Useful Links
Local and Regional
DH-Systems Ltd
Our website host and IT support provider.
The Magna Centre
The Magna Science Adventure Centre
Voluntary Action Rotherham
Voluntary Action Rotherham is the lead body for supporting, developing and promoting the voluntary and community sector in the Rotherham borough.
Rotherham MBC Community Arts
For information about other arts groups and activities in Rotherham and advice about your project or accessing funding for the Arts, please contact the Rotherham MBC Community Arts Service at by visiting the Community Arts Pages on their website.
Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance
ROAR is an independent arts support organisation that aims to be the network hub and support organisation for professional artists and arts companies in Rotherham.
Eventus
Swamp is part of the Eventus Consortium.
REMA
REMA is the umbrella body in Rotherham for all Minority Ethnic communities.
The Unity Centre
The Unity Centre is the largest Multi Cultural Centre in Rotherham. Located within Eastwood, Rotherham.
Open Minds Theatre Company
We work in the community to assist in the developing and equipping of people to lead effective and fulfilled lives by improving their confidence, self-esteem, understanding of others and themselves, communication skills and self-discipline through their exposure to and involvement in the arts.
Point Blank Theatre Company
Dead Earnest
Applied Theatre Specialists.
Pif-Paf Arts
based in Sheffield
National
UK Youth Circus Network
The home for the UK Youth Circus Network
NASA (National Association of Street Artists)
NASA is an independent national network of UK-based artists and companies creating work for the street and other outdoor contexts. It works to enhance the profile of street arts in the UK and to develop professional practice through networking, peer support, information sharing, discussion forums, collaborative projects and advocacy.
NASA - National Association of Street Artists
The Circus Arts Forum (aka Circus Development Agency)
Set up by a group of people with a professional involvement in circus. The group includes representatives from both the traditional and contemporary circus community; the major UK promoters and circus training centres; touring circus companies and community circus schools; venue-based circuses and other circus arts projects.
Independent Street Arts Network (ISAN)
ISAN are an independent group of street arts promoters and producers. Membership includes festival and local authority events organisers with an interest in the development of street theatre and other street arts.
Arts Council England
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Some useful Arts Council documents about Circus in the UK
Circus Healthcheck, published 2006
Airbourne, Mapping Youth Circus in the UK
Everything about Juggling
can be found here at The Internet Juggling Database
Juggling ... Dyslexia
Here are two articles about dyslexia and juggling and other circus skills.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2714175.stm
www.audiblox2000.com/dyslexia/juggle.htm
Circus Skills and Literacy in primary school pupils
“The Effect of Kinaesthetic training on literacy performance among primary school pupils". View our introduction pdf here
The Science of Circus
In 2010 we developed a CPD programme with Partners In Innovation as part of their Space Circus project. This CPD is useful for teachers and can be applied to pupils with our workshop in The Science of Circus. See the Teachers Resource book here.
The Whole Hog - Design for Print and Website
Who helped us with the website redesign concept.
Other Links
The Academy for Community Leadership
The Academy for Community Leadership underpins the implementation of Neighbourhood Development and Sustainable Communities agenda by providing people with the skills, knowledge and behaviours they need to influence and participate in local democracy and to deliver successful regeneration programmes.
The Tinsley Forum
The Tinsley Forum was establish in 1985 as a collection of individuals from local groups who initially joined together with the Local Authority (Tinsley Corporate Group) under the remit of the Decentralisation Officer as facilitator of Recreation, Education and F&CS Departments “to develop a corporate plan for community development in Tinsley”.
Key Fund Yorkshire
Investing in Social Enterprise
Key Fund Yorkshire is a Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI), which aims to provide loans and investments to community owned organisations working in disadvantaged communities in Yorkshire and Humberside.
Key Fund Yorkshire is partly funded by
Coalfield Regeneration Trust
The Rotherham Youth Circus was supported in 2009 -10 by
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust
