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Posted Wed 08 Sep 2010 12:43 in Initiatives  »  ENYAN National Campaign

This is your opportunity to take part in an Online Campaign Day that will unite the youth arts sector all at once and will be a notable activity on the ENYAN 2010/11 campaign calendar- drawing attention to the new ENYAN National Campaign ‘Youth Arts Transforms Lives- FACT!’.

Online Campaign Day- Wednesday 24th November 2010

The campaign supports the Youth Arts Sector at this crucial time when changes to investment in the Voluntary and Community Sector are afoot. We are calling upon the Youth Arts Sector to fight its corner and stand tall in the sound knowledge of its ability to transform lives.

We are offering you (organisations from the charity, not-for-profit, voluntary sector, local authorities and creative commercial industries, practitioners, middle managers, senior managers, socially responsible young creatives, youth workers from arts venues, charities, youth service, local government, health & social services as well as freelancers, volunteers and young people aged 12- 25) the opportunity to take part in a number of campaign initiatives- one of which is an Online Campaign Day.

ENYAN can provide you with a flash animated banner, text and images to add onto the homepage of your web site ready for the launch on Wednesday 24th November 2010. The concept of the Online Campaign Day was reached when our campaign partners (ENYAN’s National Steering Group and Regional Advisory Panels) came to conclude that self managed web sites are far more common across the sector and more organisations and individuals have the ability to manage their own uploads.

If you have this self-management facility, or are able to work with your web site developers to take part in the Online Campaign Day, please state your interest via: enyan@artswork.org.uk or telephone the ENYAN Team via 023 80682 535.

For full information outlining the campaign background, aims, objective and programme, please contact: enyan@artswork.org.uk

ENYAN is the national membership and advocating body for youth arts within England aims to raise the profile of the sector and by doing so create more opportunities for the creative and personal development of young people, particularly those considered 'at risk'. The network is delivered by Artswork, the national youth arts development agency and funded by Artswork and Arts Council South East.

Posted Wed 08 Sep 2010 12:39 in Working with schools and youth services  »  Youth Arts Champions

Do you know of an individual whose work with young people in the arts has really shone, who deserves further recognition and would relish the opportunity to act as a Regional Youth Arts Campaign Champion?

If so, please get in touch as ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network) is looking to appoint 3 Regional Youth Arts Champions in every English region, to help advocate for this years campaign and support the Youth Arts Sector at this crucial time when changes to investment in the Voluntary and Community Sector are afoot.

Perhaps you see yourself as someone who could take on the role or you know of an artist, practitioner, youth arts officer or youth worker that would be ideal. The role will involve you acting as a representative of the network at events and projects across your region, attending up to two ENYAN Regional Advisory Panel meetings (made up of regional youth arts specialists) and working with ENYAN to creatively draw attention to campaign outputs- such as the National Online Campaign Day (24th November 2010) and new Online Regional Campaign Resources. As part of our wider commitment to ensuring young people’s active involvement in the campaign, we would also be very keen to work with Regional Campaign Champions to involve young people that you/ your nominee is working with directly. You will be featured both on the ENYAN web site and the national e-bulletin for all 5000+ members to see.

To state an interest in the ENYAN Youth Arts Regional Champion initiative, please email: enyan@artswork.org.uk before Friday 10th September. You will be asked to complete a nomination form and all nominations will be submitted to your ENYAN Regional Advisory Panel who will select the 3 individuals to represent the region.

For full information outlining the campaign background, aims, objective and programme, please contact: enyan@artswork.org.uk

ENYAN is the national membership and advocating body for youth arts within England aims to raise the profile of the sector and by doing so create more opportunities for the creative and personal development of young people, particularly those considered 'at risk'. The network is delivered by Artswork, the national youth arts development agency and funded by Artswork and Arts Council South East.

Membership is completely free! To sign up and to find out more information please see www.enyan.co.uk

Posted Thu 26 Aug 2010 06:17 in Networking  »  Art workshops for 2010/2011

Thanks for adding details here - please ensure your profile contains this information too!

Posted Thu 26 Aug 2010 05:41 in Using these discussion boards  »  House Rules!

whoops..should have read this first..sorry..put up my email address..shall I delete it??

Posted Thu 26 Aug 2010 05:37 in Networking  »  Art workshops for 2010/2011

CKLZ has been providing art workshops in schools and with community groups since 2003. We are currently taking bookings for 2010/2011 academic year. Please phone, email or message asap to discuss your school's requirements. We design each workshop individually and local schools in Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Enfield will receive a discount on the total cost of the workshop if booked before the end of September 2010. We offer all sorts of exciting and creative workshops and experiences, from mosaics and murals to multi sensory art works.
edited by Kat Hall on 26/08/2010

Posted Thu 26 Aug 2010 04:42 in Your projects  »  Update your profile!

Please make sure your profile is up to date and ready for the new school term!

To maintain the credibility of the directory, we will be taking down those that have not been updated in the last year (or more).

You can post any questions here or send us an email - we will be more than happy to assist!

Posted Fri 20 Aug 2010 09:34 in The London Discussion Boards  »  Mural making volunteers needed!

Would you like to volunteer for Artyface?

Weather permitting, we are now (from 19 August) grouting and putting up in a school playgrounds in Muswell Hill and Camden, the theme is birds.
If you would like to help, please contact Maud (07958 911 315).

We will be working at the schools from 10-5pm, bring old clothes, layers, sun-cream, hat and waterproofs and a pair of marigold washing-up gloves. Food provided for volunteers, good company, a rewarding day, help leave a lasting legacy and you will learn lots. There are no pupils in the schools so CRB police checks are not necessary.

Next week (23 August) there will be a few days in Camden doing the same: get in touch if you are interested.

Anyone wishing to volunteer on mosaic projects in schools (we have one in Bethnal Green, Harrow and Redbridge from September through to the Spring) needs to have a CRB Police check in place, or if you don't have one we can organise it for you. It takes about 5-8 weeks. Through volunteering you will learn tonnes of things about mosaics and teaching too. Two recent volunteers have enjoyed it so much they are going into teacher training.You will certainly learn how to mosaic after a few days with us, all types of tiles, methods of laying in which pattern/styles, cutting techniques and much more. All sessions are run by several Artyface Tutors and we are on hand to help pupils, volunteers, parents, the wider community and everyone who joins in.

Posted Tue 17 Aug 2010 09:59 in Your projects  »  Case Studies Wanted

‘Youth Arts Transforms Lives- FACT !’

ENYAN National Campaign 2010/11

ENYAN has moved swiftly into action and launched a new national campaign ‘Youth Arts Transforms Lives- FACT !’ which supports the sector at this crucial time when changes to investment in the Voluntary and Community Sector are afoot and affecting projects at national, regional and local level. Following two very successful national campaigns (Creative Consultation with Young People 2006/7 and Young Arts Leaders 2008/9) ENYAN is calling upon the youth arts sector to fight its corner and stand tall in the sound knowledge of its ability to transform lives.

The Campaign was launched with a hugely successful conference at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton on Tuesday 15th June 2010 and attracted over 100 delegates spanning the children and young people’s workforce (with targeted marketing towards those not already offering youth arts provision). At the conference, we outlined the purpose of this important campaign:

• Producing evidence to support key messages regarding the value of youth arts
• Increase knowledge, understanding and support for youth arts by politicians and government ministers
• Making a stronger case to funding bodies to allocate specific funds to youth arts and to provide evidence as to why this is relevant
• Demonstrating the value of youth arts to services supporting hard to reach young people
• Highlighting key national initiatives benefiting the youth arts sector and creating a framework for how they can be delivered at a regional level

A key outcome of this campaign is to equip sector professionals with the evidence to back up their claims and support the long-term sustainability of youth arts.
Being able to offer hard facts about the impact of artistic and cultural activity on young people in informal settings will help you to demonstrate the impact of youth arts to investors and stakeholders.

Showcase your work by submitting your case study!
We are seeking case studies that feature individuals or groups of young people that are/ were between the ages 12-25 when the youth arts project took place. It may well be that you have an interesting story and are now an adult or know an adult whose life was turned around as a result of a youth arts project years ago. As long as you can provide evidence that youth arts transforms lives- we would like to hear from you!

In total we are seeking a minimum of 13 case studies per region to cover the 13 focus topics of the campaign:

• arts a tool for engagement
• overall skill development
• emotional development
• social cohesion/ inclusion
• educational development in informal educational settings
• career development
• youth crime
• health benefits
• economic benefits
• aspiration and attainment
• access to the arts
• artistic excellence and innovation
• cross sectoral advantages

As well as being uploaded on the ENYAN web site (www.enyan.co.uk), your case study may also be chosen to be included within an ENYAN Regional Online Campaign Resource which will be available as a download for you and your partners can use as an advocacy tool and resource for the future. It will also be widely publicised throughout the youth arts sector across England in early 2011.

Please email enyan@artswork.org.uk BEFORE Friday 24th September 2010 to express your interest and you will be sent the case study template. Please do also email us if you are interested in receiving the campaign resource when it is complete.

For full information outlining the campaign background, aims and objectives and for the details of all other campaign activities taking place throughout 2010/11, please contact: enyan@artswork.org.uk
edited by Anna Rubycz on 17/08/2010

Posted Mon 16 Aug 2010 01:39 in Funding & Resources  »  Funding news

This is really helpful information- thank you. Jerwood offer funding which is worth a look at.

Posted Thu 12 Aug 2010 02:58 in Safeguarding, ISA and CRBs  »  Safeguarding Online

We have just put together an article bringing as many resources and useful links to help you get your head around Safegurading Online.

http://www.lonsas.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=1059

If you have any questions regarding this area please get in touch.

Posted Fri 06 Aug 2010 10:17 in Networking  »  Caribbean Workshops for Schools

If you are looking for Caribbean Workshops as part of your schools activities I can help.

Thanks
Andrea

Posted Fri 06 Aug 2010 11:10 in The West Midlands Discussion Boards  »  "The Cultural Offer" What does it mean?

Are you working in the West Midlands and committed to engaging children and young people with culture? Do you work in partnership with others to achieve your aims in this area? If your answer is yes, then please read on ....

Nick Randall, Regional Youth Arts Officer is rallying support for the West Midlands Cultural Offer Hub to review existing partnerships that work to increase the engagement of children and young people with cultural activities

Please click on the link below to take part in this short online survey – this audit of existing partnerships across the region will inform how we move forwards to increase engagement with children and young people. Please go to: link

Posted Thu 05 Aug 2010 03:00 in Continuing Professional Development  »  Work for LONSAS!

LONSAS is recruiting for a new Information and Partnerships Officer. This is an exciting role that will involve looking after the LONSAS website and service as well as getting involved in bigger development projects. Apply by Monday 9th August.

More information here: http://www.lonsas.org.uk/uploads/media/75/33136.pdf

Posted Mon 02 Aug 2010 03:16 in Networking  »  Hi, can you help?

Hi Jules,

I'm sorry that you are having problems with your profile, there are a couple of things that should help:

Make sure that you regularly press submit at the bottom of each page, especially before moving to a new page so that any data or images that you have uploaded are saved. You can come back to your profile at any point to enter or ammend information, just remember to click submit after changes have been made.

Another tip is to be careful when pressing the back-space or return buttons on your keyboard as this can sometimes take you to the previous page.

I hope that this helps, please let me know how you get on and if you have any futher questions don't hesitate to give me a call: 020 7388 9888

Posted Mon 02 Aug 2010 11:40 in Networking  »  Hi, can you help?

Hi everyone, I'm jules Woodman, Actor and artistic Director at Appletree Theatre CIC. I've tried several times to fill in the info form for inclusion as an arts organisation on this website and I can never get past the second page before it disappears. What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help please?

Posted Wed 14 Jul 2010 05:43 in Working with schools and youth services  »  Careers Advice

Hi Sam,
Have you had a look at Creative Choices? Its a careers site for the creative and cultural sectors. There is lots of useful information on different industries and how to get started.
www.creative-choices.co.uk/

Posted Wed 14 Jul 2010 10:17 in Working with schools and youth services  »  Careers Advice

Hi
Does anyone know of any specialist sources of careers advice for young people interested in working in arts and culture?

Thanks
Sam

Posted Thu 01 Jul 2010 04:40 in Your projects  »  Artyface profiled in Independent Education Supplem

Take a look at this inspiring news article on the work of Artyface and their creative learning projects in London primary schools

Appearing on the front page of the Independent's Education Supplement:
Shape the future - how mosaics are firing up pupils
edited by Arts Moderator on 01/07/2010

Posted Fri 25 Jun 2010 07:17 in Safeguarding, ISA and CRBs  »  Vetting and Barring changes

I think it is good that this particular step has been reversed, and one of the very few acts of the new government that I have welcomed. But the truth is we already have the 'atmosphere of suspicion, intrusiveness and guilty until proven innocent' alive and well. Even your website overstates child safety and protection. It should be a given in a list of things we should bear in mind all the time, not a banner headline at the top of every aganda. The number of times the first question I am asked as an artist is in effect, 'will you be abusing children?' is deeply deeply depressing. The people tasked with enforcing this regime do not make the connection that it is an offensive implication, but it really is, and to me it often really feels like that. I sometimes think the only criterion for the employment of an artist in school is the possession of a CRB check. Even the CRB people themselves say that they are needed only if someone will be in sustained unsupervised contact with children . The general state of paranoia is such that this is never happening anyway. We are always accompanied, discouraged from touching, encouraged to shrug off hugs, and generally seen as a risk.

It is all wildly out of proportion. Child abuse where it happens is a terrible thing, but so is instilling and perpetuating fear. I believe that as artists and as arts organisations we should be arguing against all of the measures which breed fear and suspicion in our work with children, and not colluding with these systems by competing to be more and more 'safe'. To get into a school in Birmingham nowadays, you often need to pass through a prison entry system, and present your passport or driving licence and your CRB document. This all happened in response to Dunblane first and then Soham. These are hugely rare terrible events, which arguably would not have been prevented by any of the measures that now exist. In response, we are encouraging everyone to trust nobody, and a great deal of damage is being done in the name of 'protection'. I wrote to the Arts Council to ask for the statistics of child abuse by visiting artists, and an indication that the problem was being helped by the current approach. I have as yet received no reply. Is this perhaps because it was not a problem and has never been? Whereas the way schools welcome visitors really is a big big problem, every day, here and now.

I would refer people to Frank Furedi's booklet about this [Licensed to Hug: How Child Protection Policies Are Poisoning the Relationship Between the Generations and Damaging the Voluntary Sector] and I would ask artists working in schools to think about questioning approaches which damage the relationship between children and adults so much.

Posted Wed 16 Jun 2010 12:29 in Safeguarding, ISA and CRBs  »  Vetting and Barring changes

The recent news that the Vetting and Barring scheme is to be halted will come as relief to a lot of people involved in arts and education. An interesting article can be found on the BBC website. The article by Sean Coughlan details many of the concerns about the proposed system as draconian and 'infringing on civil liberties'.

LONSAS has also provided helpful infomation, with the news feed informing us that:

'Although the Scheme is halted whilst the Government undertakes its review, new safeguarding regulations introduced in October 2009 continue to apply. These include:

•A person who is barred from working with children or vulnerable adults will be breaking the law if they work or volunteer, or try to work or volunteer with those groups.
•An organisation which knowingly employs someone who is barred to work with those groups will also be breaking the law.
•If your organisation works with children or vulnerable adults and you dismiss a member of staff or a volunteer because they have harmed a child or vulnerable adult, or you would have done so if they had not left, you must tell the Independent Safeguarding Authority.'

What's your reaction to the news? Do you think a scheme would have ever worked, or would it have just fostered suspicion, intrusiveness and 'guilty until proven innocent' mentality? And what is the way forward from here?
edited by Alice Edwards on 16/06/2010