Impact Partnership Investment
– SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Programme +
CCS (Culture Consortium Shropshire), in partnership with the Actio Consortium, are running a three year programme for children and young people with SEND. This programme has been developed from research, commissioned by Shropshire Council, showing that children and young people currently accessing activity through the ‘All In’ programme would like opportunities to participate in a broader range of activity particularly in arts and culture. CCS and Actio secured funding from Arts Connect, matched by a range of other partners.
CALL OUT FOR RESEARCHERS
CCS and Actio are looking for a research partner with a proven track record to work alongside us to develop a best practice digital toolkit. The toolkit will be for practitioners and organisations who deliver arts and cultural activity for children and young people with SEND (Special Education Needs & Disabilities) and their families.
Duration of Contract – September 2021 to June 2022
Application Closing Date: Monday 19 July 2021 – 12 noon
Please email your proposal to Hannah Prior (Creative Director Ignition CIC, Strategic Lead for the PI Impact Partnership for CCS and Actio): hannah@i-gnition.co.uk
Click here for the full brief
The programme helps enable children and young people aged 0 to 19 with SEND and their families to take part in more and better quality Arts and Cultural activities. The programme looks at barriers to engagement and addresses these, ensuring the activities on offer are accessible, relevant and delivered by people with the right skills and training.
Research and development is fundamental to the programme, looking at ‘what works well and why’ in providing arts and cultural opportunities for this group and their families.
Key strands of work include –
The programme supports partnerships across the cultural sectors and wider, with learnings being applicable to a number of disciplines such as sports and leisure. The aim of the work is to bring about a culture change, repositioning Shropshire as leaders in the field of developing high quality, meaningful and inclusive cultural opportunities for this cohort of children and young people.
Please see the attached documents for details on the Together Seminar 2020, held on the 7th February and Development Session 1: Sensory Practice and Intensive Interaction, held on the 23rd January.
together_seminar_2020.pdf
development_session_1_sensory_practice_and_intensive_interaction.pdf
Find out more about the ‘All In’, Shropshire Council’s Short Breaks offer for children and young people with disabilities. Please contact Kate from Ignition, or Alexa from Shropshire Council who are leading the programme.
Further Actio Consortium info - http://www.paccshropshire.org.uk/introducing-the-actio-consortium-positive-inclusion-for-everyone
CALL OUT FOR RESEARCHERS
CCS and Actio are looking for a research partner with a proven track record to work alongside us to develop a best practice digital toolkit. The toolkit will be for practitioners and organisations who deliver arts and cultural activity for children and young people with SEND (Special Education Needs & Disabilities) and their families.
Duration of Contract – September 2021 to June 2022
Application Closing Date: Monday 19 July 2021 – 12 noon
Please email your proposal to Hannah Prior (Creative Director Ignition CIC, Strategic Lead for the PI Impact Partnership for CCS and Actio): hannah@i-gnition.co.uk
Click here for the full brief
The programme helps enable children and young people aged 0 to 19 with SEND and their families to take part in more and better quality Arts and Cultural activities. The programme looks at barriers to engagement and addresses these, ensuring the activities on offer are accessible, relevant and delivered by people with the right skills and training.
Research and development is fundamental to the programme, looking at ‘what works well and why’ in providing arts and cultural opportunities for this group and their families.
Key strands of work include –
- Development days for Professionals (across all disciplines) using arts and cultural techniques for training and upskilling
- Research based ‘toolkit’ for practitioners and organisations to use
- Best practice for working with children and young people with disabilities
- Seminars and sharing findings
- A series of cultural journeys /case studies tracking the child or young person’s experience of taking part
- Direct investment into the cultural sector
The programme supports partnerships across the cultural sectors and wider, with learnings being applicable to a number of disciplines such as sports and leisure. The aim of the work is to bring about a culture change, repositioning Shropshire as leaders in the field of developing high quality, meaningful and inclusive cultural opportunities for this cohort of children and young people.
Please see the attached documents for details on the Together Seminar 2020, held on the 7th February and Development Session 1: Sensory Practice and Intensive Interaction, held on the 23rd January.
together_seminar_2020.pdf
development_session_1_sensory_practice_and_intensive_interaction.pdf
Find out more about the ‘All In’, Shropshire Council’s Short Breaks offer for children and young people with disabilities. Please contact Kate from Ignition, or Alexa from Shropshire Council who are leading the programme.
Further Actio Consortium info - http://www.paccshropshire.org.uk/introducing-the-actio-consortium-positive-inclusion-for-everyone