Bells Farm Dark Age Historical Research Group
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Who are DAHRG
Bells Farm Centre for arts training
School visits Arts in
retirement Arts Courses
Saxon arts & crafts project
Artists
Development Officer
The
project aims
Reasons
to succeed
1) The group is long established celebrating fifteen years service in September 2007
2) All proposed areas of the project have been tried and tested
3) Development manager has long track record of organising successful events
including two £5000 lottery funded projects for the group and another for the
Bells Farm Community Centre, and is National living history co-ordinator for the
parent society of DAHRG de Belne.
4) The lead artist is NVQ TDLB level 3 (inc. D32 & D33)
NVQ
Management level 3 Institute for Supervision & Management
City
& Guilds Licentiateship through training & development
AISM
(Affiliate the Institute for Supervision and Management)
NVQ
2 Care Josiah
Mason College
Trained to deliver ASDAN youth awards through the "U" Choose programme
5) The second artist has six years experience as an artist and a care worker
6) Several other group members are accomplished amateur artists with many years
experience providing exhibitions and training for a wide range of public.
7) The group has the support of the National Educational Charity "The
Vikings"
The Bells Farm Community Association, and
Birmingham City Council with the use of training rooms, exhibition hall and
office accommodation at Bells Farm Centre.
Long-term
effects
Artist work in schools will encourage creativity and cross curriculum-learning opportunities for young people using an imaginative historical theme. Teacher and leader training will demonstrate the use of arts/crafts in a historical context.