Family Friendly

Since we launched Family Friendly as an action research project, it has grown to become a sustained part of the organisation’s activity and provision. The project now works to support and promote family activity across the region.

For more information on any aspect of the Family Friendly project, email Catherine.Bradley@allaboutaudiences.com or call 0161 234 2962.

Marketing Services

We have a large and growing database of families who wish to be kept up to date with what's on for families. Promote your offer to our contacts in our monthly Family Friendly e-Newsletter and bi-annual Direct Mail Newsletter.

Family Friendly Online

We provide online listings for Family events & activities across Greater Manchester, hosted by the www.goseethis.com. We also have a website promoting Merseyside's Family Friendly offer.

Logo

Family Friendly has become a recognised and trusted brand among family audiences and we developed a Family Friendly Logo for arts and cultural organisations to use to highlight and brand their family events. Arts Council England have now rolled this out across the country.

Toolkit

The Family Friendly Toolkit is designed to support arts organisations wishing to make a commitment to families, and contains experiences and examples of good practice to help organisations develop work for families.

Forums

Family Friendly Forums provide an opportunity for arts and cultural organisations to meet to discuss activity, share best practice and resources, keep up to date, and find out about promotional, collaborative and marketing opportunities.

Regional Engagement Project

We are currently running a Family Friendly Regional Engagement Project, working with cluster groups of arts organisations across the North West to create family friendly initiatives targeting low and non-attending families. This project is funded by Arts Council England North West.

Family Friendly Film Festival

The Family Friendly Film Festival ran from 2007-2010 was an annual festival which took place at venues across Greater Manchester. The aim of the project was to encourage new family audiences to arts and cultural venues by providing an accessible, low cost and most importantly fun & exciting offer for families.

Family Friendly Film Club

The Family Friendly Film Club was born out of our hugely successful Family Friendly Film Festival and has been developed to support organisations wanting to improve their Family Friendly offer. Members have access to a range of themed film programmes and accompanying activity packs to improve engagement with family audiences.

Family Friendly Film Club Weekender

In August 2011 we will be coordinating a weekend of Family Friendly screenings and activities with venues from across the region. This is an opportunity for organisations to raise the profile of their family offer and attract new audiences as part of a collaborative regional programme of events.

Resources

If you are an All About Audiences subscriber visit our Knowledge Bank to access a wealth of intellegence, case studies, guides and research around developing family audiences.