Evaluation Title

Access, participation and progression in the arts for young people on Detention and Training Orders

Type of evaluation

Data type Qualitative

Evaluation Focus Engagement, Participation, Progression Routes

Key indicators Completion rates, Engagement, Progression Routes

Project output Structured workshop programme

Model of change Risk and Responsivity

Methodologies Control Group, Interviews, Literature search, Survey

Research limitations Incomplete data, TIme consuming

Summary of evaluation

An Arts Council England (ACE) research study to establish benchmarks for access, participation and progression in the arts for young people on DTOs; identify what young people perceive as the critical barriers to their participation and progression in the arts; explore what associated professionals perceive to be the critical barriers to the participation and progression of the young people with whom they work within the arts; establish how far arts interventions are used in the community part of the Detention and Training Order through Youth Offending Teams (YOTS).

Project description

The main aim of the research was to examine the extent to which young people on DTOs had accessed, participated and progressed in the arts. The objectives of the research were to:

Key Quote

Fifty-eight per cent of young people on DTOs wanted to continue with their preferred arts activity on release from custody, compared to 78% of the nationally representative sample and 47% of the socially excluded sample.


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