Free Downloadable resource - Children & Young People's Arts Participation in Practice: For Rural and Other Areas

Last winter I was asked to create a series of case studies and good practice guidance for arts related work with children and young people in rural areas. This was part of a bigger piece of work for Arts Connect as they began their journey to support the creation of a consortium for arts and cultural organisations across Shropshire.

Shropshire Arts Consortium was formally launched this week with much ground covered already in the past few months and a lively energy to carry on building opportunities for children and young people in the area moving forward. A website for their work is on its way and in the meantime you can follow them on the #ShropConsortium hashtag.

Many people were interested in the case studies and research I carried out, and Arts Connect have kindly agreed to share it as widely as possible. ​​

The resource created from this research contains

• Introduction to the depth / breadth of opportunities for engaging children and young people
• 14 case studies across a variety of art forms and models of practice, with images and a breakdown of transferable learning from each example other organisations could pick out and adopt / adapt in their own context
• 5 practical guiding principles for working with children and young people​​​​ particularly (though not exclusively) in rural areas

Feel free to read or download the resource below...

Children & Young People's Arts Participation in Practice: For Rural and Other Areas by sallyent