An Introduction to 1000 Days by Steve Wilson –
County Arts Officer.
1000 days is the new Arts Strategy
for Worcestershire. From 2016, over three years, we anticipate to show
how the Arts matter in Worcestershire – to communities, people, businesses, and
arts organisations.
Why 1000 days?
We aim for the Arts Strategy to be an active, living plan, driving the development of the arts throughout the county, whilst also making the arts relevant to Worcestershire's people and places.
1000 days is the period of time over which the strategy will be
delivered. Our objective is that, within this period, our action plan will have
been carried out.
Our Objectives and
Priorities
One: To make the arts in
Worcestershire as accessible as possible to as many people as we can.
Two: To increase the size and impact
of the arts sector in Worcestershire
Three: To develop and encourage art
forms in Worcestershire
Four: To widen opportunities for as many young people as we can and
access high quality arts in order to enable young people to play a lead role in
shaping the arts throughout the county, whilst contributing to improving the
lives of people of all ages and backgrounds.
Five: To boost prospects for the arts
to be used in improving the health of individuals of all age groups, assisting
with the provision of life-affirming health and wellbeing choices for all.
With the assistance of a number of organisations,
local and national, we aim to achieve these objectives and create a more vibrant and successful arts scene, raising the
profile of the arts across Worcestershire.
Follow us on our journey by reading further blog posts about
1000 days, which will enable you to view our project as it develops!
Fund of the week!
£££££££!
Steve went to a briefing this week from the Arts Council on
the new guidance for the new round of National Portfolio Funding. For those who haven't dipped their toes into
Arts Council funding this is for those organisations who are looking to get regular
funding. It is for bigger arts organisations and certainly the reporting and
work you need to do aren't for everyone and it's not clear how many new NPO
clients they would be taking on but it's worth a look and please let me know if
you are considering a bid. For more information please look at http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding
WAP Week
October 15th marked day 15 of 1000 days and it
was great to do a soft launch of 1000 days with a really nice event at the Cube
in Malvern. There was an open space event about collaboration as well as the
launch itself and then a real treat to
see the moving Magnetic Diaries. Thanks to all at the Cube for a great day.
The Children and Young People Group are running a great
project with The University of Worcester, funded through support of the Elmley
Foundation. Named Moving on Staying On it gives five artists/arts organisations
some funding and a mentor to develop their practice. Its all about maintaining
skills in the county and we are really excited about some of the outcomes from
it.
Our Arts and Health Group are planning a new event on the
subject of Obesity. We are hoping to do
this in collaboration with our friends in the Sports Partnership. We have a
planning event on Thursday 10th November at The Hive with the actual
event at Wychavon Council in January. Watch this space for more details.
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