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Keeping Creative at Home: Let’s take some photos

29-06-20
Filmmaker & cross-arts facilitator Justin Allder specialises in working with at-risk and vulnerable young people, as well as those with special educational needs. Here he shares some accessible photography activities to try at home

Learning Under Lockdown: London Bubble Theatre 

24-06-20
Marie Vickers, Senior Project Leader for Young People’s Programmes at London Bubble Theatre, tells us how they have been adapting their education projects during lockdown

Keeping Creative at Home: How to sail away using storybooks

23-06-20
Pop Up Projects works with children’s authors & illustrators to inspire children's creativity in school. In this blog, they provide some simple ways to bring literature to life at home, alongside some reading recommendations

Announcing I Am At Home Festival 2020

18-06-20
Join us for a unique online celebration of creativity with SEND settings and disabled-led organisations

An open letter to the PM: commit to a new Opportunity Guarantee

17-06-20
A New Direction has joined over 200 organisations across the UK calling on the Government to publicly commit to the new Opportunity Guarantee employment scheme

Keeping Creative at Home: How to reimagine a map of your local area

16-06-20
Elisabeth Del Prete from UP Projects shares some activities to help your children or students discover and map the unusual places in their own neighbourhood

Opportunities Guarantee

15-06-20
We, along with 200 organisations across the UK, have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the Government to publicly commit to a new Opportunity Guarantee. Read it here...

Online events for young creatives 

15-06-20
Looking for things to do but have no place to go? Christine Pungong has put together a collection of 10 online events to keep you productive and entertained during lockdown

New Museum School Podcasts

12-06-20
A series exploring the experiences and cultural learnings from our New Museum School trainees

Artsmark Case Study: Engaging students

09-06-20
Zoe Hyman, Art & E-Safety Lead at Parkfield Primary School, tells us how they've engaged students in the Artsmark process

Keeping Creative at Home: How to explore inner & outer space

09-06-20
Shermaine Slocombe and Maria da Luz Ghoumrassi share activities which use objects and places in your home to invent movement and ignite imagination

Seizing the ‘unfrozen moment’

08-06-20
On her final day at A New Direction, Deputy CEO, Holly Donagh, took time to reflect on her time at the organisation and consider how the sector should respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

What you'll learn through Future Startup Now Founders

08-06-20
Here is a breakdown of how the structure of each week of the programme will be with a list of each of our guest lecturers

Find out what it's like building your own startup

05-06-20
We asked our Create Jobs Alumna, Naomi from Future Startup Now Bootcamp what it's been like starting up her own business

7 Common Branding Mistakes Made By Founders

04-06-20
Head of Creative at Printed.Com and speaker on Future Startup Now Founders, Marius Bogdanas gives an insight into the 7 most common branding mistakes that founders make when branding a new company.

10 Tips for Teachers: How to build partnerships in the community

04-06-20
Amazing things can be achieved when local communities and organisations collaborate with schools on creative projects. Kate Gorely shares her tips for forming your own partnerships

Creative resources for SEND students learning from home

03-06-20
Drama teacher & SEND Network member Tom Underwood shares some arts and culture resources specifically helpful with home learning for D/deaf, disabled and neurodiverse young people

How to get started with local history (during lockdown)

03-06-20
STEP participant, Tamyra talks us through her job as a Gallery Assistant at the Bow Arts’ Nunnery Gallery

5 actions to make today to support BLM

02-06-20
Programmes Officer, Pagan, speaks on our work, Black Lives Matter, and the actions we can all make to ensure change happens

Keeping Creative at Home: How to create your own clown show

02-06-20
Sam Holdsworth and Halima Habil from Clowns Without Borders share their steps on how to get clowning at home

7 creative ways to teach a recovery curriculum

01-06-20
Marina Lewis-King highlights some of our existing creative learning resources which could be particularly useful for re-opening schools adjusting to new spaces, split class groups and reduced equipment use