What is the Campaign about?

Welsh language information

The Family Arts Campaign is a national Sector Support Organisation funded by Arts Council England and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 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.

Logos of consortium partners: AMA, CVAN, ITS, One Dance UK, Society of London Theatre, UK Theatre, The Albany, Kids in Museums, ABO, The Audience Agency

The campaign is overseen by a Project Board:


Helen Featherstone	Deputy Director, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Hannah Gagen	Advocacy Manager, Society of London Theatre / 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 (Interim Chair)	Chief Executive, City of London Sinfonia
Mark Pemberton	Director, Association of British Orchestras
Anne Torreggiani	Executive Director, The Audience Agency
Karla Barnacle-Best	CEO, Discover Children’s Story Centre
Alison Bowyer and Laura Bedford	Executive Director and Head of Programmes, Kids in Museums
Rose Copsey	Communications Manager, Contemporary Visual Arts Network
Frederick Hopkins	Head of Business Development and Membership, One Dance UK

Central co-ordination is led by a small team:

Anna Dever	Head of Campaign
Clair Donnelly	Project Manager
Rukhsana Jahangir	Family Arts Network Coordinator

Training & Events

Training

For details of training events being offered by the Family Arts Campaign and our partners see below:

Webinar: Creating content that’s engaging and accessible for families – June 2020

The Family Arts Campaign recently hosted a webinar on creating engaging and accessible content for families, in partnership with the AMA.

The session explored:

Practical ways to make content accessible for children and people with hearing and/or sensory needs
Best-practice for accessible family experiences
How to adapt family arts initiatives, both during and post-lockdown

Webinar contributors were: