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16 initiatives to receive Challenge London Legacy Funding

New funding will embed a legacy of self-assured, sustainable partnerships in London

Challenge London check in: Inspiring Futures

Amelia Hart tells us how Inspiring Futures engaged over 1,200 young people across Barking and Dagenham in an ambitious Arts Award project during lockdown

Challenge London check in: Waltham Forest CEP

Sharon Trotter, Waltham Forest CEP Lead, looks back on the first two years of the partnership & shares the successes and challenges of embedding cultural learning in the borough

Challenge London check in: 11 by 11 Culture Bank

Maggie Connolly tells us how the pandemic has provided opportunities to more fully focus their work on the needs of their communities

Challenge London check in: Barnet and Culture for Youth

Francesca Cross from Barnet and Culture for Youth reflects on the successes of their lockdown work and how they've overcome challenges with digital delivery

Place-based working & partnership investment – what we've learned

As we look ahead to the penultimate year of Challenge London, Senior Partnerships Manager, Corinne Bass, shares some reflections & lessons from the programme so far

Challenge London check in: Cities of Learning

Tom Kenyon reflects on The RSA’s Cities of Learning London Competition and shares insights from running an accelerated online programme in response to COVID-19

Introducing our new Challenge London investments

Senior Partnerships Manager, Corinne Bass, shares information about eight new investments being made through our Challenge London programme

Creating theatre in the youth justice system

Marie Vickers, Senior Project Leader at London Bubble Theatre Company, tells us how they're using Challenge London funding to conduct significant new research in the participatory arts sector

£2 million investment announced to boost young Londoners’ creativity and cultural engagement

Organisations come together to match £900,000 investment, totalling around £2 million investment in cultural education for young Londoners over the next 3 years

We’re looking for new members to join our Young Challenge Group!

If you are aged 15 – 24 and want to make a real difference to young people’s creative and cultural opportunities in London, the Young Challenge Group might be for you