Trying to encourage take-up of cultural services can be tough. A recent MJ debate, organised with Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), asked how we can engage young people in the arts. Heather Jameson reports.
The Panel:
Anne Bamford is Director of the Engine Room, University of the Arts London
Charles Barnard, head of Early Years, Ealing LBC
Karen Brock, head of THAMES, Tower Hamlets LBC
Roy Clare CBE, chief executive, Museums Libraries & Archives Council
Alan Clarke, civil servant, DCSF
Paul Collard, chief executive, CCE
Althea Efunshile, chief operating offi cer, Arts Council England
Clive Jones, head of regeneration & housing, Telford Council
Briony Lodge, civil servant, DCMS
Paul Roberts, managing director of IDeA/CCE Trustee, IDeA
Jan Roman, director, Black Country Children Services Improvement Partnership (BCCSIP),
Black Country
Ged Rowney, director of children and young people's services, Stoke City Council
Virginia Tandy, director of culture, Manchester City Council
Helen Watson, executive director, children and young people, South Tyneside MBC
Michael Burton, editor, The MJ
Heather Jameson, deputy editor, The MJ
