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Welcome to this month's edition of the English National Youth Arts Network newsletter.
We hope that the articles below are of relevance to you and your interest in ensuring access to arts and culture for children and young people right across the country. Just a reminder - if you register as a member (for free), you can submit your own content for the website and future issues of this newsletter. Your membership also gives you discounted rates on a selection of our conferences and training courses. Don't forget to check the website for more news articles and features every week.
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Dancers can deliver effective healthcare programmes, report finds
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Dancers can be trained to deliver artistic, evidence-based healthcare programmes, according to the evaluation of Aesop’s Dance to Health pilot programme.
It also found measurable reductions in loneliness for participants, and suggests similar arts in health programmes could become sustainable funding streams for arts organisations.
“Dance to Health is capable of generating better outcomes and being associated with lower overall costs of managing falls compared to the primary prevention programme or no intervention,” the report finds. It describes the classes as faithful to their healthcare objectives and an “enjoyable challenge” for the dancers.
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Making more of our nation's talent is a must, says Arts Council England's Darren Henley
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"In Britain, we enjoy a remarkably rich culture that has consistently produced iconoclastic, original talent.
How can we ensure that this flow of creative talent continues? As I’ve often said, talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not, and the opportunities that do exist don't reach many of those most affected by the economic strictures of recent years.
This isn't fair, and it doesn't make strategic sense on a cultural or national level. On the one hand, our creative industries are growing rapidly; on the other, our society faces unparalleled challenges – social, environmental and economic – that require new creative thinking. More than ever, we need to draw on all our creative talent."
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Services 'struggling to cope' with rise in complex disability cases
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Disability services are struggling to cope with a dramatic increase in the number of young people with complex needs, a report has warned.
A study by the Council for Disabled Children and The True Colours Trust, found there has been a 50% increase in the number of disabled children with complex needs since 2004, from 49,300 to 73,000.
A key factor in the increase is the fact that medical breakthroughs have increased the life expectancy of babies born with serious disabilities.
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FURTHER AFIELD |
"An Instrument for Every Child" - Estonia's ambitious music initiative
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"Estonia’s centenary in 2018 is around the corner and preparations are already well under way in the form of initiatives and events. As befits a birthday, these initiatives are known as “gifts” and can take the shape of anything citizens, companies or the state dream up – as long as they benefit and delight the people of Estonia.
One such gift certainly does not hold back on ambition: called “An Instrument for Every Child”, the project seeks to boost music education in Estonia."
Find out more here...
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Pilot partnership helps support young dancers to train closer to home
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Until now young Brighton-based dancers training at London conservatoires as part of the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) schemes have had to travel to London for mid-week training sessions – no mean feat when you’ve already done a day’s work at school! Now, thanks to a pilot partnership between South East Dance, Trinity Laban and The Place, professional support and training for these 14-18-year-olds is available much closer to home in central Brighton.
Under the guidance of professional dancer Greig Cooke, participants receive training in techniques that complement their own journey as developing dancers, as well as advice on entering conservatoires.
Find out more here...
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Young men are hidden self-harmers, says Young Minds survey
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A new YoungMinds survey has revealed that an alarming 24% of 16-24-year-old men in the UK have intentionally hurt themselves, and 22% have considered it as a way of coping with a difficult situation or emotion.
The figures come from a YouGov survey commissioned by YoungMinds, The Mix, and selfharmUK. We've joined forces to shed light on specific self-harm behaviours that young men engage in and have found that these are not always commonly recognised as self-harm. As a result, there is a crisis happening now among young men who struggle to find positive ways to cope with overwhelming events and emotions.
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Children in poorest postcodes '10 times more likely to end up in care'
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Research conducted by seven British universities found that in all four nations of the UK children are over-represented in the most deprived 20 per cent of neighbourhoods.
Contrasting life chances were most apparent at the far ends of the spectrum, with children in the most deprived 10 per cent of neighbourhoods in the UK at least 10 times more likely to be in care than children in the least deprived 10 per cent.
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Youth Social Action Fund
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The #iwill campaign promotes social action among 10-20 year-olds. This includes activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering, all of which create a double-benefit – to communities and young people themselves. So far more than 500 business, education and voluntary sector partners have committed to embedding social action into the lives of young people – will you join them?
Find out more here...
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New guidance on inclusive approaches to music education
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A new guide to accessible music education in the UK is aiming to make it easier to find out about inclusive approaches to music-making and to open up music to people who face barriers to participating.
The guide signposts organisations, resources, venues, assistive music technology and instruments that can help teachers, music organisations and parents to find appropriate support.
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Researchers to investigate links between arts and health
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"The study, which has been awarded a grant of £1 million from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, will be run by the Centre for Performance Science, a joint venture between the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London.
It will investigate the link between cultural pursuits, such as joining a choir or going to a concert, and the health and wellbeing of society."
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