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Dear All Many thanks to everyone who sent me case study details about business funded education projects. I have sent them on to DCMS and files them for future reference. Please do keep examples coming particularly if you have done, or are thinking of doing, something which relates to social and cultural inclusion, creativity, literacy and numeracy, impact evaluation or sustainable development. In the meantime I thought it would be useful to let peole know about one or two things which have come up in the last few weeks. DfEE As many of you probably know, Graham Archer who was the Museum Champion at the DfEE, has gone on to greater things. He has, however, now been replaced by Debbie Lye. Pauline Linton is still there and is still dealing with the DfEE grants programme. New Opportunities Fund I have had a useful meeting with NOF about funding for Study Support programmes. The targets set for NOF by the government are to commit £205 million to out of school hours learning activities involving at least half of all secondary schools, a quartre of all primaries and a quarter of all special schools. Whilst museums can, in partnership with schools, bid to this fund it is imprtant to note what these targets mean in terms of money available. Our meeting made it clear that schools are unlikely to get more than 1 hit at the fund. So, if you are planning a project make sure that the schools you are working with are not already part of an LEA wide or consortia bid. You need to keep your bids small as well. NOF made it clear that, in order to meet the targets, primary schools are likely to get no more than £11,000 and secondaries no more than £15,000. Museums and Galleries Month Museums week has been replaced by Museums and Galleries month for the millennium. The Campaign for Museums has joined up with engage for the month of May extending to June 6th. For details and to register call The Campaign for Museums on 0171 233 9796. Hope all this is useful. Best wishes Sue WIlkinson Caroline Lang %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%