Youth and Community Programme


Youth Committee
The Youth committee is made up of young people drawn from Arts Access projects. They are annually elected by the other participating young people. The maximum membership of the youth committee is 10 people aged between 13 - 25.

Shrewsbury Street Theatre Club

The Shrewsbury Street Theatre Club was created in July 2006 in response to the feedback from Arts Access' 'Funday Monday' Project in Shrewsbury Town Square. The creation of the Shrewsbury International Street Theatre Festival in the same year gave the club an annual objective and purpose. In the subsequent years this club has become a placement provider for the Vinspired youth volunteering scheme, a constant point of contact for the apprentices and has expanded into providing youth to youth community outreach, by attending numerous events around the county.

Jo Finch is the membership secretary for the club.
Telephone 07906393249
e-mail: poijoijo@googlemail.com

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Volunteer Scheme
Arts Access' youth volunteering scheme is provided by Vinspired formally Millennium Volunteers. Under the Millennium project we successfully supported 15 young people to achieve their 50 + hours certificates. In this round under the new Vinspired scheme we are on course to achieve even higher success.

In addition 8 of our youth members have been chosen in 2010 to sit on a new Shropshire youth forum. Which is a Big Lottery funded project being facilitated by the collaboration of the Shropshire Youth Association and Vinspired.

Apprenticeships
Currently Arts Access has an informal apprenticeship scheme, where talented individuals are matched up with working professional in order to learn the trade on the job.

Arts Access' is currently researching accreditation paths for apprentices, which would result in formal qualifications, either delivered in house, or in conjunction with another provider.

Community Outreach
Arts Access has been involved in many aspects of community outreach. Having worked with the spectrum of organisations from schools to independent festivals and has also created events of its own such as village hall arts events to Fundays in Shrewsbury Town Square.

The main outreach of the Roots to Inspiration programme comes from participating in numerous festivals and events in and around the county. Taking out performances and workshops in craft, theatre, circus and street theatre. At most events the inclusion of youth volunteers combines the delivery of volunteering opportunities for young people with a peer to peer outreach.

Arts Access welcomes inquiries from other organisations about new cooperative opportunities.