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Mike Simpson, Musical Director at Inspire-works, tells us how their Area Action Research project helped them deliver Arts Award via whole-class music lessons

May 24th marked the end of the My Creative School programme - Katharine James reflects on the learning from the programme

Development Manager, Lawrence Walker, on how cultural capital could change the world

Artist Lucy Claire pushed herself and her partner teachers out of their comfort zones for their My Creative School project, and the results were resoundingly positive

Rachel Moss, AND Advocates Facilitator, feeds back on the final session of this year’s AND Advocates Programme focusing on reflection, sharing & what next

Ruth Clarke shares A New Direction’s new Case Study Guide; a framework for decision making created with six London museums

West Thornton's My Creative School project focussed on the needs of the adults in school as opposed to the children's. Alex McIntyre & Abigail Hunt tell us more

Ruth Clarke shares five conditions to make your Arts Award grow, identified through A New Direction’s Action Research Programme.

Artist Thor McIntyre-Burnie reflects on how 'choose your own adventure' books were used as a catalyst to support his My Creative School project

Elspeth Penfold from Churchfields Primary School tells us about the school's My Creative School project

Rosie Lehan on IRIE! dance's mission to encourage more young people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds to consider dance training at H.E level.

Jennifer Higginson, Head of Art and Design at Eastbury Community School, reflects on the school's journey to Artsmark Platinum.

Jennifer Raven and Lawrence Becko share the recommendations from a recent Sound Connections report mapping music provision

Over a 9 month process, as part of the My Creative School Programme, Martine Bruce-Linton and artist Tash Cossey collaborated on a Creative Catalyst Project for Priory Special School in Upper Norwood, Croydon. Here they reflect on the specific context of the school, the project process and learnings in conversation.

AND Advocate Paul Morrow introduces the Cultural Inclusion Manifesto - a guiding set of principles to help achieve real inclusion

Jessica Vaughan from Art On The Underground gives us an introduction to their latest commission and Learning Guide

AND Advocate Lucy Williams tells us about her inspirational British Council-funded trip to Lagos to visit a partner school

Rachel Moss, AND Advocates Facilitator, reflects on session four of this year’s AND Advocates Programme focusing on wellbeing and partnerships

Founder and Director of We The Parents, Neve Spicer, argues against judging the merits of arts education solely on academic outcomes

Researcher Sarah Davies introduces our new Powerful Partnerships Resource Library - a collection of case studies, practical tools and research exploring strategic partnerships.

Greg Klerkx explains the elements of Translational Practice at the heart of the My Creative School programme

My Creative School practitioner Andrea Puerta shares some innovative exercises to help bring students' imaginations to life

In his third and final post, AND Trustee Eylan Ezekiel shares his tips for creating a better digital strategy for Arts, Culture and Heritage organisations engaging with schools

AND Advocate Soren Ramsing tells us about his school's journey to embedding creativity and the arts in their work

Information Manager, Annie Thorpe, brings us up to date with important recent research in the arts, culture and youth sectors

Senior Partnerships Manager, Corinne Bass, shares information about our new joint-investment programme

In the second of three posts, AND Trustee Eylan Ezekiel shares his tips for creating a better digital strategy for Arts, Culture and Heritage organisations engaging with schools.

Uxbridge College AS Level student Kasey Smith tells us how the Our Hayes Our Heritage programme helped him to see the area in a new light

In addition to being Programmes Manager at A New Direction, Louise Barnell is also a sound artist and musician. Hear some of the work she did with students at ANDInclusive

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