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...

Do you have experience of working with children and young people in rural areas through arts / culture / media? I'm currently doing a small piece of research for a rural consortium who are at the start of creating a county-wide strategic approach.

I'd like to provide the group with some core principles to inform the way they think about their work and some good case studies / examples of relevant activity to help them reflect and be inspired.

Can you add some tips / advice based on your own experience and / or do you know of some relevant programmes, projects, policies, initiatives etc? 
If you could answer any of the 4 quick questions here, please do - let's hear about your experiences and top tips, thank you so much. (Survey closes 31st Dec 2014)

http://bit.ly/ruralCYP