Creative activities for young people, particularly those who
are at risk of exclusion or offending.
Artlink is currently providing music workshops in four Pupil
Referral Units (PRUs) in Suffolk – the Albany Centre
in Bury St Edmunds, Alderwood in Ipswich, Mill Meadow near
Newmarket and Hampden House in Sudbury.
Young people who have been excluded from school are offered
African Drumming, DJ-ing, acoustic and electric guitar and percussion.
Group music making contributes to the personal and social development
of the participants. It therefore helps the PRU’s in their
aim of re-integrating the young people back into mainstream education.
In partnership with the PRU’s and Connexions, Artlink is
attempting to measure the distance travelled by the young people
by using the concept of Resilience as a bench mark.
After several years of working in partnership with Whitton Life
in Lowesoft, a recent Junk Funk wheelie bin drumming project
with very challenging young people attending Positive Futures
also in Lowestoft started well. However it failed at the last
hurdle when most of the young people declined for a variety of
reasons to take part in performances at the Latitude Festival
in July. JUST 42 kindly “stepped into the breach” at
the last moment with their established Bin There Drummed That
wheelie bin band which was a great success.
In October and November 2008 Artlink will be recruiting for
a new Junk Funk band in Eye. The main programme will begin in
the New Year and leading on to performances, hopefully including
rock bands and digital media, at Eye Castle in Summer 2009.
In addition to the wheelie bin drumming, Artlink can offer a
wide range of workshops – music, digital media, DJ-ing,
circus skills, clowning, theatre and dance – all delivered
by professional practicing artists.
Artlink would like to here from potential partners who can help
us to reach young people who would not normally have access to
creative activities.
Contact enquiries@suffolkartlink.org.uk if
you would like to discuss a possible project.
Suffolk Artlink is a registered Arts Award Centre
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