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The Youth Offer: The Arts Meet

There are still a few places left!

There is strong evidence to show that young people value arts provision and want access to better facilities and to more of them. How are Local Authorities responding to the new duty placed upon them to provide positive activities for young people? Is youth arts provision really being given the priority it deserves and that young people are calling for?

This exciting conference brought to you by ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network) explores these themes including key speakers from central and local government including Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP (Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, DCMS), arts practitioners, direct input from young people and breakout groups focussing on a number of the key elements of the government's new 10-year youth strategy 'Aiming High'.

This conference is for senior managers/commissioners of children and young people's services in Local Authorities and is also of value for those working in cultural and leisure departments and anyone working with, or for, young people in the arts and cultural sectors, or youth services. We have also set aside a number of discounted places for ENYAN members who work on a freelance practitioner basis.

You will leave with…

* A greater awareness and understanding of how the arts should be built into your ‘Youth Offer’ plans.

* A greater understanding of Aiming High: the 10-year youth strategy and the contributions that youth arts can make to this agenda.

* A greater understanding of the duty placed on local authorities to provide positive activities for all young people and the potential contribution of arts organisations, art agencies, practitioners and young people.

* A better understanding of what young people want, their thoughts and feelings towards the arts based on actual research and live performances.

* Examples, success stories and ideas for your ‘Youth Offer’ plans and how to go about implementing them.

* An awareness of the challenges that other local authorities and practitioners have faced in the past and how they were overcome

* Many new contacts within Local Government, Youth Services and the youth arts sector

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Date: 21/11/2007

Email: enyan2@artswork.org.uk

Telephone: 023 8063 0960



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