Links and info
Sport
The
Youth Sport Trust
[External Site]
Building a brighter future for younger people through sport.
Telephone 01509 226600
UK Sport
[External Site]
Leading sport in the UK to world-class success.
Telephone 020 7211 5100
Sport
England
[External Site]
Making England an active and successful sporting nation.
Telephone 08458 508 508
Talented
Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)
[External Site]
A unique partnership between sport and higher and further education.
Telephone 0191 215 6567
Arts
Access
Art
[External Site]
Experience arts activities presented by museums, galleries and artists,
wherever you live.
Arts
Council England
[External Site]
The national development agency for the arts in England.
Telephone 0845 300 6200
British
Arts Festivals Association
[External Site]
Many of the arts festivals held in the UK each year have lots for children to
do.
Find out more about your local festival by mailing info@artsfestivals.co.uk,
or call 020 7247 4667.
BBC
Blast
[External Site]
Be inspired by music, art, film.
British
Council
[External Site]
Details of UK theatre companies and dancers, as well as information on film and
music.
Telephone 020 7389 3194
British
Federation of Festivals
[External Site]
Supporting over 300 festivals across the UK.
The
Campaign for Drawing - 'Big Draw' October 2005
[External Site]
Organises the 'Big Draw' in October and lots more.
Telephone 020 8351 1719
Circus
Arts Forum
[External Site]
Learn circus skills.
Telephone 020 7739 1188
Circus
Space
[External Site]
A centre of excellence in the circus arts.
Telephone 020 7613 4141
The
National Youth Theatre
[External Site]
Gives youngsters aged 13-21 the chance to participate in the theatre - all
are welcome to apply.
Telephone 020 7281 3863
Youth
Arts Network
[External Site]
For activities in London.
Telephone 020 7482 3012
Youth
Arts Online
[External Site]
Getting children interested in creativity.
Telephone 020 7286 2722
Youth
Music
[External Site]
Something for everyone interested in making music, whatever your experience,
ability or taste.
Museums, galleries, heritage sites and libraries
24
Hour Museum
[External Site]
Gateway to over 3,000 UK museums, galleries and heritage attractions.
Show
Me
[External Site]
Games, fun and activities for kids from UK museums and galleries.
Bank
of England Museum
[External Site]
The site includes details of family events running through the summer, activity
sheets for children
[External Site], and online quizzes and jigsaws in the Kids'
Corner.
British
Museum
[External Site]
Illuminating world cultures.
English
Heritage
[External Site]
Caring for England's historic environment.
Customer Services 0870 333 1181
Membership Enquiries 0870 333 1182
Imperial
War Museum
[External Site]
A huge range of activities at its main London location, at the Cabinet War
Rooms in Whitehall, the historic ship HMS Belfast, moored in the Pool of
London, Imperial War Museum Duxford near Cambridge, and Imperial War Museum
North in Trafford.
Museum
of Science and Industry in Manchester
[External Site]
Telling the story of the history, science and industry of Manchester - the
world's first industrial city.
The
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
[External Site]
MLA connects people to knowledge and information, creativity and
inspiration.
Telephone 020 7273 1444
The
National Gallery
[External Site]
Housing one of the greatest collections of European painting in the
world - pictures that belong to the public, so entrance to see them is
free.
National
Maritime Museum
[External Site]
Illustrating for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars
and their relationship with people.
National
Museums Liverpool
[External Site]
Eight venues home to fabulously varied collections covering everything from
social history to space travel, entomology to ethnology, dinosaurs to docks,
arts to archaeology.
National
Museum of Science and Industry
[External Site]
Including the Science Museum, the National Railway Museum at York, the National
Museum of Photography, Film and Television at Bradford and Wroughton outstation
in Wiltshire.
National
Portrait Gallery
[External Site]
Active and innovative programmes to explore history, art and photography
through portraiture. For our Family Faces exhibition (running until 4 September
2005), families working together produced sculptures representing themselves.
See their work, and the portraits they were inspired by, in the Studio Gallery
- together with dressing up clothes and activities designed for family
visitors.
Trusty
the Hedgehog at the National Trust
[External Site]
Loads of things to do with the National Trust all round the country.
Membership Department 0870 458 4000
Natural
History Museum
[External Site]
Entry is free to the UK's national museum of nature, and a centre of
scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity.
Royal
Armouries
[External Site]
Includes the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson,
Hampshire and Louisville, USA.
Tate
Gallery
[External Site]
Includes Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Tyne
& Wear Museums
[External Site]
A federation of 11 museums and galleries.
Victoria
& Albert Museum
[External Site]
Free entry to the V&A in South Kensington, the Museum of Childhood in
Bethnal Green and the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden.
European Heritage Days
Heritage
Open Days
[External Site]
Celebrates England's fantastic architecture and culture by offering free
access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge
for admission.
London
Open House
[External Site]
Programmes for schools and regular, special events for families to explore
architecture in a creative hands-on environment.
Childline
[External Site]
The free 24 hour helpline for children and young people in the UK.
Telephone 0800 1111
Childnet
International
[External Site]
Helping to make the internet a great and safe place for children.
Telephone 020 7639 6967
Children's
Safety Education Foundation
[External Site]
Encouraging young people to respect themselves, others and their
community.
Telephone 0161 477 5122
Kidscape
[External Site]
Helping to prevent bullying and child abuse.
Telephone 020 7730 3300
thinkuknow
[External Site]
The inside info on how to stay safe while having fun online.
