Arts Award is a national qualification and accredited framework for young people to develop as artists and arts leaders
The Arts Award mission is to support young people who want to deepen their engagement with the arts, build creative and leadership skills, and to achieve a national qualification.
Through Arts Award at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, young people aged 11-25 can explore any of the art forms including performing arts, visual arts, literature, media and multimedia. The award is a personal learning programme which develops and assesses both arts-related skills (arts knowledge and understanding) and transferable skills (creativity, communication, planning and review, teamwork and leadership). As well as building confidence, it helps young people to enjoy cultural activities, and prepares them for further education or employment.
Arts Award was established in 2005 by Arts Council England and developed in partnership with Trinity College London. The Arts Council licenses the Arts Award brand to Trinity College London which runs and manages the programme.
How does it work? Arts Award Centres and Advisers
Young people work for their award using Arts Award centres as a focus, in addition to working independently. Centres can be set up in a wide variety of different places, from arts organisations to schools, pupil referral units, youth clubs and community centres. Every Arts Award centre is registered with Trinity Guildhall and must have at least one trained Arts Award adviser.
Become an Arts Award adviser
To become an Arts Award adviser and support young people through the Bronze and Silver Arts Award you need to successfully complete a one-day course. Click here for adviser person specification
Creative Junction is a qualified training agency and is offering the Arts Award Bronze and Silver Advisor Training course.
The next Bronze and Silver Adviser Training Course at Creative Junction is on Tuesday 6th December 2011. Click here to book your place/s.
We also offer In house training courses, if your organisation wants to train at least eight staff. This is useful (and works out cheaper) for organisations who have their own training venue or local authorities/schools/arts organisations who want link up with others, or take the initiative for rolling out the award in a specific area. Cost: £57 per person plus trainer fees (£270 plus expenses).
The training covers how to deliver and assess the award and involves presentation, case studies, assessment tasks and discussion. Each trainee must successfully complete the training course before becoming an official adviser. Organisations with a trained adviser can register as an Arts Award centre (at no cost) and start running the award with young people.
Becoming an Arts Award centre is a great way to
- Kick-start a new youth arts project
- Use a clear framework for your existing work with young people
- Enable young people to work towards a national qualification
- Engage more young people in the arts and challenge them to develop their creativity and leadership skills
Arts Awards in CP Schools
Creative Partnerships and Arts Award are actively developing closer links. Arts Award is embedded in the new CP programmes and schools can set the costs of running Arts Award against their 25% contribution to their CP programme. CP delivery bodies are advocating the use of the Arts Awards as a valuable accreditation for many strands of CP work in primary and secondary schools, LSUs and PRUs. Many are looking for links between secondary and primary schools through Arts Award’s leadership units.
Arts Awards works best when planned into Creative Partnerships programmes from the outset. It is therefore important that Creative Agents and Partners have a working knowledge of the Arts Award and can advise schools on how to use it to accredit CP activities. Click here for more information.
For more information about our courses, please contact Gloria Garcia, project leader, on gloria.garcia@creativejunction.org.uk or visit www.artsaward.org.uk
