What is the Campaign about?

Welsh language information

The Family Arts Campaign is a national Sector Support Organisation funded by Arts Council England to raise family engagement with arts and culture.

Since our beginnings in 2012, we have focused on three main areas of work:

Increasing the amount and range of artistic work available to families
Increasing the quality of experience for families
Improving marketing to reach more families

We are here to support National Portfolio Organisations, museums, libraries, community groups, individuals, and anyone else looking to better connect families with arts and culture.

You can take part by signing up to the free Family Arts Standards and Age-Friendly Standards quality-marks, by attending training and events, or accessing our online resources library. You can also promote all of your family and age-friendly events for free as part of our Fantastic for Families campaign.

Who is running the Campaign?

We are a cross-sector and cross-artform initiative steered by a consortium of ten organisations and trade bodies. Our lead partner organisation is The Albany.

The campaign is overseen by a Project Board:

Helen Featherstone	CEO, Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust
Cassie Chadderton	Head of UK Theatre & Membership Development, UK Theatre
Charlotte Jones	Chief Executive, Independent Theatre Council
Cath Hume	Executive Director, Arts Marketing Association
Robert O’Dowd	Chief Executive, Rose Theatre Kingston
Gavin Barlow	Chief Executive/Artistic Director, The Albany
Matthew Swann	Chief Executive, City of London Sinfonia
Mark Pemberton	Director, Association of British Orchestras
Katy Spicer	Chief Executive & Artistic Director, efdss
Anne Torreggiani	Executive Director, The Audience Agency
Karla Barnacle-Best	CEO, Discover Children’s Story Centre
Lisa Mead	Artistic Director, Apples and Snakes
Paula Graham-Gazzard	National Coordinator, Contemporary Visual Arts Network

Central co-ordination is led by a small team:

Anna Dever	Head of Campaign
Clair Donnelly	Project Manager

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News

Updated Family Arts Standards Toolkit

If your organisation has pledged to meet the Family Arts Standards then you are able to use our newly updated Family Arts Standards toolkit.

The Toolkit includes Standards branding for you to use in your print and on your website, information on how the Family Arts Campaign can promote your family events, and how you can promote your Family Arts Standards-holder status.