Community Experiences

Carlisle Youth Zone – Summer Collaborative Programme Partnering with CYZ, we co-produced and funded a summer menu of activities, offering their senior club members opportunities and trips to experience new skills and locations. All of the opportunities were created by the learners feedback on careers, skills and courses they are interested in finding out more about. This included a theatre workshop and trip to London, a visit to the Emmerdale village tour, Wimbledon, the Netball world cup, beach and environment cleaning projects.

Dreamscheme Photography Project A group of learners with a keen interest in photography, joined the Media department at University of Cumbria for a masterclass and to experience the university facilities. Following their visit, they travelled on the train to Manchester to visit the ‘Sixteen’ exhibition and returned back to Aspatria to capture and event manage their own community based exhibition, looking at Aspatria Then and Now.

Recycling with the Arts Project Working with St. Bernard’s Catholic High School, learners explored the affects of plastics on ocean communities and wider environmental factors. To help raise awareness, the learners worked with a community artist to learn how to design and build a sculpture from their recycling materials, which would then be displayed in the school. The learners involved completed a Bronze Arts Award for taking part in this project, which required them to learn a new skill, teach a new skill and present the project to the Senior Leadership Team and guests at the sculpture unveiling.

Write It Out The Write It Out project focused on collecting stories from learners and experts to raise awareness of mental health difficulties that they have navigated whilst at University. The stories share experiences and where they went for support whilst juggling the pressure of their studies, part-time jobs and personal lives.

Write, Record, Release Working with the Sunbeams Music Trust, the project brought learners with an interest in music production together with a Cumbria musician for a day of writing and creating their own music. With the support of the studio technicians, learners participated in writing masterclasses and played their own music, whilst exploring the different creative courses and routes within H.E. and Performing Arts.

Creative Careers Event This event brought together 25 creative industry partners, training providers and third sector organisations to showcase the variety of options for learners to study and work within the creative sector. The event took place in the west coast of Cumbria and provided learners, parents/carers and teachers a platform to explore different providers and H.E. options.

Jodrell Bank Observatory Working with a group of A Level physics learners, the trip focused on astronomy and science, working with the discovery centre and student ambassadors from Manchester Metropolitan University. Learners participated in workshops and experienced the famous Lovell telescope.