Simone Chester -Youth Arts Development Officer

Contact Info:

Tel: 0121 460 5875   Email: simone.chester@bayc.org

The focus is on Youth Arts  involving current and future Arts Projects, linking to more sustainable and positive involvement with youth workers, groups and young people at all levels, from support for local groups with their own Youth Arts activity to involvement with large scale bayc projects such as the Forum Theatre Project or  International Youth Exchange 2005. We support and avocate for the use of Youth Arts (particularly drama ans storytelling) as a positive and workable, practical tool for quality youthwork to take place.Training for artists and youthworkers in the practical and theory and methodoloy of developing, planning,delivering and evaluating for arts projects is available.

Simone Chester,

Qualified youth worker and artist who is responsible for youth arts development, projects, advocacy and opportunities for young people and youth workers, in the Arts. Youth Arts provides youth groups/organisations with direct input in the field of Arts. An understanding of the communication system of Arts and opportunities and how it can be used to increase self expression and understanding of others which greatly increases becoming happy and involved human beings. As a trainer she has delivered training in the following areas:- 

·        Youth organisation – understanding youth arts

·        Youth workers – understanding youth arts

·        Young people and violence using arts as a tool for mediation

·        Safe surroundings

·        Drama and confidence building

·        Using youth arts as a tool for quality youth work

·        Telling Stories – Drama as a youth work tool

·        Bespoke training and curriculum planning  with youth groups and organisations

·        Forum Theatre – political drama as a youth work tool