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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear all – with apologies for the short notice (we have only just been alerted to the opportunity), please see below information about a major call for “jaw-dropping public engagement acts on a global scale”
for the “Festival UK 2022”. These are funded opportunities, and there is a lot of cash available (£100k for 30 ideas selected for development, more for the 10 selected for production).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The timescale, however, is eye-watering. There is a live Q and A on the morning of the 29<sup>th</sup>, and bids need to be in by 16 October. More details can be found on the website here
<a href="https://www.festival2022.uk/">https://www.festival2022.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The website and the email below is all the information I have so PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE WITH QUESTIONS as I won’t be able to answer them!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">However if you are interested in pulling together a bid please let Maria and I know.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sorry again for the short notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Stephen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#009BBD;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Stephen Meek</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Director of the Institute for Policy and Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Twitter: @UoN_Institute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Alex Favier <brzatm@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> 23 September 2020 21:02<br>
<b>To:</b> Stephen Meek <brzsm8@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Festival UK 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Alex Favier (né Miles)</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Director of Global and Political Affairs<br>
Chair, </b><a href="http://www.case.org/CEAC18.html"><b><span lang="EN-US">CASE Europe Annual Conference 2018-20</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>a:</b> <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/communicationsmarketing/index.aspx"><span lang="EN-US">External Relations</span></a>, <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/vice-chancellor/vice-chancellor.aspx">Vice-Chancellor’s Office</a> <br>
<b>t: </b><a href="tel:+44%207917115197">+44 (0) 7917115197</a> <b>| w: </b><u>http://www.</u><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/government-relations"><span lang="EN-US">nottingham</span></a><u>.ac.uk/about/government-relations</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Twitter: </b>@alextomiles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WeChat ID: </b>alextomiles85<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Executive Support: </b>Natalie Pearce<a href="mailto:Natalie.Pearce@nottingham.ac.uk">Natalie.Pearce@nottingham.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> "Wright, David (Cities and Local Growth)" <<a href="mailto:David.Wright@beis.gov.uk">David.Wright@beis.gov.uk</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> 23 September 2020 at 17:20:07 BST<br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Festival UK 2022</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You may have seen this in the press recently though wanted to share with you for info. as it may be of interest to you and or the businesses and networks you work with.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Festival UK* 2022 is inviting Creative Teams (made up of organisations and individuals from across the STEAM sectors) to apply to take part in a paid R&D project to create compelling, ambitious and jaw-dropping public engagement acts on
a global-scale. The deadline for submission of applications is 3pm BST Friday 16 October. The R&D project will take place between November 2020 and January 2021. Up to 10 Creative Teams, selected from the 30 teams participating in the R&D project, will be
shortlisted to have their idea taken into full commission and be part of the Festival UK* 2022 public project which will be launched in autumn 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More info can be found at: <a href="https://www.festival2022.uk/">
https://www.festival2022.uk/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Live Q&A events are being held with Festival UK organisers this week and next details here:
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<a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3Ameeting_NGVlMDhmNDEtMTQ0Yy00NzJkLWE0ZmItM2YwNWJiZjM0OTJi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22%3A%2296073eca-79ba-43ab-a522-50a25aba167e%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%225f964f23-909d-4e92-9c5a-fedbd7e62014%22%2C%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3Atrue%7D" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday
24 September - 16:30 - 17:30 BST</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%253ameeting_YTJhZWY3NmEtYTFiZS00NDMyLWFlMzctMDBjYjA2Yjk0Mzk0%2540thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%252296073eca-79ba-43ab-a522-50a25aba167e%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25225f964f23-909d-4e92-9c5a-fedbd7e62014%2522%252c%2522IsBroadcastMeeting%2522%253atrue%257d&data=02%7C01%7CAdam.Mazrani%40Festival2022.uk%7Ccf3b283fcbf042f583c708d85f0bfc71%7C96073eca79ba43aba52250a25aba167e%7C0%7C0%7C637363852364272893&sdata=h0SCzCjV4CMkb%2F3KDmyZHc4X%2BEPbk2F0ScodjQbONSw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuesday
29 September - 11:00 - 12:00 BST</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></a>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">David</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">David Wright</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> | Area Lead D2N2 | Cities
& Local Growth Unit | Apex Court, City Link, Nottingham, NG2 4LA| </span><a href="mailto:david.wright@beis.gov.uk"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">david.wright@beis.gov.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
| 0115 872 4740 (also my mobile) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Cities and Local Growth Unit: Government’s Local Growth Team – a partnership between the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Ministry
of Housing, Communities and Local Government</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.dclg.gov.uk/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">www.dclg.gov.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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