The Ministry of Culture and Heritage is winding down Covid funding initiatives with the launch of its Regeneration Fund. Arts organisations including the Coalition have been invited to make submissions around carefully curated criteria. There is an emphasis on legacy-building, and projects that will make a sustainable, longer-term difference to the health of wellbeing of the sectors that they operate in. The Coalition has two projects:

E commerce for Kete books (that includes a rebuild and overhaul of the site) Details are up online now and consultation and feedback has been invited. This will form part of the assessment process. Please check out our application to add your much needed support.

‘Digital Marketing Upskilling’ is a proposed year-long training programme that aims to lift capacity and capability across the book sector. Once the proposal is online, we’d appreciate your support for feedback. We need to demonstrate to the assessors why we believe it’s needed, and the ongoing difference to outcomes. Please keep an eye on your inbox early next week with details of a quick survey-monkey. For any of you with organisations (or individuals) involved in any type of digital marketing, we especially want to hear from you.

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