Arts Council
Photo: C Brooks
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Most importantly, the Cultural Education Challenge asks leaders across the arts, education, local authorities, schools, higher education institutions and others to create new ways of working – sharing their resources to create joined-up arts and cultural provision locally, at a time when public funding continually evolve and improve their offer, and therefore
remains under pressure.
creating more opportunities. The Cultural Education Challenge will encourage the creation Over the 2015 summer term, 100 schools from across
of local ‘cultural education partnerships’. Drawing on three
England took part in an Artsmark Award pilot – including 10
successful pilots – one of which was established in Great
from our region. Many more schools from across England are
Yarmouth – these will see a range of organisations come
now registering to become an Artsmark Award school and set
together to ensure children and young people have the
out their commitment to offering a comprehensive cultural
opportunity to access and participate in arts and culture –
provision – in and out of the school curriculum – for all their
from a theatre performance or musical performance, through
pupils.
to a poetry slam or hip hop dance.
For more information about Artsmark Award, please visit:
The Arts Council has already identified 50 cultural partnerships
http://www.artsmark.org.uk/
across the country where there is both most need and greatest
Cultural Education Challenge
opportunity for success. These will be up to full strength by
In a recognition that cultural education can vary from place to place and school to school, the Arts Council has launched the Cultural Education Challenge. It urges all those working in the
2018 – with an emphasis on developing them in areas of most need. For more information about the Arts Council’s Cultural
arts and education industries to work together in offering a
Education Challenge, please visit:
consistent education for all children and young people.
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