Be part of the Breeze Arts Festival
Management Team 2016
Are you aged 13 – 19 and interested in the arts?
Do you want to programme events for a youth arts festival?
Do you want to gain experience working on arts events?
Every year Leeds City Council runs the Breeze Arts Festival – an arts extravaganza of exhibitions and
performances which showcases work by young people from Leeds.
In 2016 the Breeze Arts Festival will run from Saturday 23rd to Saturday 30th July.
As part of the management team you will be involved in programming events, choosing which projects to
fund, help with behind-the-scenes planning and marketing of the festival, as well as helping to manage
certain events. You will work with industry professionals, visit different arts organisations and meet some of
the artists and performers taking part.
The project will offer you the chance to:
 organise a young people’s arts festival
 learn new skills in planning, programming, marketing, budgeting and event management
 develop your confidence, communication skills and team work
 improve your prospects for further education or work
 see loads of amazing performances and events
 make new friends and have fun!
The sessions will run every Monday from Monday 11th January until Monday 1st August from 4.30pm
– 6.00pm at Leeds Town Hall (there will be a break for school holidays and bank holidays). You will
be expected to attend and help at events during the festival itself in July.
There are limited places so we are looking for participants who will be able to commit to the whole project.
Please fill out the attached application form by Friday 11th December.
This is what previous Breeze Arts Festival teams said about being involved:
 “Do as much as you can! Get involved in everything and go for it – in the sense of try something new”.
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“Attend all the sessions because opportunities like this don’t come round often and go to the extra
events”.
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“Work hard, (‘cause that’s what it takes to make a festival great) and enjoy it (‘cause you’re only young
once and this is an amazing opportunity)”.
www.breezeleeds.org/breezeartsfestival
Breeze Arts Festival Management Team Application Form
This project is free and open to young people aged 13 – 19.
Please return this form to us by Friday 11th December 2015
Fill in as much of the form as you can and send to the postal address or email at the end of the form. If you
have any questions or need any help filling in the application form, please do not hesitate to contact us on
0113 247 8539.
Name: ___________________________
Date of birth: ______________
Gender:
Male Female (please circle)
Your contact details:
Email: _____________________________________
Phone: __________________________
Postal: ________________________________________________________________________
Parent / carer contact details:
Email: _____________________________________
Phone: __________________________
Postal: ________________________________________________________________________
School/College/work place: ____________________________________________
Breeze card number: __________________
Where did you hear about the this project ? Please tick box that applies:School [ ]
College [ ]
Breeze website [ ]
Email [ ]
Friends [ ]
services [ ] Other ______________________________________
Have you been to any Breeze Festival events before? Yes [ ]
Family [ ]
Youth
No [ ]
If yes, please tell us what you thought to it, what you liked or disliked _______________________________
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www.breezeleeds.org/breezeartsfestival
Please give a brief description of yourself and let us know why you would like to be involved in the
Breeze Arts Festival:
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What areas are you interested in? (tick all that you are interested in)
Programming the festival [ ] Marketing [ ]
Stage Management [ ]
Front of House [ ]
What skills and experience would you like to gain from working on the management team?
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Have you had any work experience (paid work, volunteering, school work placement)? Please give
details below.
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What are your interests? What do you like doing with your spare time?
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Do you consider yourself to have a disability? Yes
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No
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If Yes, do you need support for your disability? If so please give details:
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Signature of applicant: _________________________
Date: ____________________
Signature of parent/carer/guardian if applicant under 18 (if sent by email this can be electronic) _____________
Fill in the application form and send it back to: breezeartsfestival@leeds.gov.uk by Friday 11th
December 2015. Or post it to Helen Taylor, Breeze Arts Festival, Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD
www.breezeleeds.org/breezeartsfestival