What is WYAP?
Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership is an active working partnership between Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire District Council, Wiltshire County Council Youth Development Service and Arts Council England, South West for over four years. It has employed a full-time Youth Arts Co-ordinator since June 2002 and has recently expanded its team to include an Arts Administration and Information Officer.
Since 2002, WYAP has increased both the range and number of youth arts opportunities accessible to young people aged 13 to 21 years. For more information on WYAP, and to access our policy statement, click here.
On this page you can see the exciting projects we offer. For more detail on our current projects, click here. We can also link you to our many supporting partners.
Arts Award
The Arts Award is a new accredited programme, which recognises your development as a young artist and arts leader and is awarded at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. It is aimed at 11-25 year olds. Is that you?
For much more information on how you can benefit from this scheme, click here.
Are you a teacher, artist or youth worker that would like to train to become an adviser to support young people through their Arts Award? If you have three years experience of working with young people in the Arts, and are at least 20 years of age, WYAP can train you. Click here for more information.
Arts & Education
Wiltshire has launched a new Arts & Education Initiative, which links Wiltshire County Council to the Arts Council England, South West. Together they will be able to provide a complete service to teachers, youth organisations, parents, carers, young people and artists. For more information and useful contacts, click here.
This website is regularly updated to give schools the latest information about arts development to aid their curriculum planning. Click here to link to the Current Projects page, where you will more information in the Arts and Education section.
This website allows schools and youth organisations to find local approved artists to work with young people through the Artists Database, which since its launch in Autumn 2007, goes from strength to strength and is proving to an excellent resource for all. To view the Database, click here.
If you are an artist, WYAP will keep you informed of any regulatory developments and will provide you with information to improve your service to the young people of Wiltshire. Information can be found on the WYAP information page, click here to link directly to the Information page.
Roots 'n' Motion
Wiltshire County Council Youth Development service has now launched a new inspiring dance project across the county. Dance workshops are now running throughout Wiltshire.
To ensure the success of this project, and continue to build on the excellent reputation of youth dance in Wiltshire, newly appointed Youth Dance Animateur, Louise Forster, is coordinating the project, supported by experienced and energetic dance teachers.
To contact the Youth Dance Animateur, click here. For session dates and locations, please click here to link to Current Projects.
