Investment in arts and learning and opportunities for children and young people to engage with culture has never been greater! Here we provide an overview of some of the initiatives currently populating the cultural learning landscape.
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The LOTC Manifesto encourages schools to link up with museums, galleries and
other cultural venues and heritage sites. The website offers plenty of resoruces and support to help schools do this. The recently introduced LOTC
Quality Badge offers teachers and youth workers a means of identifying
settings offering high quality learning provision.
Find out about the Government's flagship scheme partnering arts and creative industry professionals with schools. Read about the new programme of Change Schools, Enquiry Schools and Schools of Creativity and find out how to get involved with your local Area Delivery Body.
Read about the Governments actions to enable every child to experience
at least five hours of high quality culture per week, in and out of
school.
The official UK-wide cultural programme for the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games will see celebrations of culture and creativity taking
place in every corner of the UK in the run up to 2012.
A national qualification for anyone aged between 11- 25, which recognises how young people develop as artists and arts leaders.
Find out about this online resource from Creative and Cultural Skills that provides the tools, knowledge and networks to support every individual and business to get into, and get on in, the creative and cultural industries.
BSF is creating world-class, 21st century school environments,
transforming teaching, and delivering inspired learning for decades to
come, as well as providing exceptional assets for the whole community.
Dance and Drama Awards are for students over the age of 16 who want to
work in the performing arts. Available from some of England's leading
private dance and drama schools, they'll help you pay for a place on a
prestigious and well-respected course
The Campaign celebrates the hundreds of creative ways artists,
teachers, cultural educators and others use drawing to connect people
with museum and gallery collections, their heritage or wider community.
The campaign offers a year long programme of professional development
opportunities. The annual Big Draw demonstrates that drawing is the perfect medium for learning, observation, self-expression and fun.
The Music Manifesto campaigns to ensure that all children and young people have access to high quality music education.
A programme to encourage singing in primary schools, the initiative offers resources, plans and support.