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Summer Arts Colleges evaluation shows impressive results

Tuesday, 20 Dec 2011

In October 2011, Unitas reported on the outcomes so far achieved by its Summer Arts Colleges, using data gathered from colleges run between 2007 and 2010. The report provided remarkable findings about the impact of the programme. It demonstrated that: “The programme consistently meets its objectives of reducing offending, increasing… Read more

Summer Arts College Review Day 2011

Friday, 9 Dec 2011

Thank you to all who attended the Unitas Summer Arts College Review Day in October 2011. The Review Day followed on from the successful Summer Arts College Planning Day in May 2011. It was yet another great day with 27 Youth Offending Teams from across England and Wales attending and… Read more

Summer Arts Colleges 2011

Friday, 2 Sep 2011

In 2011, we worked with over 45 Youth Offending Teams around England and Wales, delivering the successful Unitas Summer Arts Colleges programme. 45 Summer Arts Colleges ran for three weeks in July and August 2011. To date, over 1300 young people have received the Bronze Arts Award, a qualification backed… Read more

TextNow® 2009-10 evaluation completed

Friday, 3 Sep 2010

The 2009-10 pilot of the TextNow® programme across 23 sites in England and Wales was completed in August 2010. We would like to thank coordinators, coaches and young people at all the sites that took part – schools, learning support units, pupil referral units, FE colleges, training providers, youth offending… Read more

TextNow® programme shows outstanding results in schools

Friday, 18 Jun 2010

Unitas’s motivational reading programme, TextNow®, was piloted in schools and colleges in 2010 and the results were very positive. At the Dunston Youth Achievement Foundation Lane College in Derbyshire, coordinators commented on ‘how well our students have responded to the scheme and what a huge difference it has made so… Read more

TextNow® receives grant from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Friday, 18 Jun 2010

As a result of a significant grant from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Unitas’s successful motivational reading programme, TextNow®, is being rolled out over the next three years, starting in September 2010. The TextNow reading programme motivates young people to read through developing their enjoyment of, and confidence in, reading. TextNow… Read more

Arts Award Access Fund grants to help young people and centres

Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010

The Arts Award Access Fund offers small grants of £50-650 to centres running the Arts Award, to help young people access high quality arts experiences. These grants can be used for tickets to arts events, travel costs, fees for workshops with professional artists and much more. For full details of… Read more