wave work with a large number of arts and cultural, education and local authority organisations and groups. We have included a list of these with further information and contact details below.

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• Activate Performing Arts  01202 884340
  Activate is the theatre and dance development agency for Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. They provide information, advice and professional development programmes for theatre and dance artists, work to increase opportunities and access to dance and theatre, encourage high quality performances in existing venues and new locations and support the creation of new work in Dorset
  
  
• Arts Council England South West  0845 300 6200  
  Arts Council England works to get more art to more people in more places. They develop and promote the arts across England, acting as an independent body at arm’s length from government. Between 2006 and 2008, Arts Council England will invest £1.1 billion of public money from government and the National Lottery in supporting the arts. This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England
  
  
• ArtsIndex    01202 633972 
  Artsindex is a database of artists, arts organisations, arts groups/societies and venues for Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset. It is the main database that local authority arts development teams and key local arts organisations use to source artists
  
  
• Artsmatrix    01202 853642
  ArtsMatrix is the continuing professional development agency for creative practitioners in the South West. They aim to enable arts and creative industries professionals to develop skills to make the most of their careers
  
  
• Bournemouth Arts Development    01202 451805  
  Bournemouth Arts Development is the local authority team working throughout Bournemouth to support creativity, learning and enjoyment of the arts
  
  
• Bournemouth Libraries  01202 454848  
  Bournemouth Borough Council library service
  
  
• Bournemouth Theatre in Education   01202 452720
  BTiE aims to break down barriers between actors and audiences to create a forum for learning, empowerment and change. They deliver programmes of live performance and participatory drama, storytelling, forum theatre, community plays, publications, courses, workshops and training courses for pupils, students and teachers
  
  
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 01202 670611  
  The BSO’s Education and Community Unit organizes a variety of nactivities including workshops, large-scale projects and concerts
  
  
• Dance Bytes    Contact Wave
  Youth Dance organisation providing safe, affordable dance activities for children and young people in Bournemouth
  
  
• Dance South West   01202 554131  
  Dance South West is the regional strategic agency for dance. They bring together a network of partners to enable people in the South West to make, watch and take part in dance
  
  
• DEED     01202 739422  
  DEED is Dorset’s Development Education Centre providing a wide-range of Global Education resources for schools and the wider community alongside project and professional development
  
  
• Dorset History Centre    01305 250550  
  The Dorset History Centre unites two services Dorset's Archives and Dorset Local Studies
  
  
• Dorset  Music Service    01202 678233            
  Dorset Music Service is the main provider of musical tuition within Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth Schools and also runs a number of County Groups, Ensembles and Music Centres
  
  
• Hubalicious       
  Online arts and culture resource by young people for young people highlighting events and opportunities in Bournemouth and Poole
  
  
• Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts    08700 668701
  Lighthouse is the largest arts centre outside London with a 669 seat theatre, 1500 seat concert hall, 150 seat studio, 105 seat cinema, image lab and media suite, a large gallery for photography and digital art
  
  
• Poole Arts Development    01202 633973 
  The Arts development service focuses on increasing levels and standards of arts activity within the Borough of Poole. The service aims to promote the involvement of people in creative expression through both amateur and professional opportunities, ranging from one off small projects to major investment
  
  
• Poole Libraries   01202 262424  
  Borough of Poole Library Services
  
  
• Poole Museums   01202 262600  
  Poole Museum services comprising both the Waterfront and Scaplen’s Court Museums
  
  
• Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum   01202 451858  
  Russell-Cotes in a Bournemouth Borough Council run museum and art gallery
  
  
• Soundstorm    01202 678233  
  SoundStorm is the music development agency for Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset providing workshops, financial support to school/community projects, training, inset, events and music festivals
  
  
• The Study Gallery of Modern Art   01202 205200  
  The Poole-based Study Gallery brings art, artists and audiences together to share, study and respond to many forms of art and design. It actively encourages creative thinking and the creation of new work
  
  
• Umoja Arts Network  01202 595018
  Umoja Arts Network aims to promote Afrikan and Caribbean Arts and Culture in Dorset