Launched yesterday in Brum, this looks to move Channel 4's public service remit from broadcast to "networks" with a £10m pot of funding for projects. Very interesting.

Specifically, for me , the Feasibility grant.

Major arts organisations in Birmingham are to get a three-year funding deal from the city council for the first time.Bodies including the CBSO, Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre will share a £9.2 million pot.

and blogging his notes.

A variety of training courses, workshops and funding ops need taking advantage of.

"but major issues still have to be clarified before a rescue plan is agreed." The Stirrer reports.

Just three things are required to join this club: a bicycle, a love/need for art and culture and a refusal to let the Olympic fiasco and the funding cuts get you down.