Hannah Day, Course Team Leader for Arts and Media at Ludlow College, looks at why she believes we need a new approach in our argument for arts education.

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Dominic Gray, Projects Director for Opera North, explains why they are looking to reach out to young people.

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In the first in a series of articles for Arts Professional based on independent research and interviews with key figures about diversity in the arts, Christy Romer asks: how can we be getting it so wrong when everything seems so right?

"The arts sector is full of good people. Good, well-meaning people who understand why difference is important and welcome change into their creative spaces. People who actively seek out unheard stories and delight in the opportunity to engage, stretch and develop audiences in a challenging and unforgiving financial environment."

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"As we strive to ensure that our arts organisations have a sustainable future, management teams up and down the country are focusing on income and diversifying business models as key drivers for resilience. Resilience is the buzzword at the moment and was the subject of a session at the Arts Fundraising Summer School at the University of Leeds.

This session reminded me that we often forget the softer areas that are at the heart of creating great organisations – a commitment to vision and purpose, an ability to collaborate, the way we treat our people, and overall the culture we create. These are the hallmarks of the organisations with staying power."

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"Being creative – having an outlet for opinions and emotions you can’t express verbally – is good for you...But for the people who are perhaps most in need of health and wellbeing benefits, the chances to participate can be slim. If you’re busy trying to juggle schoolwork with caring for your mum who has a disability, you’re probably unlikely to prioritise joining a drama group even in the event that the funding required is available."

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Prospective museum studies students from under-represented groups across the UK will have a chance to win scholarships to the University of Leicester’s School of Museum Studies, which has launched a series of diversity initiatives to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

The diversity scholarships will be available to people from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, people with disabilities and those from lower income households and areas.

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Child Protection Policy Writing

London

Thursday 22nd September 2016

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Child Protection and Safeguarding

in the Arts and Cultural sectors

Gateshead

Wednesday 5th October 2016

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Mentoring the Next Creative Generation

Manchester

Thursday 6th October 2016

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Mentoring the Next Creative Generation

Norwich 

Thursday 20th October 2016

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Creative Consultation with Young People

Bristol

Thursday 10th November 2016

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Creating Digital Change

London

Wednesday 16th November 2016

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Funding Your Youth Arts Project

Southampton

Thursday 24th November 2016

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Creating Digital Change

Manchester

Thursday 16th February 2017

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Statistics published by the Ministry of Justice show that in July there were 861 under-18s being held in custody - a fall of 3.26 per cent on the 890 being held in June.

The current level now stands at around a quarter (28.03 per cent) of the level of the recent peak, when in June 2008 it stood at 3,072.

However, ethnic disproportionality within youth custody is continuing to rise.

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WORLDbytes, a unique Citizen TV school based in Hackney East London, are the key media partners for the Battle of Ideas festival 2016 at the Barbican on Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd October. 

To take part, you need to attend an introductory session at the WORLDwrite centre on Thursday 29th September 2016 at 7.30pm

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The Arts Impact Fund offers loans based on artistic as well as social impacts. Seva Phillips explains the aims and benefits of its pilot investment scheme.

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This year’s theme – Fair Chances: how youth work helps young people to brighter futures

This year’s theme focuses on how youth work can support young people to a better future.

Every young person should have the opportunities available to them to be the best they can be. But developing from child to adult is not easy and inequalities in income may also lead to inequality in outcome, through a lack of opportunities in education and employment for young people.

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"Our role isn’t to try and fix the education system, there are already people working on that. So it’s important to work with teachers to supplement their curriculum, not overhaul it."

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The youth sector is set to benefit from £80m of investment from two initiatives jointly funded by the government and the Big Lottery Fund, it has been announced.

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Taking inspiration from London’s Royal Court Young Writer’s programme, TRB Young Writers is all about writing for performance. Working with professional playwright Dinos Aristidou, new and aspiring playwrights, performance poets, site responsive writers or anyone with a story to tell will be supported to find their style, shape their voice and find the best form to say what they want to say to the world.

TRB Young Writers is for 16–25 year olds who are passionate about writing for performance.

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The time frame for the project is from November 2016 to March 2017

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School Liaison Manager - Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes

Closing date: Friday 14th October, 12 noon

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Artsmark Officer - Southampton office

Closing date: Wednesday 19th October, 4pm

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