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Summer Arts Programme for Children in Care and Care Leavers

The aim of the Summer Arts College is to implement a 3 week structured, fulltime, arts-based programme for up to 10 young people who are Looked After and Care experienced in the age range of 16 to 25.

These young people may have experienced childhood trauma and also have difficulties with literacy and numeracy and detachment from education, training and employment. 

The arts programme will be held during the school summer holidays and based within a high quality community venue, although opportunities to travel to additional related activities is required.

The specific objectives for participants are to:

  • increase educational engagement and facilitate transition into mainstream education, training and employment after the College 
  • improve literacy and numeracy skills through the arts
  • develop confidence and self-efficacy
  • the provider will be required to support the young people to achieve accreditation through the Arts Award.

Funding will be £11k. The LA will make a bid to the Arts Council in order to deliver the programme and provider a further £1,000 (10%) for a total budget of £11k. The successful provider is able to source additional alternative grant funding to enhance the offer. 

The provider will need to evidence their safeguarding and supervision arrangements, as well as their arts offer. The provider will be expected to: manage the referral process including risk assessments; source and rent appropriate venue(s), and manage any transport between arts activities (transport from main venue to/from home is not required). The provider will produce promotional leaflets for the Children in Care and Leaving Care service who will in turn, promote this to the children and young people. The Local Authority will support the referral process to ensure the offer is targeted to the required cohort of young people.

Delivery will be for Summer 2024 only. Thereafter, providers that are signed up to the ‘Positive Activities’ Lot of the region’s Children and Families Support Service (CAFSS) provider framework, will be invited to tender for a programme from 2025. 

The successful provider will be expected to provide a report no later than 6 weeks following the end of the programme, to contain information regarding attendance, award accreditation, a description of the programme and a full financial breakdown.

Interested? Please submit your Expression of Interest by responding to the following:

  1. set out your Summer Arts offer (1000 words)
  2. provide information on your experience of having delivered similar programmes, including successful funding bids (500 words)
  3. confirm all staff will have an enhanced DBS check
  4. set out the Liability insurance you will hold in relation to this programme
  5. confirmation that you will abide and operate within the council’s children safeguarding process.
  • Value of the opportunity - £10,000 grant plus £1,000 LA match funding
  • Deadline for expressions of interest – 15 March 2024
  • Contact Samantha Ives - Children in Care, Children with Disabilities and Specialist Services - Samantha.Ives@telford.gov.uk.

Responses will be evaluated and the successful candidate will be contacted no later than 22 March 2024.

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Last updated: 06/03/2024 13:31

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