Using the Arts
Using creative practices is a core element of the Partnership’s approach.
The Arts can help people to really engage with issues and explore things from a different perspective. It provides a relaxed, non-confrontational (and fun!) platform from which to work and is therefore an ideal way to engage with disadvantaged and vulnerable people who may not otherwise open up.
The Arts is transformative and can turn the most difficult consultation into a truly empowering experiencing, often giving a voice to those who may otherwise go unnoticed. Above all it puts positive experiences into the most difficult, impoverished and often traumatised lives.
We know that creativity and the use of the Arts is one of our most successful methods of intervention, particularly when working with young people, as demonstrated by the depth and variety of our projects over the past few years.
Our current pieces of work are outlined below.
Something Brilliant at the barn
Visit our new dedicated arts section which captures all the findings from our creative Barnstorming day in March 2011. It is packed with great ieas which will be of real benefit to anyone interested in working creatively with vulnerable groups.
“One of the things I really like about the Partnership is that
it does that really difficult work but with an interesting edge”
Ian Blair (Lord Blair of Boughton), Chair of Thames Valley Partnership
Moving Forward
The Partnership is currently involved in a new piece of work, supported by The LankellyChase Foundation, around young people who have experience in some way of domestic abuse and may [...]
Publications for Using the Arts
- Art & Community Safety - An Evaluation of the Community Arts Programme (Feb 2005)
- Art of the Possible – Achieving Change Through Creative Practice (2006) – A pictorial Conference reminder
- SROI – Measurement for the Future – An Evaluation of the Urban Beatz project 2007
- Tales from the Riverbank - A write-up up of the 2007 Lifecrafts Conference by Richard Ings
- Phat Kanz Street Art Support Pack for Young Artists
- Phat Kanz Street Art Support Pack for Support Workers
(Note – these files are very large- you will require Acrobat Reader version 6 or later to read them; if you wish to print you will need to select the “fit to paper” option in Acrobat Reader).
- Runners Support Pack - Designed to accommpany the Runners dvd which looks at the sensitive and difficult issue of young people becoming involved in drug dealing. Dvd copies can be obtained from judy@thamesvalleypartnership.org.uk
- Unlocking Value (2011) – A report by New Philanthropy Capital exploring the economic benefit of the arts in criminal justice.
