Year

Barking and Dagenham Cultural Education Partnership: the story so far

02-03-15
In Autumn 2012, Barking and Dagenham was invited to be one of the first three pilot Cultural Education Partnerships in the country, following the recommendations of the Henley Review into Cultural Education in England.

Cultural and creative education for young people

02-03-15
Paul Jackson – former Head of Gallions School – gives us his thoughts and views about our Cultural Capital research, young people in London and their access to cultural and creative education in the school.

Labour promises more arts in school

27-02-15
Ed Miliband has promised that arts policy will be “at the heart of the government” if Labour gains power in this year’s general election, but has refused to rule out further cuts to the sector.

50 Years since Jennie Lee’s White Paper

25-02-15
50 years ago today, Jennie Lee, the first Arts Minister published her White Paper “A Policy for the Arts – First Steps”.

A thriving creative ecosystem starts with young people

24-02-15
Our Partnerships Director gives us an insight on the recently launched Warwick cultural value report.

Create Jobs’ Alumni shortlisted for Intern and Apprentice of the Year

24-02-15
Ian Tang and Alex Flame have been shortlisted for Intern of the Year and Apprentice of the Year at the Creative and Cultural Skills Awards 2015.

Silos must end for the arts to thrive, report concludes

20-02-15
More needs to be done to recognise the synergies between the cultural and creative industries, according to the arts leaders at the heart of the Warwick Commission inquiry into the Future of Cultural Value.

Professor Maggie Atkinson announced as new Chair of A New Direction

18-02-15
A New Direction is pleased to announce the appointment of our new Chair, the outgoing Children’s Commissioner for England, Professor Maggie Atkinson.

Artsmark – Exploring the Arts in your school

18-02-15
On 29 January, 100 teachers gathered at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre for an afternoon of presentations, activities and conversation focused on the arts in education. 

Cultural Value – how to talk about what matters?

17-02-15
Delegates from over 50 organisations took part in the third and final Learning Exchange to debate value in the context of young people and arts and culture.

Highlights from Teach Through Music Inspire

13-02-15
The event was a great opportunity for us to connect with London schools and teachers who came together to explore different ways to enrich the new KS3 music curriculum.

Research backs up the value of music-making to young people

06-02-15
A round-up of “compelling evidence” for the benefits of music education has been published with the aim of providing the basis for an argument justifying the inclusion of music in the education of every child and young person.

An insight to our Strong Voices programme

03-02-15
A New Direction has been working with London Youth and their members to run the London strand of Strong Voices since April 2013.

Children's music and arts initiatives receive £109 million boost

30-01-15
A range of projects that support children’s music, filmmaking, dance and local-heritage activities are to receive funding worth more than £109 million in the 2015 to 2016 financial year

Talking about young people and the role of arts organisations

27-01-15
A conversation with Lara Stavrinou, programme manager for A New Direction’s (AND) Strong Voices and Stella Barnes, Ovalhouse’s Participation Director.

Book your place for the national Strong Voices conference

23-01-15
If you are an arts organisation, museum, heritage organisation, library, or any other culture based organisation that works with young people, then this conference is for you.

'Give the arts as much weight as sciences'

23-01-15
Schools should give as much weight to the arts as they do to science and maths, according to leading author and educationalist Sir Ken Robinson.

Place-making and Arts – winning or losing?

20-01-15
Delegates from over 50 organisations took part in the second of a series of three learning exchanges to debate how we promote opportunities for children and young people in London’s changing cityscape.

Enquiry sheds light on “engagement gap”

16-01-15
Failure to learn from the past means that new initiatives for engaging young people with the arts look “remarkably similar to what has gone before”.

A bright and busy 2015 for Create Jobs

15-01-15
The team at Create Jobs are very excited to be starting a new year with great opportunities for both young people and employers, including The Full Works programme, Masterclasses and Employer Breakfasts.

School collaboration could help close achievement gap

09-01-15
Secondary schools in England will be able to compare their performance with similar schools in an attempt to close the achievement gap between rich and poor students.