Our Work

  • Durham Brass Festival

    A music education programme celebrating County Durham’s brass band heritage through workshops with international performers in schools.
    Durham Brass Festival
  • Continuing Professional Development

    CPD for teachers and artists using creative approaches to support innovative curriculum delivery across art forms.
    CPD
  • Connections

    A programme connecting schools with artists to develop creative learning projects, residencies, and arts-based curriculum enrichment.
    Connections
  • Arts Award

    An Arts Award support programme helping young people explore the arts, build creative skills, and achieve a national qualification.
    Arts Award
  • Home

    Children’s perspectives on “home” explored through photography and writing with local primary school pupils.
  • Everyday Heroes

    A photographic celebration of Stanley’s everyday heroes, inspired by pitman poet Tommy Armstrong and the spirit of local community life.
  • Talking Cameras

    A participatory photography project with The Dales School using Photovoice to support pupils to share their experiences and perspectives through image-making and storytelling.
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  • Northern Writes

    A creative writing and music programme for schools and communities in Stanley, inspired by pitman poet Tommy Armstrong’s legacy.
    Northern Writes
  • Seeing Things Differently

    A photography-led creative writing project helping young people develop storytelling skills and explore new ways of approaching narrative.
    Seeing Things Differently
  • Defiant Voices

    An educational project with secondary schools exploring inclusion, tolerance, and standing against prejudice through creative advocacy work.
    Defiant Voices
  • Changing Lives

    A theatre and education project helping young people understand radicalisation and promote safer communities through performance and learning resources.
    Changing Lives
  • Safer Selfies

    A workshop programme helping young people make safer, more informed choices about social media and online image sharing.
    Safer Selfies
  • Reimagining Beowulf

    A creative writing and performance project where primary school pupils reimagine the epic poem Beowulf through theatre and storytelling.
    Reimagining Beowulf
  • Suitcase Of Survival

    A creative learning programme exploring Holocaust awareness and personal resilience through theatre, reflection, and arts-based workshops.
    Suitcase Of Survival
  • Rise

    A school–cultural partnership programme using creative practice and research to improve learning outcomes and collaboration in education.
    Rise
  • Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín

    An arts programme exploring Holocaust remembrance through performance and education.
    Defiant Requiem
  • The Tin Ring

    A touring theatre production telling the true story of Zdenka Fantlová, exploring love, survival, and resilience through war and displacement.
    The Tin Ring