Advice Sheets

Advice for Artists

Artists' Database Form

Artists in any artform with experience of facilitating projects with children and young people can join our database. Print off, fill in and return this form, which gives us permission to hold and pass on your contact details.

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Advice for Teachers

Evaluating and Evidencing

Tips for evaluating projects creatively. Evaluation is important for advocacy, reporting back to funders, and judging the success of your project.

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Recruiting Artists and Ensuring Suitability

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Writing a Project Brief

Writing a brief is a good starting point for conversations with artists, or for recruiting the right person.

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Writing a Project Budget

Advice on writing a project budget, to estimate your project costs or for a funding application

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Applying for Funding

Useful tips on identifying suitable funders and writing a funding application.

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Planning an arts project - a checklist

A checklist to make sure you've covered everything

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Starting Points

Not sure where to start? Some initial things to think about when planning your arts project.

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Arts Policies and Strategies

RBC Arts and Education Strategy

Reading Borough Council's joint strategy for developing arts and education joint working in Reading.

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Reading Borough Council Arts and Education Strategy	85 Kb	Adobe Portable Document Format