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Access All Arts Fund opens for a third year

... Access All Arts Fund opens for a third year A project improving children and young people access the Arts has today opened for applications. The Access All Arts Fund, managed by Children in Scotland alongside a panel of young people, is open...


Girls’ rights are human rights

...and cultures that will allow children and young people to grow and develop equally, and thatstArts with gender-sensitive approaches and considerations. Our message for anyone working on children’s rights in Scotland – and on women’s...


A Scotland for all: Supporting families facing multiple disadvantage

...and there is always space for choice, creativity and outdoor play. Activities can include Arts and crafts, gardening, planting, outdoor play, cinema nights, and cooking. The purpose of the Makers Groups and wider Family Inclusion...


Making space for voices – Children in Scotland’s Annual Conference 2025

...speakers and panellists, 25 workshops, 40 exhibitors, and four sponsors – representing all pArts of the sector.  We are now on a mission to build on that success…  Plans for 2025   We’ve decided to move the conference over to the...


From screens to success – boosting children's executive function skills in the digital age

...they couldn’t strengthen their core capabilities through relationships and play. Fundamental pArts of development were lost for children, adolescents and teenagers during those challenging few years, and while it’s well documented that...


Managing ‘conflicts of interest’ – not as scary or hard as it might sound

...including being a trustee with a charity. Whatever role you take up, it may intersect with other pArts of your or your family’s working or volunteering life. Scotland is a small country, and this adds to the potential for conflicts of interest...


16 years of supporting children to stand up for their rights

...of their rights. Click here to learn more Member Spotlight: HeArts and Minds "Even after 20 years as Dr Spritely, every day still feels new and exciting" Click here for...


Challenges and opportunities: Insight Issue 6 celebrates the hard work and determination of Scotland’s third sector

...from Billy Anderson, Head of Services at Children in Scotland. Further reading includes: HeArts & Minds' Fiona Ferrier on why the Clowndoctors programme (click here for more) is proving laughter is the best medicine Details of a new...


Children’s Hearings Scotland: A day in the life of a Panel Member

...lunchtime then it's off to the hearing centre. I aim to arrive 30 minutes before the hearing stArts. This means I can have some time to catch up with our Panel and we can chat about each case. We talk about the practicalities – who might...


Access All Arts Fund

...   Access All Arts Fund  Unlock Your Creative Potential! Applications to the fund are now closed. Our panel are now reviewing the applications. The Access All Arts Fund 2021-current  The Access All Arts Fund is an exciting project to help...


Creating Safety: child protection in the Arts (2019)

... Creating Safety: child protection in the Arts 2019 Updated Version An updated version of Creating Safety: Child Protection in the Arts, a resource produced by Children in Scotland in collaboration with Creative Scotland, has been...


Further phase of national Arts funding announced, as Access All Arts report launches

... Further phase of national Arts funding announced, as Access All Arts report launches 14 Dec 2023 Following a second successful year delivering the Access All Arts Fund, Children in Scotland has today launched the Final Report for year two and...


Young people’s creative pursuits supported by national Arts funding

... Young people’s creative pursuits supported by national Arts funding 16 February 2023 Following a successful second phase of the Access All Arts Fund, 162 young people have been awarded grants towards creative projects and...


Young people across Scotland encouraged to Access All Arts as phase two of Fund launches

... Young people across Scotland encouraged to Access All Arts as phase two of Fund launches 13 October 2022 Following its success last year, the Access All Arts Fund is back to support more young people to access creative...

access all arts Arts creative scotland creativity Wellbeing young people

New fund supports 106 young people with additional support needs to access the Arts and unlock their creative potential

... New fund supports 106 young people with additional support needs to access the Arts and unlock their creative potential 28 April 2022 MEDIA RELEASE A total of 106 young people with additional support needs have taken forward creative Arts...

Arts ASN inclusion Participation young people

25 Calls response: How the Arts helped me rewrite my life story

... How the Arts helped me rewrite my life story 22 August 2019 Responding to Call 24, from Starcatchers, on access to cultural experiences, screenwriter Michael Lee Richardson explains why his first script sustained him during a difficult...


25 Calls response: Target stigma, honour Arts experiences and get the first years of school right to start levelling the playing field for children

... Target stigma and honour Arts experiences to start levelling the playing field for children 4 December 2018 Launching the first of ongoing responses to our 25 Calls, Scottish Book Trust CEO Marc Lambert explains why we must challenge the idea...


How we can work together to stop child abuse before it stArts

... How we can work together to stop child abuse before it stArts 30 Mar 2021 Stuart Allardyce, Director of Stop It Now! Scotland, explains why we need to rethink our collective approach and focus on prevention rather than the consequences of...


25 and Up: For post-COVID renewal we need to be radical, and that includes with the Arts

... For post-COVID renewal we need to be radical: here’s how to ensure the Arts are truly at the heart of every child’s life 27 August 2020 For its contribution to the 25 Calls campaign, Starcatchers said all children must be able to...


Creating safety in the Arts, as new guidance launches

... Creating safety in the Arts, as new guidance launches 16 May 2019 A new resource that provides guidance on child protection for the Arts has been launched. Creating Safety: child protection in the Arts produced by Children in Scotland in...


25 Calls response: An ACE-aware Scotland? Let’s be an Arts-aware nation, too

... 25 Calls response: An ACE-aware nation? Yes, but let’s be Arts-aware too 20 February 2019 Responding to Starcatchers’ call on the need for children to access the Arts from the earliest age, writer and poet Tom Pow explains how...

25 calls ACE Arts

Arts and minds

...Arts and minds An appreciation of the true impact of culture on wellbeing and learning should be embedded at all levels of policy, writes Amy Woodhouse You may or may not be aware that Scotland has a National Outcome for Culture: “We are...


Keeping children safe – making sure your organisation has the right things in place

...across a range of sectors. Click here for more Safeguarding in the Arts Creative Scotland offers child protection guidance for those delivering artistic, cultural and creative projects. Click here for...


#NoWrongPath: Children in Scotland staff share advice on SQA results day

...more than I did when I had come straight from school. I now work as a freelance artist, and as an Arts tutor at the Dundee Ceramics Workshop and Leith School of Art. “I joined the My Rights, My Say Team at the end of last year, and I'm now...


A momentous moment for children's rights in Scotland

...just because something is in law, it doesn’t mean it automatically happens, so the hard work stArts here to ensure children’s rights are truly respected and upheld. "I hope that UNCRC incorporation will be an important tool for protecting...


Five child-friendly nature activities for the summer holidays

...here to access the template as well as a handy video guide. 3. Learn about butterfly body pArts  Ever wondered how many legs a butterfly has? Or if they can smell? Spark little ones’ curiosity this summer holidays with some fun facts...


£2M funding boost for football activity clubs

...Nethercraigs Sports Facility, I saw children enjoying a healthy snack and fun activities including Arts and crafts and sports. Parents have told Pollok United the service helps with food and childcare costs, relieving pressure on stretched family...


Sustainability at #CiSAC24: Making the environment more than a conference buzzword

...exhibitor information. This event will give us a chance to assess delegate feedback on the online pArts of the programme, as well as find the important balance between promoting digital channels and keeping everyone ‘present’ for what is...


Tackling "poverty of opportunity" one bairn at a time

...so that children with additional support needs had access to swimming sessions to funding for Arts and crafts and t-shirt making kits for community family fun days, and even paying for pony-axe hire to enable children in wheelchairs to take...


Looking forward in gloomy times

...crises best are ones that have built the best levels of resilience. We also know that for large pArts of the charity sector, building this resilience is difficult. We all probably recognise the shoogly combination of the challenge of full cost...


New project supports children and young people to access the mental health benefits of live music

...on co-design projects with children and young people, and are particularly relevant for the Arts and culture and mental health professionals.” Stuart Burns, Scottish Ensemble’s Head of Artistic Planning, said: “Collaboration is at...


"Even after 20 years as Dr Spritely, every day still feels new and exciting"

...people overcome feelings of powerlessness, anxiety and isolation, Edinburgh-based charity HeArts & Minds delivers therapeutic clowning sessions across a range of settings, from paediatric healthcare units and respite centres to schools...


Life in Scotland for LGBT Young People: Rural Report

...in the glorious Scottish Borders – I’m not pretending Peebles is one of the most remote pArts of Scotland, but I would say that in the 1990s when the internet was something in a café in Edinburgh, mobile phones were only in American...


2023 highlights: reflecting on a milestone year

...for example, we distributed £86,000 to 161 successful applicants as part of the Access All Arts Fund (click here for more), helping to support a range of creative interests including music, photography, dance, film and TV, drawing and...


Listen, learn and act: New magazine calls for "young voices" to shape the children's sector

...of Krazy Kat Theatre, a professional children’s theatre company committed to improving access to Arts activities for deaf and disabled children through magical, visual-led productions that go far beyond the spoken word Glasgow Women’s Aid...


Open door policy: Supporting the museums sector to engage with a younger audience
Arts engagement living museums Participation

Encouraging moves on participation, and a promise to hold parliament to account

...of unaccompanied children (a policy proposed by Scottish Labour). Education: PSE reform, making Arts accessible and commitments on diversity If you followed our pre-election social media campaign, you would have seen that education is a key...

Arts calls citizens' assemblies democracy Education Election Learning manifest Participation Policy rights Scottish Government Scottish Parliament

New Emerging Minds project will look at how live music could boost young people’s mental health

...use project learning to shape policy Click to find out more Strengthening Arts access after Covid Contributors to our 25 Calls campaign have highlighted how the Arts can support children Click to read the...

Arts changing our world emerging minds Mental Health music research scottish ensemble stirling university Wellbeing

The Access All Arts Fund 2024 Event Page

... Learning Training & Events The Access All Arts Fund: How to Apply 15/10/24 12:15pm - 1pm | Online/Zoom Are you aged between 11-25? Do you work with young people aged 11-25? The Access All Arts Fund is back for another year to help...


Call 24: Ensure all children can participate in high quality, innovative Arts experiences from the earliest age

... Call 24: Ensure all children can participate in high quality, innovative Arts experiences from the earliest age By Rhona Matheson, Starcatchers It was during a performance of Hup, our live classical musical and theatre experience in...

25 calls

Covid causes fresh issues as school term stArts

... Magazine / News: High absence levels and continued ventilation issues as term stArts Posted 11 January, 2022 by Nina Joynson coronavirus Education health and wellbeing schools As children return...

coronavirus Education health and wellbeing schools

Insight – Issue 6

...from Billy Anderson, Head of Services at Children in Scotland.  Further reading includes:  HeArts & Minds' Fiona Ferrier on why the Clowndoctors programme is proving laughter is the best medicine  Details of a new journal that is...


Craig Johnston

...strong social justice agenda. Craig holds a Doctor of Philosophy (in Education) and Master of Arts in Youth and Community work from Brunel University, London, a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, from Winchester...

Johnston

29/01/25 - Children's Rights and the UNCRC for Local Authority members

...in Drama and Performance where she developed a research interest in young people’s access to the Arts and other extra curricular activities in Scotland. During her studies, she worked at an after school club and facilitated workshops for children...


19/09/24 - Children's Rights and the incorporation of the UNCRC

...in Drama and Performance where she developed a research interest in young people’s access to the Arts and other extra curricular activities in Scotland. During her studies, she worked at an after school club and facilitated workshops for children...


AC24 - Exhibition Hall

...| instagram _ Braw Talent is a creative agency which uses filmmaking, animation and visual Arts to tell the stories of marginalised young people and the organisations that support them. We are dedicated to making creative career pathways...


AC24 - Speaker Bios

...background ranging from astrophysics to genomics in academia and film & TV to dance in the Arts and the third sector. A project and programme management professional, she loves to develop and build collaborations across organisations to...


Aisha Shafiq

...enjoys trying new recipes, creating engaging social media content, and diving into any form of Arts and crafts. To keep active Aisha enjoys playing sports such as badminton and basketball and most importantly loves her...

shafiq

Building Happier Futures

...the brilliance of care experienced people” Posted 19.01.24 by Alice Hinds Arts care experience charity children and young people design Fundraising A care experienced student from Glasgow has...

Arts care experience charity children and young people design Fundraising

Launch of Children's Pocket Garden Design competition

...Meals Day 2024 focuses on "innovation in school meals 1 December 2023 Further phase of national Arts funding announced 14...

design Education environment schools

Ellen Morton

...children with additional needs in bilingual education. She has also worked with children in other pArts of the world, including Honduras, Uganda and New York City. She is currently studying for a Masters Degree in Gaelic Education. Ellen is a...

morton

ASL Inquiry Education, Children and Young People Committee

...here to access All My Rights, My Say resources Click here to access Access All Arts Fund End of Project report Click here to access Pupil Support Staff Engagement Project Report Click here to access Want to...


Insight – Issue 5

...of Krazy Kat Theatre, a professional children’s theatre company committed to improving access to Arts activities for deaf and disabled children through magical, visual-led productions that go far beyond the spoken word Glasgow Women’s Aid CEO,...


Young musicians invited to Hit The Road

...invited to Hit The Road for 10th anniversary tour Posted 21.09.23 by Alice Hinds Arts music scotland young people Celebrating 10 years of helping shape musical talent in Scotland, Hit The Road is inviting...

Arts music scotland young people

Coronation portrait project launched

...Children in Need launches coronation portrait project Posted 20.04.23 by Alice Hinds Arts Children culture Children around the country have been invited to take part in the upcoming coronation by contributing to a...

Arts Children culture

Young people encouraged to ‘step into’ culture

...encouraged to ‘step into’ cultural experiences Posted 12.04.23 by Lynn Gilmour Arts Children culture young people A new youth-led fund has opened to provide opportunities and support for young people to get...

Arts Children culture young people

Responding to climate crisis through dance

...in response to the climate crisis Posted on 28 February, 2023 by Nina Joynson access all Arts Arts climate change creative scotland environment funding Dance film 'elemental' explores our interaction with...

access all arts Arts climate change creative scotland environment funding

Climate-conscious theatre performance comes to Scottish schools

...Scottish schools Posted 22 February, 2023 by Nina Joynson. Photo credit: Andrew Perry Arts climate climate change environment schools Activism and the climate crisis is the focus of 'Maya and The Whale', a...

Arts climate climate change environment schools

CELCIS Christmas Card competition 2022

...Christmas card design competition now open Posted 29 November, 2022 by Jennifer Drummond Arts care experience creative School-aged children and young people with care experience are being invited to submit their designs...

Arts care experience creative

Creative expressions of care

...Scotland's care system Posted 19 October, 2022 by Nina Joynson. Image credit: Julie Howden. Arts care care experience young carers National Theatre of Scotland will stream a free package of theatre work for three weeks, including a...

Arts care care experience young carers

Carbon footprint is focus of new digital art installation

...is focus of new digital art installation Posted 3 November, 2021 by Nina Joynson Arts climate climate change environment A digital art installation project asking children and adults in Scotland and...

Arts climate climate change environment

NTS launch digital education portal

...launches new digital education portal Posted 27 Aug 2021 by Jennifer Drummond Arts Education The new educational channel will include resources to support teachers and secondary school students in Scotland to...

Arts Education


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Access All Arts Fund opens for a third year

... Access All Arts Fund opens for a third year A project improving children and young people access the Arts has today opened for applications. The Access All Arts Fund, managed by Children in Scotland alongside a panel of young people, is open...


Girls’ rights are human rights

...and cultures that will allow children and young people to grow and develop equally, and thatstArts with gender-sensitive approaches and considerations. Our message for anyone working on children’s rights in Scotland – and on women’s...


A Scotland for all: Supporting families facing multiple disadvantage

...and there is always space for choice, creativity and outdoor play. Activities can include Arts and crafts, gardening, planting, outdoor play, cinema nights, and cooking. The purpose of the Makers Groups and wider Family Inclusion...


Making space for voices – Children in Scotland’s Annual Conference 2025

...speakers and panellists, 25 workshops, 40 exhibitors, and four sponsors – representing all pArts of the sector.  We are now on a mission to build on that success…  Plans for 2025   We’ve decided to move the conference over to the...


From screens to success – boosting children's executive function skills in the digital age

...they couldn’t strengthen their core capabilities through relationships and play. Fundamental pArts of development were lost for children, adolescents and teenagers during those challenging few years, and while it’s well documented that...


Managing ‘conflicts of interest’ – not as scary or hard as it might sound

...including being a trustee with a charity. Whatever role you take up, it may intersect with other pArts of your or your family’s working or volunteering life. Scotland is a small country, and this adds to the potential for conflicts of interest...


16 years of supporting children to stand up for their rights

...of their rights. Click here to learn more Member Spotlight: HeArts and Minds "Even after 20 years as Dr Spritely, every day still feels new and exciting" Click here for...


Challenges and opportunities: Insight Issue 6 celebrates the hard work and determination of Scotland’s third sector

...from Billy Anderson, Head of Services at Children in Scotland. Further reading includes: HeArts & Minds' Fiona Ferrier on why the Clowndoctors programme (click here for more) is proving laughter is the best medicine Details of a new...


Children’s Hearings Scotland: A day in the life of a Panel Member

...lunchtime then it's off to the hearing centre. I aim to arrive 30 minutes before the hearing stArts. This means I can have some time to catch up with our Panel and we can chat about each case. We talk about the practicalities – who might...


Further phase of national Arts funding announced, as Access All Arts report launches

... Further phase of national Arts funding announced, as Access All Arts report launches 14 Dec 2023 Following a second successful year delivering the Access All Arts Fund, Children in Scotland has today launched the Final Report for year two and...


Young people’s creative pursuits supported by national Arts funding

... Young people’s creative pursuits supported by national Arts funding 16 February 2023 Following a successful second phase of the Access All Arts Fund, 162 young people have been awarded grants towards creative projects and...


Young people across Scotland encouraged to Access All Arts as phase two of Fund launches

... Young people across Scotland encouraged to Access All Arts as phase two of Fund launches 13 October 2022 Following its success last year, the Access All Arts Fund is back to support more young people to access creative...

access all arts Arts creative scotland creativity Wellbeing young people

New fund supports 106 young people with additional support needs to access the Arts and unlock their creative potential

... New fund supports 106 young people with additional support needs to access the Arts and unlock their creative potential 28 April 2022 MEDIA RELEASE A total of 106 young people with additional support needs have taken forward creative Arts...

Arts ASN inclusion Participation young people

25 Calls response: How the Arts helped me rewrite my life story

... How the Arts helped me rewrite my life story 22 August 2019 Responding to Call 24, from Starcatchers, on access to cultural experiences, screenwriter Michael Lee Richardson explains why his first script sustained him during a difficult...


25 Calls response: Target stigma, honour Arts experiences and get the first years of school right to start levelling the playing field for children

... Target stigma and honour Arts experiences to start levelling the playing field for children 4 December 2018 Launching the first of ongoing responses to our 25 Calls, Scottish Book Trust CEO Marc Lambert explains why we must challenge the idea...


How we can work together to stop child abuse before it stArts

... How we can work together to stop child abuse before it stArts 30 Mar 2021 Stuart Allardyce, Director of Stop It Now! Scotland, explains why we need to rethink our collective approach and focus on prevention rather than the consequences of...


25 and Up: For post-COVID renewal we need to be radical, and that includes with the Arts

... For post-COVID renewal we need to be radical: here’s how to ensure the Arts are truly at the heart of every child’s life 27 August 2020 For its contribution to the 25 Calls campaign, Starcatchers said all children must be able to...


Creating safety in the Arts, as new guidance launches

... Creating safety in the Arts, as new guidance launches 16 May 2019 A new resource that provides guidance on child protection for the Arts has been launched. Creating Safety: child protection in the Arts produced by Children in Scotland in...


25 Calls response: An ACE-aware Scotland? Let’s be an Arts-aware nation, too

... 25 Calls response: An ACE-aware nation? Yes, but let’s be Arts-aware too 20 February 2019 Responding to Starcatchers’ call on the need for children to access the Arts from the earliest age, writer and poet Tom Pow explains how...

25 calls ACE Arts

Keeping children safe – making sure your organisation has the right things in place

...across a range of sectors. Click here for more Safeguarding in the Arts Creative Scotland offers child protection guidance for those delivering artistic, cultural and creative projects. Click here for...


#NoWrongPath: Children in Scotland staff share advice on SQA results day

...more than I did when I had come straight from school. I now work as a freelance artist, and as an Arts tutor at the Dundee Ceramics Workshop and Leith School of Art. “I joined the My Rights, My Say Team at the end of last year, and I'm now...


A momentous moment for children's rights in Scotland

...just because something is in law, it doesn’t mean it automatically happens, so the hard work stArts here to ensure children’s rights are truly respected and upheld. "I hope that UNCRC incorporation will be an important tool for protecting...


Five child-friendly nature activities for the summer holidays

...here to access the template as well as a handy video guide. 3. Learn about butterfly body pArts  Ever wondered how many legs a butterfly has? Or if they can smell? Spark little ones’ curiosity this summer holidays with some fun facts...


£2M funding boost for football activity clubs

...Nethercraigs Sports Facility, I saw children enjoying a healthy snack and fun activities including Arts and crafts and sports. Parents have told Pollok United the service helps with food and childcare costs, relieving pressure on stretched family...


Sustainability at #CiSAC24: Making the environment more than a conference buzzword

...exhibitor information. This event will give us a chance to assess delegate feedback on the online pArts of the programme, as well as find the important balance between promoting digital channels and keeping everyone ‘present’ for what is...


Tackling "poverty of opportunity" one bairn at a time

...so that children with additional support needs had access to swimming sessions to funding for Arts and crafts and t-shirt making kits for community family fun days, and even paying for pony-axe hire to enable children in wheelchairs to take...


Looking forward in gloomy times

...crises best are ones that have built the best levels of resilience. We also know that for large pArts of the charity sector, building this resilience is difficult. We all probably recognise the shoogly combination of the challenge of full cost...


New project supports children and young people to access the mental health benefits of live music

...on co-design projects with children and young people, and are particularly relevant for the Arts and culture and mental health professionals.” Stuart Burns, Scottish Ensemble’s Head of Artistic Planning, said: “Collaboration is at...


"Even after 20 years as Dr Spritely, every day still feels new and exciting"

...people overcome feelings of powerlessness, anxiety and isolation, Edinburgh-based charity HeArts & Minds delivers therapeutic clowning sessions across a range of settings, from paediatric healthcare units and respite centres to schools...


Life in Scotland for LGBT Young People: Rural Report

...in the glorious Scottish Borders – I’m not pretending Peebles is one of the most remote pArts of Scotland, but I would say that in the 1990s when the internet was something in a café in Edinburgh, mobile phones were only in American...


2023 highlights: reflecting on a milestone year

...for example, we distributed £86,000 to 161 successful applicants as part of the Access All Arts Fund (click here for more), helping to support a range of creative interests including music, photography, dance, film and TV, drawing and...


Listen, learn and act: New magazine calls for "young voices" to shape the children's sector

...of Krazy Kat Theatre, a professional children’s theatre company committed to improving access to Arts activities for deaf and disabled children through magical, visual-led productions that go far beyond the spoken word Glasgow Women’s Aid...


Open door policy: Supporting the museums sector to engage with a younger audience
Arts engagement living museums Participation

Encouraging moves on participation, and a promise to hold parliament to account

...of unaccompanied children (a policy proposed by Scottish Labour). Education: PSE reform, making Arts accessible and commitments on diversity If you followed our pre-election social media campaign, you would have seen that education is a key...

Arts calls citizens' assemblies democracy Education Election Learning manifest Participation Policy rights Scottish Government Scottish Parliament

New Emerging Minds project will look at how live music could boost young people’s mental health

...use project learning to shape policy Click to find out more Strengthening Arts access after Covid Contributors to our 25 Calls campaign have highlighted how the Arts can support children Click to read the...

Arts changing our world emerging minds Mental Health music research scottish ensemble stirling university Wellbeing


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Aisha Shafiq

...enjoys trying new recipes, creating engaging social media content, and diving into any form of Arts and crafts. To keep active Aisha enjoys playing sports such as badminton and basketball and most importantly loves her...

shafiq

Ellen Morton

...children with additional needs in bilingual education. She has also worked with children in other pArts of the world, including Honduras, Uganda and New York City. She is currently studying for a Masters Degree in Gaelic Education. Ellen is a...

morton


The Access All Arts Fund 2024 Event Page

... Learning Training & Events The Access All Arts Fund: How to Apply 15/10/24 12:15pm - 1pm | Online/Zoom Are you aged between 11-25? Do you work with young people aged 11-25? The Access All Arts Fund is back for another year to help...


29/01/25 - Children's Rights and the UNCRC for Local Authority members

...in Drama and Performance where she developed a research interest in young people’s access to the Arts and other extra curricular activities in Scotland. During her studies, she worked at an after school club and facilitated workshops for children...


19/09/24 - Children's Rights and the incorporation of the UNCRC

...in Drama and Performance where she developed a research interest in young people’s access to the Arts and other extra curricular activities in Scotland. During her studies, she worked at an after school club and facilitated workshops for children...


AC24 - Exhibition Hall

...| instagram _ Braw Talent is a creative agency which uses filmmaking, animation and visual Arts to tell the stories of marginalised young people and the organisations that support them. We are dedicated to making creative career pathways...


AC24 - Speaker Bios

...background ranging from astrophysics to genomics in academia and film & TV to dance in the Arts and the third sector. A project and programme management professional, she loves to develop and build collaborations across organisations to...


ASL Inquiry Education, Children and Young People Committee

...here to access All My Rights, My Say resources Click here to access Access All Arts Fund End of Project report Click here to access Pupil Support Staff Engagement Project Report Click here to access Want to...



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Arts and minds
post

...Arts and minds An appreciation of the true impact of culture on wellbeing and learning should be embedded at all levels of policy, writes Amy Woodhouse You may or may not be aware that Scotland has a National Outcome for Culture: “We are...


Call 24: Ensure all children can participate in high quality, innovative Arts experiences from the earliest age
post

... Call 24: Ensure all children can participate in high quality, innovative Arts experiences from the earliest age By Rhona Matheson, Starcatchers It was during a performance of Hup, our live classical musical and theatre experience in...

25 calls

Covid causes fresh issues as school term stArts
post

... Magazine / News: High absence levels and continued ventilation issues as term stArts Posted 11 January, 2022 by Nina Joynson coronavirus Education health and wellbeing schools As children return...

coronavirus Education health and wellbeing schools

Insight – Issue 6
post

...from Billy Anderson, Head of Services at Children in Scotland.  Further reading includes:  HeArts & Minds' Fiona Ferrier on why the Clowndoctors programme is proving laughter is the best medicine  Details of a new journal that is...


Craig Johnston
post

...strong social justice agenda. Craig holds a Doctor of Philosophy (in Education) and Master of Arts in Youth and Community work from Brunel University, London, a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, from Winchester...

Johnston

Building Happier Futures
post

...the brilliance of care experienced people” Posted 19.01.24 by Alice Hinds Arts care experience charity children and young people design Fundraising A care experienced student from Glasgow has...

Arts care experience charity children and young people design Fundraising

Launch of Children's Pocket Garden Design competition
post

...Meals Day 2024 focuses on "innovation in school meals 1 December 2023 Further phase of national Arts funding announced 14...

design Education environment schools

Insight – Issue 5
post

...of Krazy Kat Theatre, a professional children’s theatre company committed to improving access to Arts activities for deaf and disabled children through magical, visual-led productions that go far beyond the spoken word Glasgow Women’s Aid CEO,...


Young musicians invited to Hit The Road
post

...invited to Hit The Road for 10th anniversary tour Posted 21.09.23 by Alice Hinds Arts music scotland young people Celebrating 10 years of helping shape musical talent in Scotland, Hit The Road is inviting...

Arts music scotland young people

Coronation portrait project launched
post

...Children in Need launches coronation portrait project Posted 20.04.23 by Alice Hinds Arts Children culture Children around the country have been invited to take part in the upcoming coronation by contributing to a...

Arts Children culture

Young people encouraged to ‘step into’ culture
post

...encouraged to ‘step into’ cultural experiences Posted 12.04.23 by Lynn Gilmour Arts Children culture young people A new youth-led fund has opened to provide opportunities and support for young people to get...

Arts Children culture young people

Responding to climate crisis through dance
post

...in response to the climate crisis Posted on 28 February, 2023 by Nina Joynson access all Arts Arts climate change creative scotland environment funding Dance film 'elemental' explores our interaction with...

access all arts Arts climate change creative scotland environment funding

Climate-conscious theatre performance comes to Scottish schools
post

...Scottish schools Posted 22 February, 2023 by Nina Joynson. Photo credit: Andrew Perry Arts climate climate change environment schools Activism and the climate crisis is the focus of 'Maya and The Whale', a...

Arts climate climate change environment schools

CELCIS Christmas Card competition 2022
post

...Christmas card design competition now open Posted 29 November, 2022 by Jennifer Drummond Arts care experience creative School-aged children and young people with care experience are being invited to submit their designs...

Arts care experience creative

Creative expressions of care
post

...Scotland's care system Posted 19 October, 2022 by Nina Joynson. Image credit: Julie Howden. Arts care care experience young carers National Theatre of Scotland will stream a free package of theatre work for three weeks, including a...

Arts care care experience young carers

Carbon footprint is focus of new digital art installation
post

...is focus of new digital art installation Posted 3 November, 2021 by Nina Joynson Arts climate climate change environment A digital art installation project asking children and adults in Scotland and...

Arts climate climate change environment

NTS launch digital education portal
post

...launches new digital education portal Posted 27 Aug 2021 by Jennifer Drummond Arts Education The new educational channel will include resources to support teachers and secondary school students in Scotland to...

Arts Education