The Cultural Learning Alliance is a collective voice working to ensure that all children and young people have meaningful access to culture
We do not need magic to transform our world; we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.
J K Rowling OBE Very Good Lives, Little Brown, 2015
This month we bring you a possible end to Floor Targets; a highly critical report from the Health and Education Select Committees on the government’s Children’s Mental Health Green Paper; this month’s advocates, including 100 artists and the CBI; plus details of the Go Creative – Get a Job! Conference.
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week from the 14-20 May, we are launching our new Briefing written in partnership with the children’s mental health charity a Place2Be. Including a foreword from a Place2Be’s President and Founder Dame Benita Refson, the briefing sets out why the arts make us happier and healthier and are key to supporting children’s good mental health.