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2. A collaboration between • Theatre Royal • Plymouth Music Zone • Plymouth Arts Centre • Attik Dance • Barbican Theatre

3. History • Formerly known as, Young People’s Arts Intelligence Group • Christina Dixon report on provision of arts opportunities for young people in Plymouth(2008) commissioned by ACESW and PCC. Plymouth Children and Young People’s Plan 2008/11 Needs Analysis • 56,000 young people in Plymouth aged 18 and under • 27.6% of families and young people live on benefits • High volumes of young people live in the most deprived wards. • 3% of children have a disability that requires specialist services

4. Key findings • High quality offer but not linked, co-ordinated or maximised • Need to invest in art form leaders • A need for a strategic role to explore and open up routes in the statutory sector • Lack of dialogue at a strategic level between CYPS and Arts Development. • Lack of strategy for progression for young people in the arts.

5. Key aims: • To improve access and range of high quality arts provision for young people • To improve communications with the local authority • To provide a ‘one stop-shop’ to statutory agencies for arts education/creative learning • To be the central point for information sharing and intelligence relating to young people and the arts • To share knowledge and improve networking opportunities • To collectively bid for resources

6. What has WIRED achieved? • Commission of 30K from PCC Youth Service for summer arts taster sessions • Grant funding of 10K from the Transformation Fund • Grant funding of 12K from Modernisation Fund for both Barbican Theatre and PMZ for partnership and collaboration consultancy • Training and support from BASSAC British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres • 20K from ACESW, PCC and Plymouth Youth Service • 2k from Paul Hamlyn Foundation for bid writing stage 2 of the Paul Hamlyn Pathfinder Programme

7. Evaluation Results

8. WIRED... Killer Facts • The WIRED group has delivered in all the primary, secondary, special schools and Pupil Referral Units across the city. • In any given year, WIRED creates over 50,000 opportunities for children and young people in other community settings. • WIRED offers around 1000 training opportunities every year, a quarter involving young people. • WIRED organisations engage around 600 volunteers annually. • WIRED member organisations contribute in excess of 26 million to the city’s economy providing employment for 670 local people. • WIRED has a strong track record working with children and young people identified as being ‘at risk’. • WIRED has established partnerships in every locality across the city and beyond.

10. WIRED... Learning so far • Vision • Leadership • Respect • Trust • Time • Honesty • Clarity • Action

11. WIRED... Paul Hamlyn THE WIRED ACADEMY OF ARTS LEADERS 2nd Stage Art Works Pathfinder Submission to the Paul Hamlyn Foundation January 2011

12. WIRED... Future • Commissions • Arts and Health • Adult Social Care • Consultancy for schools • Training and Social Entrepreneurship • Advocacy • Collaborative working e.g. British Arts Show, Cultural Olympiad Festival 2012 • Back Office functions