Arts in Health South West is looking to recruit an Administrator to support the organisation's Co-ordinator. The successful candidate or organisation will need to be able to travel around the South West region and will receive a fee of £560 per month. The closing date for applications is Friday 5th September.

For more details, e: info@ahsw.org.uk or admin@ahsw.org.uk.

This autumn, every Barclays Premier League football club, will be taking part in a project to increase awareness of community and not for profit groups. Part of the project will see players visiting local community organisations and making cash donations to suitable charities. For more information about the

Scheme, Creating Chances Places for Players 2008/09, please visit:  www.premierleague.com/page/CreatingChances

Women’s Design Service has invited women to submit entries for an art competition on the theme of safety in the built environment. Entries will be exhibited on their website and will inform debate about safety and design. Prizes will be awarded for the best submissions. The closing date for entries is Friday 12 September.

For further details, e: hcarty@wds.org.uk

Telford & Wrekin Council has issued a brief for an artist to undertake a pilot project to examine the health needs and issues within the Asian community in the area. Artists require experience working on relevant arts and health projects and language skills in Urdu and Punjabi.

There is a total budget £10, 000 which could be split between a number of artists who meet the criteria.The deadline for expressions of interest is 23 July, for further information, e: helen.chesters@telford.gov.uk t: 01952 382367 / 07800 671712

INSPIRE is a Cambridge-based arts and health organisation which runs projects with people of all ages, who have health issues or disabilities. The organisation is currently recruiting for a number of posts including a Creative Learning in Partnership Project Coordinator, Project Support Workers and a Transport Scheme Co-ordinator. The organisation is also looking to recruit some artists to run workshops in a range of artforms with disabled adults, people with learning difficulties and people with health issues in rural areas.

The deadline for all positions is 25th March.For further information,
e: dianne@inspire.org.uk w: www.inspire.org.uk

Music in Hospitals is seeking a Grant Fundraiser to work from its Walton-on-Thames base. Candidates should have at least three years experience and a proven track record in trust, statutory and corporate fundraising. The role will be to research and identify new funding opportunities as well as maintaining and nurturing established relationships with funders for this busy charity which works to improve the quality of life of adults and children with all kinds of illness and disability through the joy and therapeutic benefits of live music. 

For further details and information pack, e: diana@music-in-hospitals.org.uk. The closing date is April 11th.

A new sculpture walk is being planned for the historic Warneford Hospital site in Headington, Oxford, and five commissions of £2500 each are available for site-specific works in any suitable medium. Expressions of interest are invited from artists with experience of working in the public sphere and an interest in participatory approaches. A good understanding of mental health will be favoured but the project also aims to provide capacity building opportunities for artists with ambitions to expand their practice in this sector. The deadline for initial submissions is April 14th.

For more information, e: Louise.bailey@obmh.nhs.uk

Theatre company, Lightning Ensemble, is bringing an innovative performance project, entitled The Chess Players to St George's Hospital in South London, for two weeks in April and is seeking someone to carry out an evaluation of the project.

Developing a pilot project from last November, the performance engages patients with a combination of performance and chess playing, and develops a pilot project, produced in November at St George's last year.

This is a modestly budgeted project with a £350 fee for an evaluation; so expectations are for a relatively succinct report. For more information, e: sarah.weatherall@virgin.net

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust is trying to make contact with artists willing to loan work for a new Treatment Centre which is currently under construction at the Middlesex hospital site.

For more information, e: tony.valentine@useful.co.uk

Arts Council England, London is leading the arts and culture strand of Well London, a new and ambitious pan-London programme that will invest in community led projects over three years to promote health and mental well being, improve levels of healthy eating and increase accessible opportunities for physical activities. As part of this ACE is looking for two posts to work on this project, a Project Manager and a Project Co-ordinator.

Well London partners will work with communities to design and implement creative projects that can meet their needs and aspirations, developing relationships between them and arts organisations and artists which will then deliver projects.