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Guardian.co.uk
Andrew Sparrow, Haroon Siddique and agencies
Monday 15 March 2010 15.03 GMT

MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland was 53 and not thought to have any serious health problems

Ashok Kumar, who was found dead on the morning of 15th March 2010

Labour MP Ashok Kumar was found dead at home in his Middlesbrough constituency.

A former scientist, Kumar had been MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 1997. At the last election he had a majority of 8,000.

Intercultural Arts (IA)

IA would really like you and the organisations or groups that you represent to get involved in an international project Intercultural Arts is delivering with Creativity Culture and Education(http://www.creativitycultureeducation.org/)

Creative Policies for Creative Cities is an international project that aims to advise the European Commission on how to increase the benefits of arts and culture to economic and social issues and to ensure that as many different people as possible benefit from developments in the creative industries.
For more information please read the document below.

Closing date for applications is midnight on Friday 12 March

For the first time ever a £62,500 Community Cash fund raised through Sport Relief is available to communities across Gateshead, Newcastle and North Tyneside.

Small charities, community and voluntary groups with a turnover of less than £50,000 per annum will be eligible to apply for a grant of up  £1,000 to undertake work that helps people of all ages feel more included in their community, builds their skills and increases their sense of achievement. If this sounds like you, make sure you apply for a Community Cash grant now.

What you can expect:

• Social Enterprise idea development
• National and Regional overview
• BME case studies
• How to make it work
• How to get started
• Workshops
• What support you can expect
• Forming BME SE Networks