Events

Join the Curious Creatives Network monthly on a Friday, for inspiration, learning and connection to take you into your weekend. These network sessions are free and take place online over Zoom.

Join the Curious Creatives Network for inspiration, learning and connection. These network sessions are free and take place online over Zoom once a month. We are delighted to be joined by Natasha Ryan at this month’s Curious Creatives Networking event. Natasha is Education Manager at The Poetry Society, the UK’s leading poetry organisation. The Poetry Society has an extensive education programme, including work in formal educational settings such as schools and colleges, and informal work with poets of all ages. Before joining The Poetry Society, Natasha completed a PhD in French nineteenth-century poetry. The sessions are informal and interactive, with an opportunity to network and find out more about each others work. We often have a speaker from the creative or education sector.

This will be an informal and interactive session, with an opportunity to network in breakout rooms and engage in a Q&A with Natasha.

If you have any questions about this event or suggestions for speakers you would like to hear from, please email us at: creatives@curiousminds.org.uk

You will be contacted in advance with the zoom link, or you can access it via the online event page.

Access: This event will use live transcription. If you need any other access support please get in touch before the event.

Join the Curious Creatives Network monthly for inspiration, learning and connection. These network sessions are free and take place online over Zoom.

Join the Curious Creatives Network for inspiration, learning and connection. These network sessions are free and take place online over Zoom once a month. Join us for an end of year networking event!

An opportunity to celebrate and share some of your achievements from 2024 and look forward to 2025. There will be plenty of opportunities for networking, connection and finding out about each other’s work. The sessions are informal and interactive, with an opportunity to network and find out more about each others work. We often have a speaker from the creative or education sector.

This will be an informal and interactive session, with an opportunity to network in breakout rooms.

If you have any questions about this event or suggestions for speakers you would like to hear from, please email us at: creatives@curiousminds.org.uk

You will be contacted in advance with the zoom link, or you can access it via the online event page.

Access: This event will use live transcription. If you need any other access support please get in touch before the event.

Course location: Manchester

Curiosity Outside the Classroom (Trips & Visits) by Curious Minds is here for teachers and school staff to help spark curiosity in their students, through delivering great trips and visits.

Taking students on cultural experiences outside of the classroom is an essential and formative part of education. Done well, school trips provide engaging and immersive learning opportunities, develop empathy and emotional connection to a subject, and make classroom activities feel real and relevant to the wider world.

These sessions will equip any school staff with the skills, confidence and knowledge to plan, advocate for and deliver brilliant trips and visits.

Ready to book? You can do so below.

To view this event on Eventbrite, click here.

What to expect

Through this one-day course, we will:

• Provide you with practical tools that will save you time and help you squeeze maximum value from school trips.
• Widen your ideas about what cultural trips can achieve and help you advocate for their value.
• Help you design an experience that meets the needs of your students and your own aims.
• Understand the common mistakes made on cultural trips, based on feedback from over 2,000 school visits, and how to avoid them.

We can also arrange for Curious Minds expert facilitators to run this course with a larger group of your staff. Please get in touch with teresa.baggaley@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Got more questions? Fill in this form to find out more.

Got more questions? Please get in touch with info@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Course location: Leeds

Curiosity Outside the Classroom (Trips & Visits) by Curious Minds is here for teachers and school staff to help spark curiosity in their students, through delivering great trips and visits.

Taking students on cultural experiences outside of the classroom is an essential and formative part of education. Done well, school trips provide engaging and immersive learning opportunities, develop empathy and emotional connection to a subject, and make classroom activities feel real and relevant to the wider world.

These sessions will equip any school staff with the skills, confidence and knowledge to plan, advocate for and deliver brilliant trips and visits.

Ready to book? You can do so below.

To view this event on Eventbrite, click here.

What to expect

Through this one-day course, we will:

• Provide you with practical tools that will save you time and help you squeeze maximum value from school trips.
• Widen your ideas about what cultural trips can achieve and help you advocate for their value.
• Help you design an experience that meets the needs of your students and your own aims.
• Understand the common mistakes made on cultural trips, based on feedback from over 2,000 school visits, and how to avoid them.

We can also arrange for Curious Minds expert facilitators to run this course with a larger group of your staff. Please get in touch with teresa.baggaley@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Got more questions? Fill in this form to find out more.

Got more questions? Please get in touch with info@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Course location: Manchester

“I am a Teenager, Get Me Into There” by Curious Minds is here to empower you with the specialised skills and support you need to ensure teens feel welcome in your workplace.

This day-long course, led by expert trainers, has been designed to enable people working in front of house or public facing roles to understand the teenage experience and feel more confident in their interactions with young people.  You’ll leave with a set of actionable strategies which you can put straight into practice in your workplace.

Ready to book? You can do so below.

To view this event on Eventbrite, click here.

More about the course
At Curious Minds, we understand the transformative power of every adult interaction when it comes to young people experiencing something new. When visiting cultural venues, these interactions can completely change a young person’s perception of the whole visit, regardless of what they’ve come to see or do, and affects their willingness to engage in the future. The responsibility to get it right is huge.

Drawing insights from two flagship youth engagement programs delivered by Curious Minds, participants will delve into key topics, including:

• Perceptions of Young People: Uncover how our perceptions shape our behaviour and impact young visitors.
• Teenage Brain Development: Understanding this can help us to better understand the young people we work with or welcome into our venues.
• Barriers and Enablers: Examine real-life situations affecting young people’s experiences in cultural venues.

The course content has been developed, tested and refined over many years and in collaboration with specialists in youth work and outreach, alongside young people themselves. It is uniquely tailored for professionals who engage with teenagers daily.

Got more questions? Please get in touch with info@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Course location: Manchester

Curiosity Outside the Classroom (Trips & Visits) by Curious Minds is here for teachers and school staff to help spark curiosity in their students, through delivering great trips and visits.

Taking students on cultural experiences outside of the classroom is an essential and formative part of education. Done well, school trips provide engaging and immersive learning opportunities, develop empathy and emotional connection to a subject, and make classroom activities feel real and relevant to the wider world.

These sessions will equip any school staff with the skills, confidence and knowledge to plan, advocate for and deliver brilliant trips and visits.

Ready to book? You can do so below.

To view this event on Eventbrite, click here.

What to expect

Through this one-day course, we will:

• Provide you with practical tools that will save you time and help you squeeze maximum value from school trips.
• Widen your ideas about what cultural trips can achieve and help you advocate for their value.
• Help you design an experience that meets the needs of your students and your own aims.
• Understand the common mistakes made on cultural trips, based on feedback from over 2,000 school visits, and how to avoid them.

We can also arrange for Curious Minds expert facilitators to run this course with a larger group of your staff. Please get in touch with teresa.baggaley@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Got more questions? Fill in this form to find out more.

Got more questions? Please get in touch with info@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Course location: Leeds

Curiosity Outside the Classroom (Trips & Visits) by Curious Minds is here for teachers and school staff to help spark curiosity in their students, through delivering great trips and visits.

Taking students on cultural experiences outside of the classroom is an essential and formative part of education. Done well, school trips provide engaging and immersive learning opportunities, develop empathy and emotional connection to a subject, and make classroom activities feel real and relevant to the wider world.

These sessions will equip any school staff with the skills, confidence and knowledge to plan, advocate for and deliver brilliant trips and visits.

Ready to book? You can do so below.

To view this event on Eventbrite, click here.

What to expect

Through this one-day course, we will:

• Provide you with practical tools that will save you time and help you squeeze maximum value from school trips.
• Widen your ideas about what cultural trips can achieve and help you advocate for their value.
• Help you design an experience that meets the needs of your students and your own aims.
• Understand the common mistakes made on cultural trips, based on feedback from over 2,000 school visits, and how to avoid them.

We can also arrange for Curious Minds expert facilitators to run this course with a larger group of your staff. Please get in touch with teresa.baggaley@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.

Got more questions? Fill in this form to find out more.

Got more questions? Please get in touch with info@curiousminds.org.uk to find out more.