Background and Adviser training
The Arts Award is a national accredited qualification that recognises how young people develop as artists and arts leaders. The award is a personal learning programme, which develops and assesses both arts-related and transferable skills, such as creativity, communication, planning and teamwork.

Young people aged 11-25 can achieve awards at English National Qualification Levels 1, 2 and 3, which is included on the Qualifications Credit Framework, led through by a trained adviser who might be a teacher, youth worker, artist or other adult in regular contact with them. The Award can be worked on by young people in a wide variety of settings and delivery, including special arts projects, in school, at arts organisations or youth clubs etc.

wave arts education agency are on hand to train and support colleagues wanting to take young people through the award. Bronze/Silver level adviser training is offered in the area, as well as in-house training option available to schools and organisations wanting to train 8-15 people, (further details below).

Latest training: See the events page for the latest training offered in Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset.

**NEW** Arts Award 7-11
Two new levels of Arts Award for young people aged 7-11, are being piloted in nearly 60 different settings across the country, with over 2,000 children and 160 trained pilot advisers, from June-Oct 2011. Called Discover and Explore, the new levels are expected to be rolled out in the spring term 2012. See full details here.

Arts Award in-house training
In-house training is a tailor-made, cost-effective approach for schools/organisations that want to train a group of 8-15 people as Arts Award advisers. It can also be used as a support course for previously trained advisers, and tailored to meet the needs of your organisation. wave offer in-house training in Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole.

Please don't hesitate to get in touch for more information about training or running Arts Award in your setting

Visit the Arts Award website for more information – www.artsaward.org.uk / or call the Helpline 020 7820 4753