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To mark Youth Work Week 2008, we are asking youth workers to tell us about your experience of running the Arts Award and the support you would like in future.

We plan to create some guidance with advice from the National Youth Agency. Please tell us your views by 5 December 08


*1)Please describe your role within the youth service or give your job title
 
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Your experience of running the Arts Award



 
2)If you are already running the Arts Award, please tell us…

Approximately how many young people are working at the following levels:


 
 
 
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3)

Which art forms are you offering:

     
     
     
     
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4)

Has your group been moderated yet?

 
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5)

If you answered yes to the previous question, please comment on the experience

 
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6)

Please tell us about successes or achievements which the Arts Award programme enabled

 
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7)Please tell us about challenges you encountered in running Arts Award
 
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8)

Do you plan to continue to run the Arts Award?


 
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9)

If no, please tell us why
 

 
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If yes, please tell us roughly how many young people you would like to support to gain Arts Awards each year

 
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11)Do you offer Arts Award in addition to or instead of other award programmes like Duke of Edinburgh’s Award or Youth Achievement Award?
  
  
  
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Arts Award and youth work



 
12)Please tell us how you think Arts Award can contribute to youth work objectives (tick as many boxes as you wish)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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13)Please tell us how Arts Award fits within your own youth service or youth project objectives
 
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Funding Arts Award



 
14)How do you fund your Arts Award programme and the costs of young people’s moderations?
     
     
  
    
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15)Please tell us more about how you have raised or allocated funds to run the Arts Award. Your experience may be useful for other youth workers
 
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16)Please explain any challenges around funding
 
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17)Arts Award moderations are currently priced as follows:
Bronze - £15
Silver - £18
Gold - £30

Do you think these prices are:

  
  
  
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18)Do you think the Arts Award offers good value for money for the experience and accreditation young people get?
Does the cost of Arts Award moderations influence the number of young people you offer the award programme to?
 
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19)If yes, how many young people would you like to engage in the award, disregarding moderation costs?
 
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Guidance for youth workers



 
20)Does the Arts Award training and toolkit support you to run the Arts Award within a youth work context?
 
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21)Which areas of additional sector-specific guidance would you find useful:
  
  
  
  
  
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Anything else?



 
22)Is there any other advice you can give us about supporting Arts Award within youth work settings?
 
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23)Please give us your email address if you would like to receive our Arts Award/youth work guidance as soon as it is developed