History of Art will continue to be offered to A-level students, after being taken on by examination board Pearson. Pearson is scheduled to offer the subject from September 2017, a year before it will be dropped by AQA.

Rod Bristow, President of Pearson in the UK, said: “We’re pleased to be able to secure the future of A levels in History of Art and Statistics, subject to final accreditation by Ofqual. The response from the public, from teachers and from young people shows many people have a real passion for these subjects.”

The news follows a campaign by the Association of Art Historians, The Courtauld Institute of Art, the University of York, the National Gallery, Tate and the Royal Academy of Arts challenging exam board AQA’s decision to drop History of Art from 2018.

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Emma Saddleton, Senior Helpline Coordinator for our Parents Helpline recently talked about building boys' mental resilience with HuffPost UK Parents. Giving practical tips and advice on talking to boys and how to get them to open up to you about their feelings.

Emma talks about how parents can lead by example and help children to understand that it is normal to have bad days and worries. How they can help by normalising the different emotions we all feel and creating an environment where everyone feels able to express their feelings.

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"Our campaign does not seek to reverse the referendum result, but instead to move forwards by setting out where we go from here as a country. Undivided will accept all demands from young people, and then manage a voting process to decide on the top ten demands as stated by UK 13-29-year-olds. This will be presented to Parliament. As young people, it’s time for us to decide our future, not have it decided for us.”

Find out more about the campaign here...

Missy Mills, Digital Development Producer, Royal Opera House writes:

“Digital is not a silver bullet or the saviour to all life’s challenges — a technical build is often a path fraught with difficulties, seldom delivered to time and hugely expensive if you haven’t fully planned for it.”

Read her four tips for improving your organisation's digital environment here...

Helping young people find success and employment

"Action Tutoring has been awarded £167,989 to support and scale the organisation and increase capacity. Currently working in 40 London schools (plus new programmes in Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool), this support will help the programme reach 60 new schools across the UK - helping an additional 4275 pupls."

Read more about this and other projects here…

"Vulnerable young homeless people are falling between the cracks in mental health provision because it is still regarded as a “Cinderella service”, the youth homelessness charity Centrepoint has warned.

Stamatia Lorentzou, Centrepoint’s Clinical Lead, said that while those with “the common mental health conditions” usually got help, others with medium and low-level needs faced something akin to a postcode lottery.

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Book before the New Year and save 25%

With the new year fast approaching, get a head-start on your professional development and book a place on one of our 2017 training courses - designed specifically for arts and cultural professionals working with children and young people.

Our 2017 courses cover a wide-range of topics, including behaviour management, project evaluation and the use of emerging digital technologies in learning projects. As well as these, our in-depth Child Protection & Safeguarding course takes place in six cities across the country, to provide you with essential information and updates on child protection legislation.

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Manchester

Thursday 16th February 2017

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Birmingham

Tuesday 28th February 2017

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Reading

Tuesday 28th February 2017

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Behaviour Management and Youth Arts

York

Thursday 2nd March 2017

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Application deadline: 11th December 2016

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On Monday 12 December Arts Council England are holding a free one-day conference in Manchester. 'Power Through Diversity' aims to provoke debate, inspire change and celebrate good practice around diversity in the sector.

"Tickets for the event are sold out, but we'll be live streaming it all on our website - so you can watch all the speakers and discussion from the comfort of your desk. The live stream will be available from 11am-5pm on 12 December."

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Youth mentoring programmes in England are to share more than £3.5m in a bid to support thousands of young people who are at risk of disengaging from education.

The fund will focus on students that are about to begin their GCSEs but risk underachieving and falling behind their peers.

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The figures have been published in a report, ‘Private Investment in Culture 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15’, which provides estimates of private income for the whole of England’s arts sector based on a survey of 1,300 arts and culture organisations.

Funded by Arts Council England (ACE), the study aims to fill the gap left by the agency Arts & Business, which produced annual estimates of private support for the arts for 30 years until 2011/12, when ACE cut its funding.

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Increasing numbers of children have been let down in 2016 and denied the basic things they need to develop and thrive says the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), a coalition of 150 organisations.

Their annual assessment of what life is like for children in England finds that they are bearing the brunt of the Government’s spending decisions and welfare cuts.

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CLIC Sargent, the cancer support charity for children and young people, has been given a prestigious participation award.

The charity received the Gold Hear By Right award from the National Youth Agency.

The award provides organisations that put children and young people’s voices at the heart of service delivery and development with the opportunity to gain national recognition for their achievements.

Kate Lee, Chief Executive of CLIC Sargent, said: “We are delighted to have been given this fantastic award for something that is so important to us – putting the children and young people we support at the very centre of our organisation."

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Arts organisations are making progress at attracting legacy giving, but they are still “punching well below their weight”, according to a new report.

A survey by Arts Quarter and Legacy Foresight, completed by 116 arts workers, found that 38% of responding organisations received a donation in a will in 2016 – a figure that has dropped slightly since Arts Quarter’s last comparable survey in 2010.

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The concept is simple: one book, by one author is selected for the children of Brighton & Hove (and beyond!) to read, explore, discuss and creatively engage with.

Young City Reads aims to:

• foster the joy of reading for pleasure
• enthuse and inspire reluctant readers
• inspire young readers to explore a story’s themes further through conversation and linked activity
• increase confidence by supporting the development of literacy skills

Find out more here...

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