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ALITA3 gets Arts Council England backing

Lottery LogoTMPL has been asked to deliver a third Action Learning in the Arts programme for 20 arts organisations in the London region. Arts+Media Training have been successful in a bid to Arts Council England to support the delivery of ALITA3 which follows the success of the two earlier ALITA programmes. TMPL's two Directors, Peter Cox and Debbie Kingsley, and Associate Jodi Myers (former Director of Performing Arts, South Bank Centre), will deliver ALITA3 starting in  June 2006.
The ALITA programmes are commissioned by Arts+Media Training (A+MT) and designed and delivered by TMPL Consultants/Training.  A+MT has been a leading provider of artist-led training and CPD for people working in the arts since 1991. The first two Arts Council-funded ALITA programmes were delivered to 22 Midlands organisations, which included Birmingham Royal Ballet, Ikon Gallery, Sampad, the Drum, DanceXchange, Pegasus Theatre, Roadmender and B Arts.   A+MT plans to follow ALITA3  with new programmes in the South West and the East Midlands later in 2006.

Background

ALITA3 is designed to strengthen its participants' organisational capacities, and to embed within them a practical commitment to the most important resources arts organisations possess: their people and their programmes.   ALITA3 will address, in one single year-long programme, the key issues identified by the Arts Council as critical to the development of leadership skills for the sector.  

ALITA3 will:      
·        support the arts sector as a whole: ALITA3 will ensure the sustainability of our sector through a collaborative action learning programme whose success has been tested and assured over five years;
·        support current leaders: ALITA3 addresses the central issues of senior management and governance, from developing and sustaining the artistic vision, to managing change, to succession planning;
·        develop existing and new leaders: ALITA3 will enable the development of tomorrow's cultural leaders by working with arts managers at all levels of experience today;  organisations are invited to send 3 participants to each session;
·        provide career development and advice: ALITA3 will give on-line learning support for all participants through a dedicated website and archive, as well as individual coaching and mentoring for participant organisations;
·        support the principles of diversity and partnership: ALITA3 will establish learning groups in which organisations of every shape, scale and artistic practice will work in close partnership;
·        address the multiple challenges of contemporary arts management: ALITA3 will provide the skills needed to meet the demands - artistic,financial, political - facing the 21st century arts organisation.

Programme:

The ALITA3 group will consist of 12 to 20 member organisations. Each will be asked to make a full intellectual and physical commitment to the programme and to the learning group.  The cost of the programme for the member companies will be £750:  the remaining cost (over £3,250 per organisation) will be met through the support of the Arts Council.   An outline description of the programme, and a draft schedule, are attached.

Information

For more information about ALITA3 and an application form please email Anna Bryers before 2 May 2006.  We strongly advise an early response since the programme is likely to be fully subscribed.  
Download pdf flyer here:Alita3 Flyer for London.pdf