We are currently conducting a national review of Youth Arts training. By taking the time to complete the following questionnaire, you are helping us to build a real understand about your career development needs/wishes and how the sector is currently shaped.

To say thank you, we are entering those of you who leave an email address into a draw for a free place on the upcoming PROTECT Conference - in Manchester and London. Two places are up for grabs at each date.

Thank you in advance for your time and we look forward to sharing with you the facts from like-minded individuals.

Fill in the survey and help shape Youth Arts training!

This month, the new 16-25 section of the Artswork website was launched! As part of this, young people are invited to submit their own blogs about their experiences - be it working in the arts, or even just aspiring to do so - it's time for us to hear from those at the heart of our work - young people! 

If you have anything you'd like to write about, or you'd like to find out more about schemes available for 16-25 year olds, find out more here

The Youth Engagement Fund is a £16 million payment by results fund. It aims to help disadvantaged young people aged 14 to 17 to participate and succeed in education or training. This will improve their employability, reduce their long term dependency on benefits, and reduce their likelihood of offending.

The funding will be provided through social impact bonds (SIBs) with investors funding innovative initiatives to prevent young people from becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training). Government will only pay if the initiatives are successful and lead to positive outcomes. The Youth Engagement Fund is jointly funded by the Cabinet Office, Department of Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice. Read about how social impact bonds have helped young people in East London.

The Youth Engagement Fund will be awarded through a competitive bidding process over 2 stages: the initial application form and then the invitation to tender for shortlisted bidders. The initial application stage, explained in the prospectus, is now closed. Shortlisted bidders have been asked to tender by 10am on 28 November 2014.

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At this year’s Arts Marketing Association conference, the National Arts Strategies president, Russell Willis Taylor, made some thought-provoking points through a case study on Ikea from which she believed arts and culture can learn. One of these was about knowing your value proposition: what are you uniquely placed to offer and how can this exude through an organisation?

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Marketing Projects for Young People in the Arts, Youth and Cultural Sectors

Bradford

Thursday 23rd October

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PROTECT: young people in the arts and cultural sectors 

Manchester

Tuesday 4th November

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Access All Areas: Disability and Youth Arts

London

Tuesday 11th November

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PROTECT: young people in the arts and cultural sectors

London

Tuesday 2nd December

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Dance stars of the future are being sought in a contest run by the BBC.

Young Dancer 2015, launched on Thursday at Sadler's Wells dance house in London, will see 16-20 year-olds compete in four categories: ballet, contemporary, hip-hop or South Asian.

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This November the 2014 engage International Conference will take place in Leeds, with an exciting line up of speakers, useful breakout sessions and outstanding fringe events that will explore the theme of innovation in the context of education and learning in galleries, museums and the visual arts.

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"People (usually the principals of drama schools) often tell me the only way to become a professional actor is to do a three-year course at one of Drama UK’s 18 accredited schools. And of course that works for many – the Dominic Coopers, Anna Maxwell Martins and David Haigs of this world anyway."

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A set of guidelines to help those associated with student work placements improve the quality of experience is being launched by the School of Arts at Birkbeck, University of London. Research into the experience of work placements, funded by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant, found that unpaid, unstructured work placements in the arts and creative industries can leave individuals feeling exploited.

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Young Creatives supports young people to develop their choreographic skills and deepen their knowledge of choreography. It is a national programme managed by Youth Dance England in partnership with The Royal Ballet School and Royal Opera House.

The deadline for applications is 1st December.

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Breaking the Bubble is an innovation project formed in partnership between Surrey Music Hub, Sound Hub (Kent) and Sound City (Brighton and Hove) and is supported by Arts Council England and the Department for Education.

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