Green Access & Mobility Areas - GAMA

This offer is available until the end of March 2010

1. GAMA has arranged with Sunrise Celebration that tickets bought for the BGG 2009 GAMA field can be used for coming to the Sunrise Celebration 2010. This is only for tickets bought for the GAMA field, and is NOT a general invitation. For further details of the Sunrise Celebration please see their own website www.sunrisecelebration.com
2. You may have already recieved a letter from GAMA explaining the options and telling you how to register for Sunrise if that is what you wish to do.
   a. As you are aware, the Big Green Gathering did not take place in 2009. GAMA is a separate organisation from The BGG, and thus we cannot make any comments about the situation the BGG finds itself in. However, as we understand it, the following options are available to those who bought tickets for the GAMA field:
   b. We understand that there may be a BGG 2010, that the BGG organisers are trying to arrange. We do not have any details or dates of this event, but one of the options would be to hang on to your tickets and we understand that tickets from BGG 2009 will be acceptable for this event.
   c. Via the BGG website there have been ways of registering if you would like a refund on your tickets. GAMA has no say on this, and we cannot comment on the likelihood of this happening, or not.
3. If you have not had a letter from us, and wish to “transfer your GAMA tickets” to Sunrise Celebration 2010, then please email us with your basic information and postal address, and we can send you details of what to do.
4. If you have recieved a letter from us, and have already replied to it, or are going to reply to it, then you do not need to do anything extra.
5. Finally, for those of you that have camped in a GAMA field before, we would like and ideas and suggestions from you about how we can improved what we are doing, and are there any other festivals that you would like to start seeing a GAMA field at?

Any suggestions for improvements would be gratefully received. For more general discussions, comments, and up to date information, you can also find us on our website, www.gama-uk.com.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this, we hope it has been helpful.

For any further information please contact Jos by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Yours,

Jos, Penny and Miki,
GAMA.
Green Access and Mobility Areas.

Our View is a steering group that will sit at the heart of Accentuate, the 2012 Legacy project for the South East of England. Led by Screen South, Accentuate is inspired by the Paralympic movement and aims to create a cultural shift in 1000 days by celebrating talent and recognising achievement. The Our View group will ensure that the views and contributions of disabled people inform every level of the programme.

We are seeking a Project Manager who is highly skilled in supporting disabled people to coordinate the activities and information flow across “Our View”, as well as five Core Advisory Members to act as expert and inspiring advocates for the group and programme. The ideal people will be committed to achieving this shift by working with disabled people within the cultural and sports sectors, and have the experience we need.

The Project Manager position is freelance, 1 day per week, £250 per day (including expenses) to October 2012. The closing date for applications is 12noon, on 8 January 2010 and interviews will be held in Folkestone w/c 11 January 2010.

The Core Advisory Members of the Our View Group will have to commit to 12 days per year acting as expect advocates on behalf of the group, until October 2012, with a £2,500 annual stipend. Applications for Core Advisory Members will be considered from 8 January 2010 and close once all five posts have been filled.

The position has been posted to the Screen South website (www.screensouth.org and click on ‘Vacancies’), along with a full job description and application pack.

There will also be adverts in:
Arts Professional magazine (30th November edition) and online at www.artsjobfinder.co.uk, Disability Now magazine (22nd December edition) and online at www.disabilitynow.co.uk as well as an announcements via the Arts Council ‘artsjobs’ mailing list, Disability Arts Online, Dada South and the English Federation of Disability Sport.

Year One Consulting has been retained by Screen South to manage the recruitment process for these positions, so if you or anyone you know has any questions, would like an informal discussion about the role, or would like the application pack in an alternative format, please drop me an email or call Mary Ann Le Lean or Cassy Fry on 01303 256 240.

Kind Regards,

Stephanie Gorecki
Projects & Administration Assistant
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www.accentuate-se.org

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