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Also this week: peers pressure government to commit to arts sector post-Brexit

Also this week: Sadler’s Wells and East London Dance launch scheme to support mental health

Alice Mayers, Creative Youth Project Manager at Westway Trust, brings us up to speed with #CultureMakers

The new £2.5m initiative will provide a platform to investigate the impact of arts & cultural education

Also this week: Labour's Tristram Hunt quitting as MP to head V&A Museum

23 museums piloted a joined up approach for Arts Award Discover

Also this week: 11-year-old British composer debuts first opera in Vienna

Ryan McCelland celebrates his school achieving a Platinum Artsmark Award, and tells us more about their Artsmark journey.

Julia Lawrence shares her top tips for all those planning to attend one of the largest edtech shows in the world

Also this week: Lloyd Webber makes School of Rock free to schools, and £186,000 awarded to eight choreography research projects

Also this week: major arts centres announce 20% turnover boost over three years

Shana Laurent, Creativity Works Film alumni, talks us through her best moments on the course

Raiché Mederick, Creativity Works alumni, is awarded Young Londoner of the Year 2016

Also this week: history of art A level saved after outcry, and arts organisations suffer drop in trust funding

'It's big, it's round, it's posh!' - a student describes the Royal Albert Hall to a blindfolded contestant in the 'Culture Gameshow' at the launch of the Cultural Citizens Programme in London.

Also this week: theatre more popular than sports for a night out, survey finds

Jess Ryan-Ndegwa tells us about her experience of working with Fixperts as part of Creativity Works Design.

Also this week: children's laureates demand UK government investigate school library closures.

Nee Morgan-Petch from the Croydon Youth Arts Collective tells us how they came together to organise an 'electrifying' arts event.

The first INSET session of the new school year took place at the Museum of London on 10th November. Sam Holdsworth from Nimble Fish shares some activities from the day.

Rosie Walworth from The Reading Agency tells us about their Reading Well scheme for young people.

Also this week: London appoints ‘Night Czar’, and Tricycle Theatre to donate entire 240-seat auditorium and stage.

Also this week: Equity sets out recommendations for government Brexit negotiations, and music Education Hubs extend reach despite funding cuts.

Anna Cray, Creativity Works alumni, shares her experience of the recent programme.

The Culture Gameshow hits the Barbican to kick-start new programme for young people in Barking and Dagenham.

Information Manager, Annie Thorpe, gives a round up of the recommendations put forward by two recent Creative Industries Federation reports.

This was the provocation put forward at the first session of this year's Cultural Learning Community - our CPD leadership programme for teachers.

Also this week: England’s theatre sector becoming increasingly polarised, and three UK-led arts projects to support refugee integration.

The feedback from our annual conference has been amazing, and it even ended up trending on Twitter! Watch a short highlights film below.

As we prepare to start work with the 2016/17 cohort, Victoria McLaughlin (Teacher of Art) and Paul Pearce (Teacher of Music) from St Giles School tell us how they found being part of our SEND Network last year.