Resources
The majority of these resources have been built through our Creative Partnerships work over the past ten years. We refer to these as 'The Collection'. Browse by theme or resource type, and explore a specially selected suite of essays curated from useful case studies.
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A New Direction Schools Forum: Effective Partnership Working
This resource summarises key ideas from schools and arts & cultural organisations from a series of discussions around six different themes. -
Welcoming The World
A collection of films and photo slideshows from a large scale Olympic-themed project with 19 schools. -
Grove Park Special School Takes Over the Borough of Brent
A film made by students with a range of physical and learning disabilities who investigate their local area. -
Six Shorts: Films about Creativity, Partnership and School
Six case study films assess projects in three Primary Schools, two Secondary Schools and one FE College in 2004. -
Connecting Countries: London to Vancouver
A film of a group of Secondary School students who journey to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games. -
Making Things Happen - Here
A project case study and two films. A group of Primary Schools imagine something extraordinary for their community. -
Pathways to Value: Film Case Studies
A set of film case studies evaluating the impacts of creative learning projects in four schools. -
ImagiNation
A film charting an 18 month whole school cross-curricular project culminating in a community carnival.
Case studies
In this section you will find case study examples of past programmes and projects, stories from young people participating in our programmes, and profiles other activities and events which represent our work.
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Biggest Learning Opportunity on Earth
A New Direction developed an ambitious pan-London Olympic themed programme called The Biggest Learning Opportunity of Earth for schools in 2010/11. -
BigLopFest
The Biggest Learning Opportunity on Earth Festival took place from Saturday 25th June through to Friday 1st July with activities across three key venues in London; The View Tube, The Unicorn Theatre, and Punchdrunk's secret venue under Waterloo Station. -
Future Directions
Future Directions was a campaign to ensure all young Londoners have an equal chance to benefit from the extraordinary creativity of the capital city. -
The Games Unplugged
INSETs to encourage teachers and students to explore the 2012 Games in new ways, drawing on a variety of curriculum areas and creative forms. -
IPC Media Schools' Design
The IPC Media Schools' Design Programme is an innovative and original graphic design and media work-related learning programme, promoting creativity, educational achievement and young people's enjoyment of learning, whilst developing skills directly linked to employability. -
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Between October 2010 and July 2011, A New Direction partnered with Birkbeck College in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to research and share knowledge and skills across the education and arts sectors. -
Story of Stratford
The Story of Stratford was a two year artist project with schools supported by Westfield and managed by A New Direction. Artist Helen Marshall worked with 7-14 year olds to re-create Stratford's past, present and future.
Annual Report 2012 - including a set of Infographics which frame our work
A key function of A New Direction's Bridge role is to help understand the cultural education landscape in London. These infographics represent the key context behind our work, and much of the background behind the challenges that lie ahead.
Download All Infographics (2.10MB, pdf)
