The Mighty Creatives

We're delighted to share more about our upcoming project with Separated Children (also known as Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children) in Staffordshire, funded by Historic England 📢 We'll be helping these young people to build a sense of connection 💗 to the new land they find themselves in by exploring the heritage and historical significance of the Staffordshire Moors 🌳🍂 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eCr4N-3W

It's not quite sunk in yet, but we're thrilled to share that we won The Arts and Culture Award last night at the Children & Young People Now Awards! 🏆 Thank you to #CYPNowAwards for a brilliant evening celebrating the life-changing work of so many incredible charities and organisations supporting young people 🎉 🙌 A special thank you to our mighty staff team, our wonderful partners, our Youth Board and Board of Trustees, our dedicated Creative Mentors and, most importantly, our inspiring young people who remind us every day why our work matters 💟 This one's for all of you 💪 🎨

Did you know that we help to get arts and craft materials into the hands of children as a partner of Crafts Council's and Hobbycraft's #LetsCraft campaign? 😁 We sent 250 packs for every student at Birkett House School this month. And look at the amazing creations made by a student who received one of these #LetsCraft packs 🐛🦋🌺 We were so happy to receive these images from a parent who shared these #mighty and #creative crafts they made at home together ☺️ If you want to find out more about #LetsCraft, click here: https://lnkd.in/euHzsK5e

📢 Join our Board of Trustees 📢 We're looking to appoint a number of new trustees from a variety of backgrounds and cultures who can help in furthering our work. If you have experience in any of the following areas, then find out more about how to apply... 🤝 HR 📝 Legal 🪙 Fundraising 💻 Digital 📊 Impact 💞 Social Care Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eEEimyGX

🗣️"It's about the relationships that charities have with their beneficiaries - it's much more direct and immediate and authentic." Did you hear our CEO Dr. Nick Owen FRSA MBE on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning on Nicky Campbell's show? 📻 Nick joined the conversation about Captain Tom's legacy following the Charity Commission for England and Wales's report into the mishandling of public money. Hear Nick talk about the vital work of charities, the power the charitable sector brings, and the responsibilities involved in running a charity within funding regimes and governance systems. Listen now to Nick sharing his views on how the Government cannot do everything and the valuable contribution charities make in reaching beneficiaries that statutory services can't. ✅Head to 40:10: https://lnkd.in/gC8UyyPP

We're going to the #CYPNAwards 2024! 🥂🏆 Want to join us in celebrating excellence from our mighty team and other inspirational finalists at the best night in the children's services calendar on Thursday 28th November at Novotel London West, Hammersmith? You'll get to meet our CEO, Dr Nick Owen MBE, along with James, Michelle and Georgia from our Programme Team and our incredible Youth Board members, Hannah and Maisie 🥰 Book here: https://lnkd.in/ekr85_q9 🔗

🌟 Animator opportunity 🌟 Are you an animator? Do you have experience of creatively capturing the voices of both adults and young people? 🗣️💬 We're looking for a creative Animator to help us demonstrate the processes and impact of our #CreativeMentoring work by producing three colourful animation videos! ✅If you're interested in this project, please download the full brief and application form here: https://lnkd.in/epJQg4iC The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 9th December 🗓️

Phew! What a mighty, creative and insightful week it's been with our German colleagues from Werkhaus e.V who visited us in #Leicester from #Krefeld - a brilliant cultural city itself (we can attest to this following our trip there earlier this year)! 🙌 After a final morning of planning the next exciting steps of our #cultural partnership, what better way to spend the afternoon than a trip to Leicester Museum and Gallery? We're super excited to continue working together with our mighty partners from Werkhaus e.V 💗 #CommonValuesSharedDreams

Doing what we know and love best... being mighty and creative 💪🎨 It's day three with our colleagues from #Krefeld in #Germany, and we've been sharing the model behind our social pedagogy-informed #CreativeMentoring programme with a day of creative activities and workshops! 🧠Head ❤️Heart 👐Hands

🗣️"We're not always paying attention to the lives of these young people. That's the role of filmmaking... to highlight it." What a privilege to be invited to Leicestershire Cares Ltd #PowerToChange2024 conference today!💥 And it was popcorn at-the-ready for the premiere of their young people's #ChangeTheScript film 🎥 We had the honour of supporting the production of this film, led by artist and filmmaker Casey Soma 🎬🙌