Sandwell Youth offending Service’s (YOS) Artsmark Journey started in 2017/18 following a piece of consultation work that explored the issues around dis-proportionality and engagement challenges of the service with young people who are involved in the Criminal Justice System. There were some tough messages for the service arising from the consultation work which included that…
Social enterprise Gro-Organic CIC delivered a Summer Arts College programme in 2018 funded by Unitas. The Summer Arts College provided a three-week programme during the summer holidays for young people, aged between 14 and 19, who are deemed at high risk of reoffending. Six Young people enrolled on and completed the Summer Arts College programme.…
This art project was delivered to Year 3 pupils at Mordiford Primary School, Herefordshire by creative practitioner and teacher Fliss O’Neill over a total of four days spread across the month of October 2018. The aims were to explore Mythology; with a dragon myth linked to the village of Mordiford and to explore and represent…
After several years of hard work and growth, I completed my Gold Arts Award with a pass in November 2018. I was so overjoyed, not only had I completed an incredible experience working with the staff and young people at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, but I had grown into a confident person with leadership skills and…
We are a PRU based in Tamworth and Arts Connect funded a fantastic project last year for our learners which made an enormous difference to engagement, qualification outcomes and student smiles! We were able to buy in 2 street artists from Nottingham (Kid30 from Smallkid Design) to showcase their work, teach new skills and support…
The Red House Glass Cone, Wordsley is part of Dudley Museums Service in the West Midlands. The Museums Learning team have been delivering Bronze Arts Award since 2014. The offer originally started as a holiday school; young people between the ages of 12-16 signed up for an intense week during their school summer holidays. Students…
Since 2016 the Boundary Way project have been running creative sessions with young people at Penn Fields Special School. The workshops take place at Boundary Way Allotments and Community Garden, a beautiful green space next to the school with far reaching vistas across Staffordshire and beyond and lots of areas to discover. The site marks…
Students working with a cultural partner
