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Background
In April 2022, Blue Cabin was commissioned by Artsmark and Arts Council England (ACE) to carry out a creative consultation with care-experienced children and young people in the North East of England, to understand their views of the arts and creativity within their Virtual School experience. This consultation with children and young people was part of a wider programme led by ACE working with local partners and Virtual Schools in the East and West Midlands and London, looking at how Artsmark could be a beneficial programme for Virtual Schools across the country.
ACE is keen to better understand key issues relating to cultural and creative education for care-experienced children and young people and has commissioned Blue Cabin to facilitate a national action research programme: Artful Alliance.
Through Artful Alliance we explored:
We are delighted to be working in partnership with tialt//there is an alternative, who will support the evaluation and action research of the Artful Alliance.
The following virtual school and creative organisation partnerships took part in the Artful Alliance programme:
Together, the Virtual School and creative organisations tried out existing or new project ideas with care experienced children and young people and the trusted adults in their lives.
They undertook a series of training, including trauma informed approaches, social pedagogy, attachment and recovery, facilitated by organisations including Blue Cabin, Kazzum Arts and Therapeutic Life Story Work International. Learning was gathered and shared throughout the programme, supported by tialt.
Key findings
The Artful Alliance evaluation report by our evaluation partner, tialt, outlines the action research projects delivered as part of Artful Alliance, the key findings and recommendations.
