Ballet supports children with arthritis
Ballet Cymru is offering support to children and young people living with juvenile arthritis as part of a creative collaboration l…
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Time for a national youth arts trust?
There has been a massive decline in arts for young people over the last 15 years. So much so that Joe Hallgarten thinks we need a…
Movement ‘improves classroom learning for children’
Research led by a dance company found keeping pupils active in the classroom improved their maths and English learning.
Climate protestors stage Science Museum demonstration
Environmentalist Chris Packham joins young people taking part in sit-in protest over museum's links with coal firm.
Art therapy improves outcomes for young people in mental health units
Art therapy is associated with positive outcomes for children and adolescents in a hospital-based mental health unit, a new study…
Support for creatives who are carers ‘should be mainstreamed’
Evaluation of carer support programme funded by Creative Scotland finds that despite a strong positive response from participants…
‘Pressing need’ for evidence that arts prevent youth offending
Review into impact of arts programmes aimed at preventing youth offending finds insufficient evidence to calculate their effective…
Viability of music hubs ‘under threat’
Standstill funding, increased employer pension costs and the financial impact of the pandemic are putting England's network of…
Starmer: Working class children ‘denied arts opportunities’
Working class children are being denied the same opportunities to become actors or musicians that private school pupils are afford…
Unions critise makeup of advisory panel for cultural education
Five trade unions have written to the Chair of the government’s Cultural Education Plan Expert Advisory Panel, saying the pa…
Study highlights lack of diversity in GCSE Art
Research finds just 2.3% of artists referenced in GCSE art exam papers are from Black or South Asian backgrounds.
Home Office overturns visa refusal for Afghan Youth Orchestra
The Afghan Youth Orchestra’s four-date tour in England will go ahead after the Home Office u-turned on a decision to reject…
Liverpool youth to lead £3.6m arts centre project
A group of young people have been given £3.6m to transform a former primary school into an arts, sports and education centre…
Pilot scheme offers children free travel to theatre
Schoolchildren in the West Midlands will benefit from a new pilot scheme promising free travel for theatre visits. Wolverhampton G…
Government youth fund distributes £3m to arts projects
Arts-centric youth organisations will receive more than £3m from the government's £90m Youth Investment Fund, with…
Former NPO opens permanent base in Exeter
Touring theatre company Theatre Alibi is set to become an arts venue after opening a permanent base. Prior to losing its Arts…
Music in schools initiative gets further ACE funding
An initiative to perform live classical music shows in school playgrounds will tour schools and venues nationwide this year after…
Peterborough theatre undergoes £5m refurb
Peterborough's Cresset theatre has closed for a month to allow all of its 876 seats to be replaced as part of a £5m refu…
Young Vic arts education scheme helps ‘plug gaps’ in schools
Young Vic's Innovate programme embedded six artists into two local schools to help teachers deliver creative activities as par…
£500k announced for Barnet arts education programme
The charity Barnet Education Arts Trust in North London is to allocate £500k over the next three years to cultural activitie…
Meet the childhood friends transforming access to creative careers
Sam Hornsby and her best friend Mae Yip were sick of seeing young people experience the same lack of access to the creative indust…
Scottish Youth Music Initiative funds 52 community projects
The scheme, backed by the Scottish government, provides grants of up to £30k for music-making projects delivered outside of…
Arts Council England backs Darlington live music scheme
A scheme to offer young people in Darlington opportunities in the live music sector has received funding from the Arts Council Eng…
Rising popularity of arts degrees among Chinese students
A report published by admissions service UCAS says UK universities should take advantage of rising interest in creative arts degre…
