cultural education workforce

June 18, 2025

Two young people are working together, stood at a table writing on paper with a felt tip

June 18, 2025

A second year of Curious Works for Wigan and Leigh

Curious Minds is delighted to have secured funding to run its Curious Works programme in Wigan Borough for a second time. Curious Works offers creative sector-focused, practical, skills development and work experience opportunities for young people in Wigan and Leigh.

May 21, 2025

A girl with dark hair sat in a pottery class taking a photo of her work.

May 21, 2025

Reimagining Child Wellbeing

The latest UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 19, Child Wellbeing in an Unpredictable World, offers a stark wake-up call for anyone invested in the future of children in the UK. Emma Bush, Director of Education & Leadership and Creative Health & Wellbeing Lead, challenges the UK to change.

October 3, 2023

Holly Ball is chatting animatedly with two people at an event. She is wearing a burgundy top and carrying a coffee cup.

October 3, 2023

Preparing Generation Curious

Holly Ball, Curious Minds' Head of Careers & Employability, outlines the three vital contributions that cultural education makes to young people's employability toolkit.

June 16, 2023

A young school pupil wearing a cape and mask speaks confidently into a microphone - From WoW's Super Heroes project.

June 16, 2023

The Power of Words

For the past 4 years, Curious Minds has been working with Writing on the Wall to evaluate and support their pioneering creative writing programme, Super Heroes. Here she summarises her findings - breaking down the key features of the project and the evidence of impact that she, with the Writing on the Wall project team, has been able to document.

February 24, 2023

Holly presenting to a group of young people about digital creative career opportunities at the University of Bolton.

February 24, 2023

Creating Careers

If you want to know how we can best develop the next generation of creative workforce, ask Holly Ball.

January 19, 2022

The Case for Culture

Often, conversations around youth leadership understandably focus on the benefit this has for young people. But, behind each of the success stories is a story less often told of the individual adults who have enabled the young people’s success.

January 18, 2022

A key stage 3 school pupil on a cultural visit with both thumbs up, surrounded by other children.

January 18, 2022

UNlocking Experiences

Throughout 2021 and into 2022, Curious Minds has been working with United Learning Trust (ULT) to support students and staff in their Academy schools as they began the process of reconnection post-lockdown.