http://www.funmats.co.uk News and information from FunMats The Art of School Fundraising. Information about developments with FunMats and it's fundraising projects together with news items about art and education. Copyright 2009-2011 UK Coasters Ltd. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:30:00 GMT Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:30:00 GMT info@funmats.co.uk (Ben Hayes) info@funmats.co.uk (Ben Hayes) en-uk FunMats would like to congratulate Team GB on their success so far at the London Olympics. There are too many medallists to mention individually but we would like to say well done to them all. It is a great time to be British and we all should celebrate the history and achievements of our nation. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=19 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:30:00 GMT http://www.funmats.co.uk/2012.php Celebrate the landmark events of 2012 with FunMats. We have ideas to tie in with both the Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Games which could help you mark these historic events and raise some funds at the same time. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=18 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:30:00 GMT http://www.sfs.org.uk/nsw Now in it's 12th year National Storytelling Week, the annual event organised by Society for Storytelling, is being held next week. The week is packed with events nationwide to celebrate the importance and power of storytelling. See the website to find an event near you.<br><br>Imagination and creativity, the key skills in storytelling are the same qualities required for creating great art too. After all storytelling is using words to paint pictures. Indeed most great works of art seek to communicate a message or story; meaning that great storytelling and great artistry are very closely related. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=17 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:00 GMT http://www.campaignfordrawing.org/bigdraw/search.aspx The Big Draw the world's largest drawing festival starts on October 1st. The festival, which has events taking place throughout October, has the simple aim of getting people drawing, an endeavour that we emphatically support. Visit their website to see what events are happening near you. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=16 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:30:00 GMT We have been using the drawing of a lion as part of our logo for a couple of years now. Shockingly we realised that he doesn't yet have a name! So it was decided to start a competition on our facebook page to 'Name The Lion'. Head over to our page for details of the competition which will be posted very soon, oh and put your thinking caps on. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=15 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:55:00 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/getinvolved/diamondjubileecompetitionpage.shtml Next year (2012) is The Queen's diamond jubilee. The design for the official logo, to be used on official documents, by newspapers and on decorations for events over the celebration weekend, is to be the winning entry to the competition run by the BBC's Blue Peter programme.<br><br> The winning design was drawn by 10-year-old Katherine Dewar from Chester and is available for download from the UK monarchy website at 'http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/DiamondJubileeemblem.aspx'. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=14 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:15:26 GMT http://www.artweeks.org/ Oxfordshire's artists and craftspeople open their studios to the public for the county's annual arts festival. During the three week event (7th to the 30th May 2011) more than 500 free exhibitions and events take place. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=13 Mon, 09 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT http://www.funmats.co.uk/products.php We are launching 2 new products from this Autumn; Picture Message Pads & Small Framed Prints. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=12 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:15:26 GMT http://www.facebook.com/pages/Malvern-Link-United-Kingdom/FunMats-Fundraising-Art-Project/112449878781263 FunMats now has a Facebook page. We created the page so that we can interact better with our customers; you can ask us questions, get advice and also share your tips for running the ultimate FunMats project. The page is also there to help people spread the word about our fantastic fundraising projects; so if you think FunMats is a great idea then please tell your friends by becoming someone who 'likes' us. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=11 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:50:26 GMT http://nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/take-one-picture-renoir The National Gallery's annual exhibition of children's artwork centred on a selected painting from their collection starts today (29th April). This year children from all over the UK have created artwork inspired by Renoir's ‘The Umbrellas’. The exhibition runs until the 19th September. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=10 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:35:26 GMT http://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/ We have known for a while that a theme is a good way of guiding young children's creativity to produce great artwork. The upcoming National Pet Month is a great hook for themes based around pets & animals: my pet, my dream pet, which country does my pet come from, what pets eat and of course the colours, patterns & textures of different species. National Pet Month starts on the 3rd of April. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=9 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:17:00 GMT http://www.funmats.co.uk/monstermats/products.php The full range of FunMats products are now available for hand and footprint artwork as part of the MonsterMat project. Children's hand & footprints are reproduced original size with a patterned border around them on the larger products. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=8 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.playday.org.uk/fun_stuff.aspx Next Wednesday 5th Aug is 'Playday!'. The Play England organisation encourages people working with children to organise events designed to get children playing in their 'annual celebration of children’s right to play'.<br><br> Playday are also running an art competition themed 'How I Play!'. The closing date is 9th Oct. We think this is great. We know themes work well to insprire creativity and children having fun creating artwork is what FunMats is all about. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=7 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:20:00 GMT http://www.takeonepicture.org/ The National Gallery's annual exhibition of children's artwork centred on a selected painting from their collection started last week. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=6 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:45:26 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/5202178/School-and-college-places-rescued-under-Budget.html Alistair Darling announces he is setting aside £251 million in 2009-10 to fill a gap in further education funding. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=4 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:45:26 GMT We have decided to start a news feed to keep our customers up to date with information regarding our fundraising projects. We are also hoping to bring you news items from the wider world of education. http://www.funmats.com:MainRSS-Article=1 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:20:26 GMT