Helping you stretch your budget further

This month we’ve been considering ways to help you make the most of your arts funding. We have advice for primary schools on delivering creative activities at different budget points; we’ve also compiled a list of potential funding streams for creative projects across the UK, and Arts Award centre, Thomas Ashton School (Arts Award Good Practice Centre 2017-2018), has shared their secrets for delivering great arts projects on a ‘shoestring’.

Performances with pizzazz!

If you’re working on an end-of-term show or concert this year, find out how to use Arts Award to accredit the hard work of students taking part. Or for support with the final steps of your planning, check out Trinity's new Essential Production Checklist which will help you to stay organised and avoid last-minute stress!

Blog highlights

Arts Award centre, Deafinitely Theatre, tells us about their flexible approach to delivering Arts Award with young deaf people, and shares tips for making your delivery accessible. Marking Artsmark Celebration Week (8-12 October) we looked at links between Arts Award and Artsmark, and explored the top five ways that Arts Award supports your Artsmark journey.

Using the adviser portal

We are pleased to announce the release of our updated Adviser Portal Guidance. The adviser portal is an important part of the moderation process and, to help you get the most out of it, we have refreshed our written guidance and created some helpful video tutorials. To find out more visit our Updates page.

Resources to support your digital Arts Award delivery

Whether you work in museums, theatres, galleries or youth settings, we have lots of resources to support your digital Arts Award delivery. There is a list of popular online platforms that can be used for digital portfolios and a resource for advisers working with young people using digital arts and technology as part of Arts Award. Find out more on our Support & Resources page.

Arts Award Voice reports on museums

Throughout November, Arts Award Voice takes a look at museums and heritage venues, showing the rich and creative role they play in our culture and the different jobs they offer. Learn more about how museums run Arts Award and what young people think museums should offer. Check out Museums and Heritage on Voice or find out more on our Support & Resources page. 

New support webinars

We have three new webinars for advisers available this half term: Delivering an accessible Arts Award, Arts Award and drama, and Creative Computing. Did you know that you can watch recordings of any of our support webinars at www.artsaward.org.uk/webinars Find out more on our Support & Resources page.

Voice report from Music Mark

Tune into #musicmark2018 and @musicmarkuk on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on 22 and 23 November to catch Arts Award Voice's coverage of the Music Mark Annual Conference 2018. Voice's young reporters will support the conference theme of Youth Voice with a social media takeover – plus, don't miss violinist, beatboxer and Arts Award Gold achiever, Faz Shah's keynote.