Arts Award
Arts Award is a national qualification that is all about encouraging young people to develop as artists and arts leaders. Any young person who is 11-25 years old can work towards an Arts Award. There are three levels of award: Bronze, Silver and Gold - levels 1, 2 and 3 on the national qualifications framework. artsedSW can help by:
- Telling people about the Arts Award and the reasons why they might want to get involved
- Making sure that the Arts Award is part of projects right from the beginning
- Giving information about the award and how it can work in many different ways. This can vary depending on what you do, where you are and who you work with
- Training Arts Award ‘Advisers’ – these are the people who will help young people through their awards
- Including the Arts Award in the projects that we run ourselves
- Spotting opportunities that are coming up and how the Arts Award can link in
- Making connections between advisers so that they can learn from each other
- Making connections between young people so that they can learn from each other too
- Celebration Events – making sure that when young people get their awards they feel proud of themselves and their achievements. We try to show other people what young people have achieved too
If you would like to know more, visit the Arts Award website in the first instance. You can contact your local arts education partnership for details of of what each of us are up to and how we can help. In the South West, Paula Winzar is the Regional Co-ordinator for the award and can be contact at paula.winzar@realideas.org.
