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ANOTHER WAY IN - Cross Border Arts Volunteering Project 'Another Way In' is a project of Voluntary Arts Ireland and is the arts volunteering element of the wider “Volunteering in Sports, Arts and Faith Based Organisations – A Pilot Initiative” funded by the Department for Social Development (NI) and the Department for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (RoI).
'Another Way In' aims to promote volunteering in the arts in Fermanagh, Sligo and Donegal. Project partners are the GAA, Church of Ireland and City Church. | 
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Contact Isobel Cleary, Project Officer, 'Another Way In' Project (mob: 07908489254) or info@vaireland.org
Events to date: - Carrosyl Up 4 Arts day, July 2009 (Carrowshee Park / Sylvan Hill Community Association (Carrosyl) represents an area of 226 homes on the edge of Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh, just 11 miles from the border)
- Up4Arts Enniskillen, Oct 2009 (day long celebration including 'Art at the Hearth' sessions in the Diamond and taster arts and craft sessions in the Erneside Shopping Centre)
- Up4Arts Ballyshannon (22nd May, 2010 - forthcoming)
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We have been delighted to work with the Fermanagh Volunteer Centre, Donegal Volunteer Centre, Abbey Arts Centre in the presentation of the Up4Arts events. In addition to our main funders, we are grateful for the support of Fermanagh District Council for Up4Arts, Enniskillen and Ballyshannon Town Council for Up4Arts, Ballyshannon 'Making Something Happen' - Volunteering in the Arts. Case Studies of Arts Volunteer, 2009 Carrowshee Park / Sylvan Hill Community Association (Carrosyl) represents an area of 226 homes on the edge of Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh, just 11 miles from the border.
Up 4 Arts gave local residents the chance to try new art forms and consider arts activities they might like to pursue further. The day was organised by the Management Committee of Carrosyl with the assistance of ‘Another Way In’ and local arts practitioners volunteered their time and talents. Within a few miles radius of Lisnaskea, the talents were numerous and varied; great thanks is due to all volunteers who willingly shared their skills: crochet, flower arranging, set/ceili, dance, Indian dance and costumes, Hawaiian dance, knitting, scrap booking, card making, drama, quilting, glass etching, spray painting and jewellery making.
The ‘Making Something Happen’ case studies give you a flavour of the joy and benefits arts volunteering has brought to five local arts practitioners who volunteered to be tutors / facilitators at the Up4Arts Day, 25th July 2009.
Case studies compiled by Emma Whitehead as part of the 'Another Way In' project | 
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'Making Something Happen' Volunteering in the Arts. Case Studies (pdf - 1385k) To receive this publication in an alternative format, please contact info@vaireland.org 'Another Way In' project has been made possible by the support of: |
