A new animated commissioning toolkit was launched on Tuesday 23rd June at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury. The event was well attended and received, with over 100 delegates from Kent, London and the South East.

Artswork and Royal Opera House Bridge have been working with Public Health and Arts and Culture service partners at Kent County Council since 2012 on a cultural commissioning programme designed to support the arts sector to become commission-ready.

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See the Storify from the event here

With investment from Artswork, over 70 students across the four Hampshire Education Centres were engaged in Horizon 20:20 arts activities. Their art teachers each had four continuing professional development days and ongoing support from the Hampshire Cultural Trust project manager.

The programme has offered a sense of sustainability, with activity in all four centres supported by Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of their ongoing commitment to work with the inclusion service, and the heads of the centres committing further budgets to continue the work.

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Brighton Dome & Brighton Festival’s Miss Represented project operates as an arts collective working with vulnerable young women who are navigating difficult life situations and are considered ‘at risk’. Using the arts as a vehicle for self expression and investigating relevant themes and topics, Miss Represented creates a safe environment to deliver tailor-made projects resulting in exhibitions, events and performances of high artistic quality.

Since 2014, Miss Represented has been a part of Artswork's Partnership Investment programme, Beating the Odds, delivered in partnership with Brighton Dome and Festival, Audio Active Brighton and Hove Youth Offending Service and NEET youth agencies across the city.

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— The Point (@PointEastleigh) June 18, 2015

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Joining us this month, we have three new additions to the Artswork team. Based in our Southampton office:

Kristianne Drake | Artsmark & Arts Award Programme Manager

Claire Wakefield | Artsmark & Arts Award Officer

In our Kent office, our School Liaison Manager, Leanne, heads off on her maternity leave, and we wish her all the best with her new adventure! 

Alison Chambers joins us as Leanne's maternity cover in the Kent office. 

A warm welcome to you all! 

"Our role as evaluators for the Extending Digital Practice project was to take a bird’s eye view over the three cluster projects, to produce a learning resource for wider dissemination to the Cultural, Schools and Digital sectors."

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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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Wow. Great turnout for launch of Arts and Cultural Commissioning Toolkit #ACCToolkit @TheGulbenkian with @artsworkltd @kentculture

— Emma Wilcox (@emwilco) June 23, 2015

Following changes to the educational landscape and as evidence of the impact of high quality cultural education grows, the Arts Council is working with school leaders and specialist art teachers to update and refresh Artsmark.

From September 2015, Artsmark will encourage and support schools to celebrate the strengths in their arts and culture provision, and to celebrate the impact of their arts and culture activities on their community.

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