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Previous Voluntary Arts England events Restoring the Balance: the effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing
Our Creative Talent: Building local voluntary and amateur arts participation
A National Manifesto for Arts / Crafts Participation – Inaugural Consultation Event.
ICT & the Arts: National conference
ICT & the Arts: free regional training events
Restoring the Balance: the effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing Tuesday, March 30, 2010. FACT, Liverpool
This conference, part of the Up For Arts project - www.upforarts.co.uk - was designed to celebrate and recognise projects, schemes and organisations that reach out to disadvantaged communities using arts/crafts as a vehicle for increasing levels of informal learning, health and wellbeing.
Throughout the day BBC 24’s Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid chaired discussions which explored the major social, health, economical and environmental benefits in developing opportunities for and participation in arts and cultural activities. Keynote speakers were given a platform to share creative ideas and best practice and will highlight exemplar projects.
The conference also acted as the launch event for Voluntary Arts England’s publication on arts and wellbeing Restoring the Balance
Powerpoint Presentations: Mary Lowe - England Coordinator, Voluntary Arts England (pdf - 940k) Gus Garside (National Arts Co-ordinator, Mencap) & Karen Flood (Co-founder, First Step) (pdf - 570k) Mike White, Senior Research Fellow in Arts in Health at the Centre for Medical Humanities (CMH), Durham University (pdf - 845k) Gideon Ben-Tovim (Chair of Liverpool Primary Care Trust) & Sarah Dewar (Third Sector and Environmental Sustainability Lead
Liverpool Primary Care Trust) (pdf - 362k) Up for Arts Workshop (pdf - 1052k) Audio recordings of keynote speeches
Mary Lowe (Running Time 21:50)
Gus Garside and Karen Flood (Running Time 19:20)
Mike White (Running Time 16:04)
Panel Debate (Running Time 56:56)
Our Creative Talent: Building local voluntary and amateur arts participation The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Arts Council England and Voluntary Arts England major national conference on local arts participation and voluntary and amateur groups took place on Wednesday 2 July 2008 at the Barbican Centre, London.
The conference launched landmark new research, commissioned by DCMS and the Arts Council, looking in detail for the first time at the size, make-up and impact of the voluntary arts sector and its potential for growth. It also looked at the role local voluntary and amateur arts groups can play in building local arts engagement and how to create effective partnerships for delivery. | 
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Keynote speakers included: 1. Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP Listen again
Minister for Culture
2. Robin Simpson Listen again
Chief Executive, Voluntary Arts Network
3. Alan Davey Listen again
Chief Executive, Arts Council England Download the Powerpoint slides from Alan Davey's speech (pdf - 266k) 4. Feargal Sharkey Listen again
Chief Executive, British Music Rights
5. Liz Lawson
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Panel Debate Chaired by Mark Robinson (Executive Director, Arts Council England, North East), the members of the panel were:
• Robin Simpson - Voluntary Arts Network
• David Brownlee – Arts Council England
• Jane Wilson - Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire / nalgao
• Professor John Benyon – Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester Listen again to the panel debate Breakout sessions 1. Our Creative Talent: The voluntary and amateur arts in England Research findings. Fiona Dodd & Karen Taws Download Powerpoint slides (pdf - 111k) 2. Arts-based segmentation of English adults. Findings and implications on arts participation. Anni Oskala, Research Officer, Arts Council England Download Powerpoint slides (pdf - 712k) 3. Up for Arts. Brian Bell, Be Brave Fundraising Consultancy Download Powerpoint slides (pdf - 706k) 4. National Indicator 11: Data Gathering & Target Setting. David Brownlee (Arts Council England), Jonathan Cochrane (Redditch Borough Council), Pat Prior (Dorset County Council), Jane Wilson (AdEC). Download David Brownlee's Powerpoint slides (pdf - 372k) Download Jonathan Cochrane's Powerpoint slides (pdf - 452k) Download Pat Prior's Powerpoint slides (pdf - 331k) 5. The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Francesca Canty, UK Cultural Programme Advisor, LOCOG
Download details about the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad (pdf - 36k) Evening Event There was also a seperate evening event at the Barbican, hosted by the Carnegie (UK) Trust, on the evening of 1 July. This event included the launch of the Voluntary Arts England publication Edutainment: the benefits of arts and crafts in adult and community learning and all conference delegates were invited to attend.
The evening event was also broadcast live on the internet and a compilation video can be viewed on Youtube. Photographs In addition to having images taken by our event photographer, delegates were encouraged to take their own photos using mobile phones and upload them directly to photo sharing site Flickr.
To view all the photos taken at this event visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourcreativetalent/ Our Creative Talent research
The landmark new research, commissioned by DCMS and the Arts Council, looking in detail for the first time at the size, make-up and impact of the voluntary arts sector and its potential for growth. Launching the research at the conference, Culture Minister Margaret Hodge said:
'For too long there’s been a stereotype of amateur arts in England which is clearly long out of date. This research is a landmark - the first of its kind. It shows the sheer size and significance of the voluntary and amateur arts sector. Far from being a poor relation to the professional arts, the sector sustains cultural traditions, encourages innovation, helps develop new audiences, promotes vibrant and inclusive communities and supports the professional sector.
'Voluntary arts groups account for an estimated one fifth of all arts engagement in England. Groups are often deep rooted in the local community and we need to make sure that we recognise and support the enthusiasm and talent that is on our doorsteps.' Download `Our Creative Talent: the voluntary and amateur arts in England` (pdf - 1527k)
A National Manifesto for Arts / Crafts Participation – Inaugural Consultation Event. Monday 9 June 2008, 11.00am - 4.00pm This manifesto will enable existing arts and crafts practitioners, venues, companies, and the organisations that support them to inspire the public to take part in the arts and crafts. It will provide the public with a clear statement of what they can expect from its signatories. The vision is that every person in England is able to participate in the arts and/or crafts, moving seamlessly between amateur and professional practice. That they understand, appreciate and interact with the arts and/or crafts as an accepted part of everyday life and are encouraged to develop arts and/or crafts activities in their neighbourhoods; and that this activity is valued and supported through policy initiatives at the national and local levels.
An initial development group has been formed consisting of Voluntary Arts England , the National Association of Local Government Arts Officers (NALGAO), Disability Cultural Projects, National Campaign for the Arts and the Foundation for Community Dance.
A range of individuals and organisations came to this consultation event ensuring that their voice was heard and allowing them to shape the manifesto.
More images from the event:
http://s292.photobucket.com/albums/mm36/voluntaryarts/Manifesto%20consultation%20-%209%20June%202008/ Read the notes from the morning 'flip chart' session (pdf - 106k) Read the notes from the afternoon 'post it note' session (pdf - 80k)
ICT & the Arts: National conference The Birmingham and Midland Institute, Wednesday 13th February 2008 Voluntary Arts England embraced the new media revolution and as a result this event went web 2.0! The event was blogged at http://watfordgap.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/not-a-paintbreush-in-sight/
There are other useful web links from the day - and other online resources - on the social bookmarking website de.licio.us - http://del.icio.us/ICT_Hub/ICTArtsConf Podcast Download an audio interview with Voluntary Arts England Coordinator Reemer J Bailey, recorded at the conference, looking at how the work of Voluntary Arts England has been enhanced by the use of ICT and how a new 'participation portal' will be of benefit to voluntary / amateur arts and crafts groups.
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ICT & the Arts: free regional training events Podcast Recorded in Wakefield as part of Voluntary Arts England regional seminars, these downloadable MP3’s show how ICT could be of use to you an your group:
• Brian Bell, Voluntary Arts England’s ICT Commission Manager gives background to the regional ICT & the Arts seminars and why up-skilling the sector is so important.
• Gerry Bradshaw of Terrington Arts tells us why ICT is so important to their work and how they are looking to focus more on what they could be doing.
• Colin Harrison the Regional ICT Champion for Yorkshire & the Humber explains his role in helping groups to not only ‘do things better but to do better things’
• Simon from York Settlement Community Players explains how as he is not beyond emails yet how he is keen to look at new things such as online record keeping
• And Healthy Living Leeds on their quest for a new website for publicity purposes.
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Listen now to Part Two Powerpoint slides (These are large files, please be patient when downloading) Workshop One: Is your art or craft group missing out? (pps - 3904k)
Workshop Two: Developing IT within your art and craft group (pps - 2876k) Resources Funding for ICT (doc - 132k)
Guide to Managing ICT in the Voluntary and Community Sector (doc - 61k)
Internet Jargon Buster (doc - 63k)
Links to handy websites and free software (doc - 120k)
Website Do's and Don'ts (doc - 55k)
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