Organisations and institutions

Unitas

Unitas is a national charity that helps young people access, participate and progress in mainstream education and training. Unitas designs, manages and funds innovative national programmes for young people at risk of social exclusion. These programmes are implemented by practitioners who work with young people, including youth offending teams, schools and learning support units within schools and further education colleges. Category: Independent Research Organisation

http://www.unitas.uk.net/AboutUs/

Evaluations as member organisation (2)

Unlocking Value: the economic benefit of the arts in criminal justice

In late 2010, the Arts Alliance commissioned National Philanthropy Capital (NPC) to explore whether the value of the arts in criminal justice could be expressed through economic analysis. To do this, they selected three arts charities as case studies and undertook economic analyses of their interventions. This report quantifies the ... read on →

Authors Hannah Johnson, Sarah Keen, David Pritchard (New Philanthropy Capital)

Published October 2011

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisations Arts Alliance, Clean Break, Only Connect, Unitas

Participant type Offenders

Engage Cymru 'Summer Arts Colleges Summer 2016'

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Author Angela Rogers (Engage Cymru)

Artform Visual Arts

Organisations Engage Cymru, Unitas   Project venues Bridgend and Hillside Secure Unit, Parc

Participant type Male Juvenile Offenders, Male Juvenile Young People at risk

Evaluations as related organisation (4)

Summer Arts Colleges 2011: Final Outcomes Report

An independent evaluation of the fifth consecutive year of the Summer Arts College programme (2011)  has shown that the programme continued to meet its objectives of reducing offending, increasing educational engagement and improving basic skills through the arts for young people at risk of (re-)offending. Comparisons across the five years ... read on →

Author Maree Adams (Unitas)

Published March 2012

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Arts Council England

Participant type Male and Female Juvenile Offenders

Sample size: 412

Summer Arts College: Outcomes Report 2007-11

This outcomes report and accompanying digest is part of a series of publications summarising the outcomes of the four years of Summer Arts Colleges run between 2007-11. The evaluation has shown that the programme consistently meets its objectives of reducing offending, increasing educational engagement, improving basic skills,achieving a qualification and ... read on →

Authors Greg Brooks, Roger Tarling (Unitas)

Published 2011

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Arts Council England

Participant type Male and Female Juvenile Offenders, Male and Female Young Offenders

Evaluation of the Sounds Good Pilot Programme

An independent evaluation of music based pilot programme for NEET young people. It focuses on the delvery and impact of the programme, especially regarding engagement in Education,Triaining and Employment (ETE), basic skills and educational achievement and young peoples' attitudes towards education progression routes. read on →

Author Maree Adams (Unitas)

Published November 2009

Artform Music

Participant type Male and Female Juvenile NEET

Sample size: 31

Summer Arts Colleges 2008: Outcomes Report

An independent report on the 2008 Summer Arts Colleges intitiative focusing on reducing re-offending, increasing educational engagement, improving literacy and numeracy skills and ETE progression routes. read on →

Author Maree Adams (Unitas)

Published

Artform Multi-Arts

Participant type Male and Female Juvenile Offenders

Sample size: 277

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