facing Deaf and disabled people at music events, to improve Deaf and disabled people's access to live music, and to demonstrate Best Practice and set an example.  Our objectives will be delivered by the services and projects that we run, including mystery shopping, Disability Equality Training and Club Attitude.

AiE Ltd will be operating as a Company Limited by Guarantee with Registered Charitable Status from the 1^st April 2008. AiE have registered charity number 1121975 and company number 6397532. AiE Ltd will remain in the same premises but contact details will be changing on the 1^st April 2008. New telephone numbers and email addresses will be communicated to everyone as soon as possible. Further details and information about AiE can be obtained from the AiE Project Manager at attitude@artsline.org.uk or by telephoning 020 7388 2227. Details of all AiE services and products are available on their website www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk.

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Job Vacancy: Part Time Bookkeeper

Attitude is Everything Limited requires experienced bookkeeper reporting to the Business Manager. The successful candidate will have strong proven bookkeeping experience. Key duties include maintaining accounts, reporting, VAT returns and accounts payable/receivable. Good knowledge of QuickBooks, payroll and Excel essential.

An application pack can be downloaded from our website www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk or email changemanager@artsline.org.uk. Telephone enquires to Jan Gough on 020 7388 2227. Closing date for applications is Friday 15^th February 2008. Interview date 27^th February 2008.

5 to 7 Hours per week £14 - £15 per hour (commencing March/April 2008).

We welcome applications from Deaf and disabled people.

Reg charity No 1121975 Company No 6397532

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Club Attitude Presents...

On the Decks

@ Big Chill Bar

Wednesday 27th February

7pm - 12am

FREE ENTRY

Featuring...

Punch 'n' Groove

DJ Shrimper

Richard West

Johnny 2 Baaad

Graham Griffiths: Business Manager

(Except Friday)

business.aie@artsline.org.uk

Suzanne Bull: Project Manager

(Except Thursday)

attitude@artsline.org.uk

Jan Gough: Change Manager 

(Except Tuesday & Thursday)

changemanager@artsline.org.uk

Grae J. Wall: Club Attitude Promoter

(Freelance)

trashville@ntlworld.com

Tel: 020 7388 2227
Fax: 020 7383 2653

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
c/o Artsline
54 Chalton Street
London NW1 1HS

www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk

www.myspace.com/attitudemyspace

Facebook Group

Attitude is Everything Newsletter February 07

Contents

1)     Live Nation Partnership

2)     Summer Festival Coordinator Vacancy

3)     Club Attitude

4)     Regional Development Manager

5)     New T-Shirts

 Live Nation and Attitude is Everything

Announce Partnership

London, 12^th February, 2007 – Live Nation are delighted to announce their partnership with Attitude is Everything, providing considerable funds to improve disabled and deaf people's access at its 2007 summer festivals Download, 02 Wireless, Hyde Park Calling and Global Gathering.

Attitude is Everything improves disabled people's access to live music by implementing a Charter of Best Practice in grassroots music venues, clubs, festivals and tours across the UK. The company was set up in response to disabled people's complaints of unfair treatment at music venues, clubs and festivals.

Attitude is Everything will work alongside the Live Nation production team, Ticketmaster and Rocksteady to create improved access to Download, 02 Wireless, Hyde Park Calling and Global Gathering for disabled audiences. The organisation will be present on-site with 5 disabled stewards being part of the Rocksteady stewarding team, plus managing an Information Tent in the disabled campsite. Attitude is Everything will also provide Disability Equality Training and marketing festival facilities to a specifically targeted disabled and deaf audience.

Suzanne Bull, Attitude is Everything's Project Manager, welcomed Live Nation's partnership project, saying: "Since the project began in 2000 we have successfully worked on small and large festivals such as Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury 2005 and Truck, amongst others. Because of our previous experience, we believe that Attitude is Everything is best placed within the music industry to improve access to Download, 02 Wireless, Hyde Park Calling and Global Gathering. We are delighted to be working in partnership with Live Nation, Rocksteady and Ticketmaster."

Stuart Galbraith, Managing Director, (UK) Music, Live Nation, added: "Live Nation prides itself to provide excellent entertainment to our customers throughout the year. We are keenly aware that especially during our busy summer festivals the needs for an easy accessible, safe and enjoyable environment for our disabled customers is of prime importance. We look forward to a successful working relationship with Attitude is Everything."

For further details please contact:

Suzanne Bull, Project Manager, Attitude is Everything on

020 7388 2227, attitude@artsline.org.uk

www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk

or

Christine Gorham, PR Director, Live Nation on

020 7009 3282, Christine.Gorham@livenation.co.uk

Summer Festival Coordinator Vacancy

Salary: £21,500 pro rata (Full Time)

Fixed Term Contract – start March/April until September 30th 2007

We are looking to recruit a Summer Festival Coordinator to help Attitude is Everything improve disabled access at music festivals this summer. The successful candidate must understand the barriers that deaf and disabled people face at music festivals and have experience of working (especially stewarding) at similar festivals.

The post is based at our London offices, which are accessible to disabled people, but the successful candidate will be spending time on specified festival sites around the UK.  The post is from March/April to the end of September 2007 but you must be available to work on the following festival dates – and the days leading up to and after each festival: -

• Download – 8^th, 9^th and 10^th June
• Wireless London – 14^th, 15^th, 16^th, 17^th June
• Glastonbury – 22^nd, 23^rd, 24^th June
• Global Gathering – 27^th and 28^th July
• Carling Weekend: Leeds Festival – 24^th, 25^th and 26^th August
• Liberty Festival – 1^st September

The Summer Festival Coordinator will be responsible for: -

• Attending planning meetings and site visits for each festival
• Advising and writing a suitable booking policy for all disabled customers buying tickets for particular festivals
• Recruiting disabled stewards and information tent volunteers and organising any relevant pre-festival training required.
• Being available on-site to inform festival production team and steward management of any specific enquiries / issues that arise from disabled customers on either the festival site or the disabled campsite through the Attitude is Everything Information Tent.
• Managing a team of disabled stewards (and non disabled P.A.'s if needed) and the Information Tent volunteers. 

Deadline for applications: Tuesday 27^th February 2007

Interviews held: Monday 5^th March 2007

We particularly invite applications from deaf and disabled people.

For an application form and job description contact Attitude is Everything: -

attitude@artsline.org.uk / 0207 388 2227 / Artsline, 54 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1HS

Club Attitude

Club Attitude was relaunched on January 30^th at Cargo in Shoreditch. The night was a huge success, which saw us featured in London Lite, Evening Standard and XFM and set a new Club Attitude record for attendance with over 180 tickets sold. Despite the fact that the first sound check was 2 hours late and Alexa didn't realise you needed headphones to mix records, the bands and DJ's were all excellent and it seemed like everyone had a really good time. Photos will be up on our website and Myspace in the very near future.

Special thanks must go out to everybody that volunteered their time and helped on the night. Thank you to Johanna, Craig, Lee, Helen, Alice, Dean, Fred, Mandi, Kathryn, Mimi & everybody that helped distribute flyers or promote the night in any way.

Club Attitude will be collaborating with Camden's VisAbilty Festival of disability arts to bring you a night of bands and DJ's at The Camden Centre on Saturday March 10^th from 7pm 'til midnight. Full lineup and details will follow shortly.

We also have a DJ night booked at Big Chill Bar off Brick Lane for Thursday April 12^th. Again, full details will be announced soon.

Regional Development Manager

Thanks to generous funding from the Lloyds TSB Foundation and the Goldsmiths Charity, Attitude is Everything has appointed Alice Friedl-Harris as our new Regional Development Manager.  She started on Weds 7th February 2007.

Alice Friedl-Harris has volunteered as a mystery clubber for Attitude is Everything since its advent in 2000. She is an avid clubber & festival goer with a vested interest in improving accessibility, as she is disabled herself.
 
After graduating from The University of Brighton and The Open University with a 1st-Class degree in Literature and The History of Design, Alice went on to have various roles with Brighton & Hove Council. She also works as a promotional model for VisABLE People, an agency which campaigns for positive images of disabled people to appear in the media.

She is delighted about joining forces with Attitude is Everything, and is looking forward to having a positive impact on venues around Greater London and the South East, with a particular focus on Brighton & Hove.

Alice will be working Wednesday – Friday each week and can be contacted by email at regional@artline.org.uk.

We still have a few wristbands left as well, go to www.makewristbandshistory.org to order online.

Thanks everybody x

Graham Griffiths: Business Manager – Attitude is Everything

(Except Friday)

business.aie@artsline.org.uk

Suzanne Bull: Project Manager – Attitude is Everything

(Except Thursday)

attitude@artsline.org.uk 

Alice Friedl-Harris: Regional Development Manager - Attitude is Everything

(Except Monday & Tuesday)

regional@artsline.org.uk

Tel: 020 7388 2227
Fax: 020 7383 2653

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
c/o Artsline
54 Chalton Street
London NW1 1HS

www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk

www.myspace.com/attitudemyspace