Action for Arts

Supporting Arts Excellence

Employability and Enterprise Training, with mentoring and practical experience to help you feel more confident and focussed, ready to plan your future in a positive way.

• We work with small groups - not in large classrooms.
• We have a team of friendly & experienced, personal development coaches, who listen and give one to one attention.
• Learn in a relaxed, supportive environment.

Further information from www.thecandoacademy.com

A new 6 month project providing a safe haven for young people with mental health and self esteem issues, who want to express themselves through song writing, playing and recording their own music.

Managed by a team of young professional musicians, and our Music Buddies Volunteer Support Crew, the aim of the project is to empower young people through creativity.

Project Goals:

• Self Esteem Building
• Empowerment
• Team Work Skills
• Music Education
• Coping mechanisms
• Creative/Artistic Expression
• Community Responsibility

With funding support from Gwirvol, and working in partnership with The Laundry Studios.

http://gwirvol.org

http://www.thelaundrystudios.com

In 2013 Action for Arts sent a film crew with musician Dani Washington, to document the journey he undertook, to meet the little boy, Elham, he connected with through Facebook. We wanted to highlight the plight of a young family suffering extreme poverty and harsh living conditions, in Fushë Kosovë - one of the most downtrodden areas of Europe.

Our aim, was to gain the attention of the international media, so that we could start raising funds to safely house the Krasniqi family. This story has been one of happiness and heartbreak, we've made friends with the Ideas Partnership an amazing NGO in Kosovo, and linked with some truly remarkable people from around the world, who have joined forces to help the community in Fushë Kosovë.

We are now raising funds to make a return journey to Kosovo in June 2016, so that we may update the story, and complete our documentary film.

If you would like to help us - please click on the 'make a donation' tab.

http://theideaspartnership.org

August 2016 sees the 6th anniversary of when we challenged ourselves to shoot a feature film in 28 days. Of course we achieved it, with the support of crew from LA, New York, London and Wales.

V Creation is a fast growing team of people who want to be part of the creative economy, and turn their passion and talent into employment.

There are opportunities to work on projects in:

• Music production & performance
• Film making
• Photography
• Broadcast & Digital media
• Social Media
• Graphic Design
• Journalism
• Public relations
• Event management & promotion

This is a unique initiative based in the North West, offering the chance to develop creative skills, gain some authentic work experience, training and potential employment.

http://v-creation.co.uk

A sneaky peek at some of the work we do on V Television the youth led television channel and production company, supported by industry mentors.

We also report on current news relating to the local creative economy and developments in the industry.

We're curating a series of one day and weekend festivals, aimed at promoting tourism both in and out of season, to raise the profile and boost the economy of coastal towns.

Individual projects that each focus on the contribution previous generations have made to music in the UK