youth voice – Curious Minds

March 22, 2024

Active Listening

In 2022, Curious Minds worked with seven early career professionals under the Kickstart scheme as Creative Youth Voice Champions. In this short blog, one of these Champions, Faisal, looks back on his experiences and how he saw his work directly benefiting young people in Bolton.

September 27, 2022

Get Ready for Artsmark Celebration Week

Every year we host Artsmark Celebration Week to shout out about the fantastic achievements of Artsmark settings across the North West and advocate for cultural education across the curriculum.

May 26, 2021

Two people are deep in discussion at a creative event.

May 26, 2021

Young at Heart

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.

October 22, 2020

Call To Tender – Bridge Youth Voice Initiative

The Bridge Network are looking for an experienced individual or organisation to project manage and produce an online digital magazine series that highlights elements of best practice around ‘youth voice’ in the context of creative and cultural learning.

March 8, 2019

Curious Thoughts: Thinking Positive

How can arts and culture give our young people hope? Curious Minds' Head of Innovation and Inclusion, Kelly Allen, shares her thoughts on the role that arts and culture can play in improving mental wellbeing for children and young people

December 14, 2018

Hope Streets: Assembling Expertise

Our Hope Streets Project Coordinator, Saul Argent blogs about his experience in the last few months, putting together multi-sector teams from different walks of life to rethink the way we engage young people with heritage.