Community Learning and Development Device Fund 2022 (360G-SCVO-a133z00000I42mWAAR)

To tackle inequalities using fun, non-traditional creative engagement, Impact Arts focuses on working with four different participatory groups: Children, Young People, Older People and Communities. Key programmes currently offered by Impact Arts which will benefit from the purchasing of new digital devices to support Community Learning and Development activities include:• Creative Pathways – Impact Arts’ flagship creative employability programme aimed at young people aged 16-26 not in education, employment of training.• Impactful Starts – aimed at removing barriers towards progressing to positive destinations, particularly barriers relating to health and wellbeing and low core and essential employabity skills• CashBack to the Future – Funded through CashBack for Communities, CashBack to the Future is aimed at 14-19 year olds, focusing on wellbeing and creative workshops including visual art, music, creative writing, and digital arts.• Craft Café – Impact Arts works with older people in Govan, Glasgow and at Viewpoint Care Home in Edinburgh to help them learn new skills, renew social networks and reconnect with their communities through artistic and creative expression.• Art Therapy – offering a safe, relaxed space for children to express themselves through creativity and play, available for children aged 5-12 years old. Impact Arts offers one-to-one therapy; parent/carer-child therapy as well as therapeutic group work.• Make it Your Own - working with young people in Renfrewshire to help them to sustain their tenancies, including being taught a variety of creative skills in planning and designing what they would like to do their home.• Creative Play – outdoor creative play designed to encourage children to develop creative skills, confidence outdoors and help them make new friends. Can involve a wide range of activities such as sculpture, treasure hunts, storytelling and painting.• COCO - The COCO (Care and Opportunity, Celebration and Outcomes) project gives young people with care experience in HMYOI Polmont near Falkirk the opportunity to engage in creative activities, develop new skills and confidence and create, exhibit or perform art that tells their story. All devices detailed below will be used in our premises only.The iMacs will be used in our youth employability programmes at our permanent bases in Glasgow, Edinburgh and/or North Ayrshire by young people for completing modules and paperwork associated with our SQA accredited delivery as well as to create impactful digital art and editing films on a high-resolution computer. This creative activity is central to their learning and development as well as successful accreditation. Currently our programmes have been using older tablets with small screens – creating digital art and especially editing photographs and filmmaking on an iMac gives them far better and relevant industry experience and gives them access to a wider range of tools used in education and employment-related environments. The iPads (together with the Crayon and smart keyboard accessories) will be used by a wide range of participants from across a number of local authorities who are engaging on our learning programmes. Not only will the devices provide better access to creative software (including video and music) and give them industry and employment relevant experience; it will also support those who are neurodivergent and/or have additional literacy/language barriers (over 85% of our participants) as this kind of tablet is proven to be more accessible and responsive to their needs. The mobility of these devices means that we can easily transport them to different projects/locations and ensure they are utilised by a wide range of participants- including those in Polmont Young Offenders Prison, those at risk of homelessness and engaging in our Tenancy Sustainment projects and more.Four of the Dell laptops and associated monitors will be used by all young people we work with in Glasgow for completing employability tasks such as applying for college, creating CVs, completing job applications, searching for jobs and preparing for interviews. Currently this is undertaken on their own hand-held devices which results in significant learning/engagement barriers and does not reflect the tools utilised by Job Centre Plus (and others), or the employment marketplace.The DLSR cameras will be used by participants across multiple projects and multiple local authorities in order to take part in photography-related activities and workshops. We have a limited number of lower specification cameras currently which are not enough to meet demand across our services. Two of the Dell laptops will be used by young people in our youth employability programmes outwith our permanent locations (such as North and South Lanarkshire and East Ayrshire) to support them to complete SQA paperwork as well as to access progression opportunities and to complete application forms, search for jobs and other employability-related tasks. These programmes are delivered through community/partner premises which means we do not have access to the same level of IT equipment and digital devices.The interactive whiteboard and touchscreen will be used in our Glasgow premises by young people. We currently connect a laptop to a projector via an HMDI or VGA port, but through use of an interactive whiteboard and touchscreen young people will be able to use the touchscreen when participating in learning activities instead. For example, they may work together on a creative project or artwork, with the added benefit of integrating and accommodating various different learning styles into one experience.