Could your business help Inspire Diploma Centre give students real employment skills and a chance to succeed in their future careers?

Inspire is made up of four north Liverpool high schools - Alsop High, Notre Dame, North Liverpool Academy and Archbishop Beck.

As part of the students’ development, Inspire is looking for businesses who can provide quality work experience placements in a range of business and IT areas from March 2010.

If you could help the next generation of employees from Liverpool, contact Antony Stagg at Inspire on 0151 207 8340 or email him at info@inspireliverpool.com

Find out more about Inspire here

Up For Arts is a unique legacy project and is a collaboration between BBC Radio Merseyside and Voluntary Arts England.

This fantastic project will encourage, support and profile grassroots participation in the arts.

We want to attract new participants to try a variety of arts and crafts for the first time and offer people exciting new experiences.

We aim to raise the profile of voluntary arts and crafts on air and off and turn passive consumers into active ‘doers’. 

We want to hear from you if you are a voluntary art or craft group, if you host art or craft courses or you have an event that you would like us to promote.

What we can do for you: 

• On air radio programming
• Showcases utilising the BBC Radio Merseyside space & other venues
• Up for Arts Helpline Support – with Up for Arts A team (based at BBC Radio Merseyside)
• Online information and guidance
• Outreach events – held in local community venues

These events will be supported by BBC Radio Merseyside on-air and online and by a telephone advice line with BBC Radio Merseyside’s Up for Arts ‘A’ Team.
UP FOR ARTS is a collaboration between Voluntary Arts England (the national development agency for the voluntary and amateur arts participation), the Media Trust and BBC Radio Merseyside.

Lead Organisations:

• BBC Radio Merseyside
• Media Trust
• Voluntary Arts England

The team working on the project is:

Laura Naylor- Events Development Officer (0151 794 0993
laura.naylor@bbc.co.uk)

Helen Jones- the Broadcast and Helpline Manager (0151 794 0924 helen.jones@bbc.co.uk).

Both based at BBC Radio Merseyside.

We are building a contacts list of local arts and craft groups/ individuals/activities which we will use on our database for listener information and as a source of generating events and awareness of what is out there.