Letter from Pepita Hanna:

 

Your students were a pleasure to work with; they volunteered to join in with the primary Children’s’ performance which they performed excellently. They were also incredibly articulate about their involvement in the Living Arts Network as Arts Ambassadors and explained what impact this experience had had on them personally and academically. They were really confident in speaking to all the twenty-five Arts Council national Directors and answered their challenging questions about the importance of arts and culture for children and young people.

 

All of the Directors spoke to me at the end about how meeting the other young people, had really helped them to think about how to engage more young people in their strategic conversations, as well as what were the key issues to consider in developing the Arts Council’s next 10 Year Strategy. They really valued the opportunity to see children and young people performing and talking to them about their arts experiences and why the arts are important to their lives. All the Directors were, as were we all, so impressed with the young people’s confidence and ability to talk to a group of adults about their ideas and views.

 

I particularly would also like to take this opportunity to thank Claire for her brilliant organisation skills, particularly at short notice. She not only organised your students but also liaised with the primary school and with me to accommodate the needs of the Arts Council Directors. This opportunity would not have happened without Claire’s support and I really appreciated all that she did.

 

Once again thank you so much and it is a pleasure working with your students and staff on the Partnership Investment as well as this recent experience.

 

Pepita

Pepita Hanna

Associate Director, Partnerships and Investment