‘Reaching Out’ is a one-day conference focusing on creative and imaginative ways to use music to engage young people, whatever the challenges they face. The day will offer a range of workshops, presentations and discussion opportunities to explore effective ways to connect with children and young people through music-making in both mainstream and special schools.
This national child protection and safeguarding conference is being delivered in partnership with Artswork, the Safe Network and Voluntary Arts. It is aimed at voluntary and community arts and cultural organisations that work with young people.
The programme includes legislation updates, a range of key-note speeches from sector experts, consultation and networking opportunities as well as breakout workshops including safe social media, child protection policy writing, and understanding volunteers’ roles in the safeguarding process.
A one day conference for practitioners working with and/or interested in families and palliative care issues. Topics covered will offer opportunities to think about current practice and solutions to best support families who have a child with a life threatening or life shortening condition.
The keynote address will be given by Professor Sir Alan Craft, FRCP Consultant Paediatric Oncologist and Professor of Child Health. The speakers include Susanna Abse, Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships and Maddie Blackburn, Together for Short Lives.
A conference to showcase and develop high quality practice, through workshops, presentations and exhibitions.
The conference is aimed at commissioners of arts and activities in health, social care and housing, artists, performers, and musicians, health and social care professionals and health / care workers in hospitals, care homes and communities, galleries, museums, and cultural institutions, arts organisations, academics, researchers and students and anyone else interested in the field.
A conference to showcase and develop high quality practice, through workshops, presentations and exhibitions.
The conference is aimed at commissioners of arts and activities in health, social care and housing, artists, performers, and musicians, health and social care professionals and health / care workers in hospitals, care homes and communities, galleries, museums, and cultural institutions, arts organisations, academics, researchers and students and anyone else interested in the field.
This conference, from Voluntary Arts and Amateo (the European network for active participation in cultural activities) is open to everyone involved in the voluntary and amateur arts and crafts sector.
This symposium aims to provide a forum in which to explore current arts practice, education and research in end of life care and to formulate an effective response to cut backs and diminishing support for creative arts services during a time of increasing financial austerity. The central question for debate will be ‘Can the creative arts not only offer a cost effective and dynamic response, but also a fundamental response, to both living and dying in a changing world?’
Tickets are available at a discounted rate until 14 April.
Cr8net 2012 will take place at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in Mayfair and the day is designed to suit senior managers, decision makers, creative support agencies and strategic cultural organisations, academics, local government creative and cultural representatives and all those who aim to make a positive difference in the creative industries.
Arts & Health: A Global View, the American Society for Arts in Healthcare’s annual conference will take place at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit this May. Speakers include the celebrated writer of ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’, Richard Florida and the conference includes tours, seminars and many networking opportunities. w: http://www.thesah.org/template/page.cfm?page_id=184
The London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2012 will take place from June 13-20 this summer and promises to be a great showcase for the huge variety of arts and health activity in the capital.
