Thanks to your support, drawing is enjoying a renaissance. Please register your organisation today, if you have not already done so. We need your exciting ideas for October 2008 NOW! All our resources are online on the Big Draw resources page: up-to-date advice on funding and local press, planning activities, co-ordinating events, documentation and evaluation, and suggestions for drawing differently. The Big Draw and Campaign for Drawing logos and templates for your promotional materials are on the same page.

Crazy croquet played with paint-dipped tennis balls flying across rolls of paper was one of the imaginative ways in which Big Draw organisers engaged visitors last year. What will you do? If you haven’t decided on a theme, why not choose one of ours? Doves for Peace is a Save the Children initiative and your involvement will help raise funds to enable children in conflict-affected regions to attend school. The Big Picture Party, in partnership with the Campaign for Learning and Booktrust, offers many ideas for promoting picture books to families in libraries and other community spaces. Visit our Suggested themes page for details of these and other 2008 initiatives.

Generous new incentives for Big Draw organisers can be found on the Awards section of this website. Top prizes in the general category have increased to £750, plus a £200 voucher for Derwent art materials. Our new trailblazer category recognises groundbreaking activities in major institutions and its first recipients were the National Galley and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. To mark its 40th Anniversary, NADFAS is offering a £1,500 Award for the best event in a gallery or museum to engage young people (14-25). Arts Award Centres could win a £500 prize for effectively supporting a young person leading a successful drawing event as part of their Silver or Gold Arts Award leadership work.

Our Power Drawing Professional Development programme offers 1-3 day courses in the use of drawing to support learning in formal and informal education, and at Big Draw events. Courses can be tailored to suit the particular needs of your group. The last few places are available on our Cambridge course, 22 May. Find out more from the Power Drawing Professional Development section of this website.

The Campaign team looks forward to working with you in 2008.