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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…
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Youth Music announces new funding programme
Monday, 12 Dec 2011
During 2011, Youth Music, the leading UK charity using music to transform the lives of disadvantaged children and young people, has supported Unitas in the delivery of Summer Arts Colleges and piloting mentoring for young people who wish to progress in their music. In 2011, Youth Music announced a new…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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