The Prince's Charities Community: Events & Campaigns

The Prince's Rainforests Project Photography Award

Start: 22 Sep 2008 - 3:18pm

End: 31 Dec 2008 - 12:00am

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The Prince’s Rainforests Project (PRP), in partnership with Sony Europe and the World Photography Awards (SWPA), has created a new prize category at the world-renowned event: The Prince’s Rainforests Project Award.

Sony World Photography Awards, which takes place at the prestigious Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France between 15th and 19th April 2009, is the largest international photographic awards competition. 2009 sees environmental and ecological images take centre stage at the SWPA, as illustrated by the PRP partnership.

There are two categories for the PRP Award; professional and amateur. Photograph submissions are open online at http://prp.worldphotographyawards.org/home.asp

Prizes
Professional: the winner of the best professional photograph award will receive funding from Sony to photograph the rainforests of the world and the impacts of deforestation. The resulting images will be exhibited in a number of galleries around the world during 2009, including in the US, Asia, Australasia, Eastern and Western Europe, Africa and South America and will form part of a book highlighting the plight of the world’s rainforests.

Amateur: a selection of the best images by amateur photographers will be displayed in Cannes during the SWPA and these images will be used by The PRP on various initiatives throughout the year to help communicate this important message.

Competition dates
The deadline for submissions is 31st December 2008 for both categories.

Dumfries House Winter Walks

Start: 15 Nov 2008 - 1:35pm

End: 7 Mar 2009 - 1:35pm

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Dumfries House - Half Day Guided Walks, Winter 2008-09

After 250 years of private ownership Dumfries House is now able to invite you to join their Environmental Officer (Bill Russell) in a Half Day Walk around this hidden Ayrshire treasure. Explore the designed landscape, its buildings and ruins. This walk is to be a fun and informative experience. Book now, places limited.

Dates:
Saturday 6th December
Saturday 20th December
Saturday 17th January
Saturday 31st January
Saturday 14th February
Saturday 28th February
Saturday 7th March

Time: all walks will start promptly at 10.00am and last approximately four hours. Walks will begin and end at the car park.

Venue: Dumfries House, please enter via the B7036 Barony Road, use car park located at the cattle sheds.

Cost: £5 per person payable on the morning of the walk. Please bring a packed lunch. Tea & coffee included.

Booking: places will be limited to a maximum of 15. Please book at least two days in advance by telephone: 01290 425959. Walkers who have not booked prior to the walk will not be able to join the group.

Dumfries House Discoverers

Start: 22 Nov 2008 - 2:01pm

End: 14 Mar 2009 - 2:01pm

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Dumfries House Discoverers - Winter Meetings 2008/09

Open to children aged 7-10 years old

Sat 22nd November 'Minibeasts'- Join the fun with time in the woods looking for those squidgy and slimey beasties.

Sat 29th November 'Living and extinct' - Join in with a trip through time. What did the dinosaurs eat? Where will the creatures of the future live?

Sat 13th December 'Hidden History' - Explore the grounds looking for hidden buildings and listen to some creepy stories.

Sat 10th January 'Hibernation' - How and why do animals hibernate?

Sat 24th January 'Tracks and Trails' - Discover the signs that creatures large and small leave behind.

Sat 21st February 'Flight' - What makes it fly? How will animals fly in a million years? Use your imagination and come along to find out more.

Sat 14th March 'Keep safe' - Community Police Officers will be there to talk about the internet, mobile phones, bullying and staying safe on the streets.

Venue: Dumfries House, please enter via the Barony Road, drive down to the house. Parking available at rear and front of house. The house will not be open for tours.

Time: 10.00am to 12.00pm. Please arrive by 9.45am to register.

Cost: £3 per child payable on the morning of the meeting.

Booking: Places are limited to 20. Booking prior to arrival is essential. Please call 01290 425959 to book your place, lines open 10.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday.

The Prince's Drawing School Courses 1st to 5th December 2008

Start: 1 Dec 2008 - 10:37am

End: 5 Dec 2008 - 10:37am

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The Prince's Drawing School will be running the following courses during the week of Monday 1st December to Friday 5th December 2008:

Head and hands: painting the half length portrait
Tutor: Ivy Smith
Location: Shoreditch
Times: 10am-5pm
Cost: £200 per week, concessions available.
Details: The head is the most particular and revealing indicator of individuality, but the hands come a close second. This course will focus on the half-length clothed portrait, exploring its rich potential for composition and colour relationships in paint. Students will have a choice of models and a final three-day pose which will allow an in-depth response to the figure.

The Etching Week
Tutor: Thomas Gosebruch
Location: Shoreditch
Times: 10am-5pm
Cost: £200 per week, concessions available.
Details: The small printing facility in our basement workshop offers you the chance to etch with individual guidance during this week-long course. Starting with making the plates, students are introduced to both traditional techniques, as well as some new new and unconventional methods. Students need to bring drawings or reproductions of their work to the class.

Painting the figure and its environment
Tutor: Duncan Wood
Location: Kensington Palace
Times: 10am-2pm
Cost: £250 per week, no concessions available, class limited to 8 students.
Details: This five-day course will begin to explore in paint, the visual relationships between the model and the space surrounding the model, and the inexhaustible possibilities of making fresh, vital works from the first-hand visible world of our room. We will be able to enjoy an in-depth response to the figure with a two, or perhaps even three-day final pose.

For further details of all of these courses, visit The Prince's Drawing School, or telephone their office on 020 7613 8568.

The Prince's Drawing School is also running courses from Monday 5th to Friday 9th January 2009 - read more about these.

Citizenship in History teaching

Start: 5 Dec 2008 - 12:39pm

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The Prince's Teaching Institute is holding an event for History teachers - 'History, National Identity and Citizenship: New Opportunities?' - at The Old Royal Navy College, Greenwich on Friday 5th December 2008.

The creation of Citizenship as a subject has been controversial - yet many of its themes can be explored, and delivered, in History classes. This event will explore these opportunities, through lectures, workshops and discussion. Delegates attending the day will:

Gain insight into the role of History in forging national identity and ‘Britishness’, democratic participation and rights & responsibilities
Explore ways in which the History curriculum at Key Stage 3 might successfully incorporate the aims of, and rationale for, the current Citizenship agenda
Provide ideas for ways in which History teachers can take advantage of the changes in curriculum to reinforce History in their Schools.

History curriculum at Key Stage 3 might successfully incorporate the aims of, and rationale for, the current Citizenship agenda and provide ideas for ways in which History teachers can take advantage of the changes in curriculum to reinforce History in their Schools.

Speakers will include Sir Keith Ajegbo OBE,the former Head of Deptford Green School, and Tony Breslin, Chief Executive of The Citizenship Foundation.

For full details and to book your place visit The Prince's Teaching Institute's events page.