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A new initiative offering sustainable investment in arts and culture for young people has unlocked more than £750,000 to be used in the North East.

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Charlotte Dack is the newest member of the Culture Bridge North East team, joining us as Area Manager for Gateshead and Sunderland.

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Wow that was a busy three years! In 2015, when I took up my post and Culture Bridge North East was new, Arts Council England gave us three years and eight briefs to deliver. So, how did we do..?

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The Culture Bridge North East Fund is open to applicants until 21 May. The Fund, which was created in 2017, provides grants of between £250 and £1,500 to support working relationships between arts and cultural practitioners and schools or youth settings.

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The Newcastle Cultural Education Partnership (NCEP) is looking to recruit two new representatives from the arts and cultural sector, and expressions of interest are invited from individuals and organisations who have a serious commitment to working with children and young people.

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Last year, museums and galleries across the Tees Valley worked with local teachers to develop the Museum in your Classroom Toolkit – a free online resource designed specially for schools to plan, research, create, and publicise their very own exhibitions. In this blog, cultural and heritage consultant Anna Husband explains how a local primary school used the toolkit to help its students gain Arts Award Explore.

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​This week, we're celebrating our young artists through #MyArtsAward. This film showcases some work from the young artists in our region, as well as demonstrating what they can achieve, and what they can gain through taking part in Arts Award.​

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The #MyArtsAward week focus for today is celebrating our young artists. Here, student Jonathon Graham explained how doing Arts Award as a youngster helped him develop his career aspirations both inside and outside the arts.

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Today's #MyArtsAward week theme is partnership, so we're celebrating the role of Arts Award Supporters in a blog by Val Tobiass. Learning and Engagement Co-ordinator at Berwick Visual Arts.

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We often receive questions about Arts Award, both from those already involved in it, and those who've yet to take part. These common questions have been answered for #MyArtsAward week in a special film made by an amazing team of young people - The Treasure Group over-5s from The Customs House, along with members of its youth theatre working with animator Lesley-Anne Rose.

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Today's #MyArtsAward week theme is youth leadership, so we're celebrating the contribution Arts Award makes in creating confident and creative leaders among our young people. Diana Karikis 19, is a member of Team Juice, and in this blog talks of her own leadership journey to achieving Arts Award Gold.​

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On the second day of our Arts Award Celebration Week, Hazel Stewart, Learning Manager at Education Northumberland EOTAS (Other Than At School) service, explains how she, as an Arts Award Good Practice Mentor, sees the holistic benefits of Arts Award.

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In the first of our blogs for Arts Award Celebration Week, Rachael Rickwood, Assistant Producer (Children and Young People) at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, explains how she works to deliver Arts Award in a way that works for every young person.

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The pupils from Year 1 at Lingfield Primary School in Middlesbrough completed a project after spending a week-long residency at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, assisted by Jenny Phillips, the museum's Education Officer, and Jo Graham, from Learning Unlimited.

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A blog partially inspired by the Case for Culture North East Stakeholder Forum, by Culture Bridge North East's Creative Apprentice, Melissa Gillespie

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Culture Bridge North East is working with the Juice Festival and Team Juice on our next Big Ideas event next month. The event is themed around children and young people's voices in leadership. Here, guest blogger Ellen Orange, who edits the Juice Festival blog as a member of Team Juice, offers her take on the topic.

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Jenny Phillips is Education Officer at Middlesbrough’s Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, which is part of the Making a Mark programme. Offering children the chance to gain an Arts Award as part of the programme has proven popular with teachers over the last few years.

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By Eileen Atkins – Area Manager for County Durham and Tees Valley.

I’m studying for an MSc in Management and Leadership, an amazing yet very challenging experience. I'm currently working on a module about organisational behaviour and how people interact, and I’d like to share a few gems I’ve come across in the many hours I’ve spent with my nose in textbooks.

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Jacky Craig is Lead Officer for Music Partnership North, the music education hub in Northumberland and Newcastle. She supports and delivers many aspects of music, both in and out of schools, to broaden opportunities and enrich the lives of children and young people, including through Arts Award.

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Newminster and Chantry Middle Schools in Morpeth are part of the Three Rivers Learning Trust. and recently achieved their Platinum Artsmark.

In this blog, Charlotte Jones, Curriculum Leader of the Creative Arts, explains how it has helped the schools to build stronger external partnerships with a more diverse range of organisations, therefore deepening the pupil experience.

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