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Best practice approaches to being ‘family friendly’

This research presents an audit of ‘family friendly’ work across the arts and cultural sector. It brings together key information in relation to families and ‘family friendliness’ work, examining models of best practice. You’ll find a literature review of family friendliness across the cultural sector, an outline of gaps in knowledge, understanding and practice plus suggestions … Read more

Family friendly toolkit

Still widely used, this family friendly toolkit is designed to support arts organisations who want to make a commitment to families – making it easier for families to take part in the arts, as audiences and participants. Aimed at arts professionals and drawing on extensive research and interviews, it contains experiences and practical examples of good practice from many cultural organisations to … Read more

Some ideas for using social media to connect with family audiences

These minutes from the Family Friendly Forum give an over view of discussion around using social media to talk to family audiences. The key points discussed are that not much research is available on how families use social networking, that it’s all about communicating not selling, and that some further action is needed to develop … Read more