ACA - the national voice of children’s arts
Campaigning
- for children’s rights to the arts on equal terms with everyone else
Connecting
- all those with a personal or professional commitment to the importance of the arts in children’s lives
Celebrating
- the quality and variety of children’s arts in the UK
“Every child has the right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.”
Article 31, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Action for Children’s Arts is the only UK charity supporting all the arts for all children.
Action for Children’s Arts is proud to be a ‘Right Year for Children’ partner.
   
Baroness Floella Benjamin OBE, Sir Nicholas Hytner, Michelle Magorian and Sir Alan Ayckbourn are just a few of our Patrons. Click here to see them all.
“Childhood lasts a lifetime and every image we show children will reflect upon them sometime in their lives. Giving a diverse and fair representation of the world around them makes them feel as though they belong.”
Baroness Floella Benjamin
If you support our aims, you can support ACA by:
- becoming a member – click here to found out how much it costs and how you can benefit
- making a donation – as much or as little as you want, using the link opposite
AJTC Theatre, CIAO!, Clwyd Theatr Cymru Theatre for Young People and cube essential theatre are just 4 of our 45 member organisations.
To see the full list, click here.
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What’s new?
NATIONAL WELL-BEING
The Government is consulting on proposed measures of national well-being. Our response to the consultation drew attention to the fact that children are not included. Why not? Don’t children count as part of the nation? Click here for a summary of our response.
CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Click here for the presentations and other information about Autism and Theatre, an Industry Inspiration Day organised by Amabassador Theatre Group with the support of Action for Children’s Arts, Theatrical Management Association and other partners.
LYNDIE WRIGHT MBE
Congratulations to Lyndie Wright, co-founder of the Little Angel Puppet Theatre and winner of ACA’s 2011 J.M.Barrie Award, on the even more prestigious award of an MBE in the New Year’s Honours.
CONFERENCE 2012
Our 2012 conference - What Price Children’s Arts? - will explore the contribution made by the arts to children’s well-being in the context of recent reports by UNICEF and others on childhood and attitudes to children in the UK.
Speakers from the world of the arts will join with campaigners for children’s rights to discuss the issues, while ACA itself will put forward a programme for action.
The conference will take place on 19 June at the Unicorn Theatre, London – programme and booking information coming soon.
Click here for details of our full programme for 2012.
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