In July 2014, Artswork invested in Jump Start, a partnership formed by New Theatre Royal, Aspex Art Gallery and the Portsmouth Cultural Trust. The consortium pooled their specialist areas of expertise in theatre, visual arts and music respectively, to work with primary and secondary schools across Portsmouth and in South East Hampshire.

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The awards ceremony and gala dinner will be held on 21st October. All those shortlisted are invited to attend and give a two-minute presentation about their work, following which, the winners will be announced. A young person from the Portsmouth Autism Support Network will be presenting this project on the evening.

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From this Autumn, we have several Child Protection courses taking place across the South East.

From safeguarding to policy writing, these course provide practical information and advice on the most important issues faced by youth organisations and those working with them.

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Artswork have been working in partnership with Wellington College – the only independent teaching school in the South East. This collaboration extended to the MMA Conference which took place on 16th of May 2015, hosted by Wellington College.

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Running from April 2013 to March 2015, our Strong Voices programme connected Portsmouth’s young people, families and schools with the city’s world-class arts, cultural and heritage facilities, including theatre, film and animation, craft and museums.

For those involved in the delivery of the projects themselves, the goal was to improve the skills, knowledge, understand and networking of adult professionals (including youth workers, arts and
cultural practitioners and educators), leaving them better equipped to support young people more effectively in future engagement work.

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Youth Arts Project Management

Manchester

8th September - 4th November 2015

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Starting out as a Freelancer

Birmingham

Weds 23rd September 2015

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Creative Facilitation 

London

Weds 23rd September 2015 

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Funding Your Youth Arts Project

Bristol

Weds 7th October 2015

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Budgeting and Funding your Youth Arts Project

Manchester

Weds 7th - Thurs 8th October 2015

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Evaluating Youth Arts Projects

Gateshead

Thursday 8th October 2015

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Hampshire Cultural Trust have partnered with Artswork and the South East Museum Development Programme to design this interactive seminar, which will equip your museum with the skills and confidence to recruit, develop and retain staff and volunteers from a wider age range and more diverse backgrounds. This event is supported using public funding from Arts Council England.

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Filmed by Axisweb at the exhibition's launch at Turner Contemporary in June 2015, the film celebrates GenerationART: Young Artists on Tour, an exhibition of artwork by children and young people from across England.

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As part of Artswork’s Teaching Schools investment programme, Shepway Teaching Schools alliance worked with the Creative Foundation and in particular, permanent artworks from the Folkestone Triennial, over the course of a year to develop a local area curriculum titled, A Sense of Place.

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The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is enthusiastic about engaging young people with heritage. Getting involved helps them develop new skills and interests, connect with their communities and have fun. And they bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm to projects.

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During October 2015, Arts Council England (ACE) will be launching the new Artsmark.

The new award is designed by schools, for schools, and will support deeper connections with schools’ own strategies, aligning with school curriculum and planning cycles.

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"Challenging in a good way"

- Arts Award participant, The Castle School

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We are looking to commission an experienced Programmer & Administrator to develop and deliver the programme for Artswork’s Conference 2016.

The conference will explore the potential and place of cultural education to innovate, develop leadership and cultivate wellbeing in children and young people. This theme links to Arts Council England’s Goal 5 strategic priority, recognising that every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts, museums and libraries.

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