Summer Opportunities for Youth Theatres
22 May
Two Government summer opportunities for youth theatres to get involved with!
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Training to embed youth voice in cultural organisations launched
20 Apr
Join half-day interactive training on embedding youth voice in cultural organisations - courses in April, May, June and beyond.
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5 Nov
This guidance is a condensed version of the regulations posted by the National Youth Agency on 4th November 2020 with specific considerations made to its applications to Youth Theatre.
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9 Jul
We have created a set of survey questions that are available for groups to use to help the process of recovery and re-start for the Youth Theatre sector. We'd like for all youth theatres to share this with parents/carers and send anonymised results back to us for a sector-wide analysis.
Read the full article: Coronavirus Recovery SurveyEncyclopedia update call from our president
4 Jun
Roger Hill, NAYT’s President, is updating a Reference Book entry relating to Youth Theatre.
Read the full article: Encyclopedia update call from our presidentRaising the Game 2019
11 Dec
Photos taken at Raising the Game 2019
Read the full article: Raising the Game 2019Class in the arts and cultural sector
18 Nov
Conversations around class are a hot topic across the arts and cultural sector at the moment and will move even further to the forefront of discourse when Arts Council England’s new 10 year strategy is launched.
Read the full article: Class in the arts and cultural sectorFarnham Maltings’ No Strings Attached grant scheme
17 Sep
Farnham Maltings’ No Strings Attached, a grant scheme for young people to make their first piece of theatre, are now open, and close at the end of this week.
Read the full article: Farnham Maltings’ No Strings Attached grant schemeHow to engage digitally with youth voice - subsidised training 22 Oct
6 Sep
Upstart Projects is bringing back it's training on engaging youth voice in your organisation by demand. It will be on 22 October at The Royal Society of Arts in London.
Read the full article: How to engage digitally with youth voice - subsidised training 22 OctPride Month and Youth Theatre
21 Jun
June is Pride season, with events across the country celebrating and supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Youth Theatre should be a safe space for all young people to access engaging theatre activities, so here's a list of companies, artists and texts we’ve found across the sector.
Read the full article: Pride Month and Youth TheatrePerformances at Raising The Game North & South
15 Jun
For the first time since 2014, we are proud to have two Youth Theatre groups performing at Raising The Game North & South.
Read the full article: Performances at Raising The Game North & SouthThe arts in a backpack
16 May
An Action for Children’s Arts study recommends that every child at primary school should have five quality arts experiences in the school year. Chris Jarvis explains how the Arts Backpack project is working to make this a reality.
Read the full article: The arts in a backpackYouth Voice Training now available from Upstart Projects
18 Apr
The charity who run the popular online magazine Voice (voicemag.uk) and the Arts Award Alumni Network are pleased to offer training courses in developing your offer for young people by embedding their voice.
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16 Oct
Big Lottery Fund to open new £15m digital fund eBay to donate up to £150k to charity with 24-hour 'Give Day' England’s national arts funder is considering introducing a series of ‘micro grants’ to fund arts activity via a more streamlined process. Government to launch £200m youth fund to tackle violent crime by Neil Puffett
Read the full article: FundraisingTry drama teaching: be the inspiration behind tomorrow’s performers
13 Jun
Love performing, but don’t want to act? Or do you just need a side hustle? Freelance teaching could be a fulfilling temporary, or even permanent, profession to supplement your bank balance. Samantha Marsden explains
Read the full article: Try drama teaching: be the inspiration behind tomorrow’s performersWant My Job? with Stuart Cox
11 Jun
Have you ever wondered what it's like to work for a theatre company, especially in a senior role? It's a good thing we got to chat with Stuart Cox, from Jacksons Lane!
Read the full article: Want My Job? with Stuart CoxThe Director of HOME hopes to make Manchester a ‘sticky city’ and to collaborate with Mayor Andy Burnham on integrating culture into healthcare, housing and transport agendas
7 Jun
Manchester City Council has appointed Dave Moutrey, Director and Chief Executive of HOME, as its new Director of Culture.
Read the full article: The Director of HOME hopes to make Manchester a ‘sticky city’ and to collaborate with Mayor Andy Burnham on integrating culture into healthcare, housing and transport agendasThe fall in entry numbers for GCSE arts subjects has reached record levels, but an Ofqual report understates dramatic losses in design and technology
7 Jun
Registrations for 2018 arts GCSEs in England have plummeted by a further 51,000, taking the total fall in entries to almost 150,000 over the past five years.
Read the full article: The fall in entry numbers for GCSE arts subjects has reached record levels, but an Ofqual report understates dramatic losses in design and technologyHow to Write an Effective Business Plan from the Cultural Enterprise Office, Scotland
7 Jun
What is a business plan?
Read the full article: How to Write an Effective Business Plan from the Cultural Enterprise Office, ScotlandDo we know more about the worth of the arts than we did 30 years ago or have we been going in circles?
29 May
Researcher Patrycja Kaszynska and consultant Ian David Moss discuss researching the value of culture in the UK and the US.
Read the full article: Do we know more about the worth of the arts than we did 30 years ago or have we been going in circles?Sara Whybrew explores the impact that the new T Level qualifications – an alternative to apprenticeships or A Levels – may have on the arts sector.
29 May
At Creative & Cultural Skills we believe that growth in our sector can’t really happen unless people are trained and skilled for the jobs that actually need doing.
Read the full article: Sara Whybrew explores the impact that the new T Level qualifications – an alternative to apprenticeships or A Levels – may have on the arts sector.To improve the diversity of the workforce, arts organisations need to employ more young people from low-income backgrounds. Kate Danielson shares tips for adjusting recruitment practices to do just that.
29 May
Della Hill, recruited as Development and Communications Officer: 'I had a lot more to offer than the skillset on my CV' Photo: Outroslide Photography
Read the full article: To improve the diversity of the workforce, arts organisations need to employ more young people from low-income backgrounds. Kate Danielson shares tips for adjusting recruitment practices to do just that.New £3m fund for creative projects in Northern Powerhouse
29 May
Arts organisations in the North will be able to apply for up to £150k in a mixture of grant and loan funding for projects that deliver positive social impact.
Read the full article: New £3m fund for creative projects in Northern PowerhouseTo improve the diversity of the workforce, arts organisations need to employ more young people from low-income backgrounds. Kate Danielson shares tips for adjusting recruitment practices to do just that.
11 May
For the last eight years, the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursary Programme has been helping arts employers fund meaningful, entry-level placements for low-income graduates, whose talents are nurtured and who are paid a salary approved by the Living Wage Foundation.
Read the full article: To improve the diversity of the workforce, arts organisations need to employ more young people from low-income backgrounds. Kate Danielson shares tips for adjusting recruitment practices to do just that.Arts risk becoming the preserve of the elite once again - DEBORAH ANNETTS
10 May
'Voices of America' Bill of Dance performed by English National Ballet at Sadler's Wells Theatre, Good news.
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