Sportivate is a £32million Lottery programme that gives 14-25 year olds access to six week courses in a range of sports including judo, golf, tennis, wakeboarding, athletics and parkour or free running.  Applications will now be accepted for activity taking place after 1st April 2012 only.

The LankellyChase Foundation has announced that it is inviting applications from arts based organisations through their Arts Programme.  Applications can be submitted at any time.

Limited funds have been made available to support voluntary and community groups that are providing services and/or support to children and young people within the Bournemouth community.  Voluntary and community groups can apply for grants which support creative and innovative projects within Bournemouth.  Grants, for any one project, will be for a maximum period of three years.  During this maximum time period the organisation will be required to make the service sustainable for the future, subject to the success of the project.

The Foundation for Community Dance are thrilled to announce the launch of four brand new National College for Community Dance Handbooks. The handbooks tackle contextual aspects of their focus areas as well as offering creative and practical guidance. They are the essential study resources, and tangibly cater for people just starting out in their community dance practice and for more experienced leaders of community dance ready to hone their skills and focus on working with particular groups and communities.

The Gallery at the AUCB offers a unique space in the South West for the contemporary arts – including design, media and performance; it has received regional and national recognition. The newly designed space also includes a café with indoor and outdoor seating. It showcases work from contemporary international artists and has collections on loan from other galleries and museums, and provides events and opportunities for schools and young people.

An extract from the Arts Council report dated 18th January 2011: With the support of the Cultural Leadership Programme, Dorset has facilitated a sustainable model for increasing levels of engagement. Dorset Loves Arts is an established group of arts organisations and individuals are now committed to working together to increase engagement in the arts as well as achieve Dorset's strategic cultural outcomes, within a climate of less funding.