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Guy O’Donnell
@guy8.bsky.social
Director, Get The Chance. https://getthechance.wales/
Communities Engagement Partner RWCMD.
Why not nominate your group in the GTC, Cultural Impact Awards 2025
Awarded to a community, participatory or education project e.g. choir, dance, theatre, visual arts or heritage group which provides regular, inclusive access to culture for local people. getthechance.wales/2025/02/12/l...
Launching the Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 - Get The Chance
The Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 supported by Tempo Time Credits and Porters Cardiff, Launch this month! The Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 celebrate high quality, cultur...
getthechance.wales
February 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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CALLING ALL PLAYWRIGHTS🚨

Got a script? Wondering what’s next? Do you need an agent? What do they do? How do you reach out?✍️

Join us for a Zoom Q&A with Casarotto agents 🎭

📅 Monday 10th March
⏰ 7 PM
🔗Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn,

"Perceptions of the sector as inaccessible to working-class people and the rising cost of being an artist were discouraging a generation from trying to establish themselves."
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 supported by Tempo Time Credits & Porters Cardiff, Launch this month! The Awards, 2025 celebrate high quality, cultural activity that reaches a broad range of the public & its positive impact on their quality of life getthechance.wales/2025/02/12/l...
Launching the Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 - Get The Chance
The Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 supported by Tempo Time Credits and Porters Cardiff, Launch this month! The Get The Chance, Cultural Impact Awards, 2025 celebrate high quality, cultur...
getthechance.wales
February 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A pleasure to be asked to discuss Inclusive Programming with Music students today at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru. Thanks to Writer, Owen Thomas for sharing your creative process on the Welcome to Wales project.
February 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thanks to Sharon and Louise from Sight Life for sharing their creative process on the RWCMD ‘Welcome to Wales’ exhibition with our visitors from Cardiff Steiner School today.
It was a fascinating insight, into their thoughts on Wales and tactile art works.
January 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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National Youth Arts Wales has raised the alarm about the “shameful” state of youth arts funding in Wales, calling on the Welsh Government to address the 'urgent' situation and ensure every young person can access the ‘transformative power’ of the arts
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National Youth Arts Wales calls on Welsh Government to act now to prevent crisis
Stephen Price National Youth Arts Wales has raised the alarm about the “shameful” state of youth arts funding in Wales, calling on the Welsh Government to address the ‘urgent’ situation and ensure eve...
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January 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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I imagine if you follow me on here, you care about the arts. Some of you will be based in England and some in Wales. Either way, please consider reading this short letter to Welsh government and signing if you agree…

docs.google.com/forms/d/1bfc...
We, the undersigned organisations, welcome the Senedd culture committee’s report and recommendations on the state of funding of the arts in Wales. Arts spending in Wales per head is now the lowest in ...
docs.google.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
FREE and paid performances at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru this week
More information 👉🏼 www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whats-on/our...
January 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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The new performance season at @rwcmd.bsky.social will begin next week.
Great to say that we have already had 60 Tempo Time Credits bookings for live performances.
You can find out more about Tempo Time Credits Cymru and supporting volunteering and access to culture at the link below wearetempo.org
Tempo Time Credits | Uniting Volunteers, Businesses & Charities
Volunteers earn Tempo which can be used for a variety of services. We unite charities, volunteers & businesses through Tempo Time Credits.
wearetempo.org
January 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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In the latest blow for arts education provision, we're devastated to learn that Bristol Old Vic Theatre School will stop its undergraduate courses later this year, citing financial pressures.

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...
Bristol Old Vic theatre school to stop its undergraduate courses
Renowned drama school says ‘unprecedented funding challenges’ make degrees unviable from September 2025
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The slope gets slipperier and steeper.

‘Independent fact-checkers’ do exactly what the title suggests. They check and verify facts.

To say that bias is a concern is bizarre because a fact is a fact, regardless of your viewpoint.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users
Meta says its platforms will instead rely on
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Looks like FB and Insta are going the same way as X/Twitter
Support independent journalism
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The new performance season at @rwcmd.bsky.social will begin next week.
Great to say that we have already had 60 Tempo Time Credits bookings for live performances.
You can find out more about Tempo Time Credits Cymru and supporting volunteering and access to culture at the link below wearetempo.org
Tempo Time Credits | Uniting Volunteers, Businesses & Charities
Volunteers earn Tempo which can be used for a variety of services. We unite charities, volunteers & businesses through Tempo Time Credits.
wearetempo.org
January 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
UCAN: ZOO Story.

Sat 11 Jan 2025 7.15pm

Bute Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.

Book at the link below

www.rwcmd.ac.uk/events/ucan-...
UCAN: ZOO Story
A Cardiff park, on a Sunday afternoon in the Summer. Sitting on a bench, reading a book, is Peter, a 40-year-old man dressed in tweeds wearing horn-rimmed…
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January 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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People tend not to associate the arts with the communities of the South Wales Valleys. But Art is community and art is for everyone. Or it certainly should be | Shaun Thomas
The Workers Gallery – 10 years of celebrating artists in the Rhondda
People tend not to associate the arts with the communities of the South Wales Valleys. But Art is community and art is for everyone. Or it certainly should be
bylines.cymru
December 22, 2024 at 6:21 PM