Links
Links
Introduction
Here are some links to relevant national organisatons that provide information, training and advice. For details of specific training providers, please go to the Course Providers section.
Artswork Artsplan
Artsplan has been developed by Artswork, the national youth arts development agency, in response to the growing needs of the Youth Arts sector in the UK. Courses and publications are based upon years of professional experience using the arts with young people aged 12-25 in a variety of settings. Artsplan aims to offer opportunities for professional development, networking, ideas and skills sharing to enable high standards of good practice throughout youth arts.
http://www.artswork.org.uk/projects/artsplan
Foundation for Community Dance
The Foundation for Community Dance provides up to dateinforamtion on professional development activities for dance artists, community dance practitioners, and dance organisations in the UK and beyond - from conferences and courses, to mentoring opportunities, websites and resources.
http://www.communitydance.org.uk/metadot/index.pl?id=14793&isa=Category&op=show
MusicLeader
MusicLeader is the support service dedicated to the professional development of UK music leaders. We aim to increase the impact, value and quality of music leadership. MusicLeader London is co-ordinated by Sound Connections. The MusicLeader Toolkit, provides essential online resources for people in the music leading profession
http://www.musicleader.net/content.asp?CategoryID=859
National Youth Agency
The National Youth Agency works to ensure the quality and development of youth work training at all levels. We achieve this through validation and annual monitoring of professional qualifications and endorsement of youth support worker qualifications.
http://www.nya.org.uk/information/100602/youthworktraining/
VAN Voluntary Arts Network
VAN works with policy makers, funders and politicians to improve the environment for everyone participating in the arts, and we provide information and training to those who participate in the voluntary arts sector. This includes over 300 national and regional umbrella bodies, and through them, their member groups of local voluntary arts practitioners.
http://www.voluntaryarts.org/cgi-bin/website.cgi?tier1=network&tier2=training%20%26%20workshops&fp=true
OTHER LNKS
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK
The UK Branch of the Gulbenkian Foundation regularly commissions and publishes books and reports that reflect and promote our current priorities, concerns and areas of interest.
Creating Chances is an important contribution to the literature on how arts interventions can help to reach the marginalised and excluded child.
http://www.gulbenkian.org.uk/publications/education/creating-chances
Nesta – An important strand of NESTA’s work focuses on developing from an early age the innovative skills and attitudes – creativity, adaptability, teamwork and an informed view of risk – that underpin successful innovation.
http://www.nesta.org.uk/skills-for-innovation/