Arts sector resources
Links and useful information for the arts sector.
National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (opens new window) - ensuring arts are used within the criminal justice system as a springboard for positive change.
- Arts Award (opens new window)
- Artsmark (opens new window)
- Open College of the Arts (opens new window)
- National Society for Education in Art and Design (opens new window)
- RIO - Real Ideas Agency and arts Council's Bridge organisation for the South West.
- Schools and colleges
- Wiltshire council education and learning
- Wiltshire Music Connect (opens new window)
- Arts and education - Wiltshire Youth Arts Charter
- Youth Arts - local updates (opens new window)
- ArtCare Salisbury Hospital (opens new window) - an arts and health organisation delivering an arts programme at Salisbury Hospital, contributing to the healing process and well-being of patients.
- Arts & Health South West (opens new window) - an information, support and advocacy organisation for people who believe in the value of creativity in enhancing people's health and wellbeing.
- Department of Health and social care (opens new window)
- Adult care - Health and social care supporting healthy living in Wiltshire, adult care, family support.
- Healthwatch Wiltshire (opens new window)- a local independent service which exists to speak up for local people on health and care.
- Public health - working to improve the wellbeing and quality of life of Wiltshire's population.
- Your Care Your Support Wiltshire (opens new window) - a comprehensive database of Health and Social Care support services and clubs/societies for adults in Wiltshire.
- Arts Award (opens new window)
- Arts Award Voice (opens new window)
- Artswork (opens new window)
- Earlyarts (opens new window)
- Artworks: Our work with children and young people -English National Youth Arts Network (ENYAN) (opens new window)
- National Association of Youth Theatres (NAYT) (opens new window)
- Wiltshire Music Connect (opens new window)
- Community First: Youth Action Wiltshire (opens new window)
- Youth Arts - local updates (opens new window)
- National Foundation for Youth Music (opens new window)
- LinkUp Arts (opens new window) is a group of disabled artists and art lovers in Salisbury and the surrounding region who work together to support and promote the work of disabled artists and develop audiences for quality disability arts work. LinkUp Arts is based in Salisbury at the Salisbury Arts Centre.
- REACH Inclusive arts (opens new window) is an arts charity promoting inclusion for disabled people in artistic and cultural life. It delivers accessible projects in visual arts, performing arts, film and media, drama, music, movement and dance. REACH is based in Swindon.
Some useful places to search for jobs in arts and culture:
- The Arts in Wiltshire blog job opportunities (opens new window)- The Arts in Wiltshire blog site
- Arts Professional (opens new window)
- Arts Hub jobs (opens new window)
- Guardian Jobs (opens new window)
- The Stage jobs
- a-n (The Artists Information Company) (opens new window)
- AI (Artists Industry) (opens new window)
- Public Art Online Commissions (opens new window)
- Voluntary Arts Jobs (opens new window)
- Arts Council England Jobs (opens new window)
- Arts, Culture, Media Jobs (opens new window)
- University of Leicester Jobs (opens new window) - Jobs Desk (Museums and Galleries)
- Create Gloucestershire (opens new window)
- Creative England - crew and services for film and TV (opens new window)
- National Trust Jobs (opens new window)
- ScreenSkills opportunities (opens new window)
- Music Jobs (opens new window)
Volunteering opportunities are available at most of the venues we support and invest (see Arts service) in along with many other arts organisations (see Enjoy and experience arts).
If you'd like to host a professional arts performance in your village, find out more about Wiltshire's rural touring scheme from Pound Arts Centre (opens new window).
- Making Music (opens new window) provides advice, support and resources for leisure-time music groups and musicians.
- Sound Sense (opens new window) is a development agency for community music.
- Wiltshire Music Connect (opens new window) is a music education hub for Wiltshire. It has a strategic overview of provision and providers across the county and provides support and resources to those who deliver music. It can also connect schools, community groups and anyone wanting to learn to providers all across Wiltshire, including former music service tutors now working on a freelance basis. Wiltshire Music Connect also provides training, support and subsidies for young musicians.
- Wiltshire Rural Music (opens new window) (WRM) is a charity based in Trowbridge committed to supporting communities through music across the county. They offer a range of different services including regular ensembles and opportunities for adults and young people, Bursaries, Instrument and Music Hire and more.
- Youth Music (opens new window) the National Foundation for Youth Music.
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (opens new window)
- Arts Council England (opens new window)
- British Arts Festivals Association (opens new window)
- British Film Institute (opens new window)
- Cabinet Office (opens new window)
- Chief Leisure Officers Association (CLOA) (opens new window)
- Creative Industries Federation (opens new window)
- Department for Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) (opens new window)
- Local Government Association (local.gov.uk) (opens new window)
- Museums Association (opens new window)
- National Association of Youth Theatres (NAYT) (opens new window)
- National Campaign for the Arts (NCA) (opens new window)
- National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) (opens new window)
- National Foundation for Youth Music (opens new window)
- National Rural Touring Forum (opens new window)
There are hundreds of places to promote your event online and here are just some ideas for you in addition to the local media.
- try getting in touch with your Area boards they have their own community networks to promote events
- promote via the The Arts in Wiltshire blog (opens new window). Send your event details to arts@wiltshire.gov.uk (opens new window)
- contact your local Town and parish council
- try the Visit Wiltshire (opens new window) tourism site that lists a range of events in Wiltshire and Swindon
- music events can be promoted through Wiltshire Music Connect (opens new window)
Rural Arts Wiltshire (RAW) is the rural touring scheme for the county providing local communities with professional arts performances in their villages. The funding from Wiltshire Council helps RAW to offer a selection of high quality arts events at no financial risk to the village. With the help of volunteer promoters in villages across the county, RAW offers a range of professional events and workshops including music, dance, puppetry, storytelling and children's theatre
If you are interested in hosting a professional arts performance in your village, whether it be in your village hall, school, pub, church or other venue, please contact The Pound Arts Trust on 01249 701628 or email box.office@poundarts.org.uk (opens new window).
You can also visit Pound Arts Centre (opens new window) to find out more and to view the current list of events.
Rural Arts Wiltshire is managed by The Pound Arts Trust and delivered in partnership with Wiltshire Council with additional funding from Arts Council England.
- Arts Award (opens new window)
- Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy (opens new window)
- Clore Leadership Programme (opens new window)
- Creative and Cultural Skills (opens new window)
- Directory of Social Change (opens new window) - charity training
- Independent Theatre Council (ITC) (opens new window)
- Chartered Institute of Fundraising (opens new window)
- Management Centre (opens new window)
- National Arts Fundraising School (opens new window)
- National Open College Network (opens new window)
- NPF workshops (opens new window) - bid writing
- The Centre for Strategy and Communication (opens new window)
- Voluntary Arts (opens new window)
- Visual Arts South West (opens new window)
- Axisweb (opens new window)
- a-n (The Artists Information Company) (opens new window)
- Evolver (opens new window)
- The Arts Society (opens new window) - The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS)
- Community First (opens new window) - supports rural communities across Wiltshire and Swindon
- Wessex Community Action (opens new window) - supports voluntary and community sector in Wiltshire
- Charities Aid Foundation - support, advice, insight and expertise to charities
- Directory of Social Change (opens new window) - independent organisation helping voluntary and community organisations
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) (opens new window) - champions the voluntary sector and volunteering
- Voluntary Arts (opens new window) - development agency for the voluntary arts
- Funds Online (opens new window) - for the voluntary and community sector
- The Charity Commission (opens new window) - registers and regulates charities; provides online services and guidance to help charities run as effectively as possible
Wiltshire Intelligence Network (wiltshireintelligence.org.uk) (opens new window) - the one-stop-shop of key local data and publications
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