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The Junction are organising the bands & infrastructure for this year's Park Life in Milton Park.
Saturdy 23rd & Sunday 24th July sees a weekend of FREE family entertainment where you can sample the finest local produce.
Eight live bands provide the entertainment on Saturday, while Sunday brings storytelling and a Ceilidh.
For more details click here
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The Junction has been selected by the Arts Council to help deliver a pilot national youth arts awards scheme on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport between 2003 and 2005.
The pilot scheme is for young people aged 14-19 and recognises a young person's participation and achievement in the arts whether it be through drama or dance, music or ceramics, textiles or film. It is hoped the Arts Award, which has Silver and Gold levels, will become the nationally recognised young people's arts award scheme sitting alongside other youth awards and qualifications, adding value to young people's records of achievement.
The Junction will act as regional delivery hub, working with ten key youth organisations in the area:
Cross Border Arts Funky Flamingo Volunteers
Romsey Mill
Impington Village College
Netherhall School
Parkside Community College
St.Mary's School
Classworks Youth Theatre
Red Studio Youth Theatre
Travellers Team
Natural High
For more info contact cath@junction.co.uk
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Since 1989, The Junction has acquired substantial experience in the management and the delivery of high-quality arts and entertainment services. A rapidly expanding part of our activities is in arts consultancy, project management and outdoor event production.
Junction Exports is the umbrella brand for all The Junction work beyond it's venues. This regional activity includes business consultancy services and the nurturing of regional theatre companies through 'Escalator' . It recognises that The Junction is much more than a receiving venue - it is an exporter of art activity, experience and skills to the region and Europe.
Services we offer
• Arts consultancy
• Project planning and management
• Outreach and learning through the arts
• Production management
• Bar & catering services
• Outdoor and indoor events
For public, corporate and private clients. Any size, Any time, Any where
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Junction Exports brings the skills, experience and imagination of a team of arts professionals to your event, project and plans. Our aim is to help you take your plans forward, service your event or project and ensure your success.
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Who we are
Junction Exports is the external trading division of Junction CDC, an independent arts company managing The Junction and all its activities.
The Junction team has a wealth of arts business knowledge gained through promoting a varied award-winning programme of 1000 events a year including clubs, live music, theatre, dance, workshops and classes. Currently we employ 150 staff and turnover is £2.5 million, 80% of which is self-generated.
What we do
Off-site work is an increasing and expanding part of our activities. Alongside the delivery of many consultancy, education and arts development contracts, we also run a spectrum of events from three-day outdoor music festivals with world-class artists to small events for parish councils. We also offer catering facilities, providing bars at events ranging from free festivals to steam rallies, village fetes and private functions.
Who we work with
We work with a wide range of regional, national and international public and private partners to provide high quality outreach, project management and arts consultancy services.
As project managers, we form partnerships with local authorities, arts agencies, schools and other arts organisations to devise and deliver specific projects in areas that include, music development, DJ-ing, club promoting, digital arts, dance and children’s and adult theatre.
Recent contracts include:
• Delivering 'Amplifier' in Suffolk with funding from ACEE, Suffolk County Council, Ipswich Borough Council, and Babergh, Waveny, St Edmundbury, Suffolk Coastal, Mid Suffolk and Forest Heath District Councils.
• Assisting Arts Council England East with the delivery of 'Escalator'.
• Developing a strategy to support regional performers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for East England Arts.
• Planning the re-launch and re-branding of the Artezium Arts Centre on behalf of Luton Borough Council.
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Business planning – Capital projects – Income generation – Trouble-shooting
Junction CDC’s consultancy advice is based on our teams extensive experience in successfully promoting commercial and subsidised programmes, obtaining £6 million of Lottery awards, completing an organisational merger, working across many art forms and managing four capital projects.
Leading the Arts Consultancy Team is The Junction’s Director – Paul Bogen, whose 22 years experience in a wide-range of arts management ensure that he is much in demand as a strategist and qualified ‘trouble-shooter’.
Our approach is pragmatic, imaginative and built on ideas that we know work from our own experience of operating Junction CDC.
Our consultancy team also offers services in many art forms with particular strengths in youth arts, theatre, live music, clubs, comedy, dance and digital arts.
Junction Exports has strong links to a pool of nationally and internationally renowned arts managers and artists who work with us on selective contracts providing specialist knowledge and skills.
Arts Consultancy Services:
• General arts business advice
• Capital Projects
• Strategic and Business planning
• ‘Trouble-shooting’
• Change Management
• Audience development
• Marketing and brand development
• Income generation
• Catering
Past & Current Clients:
• Luton Borough Council
• Norfolk Creative Partnerships
• The Roadmender, Northampton
• South Cambridgeshire District Council
• East England Arts
• Hoipolloi and Menagerie theatre companies
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Festivals – Strategy delivery - NVQ’s - Band competitions- Club schools
Our first project in 1996 was the production of an arts festival in Copenhagen on a ferry converted into a temporary arts centre. Building on this initial success we have developed a strong track record of delivering arts projects both in the UK and overseas for a wide range of clients. We offer a full project management service where we can take your original ideas and help you to realise their full potential. All projects are specifically tailored to suit your needs from conception to evaluation.
Project Management Services:
• Project planning and delivery
• Budgeting
• Funding applications and advice
• Marketing & PR
• Technical support
• Evaluation planning and reports
Examples of projects:
• Regional Theatre Plan – developing and supporting new regional artists
• Regional digital arts strategy co-ordination
• MESH - a digital arts festival delivered across the Eastern region
• Cambridgeshire Youth Arts Scheme - NVQs for young people
• Ely Band competition
• Club School - workshops in club promotion skills for young people
• Wild Skies - five CDs featuring 82 bands from Cambridgeshire
• Hot Bed – a festival of commissioned new plays
Past and present clients:
• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Fenland District Council
• Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire
• South Cambridgeshire District Council
• East England Arts
• National Trust
• Forestry Commission
• Trans Europe Halles – European network of independent cultural centres
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Residencies – Performances – Workshops – Social inclusion - Training
The Junction’s Outreach service developed out of a demand from clients for us to take our building-based activities out to a wider audience. We have a range of skilled & dedicated professionals to deliver projects in arts education, music development, digital arts and theatre. Previous partners include local authorities, health care trusts, youth offending teams, schools, colleges, community organisations and arts organisations. The projects can take place at specific locations as well as in our own buildings.
Examples of outreach projects:
• Club Schools in promoting artistic and business skills
• Graffiti Projects
• Dance workshops in children’s hospital wards
• Black Umfolosi Dance and Singing company residency
• Rap workshops
• Music business seminars
• Community music workshops
• Health & Safety workshops
• Film-making project
• Stewards training
• Club promotion for young people
• Deck Tech – DJ Workshops
• Children’s theatre performances in rural areas
Past and present clients:
• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Cambridge City Council
• Fenland District Council
• Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire
• South Cambridgeshire District Council
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Festivals - Concerts – Corporate events – Private functions
Off-site events have always featured in the life of The Junction and we have produced some stunning shows and festivals over the years. This experience is now available to you through Junction Exports. Whether it is a corporate event to entertain your clients or a public event to entertain the masses we can provide you with a professionally run safe environment, for crowds from a hundred to several thousands, either indoors or out.
Our Programming Team have established excellent relationships with all the key agencies in the entertainment industry and we can supply performance artists to suit any occasion.
The Junction Exports Technical Team will provide manpower and back up to ensure that everything goes smoothly on the day. Through our extensive contacts we can supply a range of stages and sound reinforcement systems matched to your requirements. We will ensure that all your health and safety and licensing obligations are dealt with to give you the peace of mind to sit back and enjoy watching your event unfold.
As with programming and technical services - marketing events is one of the things we do every day. Our Marketing Team can help you to sell your event with advice on marketing material, advertisements, press releases and mail shots. We can also offer a computerised Box Office service.
Production Management Services:
Event planning and production management
• Site planning and licensing advice
• Risk management and health & safety advice
• Equipment hire and technical support
• Stewarding and crowd management
• Marketing planning and delivery
• Programming across all art forms
• Box office and credit card booking services
Previous clients include:
• Suffolk & Good Festival,
• Cambridge City Council - Big Day Out, Cambridge
• Forestry Commission events at Thetford Forest, Sherwood Forest & North Yorkshire
• National Trust events at Petworth Park, & Claremont Landscape Garden
• The Eagle Bitter Concert Series, Shuttleworth, Bedfordshire
• Kings Hill Festival, London
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Festivals - Fetes - Party’s - Private Functions -
To complete the Junction Exports portfolio of services we can refresh your guests or audience with our superb bar facilities.
In partnership with our brewers we can supply the entire infrastructure needed for any event from a village hall disco to a three-day festival with thousands of thirsty attenders. If your event is outdoors we can offer a self sufficient bar with its own marquee, generator, bar counter, back bar and chilled storage facilities. Tables and chairs can also be provided to offer a relaxing space at a crowded event.
We also supply bar facilities for smaller indoor events. We will arrange all licences and have fully trained experienced staff who are used to dealing with a wide range of customers from seasoned theatregoers to live music fans and clubbers.
In addition, we can provide any number of quality food caterers from our extensive database of traders who can provide food from around the world.
Bars & Catering clients:
• Strawberry Fair Cambridge
• The Big Day Out –Cambridge City Council
• The Suffolk & Good Festival, Suffolk
• Bishopstock Blues Festival, Exeter
• The Wheeting Steam Rally, Norfolk
• The Eagle Bitter Concert Series, Shuttleworth, Bedfordshire
• Forestry Commission events at Thetford Forest, Sherwood Forest & North Yorkshire
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Junction Exports | The Junction | Clifton Way | Cambridge | CB1 7GX
Phone:+44 01223 578000
Voice mail:+44 01223 576757
Fax:+44 01223 565600
Web Site: www.junction.co.uk
Arts consultancy:
Paul Bogen | 01223 57 8000
Project Management:
Paul Bogen | 01223 57 8000
Production Management:
Richard Brown | richard@junction.co.uk
Outreach:
Catherine Moore | cath@junction.co.uk
Bars & Catering:
Matt Rogers | matt@junction.co.uk
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