Children & Arts Inviting Start Arts Partner Applications for 2009/10

Posted 2nd December 2008 16:51pm by Alison Duguid

The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts is actively seeking passionate and committed partner arts organisations to work with them to develop and deliver Start for primary and secondary schools in their local area.

From 1st December 2008 Children & the Arts is inviting arts organisations across the UK to apply to become an arts partner for their flagship program Start. They are looking to recruit eight to ten new partners for the 2009/2010 academic year.

Through Start, Children & the Arts provides funding and practical support to enable arts organisations across the UK to form partnerships with primary and secondary schools in their local area. Throughout the course of the school year children will have the chance to attend at least two professional performances, concerts or exhibitions and participate in workshops lead by professionals.  Start allows children who have little or no experience of the UK’s rich culture – children who may never have been to a play, heard a live piece of classical music or even visited their local art gallery – to experience the very best of the UK’s glorious arts heritage.

Through Start children will also discover that cultural venues are welcoming, accessible and exciting places to be in the hope that students will continue their engagement with their local cultural venue beyond the life of the project. 
 
The deadline for Stage One applications is 23rd January, 2008. 

Applicants are advised to read the detailed guidelines and criteria for arts partners before applying. You can read these on the Children & Arts website, and you can also download a Stage One Application form as a pdf or a Word document there.
    
For more information, visit the Start pages on the Children & Arts website.