Welcome to Culture Connect: a network to bring together schools and cultural organisations and practitioners in Calderdale.
Our first meeting of 2024 will be on Tuesday 5th March at Pinc College - please use the form below to save your spot.
Who is it for?
School teachers, senior leadership teams and governors in Calderdale
Organisations working on arts and cultural projects with schools in Calderdale
Individual practitioners working on arts and cultural projects with schools in Calderdale
Why are we doing this?
Schools, you’ve told us that you often struggle to find cultural activities that your students can engage with and take part in local projects.
Cultural organisations and practitioners, you’ve told us that it can be difficult to share your projects with local schools and get students and teachers involved.
We want to make that easier for you by creating this free ‘matchmaking’ service and start to develop a supportive and inspiring network. We hope that the network will develop over time, and will be asking you at this first meeting about your ideas and aspirations for the meetings.
What’s involved?
Coordinated by Ignite Creativity, the Culture Connect meetings act as a meeting point for schools and cultural organisations and practitioners in Calderdale.
Organisations and practitioners can book slots of 5-20 minutes to present their current projects to schools. This could be an update on a project you’re developing with young people, a call out for participants, news about some teacher CPD provision or even a taster practical activity. You can present just once at a meeting or attend regularly to help build up your own network.
Agenda
Please note, this agenda is subject to change.
3.30-3.45: Time for refreshments and networking
3.45-3.55: Ignite Creativity welcome and updates
3.55-4.00: Pinc College
4.00-4.10: Northern Broadsides
4.10-4.20: Love Science
4.20-4.30: Inter-Arts
4.30-4.40: Arvon
4.40-4.50: Age UK
4.50-5.05: Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary and St Augustine's
5.05-5.15: Calderdale College
Sign Up to Attend
The meetings are free and open to all to attend who are involved with cultural activities for young people in Calderdale schools. Please use the form below to reserve your spot, and email sammi@ignite-creativity.org.uk with any questions.
All slots to present projects are now filled, but you can sign up to present at our next meeting in July here.
Learn More
Click below to find out more about the Culture Connect project.