Dartington Plus
Dartington Plus supports long term participation in music and the arts for all people in the South West of England. The Dartington Plus programme falls into three strands of activity: Education, Enterprise & Perfomance.
Development aims
- Establishing a specialist music school across all genres for gifted and talented young people from the South West region – LEAD PARTNER, KEVICC
- Developing an innovative Arts programme across the Dartington Plus partnership to sustain Dartington as a centre of creative excellence – LEAD PARTNER, DHT
- Implementing participant development initiatives to encourage continuing participation across all age groups and support continued lifelong learning – LEAD PARTNER, DHT
- Providing a regional resource to enable musicians and artists to progress from education to sustainable work. – LEAD PARTNER, DCA
- Providing a regional resource to support creative practitioners to develop and grow their business and skills – LEAD PARTNER, DCA
- Creating an Arts Park at Dartington, providing space, resources and support for creative practitioners to transition from education to industry – LEAD PARTNERS, DHT & DCA
Enabling Aims
- To ensure appropriate governance and management structures to support the effective delivery of the Dartington Plus development aims
- To maximise income generation and fundraising opportunities and leverage in additional funds to support the Arts
- To work with partner organisations to support their complementary strategic initiatives
- To work with and learn from the experience of other Centres of Excellence at The Sage Gateshead and Aldeburgh