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Arts and learning initiatives

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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Learning Outside the Classroom

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.

Creative Partnerships

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.

Find Your Talent

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 Cultural Olympiad

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.

Arts Award

A national qualification for anyone aged between 11- 25, which recognises how young people develop as artists and arts leaders.

Creative Choices°

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.

Building Schools For the Future

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

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 for Drawing and the Big Draw

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.

Music Manifesto

The Music Manifesto campaigns to ensure that all children and young people have access to high quality music education.

Sing Up

A programme to encourage singing in primary schools, the initiative offers resources, plans and support.