News

New Reach the Heights training coming soon

Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011

During 2012, Unitas will offer training to professionals who work with young people who are hard to reach, disengaged or disaffected. Through Reach the Heights, which is funded by the European Union and supported by the Arts Council of Wales, Unitas will deliver training to a range of professionals across… Read more

Summer Arts Colleges evaluation shows impressive results

Tuesday, 20 Dec 2011

In October 2011, Unitas reported on the outcomes so far achieved by its Summer Arts Colleges, using data gathered from colleges run between 2007 and 2010. The report provided remarkable findings about the impact of the programme. It demonstrated that: “The programme consistently meets its objectives of reducing offending, increasing… Read more

Youth Music announces new funding programme

Monday, 12 Dec 2011

During 2011, Youth Music, the leading UK charity using music to transform the lives of disadvantaged children and young people, has supported Unitas in the delivery of Summer Arts Colleges and piloting mentoring for young people who wish to progress in their music. In 2011, Youth Music announced a new… Read more

Summer Arts College Review Day 2011

Friday, 9 Dec 2011

Thank you to all who attended the Unitas Summer Arts College Review Day in October 2011. The Review Day followed on from the successful Summer Arts College Planning Day in May 2011. It was yet another great day with 27 Youth Offending Teams from across England and Wales attending and… Read more

Summer Arts Colleges 2011

Friday, 2 Sep 2011

In 2011, we worked with over 45 Youth Offending Teams around England and Wales, delivering the successful Unitas Summer Arts Colleges programme. 45 Summer Arts Colleges ran for three weeks in July and August 2011. To date, over 1300 young people have received the Bronze Arts Award, a qualification backed… Read more

TextNow® in Wales

Monday, 20 Dec 2010

TextNow®, Unitas’s motivational reading programme for reluctant readers aged 11-19, was successfully completed by 13 sites in Wales in 2010. This involved young people reading one-to-one with a reading coach for 20 minutes each weekday. The sites piloted our new online training and Workflow Management System, and received a starter… Read more

TextNow® 2009-10 evaluation completed

Friday, 3 Sep 2010

The 2009-10 pilot of the TextNow® programme across 23 sites in England and Wales was completed in August 2010. We would like to thank coordinators, coaches and young people at all the sites that took part – schools, learning support units, pupil referral units, FE colleges, training providers, youth offending… Read more

TextNow® programme shows outstanding results in schools

Friday, 18 Jun 2010

Unitas’s motivational reading programme, TextNow®, was piloted in schools and colleges in 2010 and the results were very positive. At the Dunston Youth Achievement Foundation Lane College in Derbyshire, coordinators commented on ‘how well our students have responded to the scheme and what a huge difference it has made so… Read more

TextNow® receives grant from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Friday, 18 Jun 2010

As a result of a significant grant from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Unitas’s successful motivational reading programme, TextNow®, is being rolled out over the next three years, starting in September 2010. The TextNow reading programme motivates young people to read through developing their enjoyment of, and confidence in, reading. TextNow… Read more

Top Tips cards available now

Wednesday, 16 Jun 2010

Two new Tops Tips cards have been launched for Wales. Providing basic skills tips for those who work informally with young people, these two cards are in both English language and Cymraeg. If you would like to order Top Tips cards 3 and 4, please complete and submit the NDP… Read more