Heritage Lottery Fund has launched Kick the Dust, a £10million pilot programme aimed at encouraging the heritage and youth sectors to explore new ways of working with young people. 

Supporting the Government’s Culture White Paper priority to involve young people more effectively in the UK’s culture, it will see youth and heritage organisations work together to make heritage relevant and inclusive for 11 to 25 year olds.

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“In recent years there has been a considerable increase in programmes not only to improve health and wellbeing, but also to provide accessible education, boost vocational skills, support people with special educational needs (SEN) and work with some of the most marginalised people in society such as offenders, people living in poverty and refugees.

This report describes the wealth of activity around health, wellbeing and social care that museums and galleries are already offering across the UK, and provides the context in which the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing was established.”

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The Creative People and Places scheme should prompt new thinking about the role of communities in delivering arts programmes in areas of least engagement, according to a new study.

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An action research programme aims to find more and better solutions to the problem of juggling family commitments with a career in the performing arts.

A consortium of arts sector organisations has launched a major project aiming to identify barriers facing carers working in the performing arts and investigate practical ways of reducing them.

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"This year's theme will focus on how youth work can support young people to a better future. We've developed a pack which explains a bit more about our theme." (National Youth Agency) 

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"More arts organisations are participating in the Arts Award scheme, which research shows is nurturing soft skills and fostering an ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ in the young people who take it."

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The Arts Award Access Fund is currently open for applications. 

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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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Child Protection & Safeguarding in the

Arts & Cultural Sectors

Birmingham

Tuesday 28th February 2017

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Understanding Further Education

Reading

Tuesday 28th February 2017

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Behaviour Management and Youth Arts

York

Thursday 2nd 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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Manager, Learning & Skils (Maternity Cover) Part-Time

Southampton office

Closing date: Tuesday 25th October, 5pm

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UK arts workers have voted marginally in favour of introducing diversity quotas for artistic work in ArtsProfessional’s latest Pulse survey.

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Twenty-one UK theatre companies are urging the government to act more quickly on the issue of refugee children with a legal right to enter the UK, and have offered free tickets as a gesture to welcome them.

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Orchestras are to be given tax relief as part of the 2016 Finance Act, enabling hundreds of amateur and professional ensembles across the UK to claim tax relief on preparation costs for concerts.

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"We’re putting together a list of mood-boosting books for young people as part of our Reading Hack does #LoveToRead celebrations. A mood-boosting book is anything that lifts your spirits and improves your wellbeing, whether that’s YA, a classic, non-fiction, poetry or a graphic novel."

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An £80 million fund to provide payment-by-results contracts for locally developed projects by socially minded investors.

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The Green Party has called for the introduction of a dedicated minister for youth following a report that found young people in Britain are “a generation in crisis”.

A recent study by the Young Women's Trust found many young people are putting their lives on hold because of financial, housing and work problems, with young women worst affected.



The poll of 4,000 18- to 30-year-olds found that 43 per cent still live at home and a quarter have had to move back in with their parents because they cannot afford to live independently.


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Culture 24 are looking to recruit a diverse range of arts and heritage organisations to participate in the second phase of their Let’s Get Real-Young Audiences project. The project explores how organisations engage with children and young people through digital channels.

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The six pilots will share £1.8m to look at reducing the use of out-of-area hospital placements in particular as well as boost local community care.

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