# Arts charity IdeasTap announces free national training programme

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/02/13/arts-charity-ideastap-announces-free-national-training-programme/
- Published: 2014-02-13T10:16:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Arts Charity IdeasTap announced last night that it is to partner with organisations
including the Royal Shakespeare Company and Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures to deliver
a free national training programme for young people building careers in the creative
industries, thanks to a £250,000 Exceptional Award from Arts Council England. **

The announcement was made yesterday by Chair of Arts Council England Sir Peter Bazalgette
at the launch event for IdeasTap Takeover: Love, a five day multidiciplinary arts
festival being held at London’s RichMix venue.

This is the only the second Exceptional Award to be granted by Arts Council England
since they were announced last year. More information on the [awards and criteria can be found here](http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/apply-for-funding/exceptional-awards/).

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More background:

 * Arts charity IdeasTap will deliver a free national training programme for young
   people building careers in the creative industries, thanks to a £250,000 Exceptional
   Award from Arts Council England.
 * Called_ IdeasTap Inspires, _it will engage some 5,000 talented young people in
   a comprehensive support programme, including workshops, masterclasses, training
   events and online resources delivered all across England.
 * IdeasTap will partner with top-tier arts organisations to deliver the programme,
   taking world-class practitioners to locations around the country to share their
   expertise. Organisations currently enrolled in the programme include **The Royal
   Shakespeare Compan**y, **Complicite**, the charitable-arm of **Matthew Bourne’s
   New Adventures**, Re:Bourne, **Magnum Photos **and **Writers’ Centre Norwich**.
 * The scheme will be targeted at emerging talent aged 18-30 years old. Disciplines
   covered will include theatre, photography, writing, and dance.