Arts Award and Summer Reading Challenge Arts Award Discover was a great fit with what we were already delivering and contributed to our library strategy.

Arts Award and Summer Reading Challenge Arts Award and Summer Reading Challenge

’Arts Award Discover was a great fit with what we were already delivering and contributed to our library strategy. The staff and children really enjoyed the project and feedback from the parents has been really positive. It was a really good way of bringing children of different ages and schools together to have fun and learn. One group of children even met outside of the library and visited the cinema together as part of the award.’

Ruth Gedalovitch, Reader Development Manager for Havering Libraries

Did you know you can use the House and the Mouse activity book for Arts Award Discover?

What is Arts Award?What is Arts Award? Arts Award’s unique qualifications support young people to develop as artists and

arts leaders The programme develops creativity, leadership and communications skills Arts Award is open to anyone aged 5* to 25 Arts Award embraces all interests and backgrounds Available at five levels, four accredited on the QCF and one introductory level

Arts Award is run by Trinity College London in association with Arts Council England working with 10 regional Bridge organisations

* Arts Award will be available for 5 and 6 year olds from September 2013

What do children do for Arts Award What do children do for Arts Award Discover?Discover?

Take part in a range of arts activities to widen their experience and understanding of the arts. This could include reading, writing, storytelling, drawing, drama.... any creative activities they get involved in at the library, or elsewhere

Find out about artists and their work. Writers, poets, illustrators, singers, actors and creative people they know or meet through the Summer Reading Challenge

Share what they found out: with others taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge, staff and volunteers at the library, their family – or online at www.creepy-house.org.uk

Create an arts log of evidence. For Summer Reading Challenge 2013 they can use the House and Mouse activity book

Arts Award Discover & Arts Award Discover & Summer Reading Challenge 2013Summer Reading Challenge 2013

The Reading Agency has worked closely with Trinity College and the regional Bridge organisations to embed Arts Award Discover into the Summer Reading Challenge 2013

If you have purchased the House and the Mouse activity book this can be used as the arts log for Arts Award Discover

Any library wanting to offer children Arts Award Discover will need a trained Arts Award adviser – ask your Bridge about training

Each child achieves an Arts Award certificate which costs between £1 and £2.50 depending on group size. Taking part in Summer Reading Challenge may entitle libraries to discounted fees

We hope that you will want to use the House and the Mouse activity book to deliver Arts Award Discover! However, you are not required to run Arts Award in order to use the activity book

You can take a look inside the activity book here: The House and the Mouse Even if you don’t run Arts Award Discover with the House and the Mouse activity

book, it will show you how easy it is to incorporate Arts Award into existing projects

The Bridge organisations are actively encouraging libraries to engage with Arts Award and may be able to help you to do so

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Delivering Arts AwardDelivering Arts Award You will need to have a member of staff or a volunteer with experience of working

with children trained as an Arts Award Discover and Explore adviser Register your library service as an Arts Award centre. This is free and advisers can

work across your library sites You can work in collaboration with an existing Arts Award centre* to deliver Arts

Award

* Find local centres on the map at www.artsaward.org.uk/centres

If you’re not ready to run Arts Award at your library you can register as an Arts Award Supporter. This is free and gives you the opportunity to promote activities you offer that children and young people can use towards their Arts Award.

As a Supporter your library might offer:

workshopsarts, literary and cultural events which they can reviewopportunities to find out about artists and cultural opportunitiesa chance to share skills, lead arts projects or show their work at the library

Find out more and register at www.artsaward.org.uk/supporter

Arts Award Supporter Arts Award Supporter

SupportSupport Trinity College manages Arts Award on behalf of the Arts Council England. The Arts

Award website tells you about the different levels, how to deliver it, what children and young people get out of it, and provides resources and case studies – www.artsaward.org.uk

The Arts Award Guide has information and costs www.artsaward.org.uk/guide The Arts Council funded Bridge organisations are actively engaging with the library

sector to encourage more library services to train staff as advisers and deliver Arts Award.

Bridge OrganisationsBridge OrganisationsA goal of Arts Council England’s mission, ‘achieving great art for everyone’, is to make sure that every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts and culture. To help achieve this, ACE has funded a network of 10 ‘Bridge’ organisations.

They use their experience and expertise to connect children and young people, schools, communities, libraries and museums with art and culture.

What Bridges can to do support your libraryWhat Bridges can to do support your library Each regional Bridge organisation has an officer with responsibilities for engaging

with libraries Many offer training advice on Arts Award and may be able to help library

staff/volunteers access Arts Award Adviser training The Bridges have excellent information on the arts and cultural offers and

organsations within their region They offer an excellent opportunity for library services to engage with other arts

and cultural organisations For more information contact your regional Bridge

The Bridge organisationsThe Bridge organisationsEast of England: Norfolk and Norwich Festival http://bit.ly/ZyhE0B

Royal Opera House http://bit.ly/11bZYDe

East Midlands: The Mighty Creatives http://bit.ly/19t3u2C

The Bridge organisationsThe Bridge organisationsLondon: A New Direction http://bit.ly/10EpHro

North East: The Sage Gateshead http://bit.ly/1431Wu0

North West: Curious Minds http://bit.ly/ZykC5h

The Bridge organisationsThe Bridge organisationsSouth East: Artswork http://bit.ly/16vU9IG

South West: RIO http://bit.ly/16vUkUp

West Midlands: Arts Connect http://bit.ly/1aIjjR4

Yorkshire: Cape UK http://bit.ly/14eycXx

Bridge library leads:Bridge library leads:East of England: Norfolk and Norwich Festival - Joff Whitten - [email protected]

Royal Opera House – Kelly Lean - [email protected]

East Midlands: The Mighty Creatives – Mary Mills - [email protected]

London: A New Direction – John Mahon - [email protected]

North East: The Sage Gateshead – Dawn Williams - [email protected]

North West: Curious Minds – Caz Brader - [email protected]

South East: Artswork – Ruth Taylor - [email protected],uk

South West: RIO – Tamzyn Smith - [email protected]

West Midlands: Arts Connect – Susan Goodwin - [email protected]

Yorkshire: Cape UK - Jael Edwards - [email protected]