Month: May 2020

Children’s Arts Covid-19 Fund – open for applications

Children’s Arts Covid-19 Fund – open for applications

Children's Arts Covid-19 Fund - open for applications

Action for Children's Arts has raised £3,000 to distribute to children's arts organisations and professionals who have been financially impacted by Covid-19. We will be awarding two grants of £500 to organisations, and eight grants of £250 to individuals.

We will be prioritising those who are ineligible for government support, and who work in smaller art forms. We also particularly encourage applications from individuals and organisations that are new to the industry, who might have less established financial reserves to fall back on.

Deadline: 5pm on Wednesday 27 May 2020

FAQs

I'm from Scotland / Wales / Northern Ireland - am I eligible?

Yes, ACA is a UK-wide organisation and we welcome applications from all four nations.

We are a partnership, rather than a registered company or charity. Can we still apply?

Yes, we will also welcome applications from existing professional partnerships.

 

Homeschooling during Covid19 – week eight creative activities

Homeschooling during Covid19 – week eight creative activities

Homeschooling during Covid19 week eight - creative activities

We're here to help you through another week of home-schooling! To get you started for the week, here's quite a big resource. Fantastic for Families have updated their website to include lots of online participatory activities for all ages: https://fantasticforfamilies.com/

Dance

Have you got small people in your life who love the ballet? Then check out the Royal Opera House creative learning resource packs! Alongside the class activities, there are plenty of digital resources that you can use from home: https://learning-platform.roh.org.uk/ballet

Drama

We are delighted to see ACA Members Little Angel Theatre getting this publicity! Have you seen their lockdown content yet? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/52583126/making-puppet-theatres-from-lockdown-parcel-packaging

Music

Do your kids need a goal during lockdown? Glyndebourne has launched Arts Award at Home - a new opportunity for young people to engage with the arts during lockdown and earn a nationally recognised qualification: http://glyndebourne.com/artsaward

Why not have a play in Google Chrome's Music Lab? Get your creative juices flowing and then send us the results! https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments?dm_i=5HR0,6JZR,2XJGH5,OTBM,1

Museums

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, you and your family can join in with a bit of Time Travel TV courtesy of the National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/students/time-travel-tv/

If you are enjoying any of this content, please consider making a donation to the organisation who is producing it! Arts organisations are facing up to 100% revenue loss due to Covid19 and need all the help they can get right now.

Homeschooling during Covid19 week seven – creative activities

Homeschooling during Covid19 week seven – creative activities

Homeschooling during Covid19 week seven - creative activities

We're here to help you through another week of home-schooling!

Drama:

Why not try Fly High Stories' plays that you can act out at home? We are very excited that this includes a script by our Chair - Vicky Ireland MBE: https://www.flyhighstories.co.uk/at-home

Our friends at Little Actors Theatre have come up with a weekly lockdown schedule of activities. Definitely worth a visit if you have acting-obsessed little ones: https://www.littleactorstheatre.com/articles_373517.html

Listening

We recommend heading over to Little Radio UK - run by the incredible present Chris Jarvis! Check out their website and find out all the different ways you can listen: https://www.littleradio.co.uk/

How about a story read by our superstar patron Baroness Floella Benjamin? Suitable for kids and big kids alike! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTKRCnHB7YmN69iIbg_JH2w

Music

Don't forget to prepare your submission for the #BBCLockdownOrchestra. You can play, paint or pirouette - just make sure to meet the deadline on Sunday https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/lpcpKcs0Glj7w7hKkJv0Kv/join-the-bbc-lockdown-orchestra-for-you-got-the-love