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the Bluecoat
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Liverpool Biennial
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National Museums Liverpool
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Tate Liverpool
Unity Theatre
the Bluecoat
FACT
Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
National Museums Liverpool
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Tate Liverpool
Unity Theatre
Creative Apprenticeships
LARC has been running a national pilot for the Government’s Creative Apprenticeships scheme, hosting the first 10 Creative Apprentices in the country, working closely with Creative Cultural Skills, Liverpool Community College and the LSC.
The scheme aims to diversify the range of people who enter employment in the cultural sector by offering opportunities to young people who have not had access to degree level education. The ten young people were placed as apprentices with the LARC members, joined by Merseyside Dance Initiative.
The first group of apprentices have now completed their year with LARC organisations. The apprentices worked towards a Level 2 NVQ in Community Arts Management. Eight have achieved the qualification, with four performing so well they earned Level 3s instead of the expected Level 2s.
The first group of apprentices have now completed their year with LARC organisations. The apprentices worked towards a Level 2 NVQ in Community Arts Management. Eight have achieved the qualification, with four performing so well they earned Level 3s instead of the expected Level 2s.
Three of the apprentices have gained work with their host organisations, including Paul Dunbar, a 21-year-old former Argos call centre worker who has now started work as a marketing assistant for the Unity Theatre. Paul said of Creative Apprenticeships: "It changed my life. The experience and opportunities it gave me were priceless."
The scheme was generously supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, and also by the Working Neighbourhood Fund, the LSC and LARC’s Liverpool Thrive programme, funded by Arts Council England.
The Future
The next phase of the programme will start in January 2010, involving a wider range of employers and offering more choice of pathways for the apprentices. This will enable the scheme to have a wider reach across the cultural sector in the region and enable more young people to take up the scheme.
Liverpool Community College will be leading on the next phase, working closely with LARC, and with support from North West Vision for a programme manager. LARC’s Thrive programme will support training and capacity building for employers involved the scheme.
For more information on the Creative Apprenticeships programme nationally, please see www.creative-choices.co.uk
Also to view/download a Creative Apprenticeship Video please visit: YouTube
Liverpool Community College will be leading on the next phase, working closely with LARC, and with support from North West Vision for a programme manager. LARC’s Thrive programme will support training and capacity building for employers involved the scheme.
How can you get involved?
The scheme is now looking for employers working within and alongside the Creative and Cultural sector to be a part of this successful initiative in the coming year.
For more details on how to get involved as either an employer or an apprentice please contact: Sue Scott at Liverpool Community College – sue.scott@liv-coll.ac.uk
For more details on how to get involved as either an employer or an apprentice please contact: Sue Scott at Liverpool Community College – sue.scott@liv-coll.ac.uk
For more information on the Creative Apprenticeships programme nationally, please see www.creative-choices.co.uk
Also to view/download a Creative Apprenticeship Video please visit: YouTube
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