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Summer Arts Boredom Busters – Feel Good!

25-08-20
In our final Boredom Buster of the summer holidays, we invite you and your children to express yourselves and celebrate your community

Meet Cassandra

24-08-20
Cassandra took part in our Creativity Works: Broadcasting programme

Meet Ryan

24-08-20
Ryan took part in our Flipside programme - a paid, industry-led bootcamp introducing you to the basics in digital product design.

Creativity Works Application Guidelines

23-08-20
Creativity Works: Content Production, Photography and Podcasting all share the same application form and Creativity Works: Digital Product Design has it's own. Here is a break down of each question on the application forms to help you answer them as best you can.

Meet Nathaniel

20-08-20
Nathaniel took part in our Creativity Works: Advertising programme

Meet our STEP trainees class of 2019-2020

20-08-20
STEP (Shared Training and Employment Programme) is a traineeship for young east Londoners that brings together employers from across the cultural and creative sectors; its mission is to increase representation in the creative industries

Summer Arts Boredom Busters – Time Travel!

18-08-20
Explore the past, document the present, and imagine the future with this week's creative boredom busting activities

Report: Creative & Cultural Education National Survey

17-08-20
A New Direction worked with colleagues across the country to find out the needs and aspirations of schools ahead of the new academic year

A mentor's influence on Future Startup Now Founders

14-08-20
Mentee and Future Startup Now Founder, Sara Berkai explains the impact mentor Gabby Cummins had on her time on the programme

Learning Under Lockdown: Bridgwater Carnival

13-08-20
Artist & educator Shermaine Slocombe participates in Bridgwater Carnival every year. She chats to us about how lockdown has affected the event and the creative ways they are keeping their beloved tradition alive

Summer Arts Boredom Busters – Rise Up!

11-08-20
This week, we invite you & your children to find your voices and make positive change by exploring the issues which are most important to you

Support the failsafe zine Kickstarter

05-08-20
We're working with failsafe, a collective creating a handbook about failure, made for and by emerging artists looking for solidarity and their first paid commissions

Founders: Pitch Week

05-08-20
Create Jobs' Beth Kahn lets us know what happened in final week of Future Startup Now Founders

Summer Arts Boredom Busters – Go Wild!

04-08-20
Go wild and explore the natural world with this week's selection of creative arts activities for families

Founders: Week 4 & 5

03-08-20
Create Jobs' Beth Kahn lets us know what happened in week five of Future Startup Now Founders

Launch of Meet a Mentor Round 8!

31-07-20
Meet a Mentor round 8 launched with a BANG with over 70 mentees and mentors collaborating virtually

Summer Arts Boredom Busters – Take Off!

28-07-20
The first blog in our new summer series offers some fun, creative ways for families to take off and stretch their imaginations...

Meet the Future Startup Now Founders

24-07-20
Meet the young entrepreneurs taking part in Future Startup Now Founders, our training programme to help diverse founders, and learn about their business ideas

Keeping Creative at Home: How to travel the world from your sofa

17-07-20
Missing out on a summer holiday this year? Why not take a virtual trip and travel the world from your living room! Programmes Officer Marina Lewis-King shares ideas based on her own adventures during lockdown

Founders: Week 3

16-07-20
Create Jobs' Beth Kahn lets us know what happened in week three of Future Startup Now Founders

Elsa and Diedrick on Meet a Mentor

16-07-20
Hear from mentee Elsa and mentor Diedrick on their experience of our programme, Meet a Mentor