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Artist Development
resource date: 13/12/2011
Future Creative's artist development programme is designed to equip the creative sector with business & entrepreneurial skills.
Arts Award Training Courses in South East
resource date: 22/02/2010
Full list of Arts Award training Courses in the South East 2010
Arts champions in your school?
resource date: 08/06/2011
Future Creative is working with Kent Arts Development Unit to recruit Young Arts Ambassadors aged 14-18. The selected Ambassadors will take part in exciting events and share their views surrounding the arts in Kent. It is a great opportunity for young people to showcase their own artform talents and to enhance their CVs.
For more information on how your students can apply, please download the PDF on right of the screen.
Assembly Required - Team Building in the Workplace
resource date: 15/12/2011
This course is an exploration of the issues surrounding team dynamics, interactions, communications and roles and responsibilities. Through a series of physical and mental activities participants will explore all aspects relating to developing the capacity, outputs and effectiveness of their organisation.
Audience Development
resource date: 13/12/2011
Future Creative's Audience Development programme brokers sustainable relationships between cultural organisations and their communities.
Aylesford School Sports College - Case Study
resource date: 12/12/2011
A case study of Aylesford School Sports College which worked with Future Creative as part of the Meeting the Challenge initiative.
Building a Transferable Skill Set
resource date: 03/01/2012
This interactive course explores all aspects of developing a portable skill set.
Business Writing and Communication
resource date: 03/01/2012
This interactive and hands on course will be of great benefit to participants whether they are writing a sales proposal, an email to a department, or an instruction manual for a software package.
Community Engagement
resource date: 13/12/2011
Future Creative's Community Engagement programme engages communities with cultural & contemporary life and local heritage, through creative activity.
Coxheath Primary School - Case Study
resource date: 12/12/2011
A case study for Coxheath Primary School which brought maths to life and made it relevant to the children so that they were able to be more engaged in lessons.
Create Compete Collaborate Press Release
resource date: 01/12/2009
On Tuesday 1st December 2009 Future Creative was delighted to host the Global Magnet event for Create Compete Collaborate. See the press release for more information about the Global Magnet event and Create Compete Collaborate.
Creative Directions Report
resource date: 31/01/2012
Creative Directions was a programme of professional development opportunities run by Future Creative on behalf of West Kent Arts Partnership. The project was designed to support and develop a sustainable, resilient and innovative arts community in the West Kent Boroughs.
Creative Directions: West Kent Artist Development
resource date: 25/01/2012
Future Creative is proud to have completed a successful professional development programme for West Kent’s creative sector.
Future Creative delivered the ‘Creative Directions’ programme on behalf of the West Kent Arts Partnership. The programme was designed to support and develop a sustainable, resilient and innovative arts community in the West Kent Boroughs of Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Tonbridge & Malling and Sevenoaks.
The programme involved a series of professional development workshops that took place throughout the boroughs; an online social networking site for the artists to showcase their work and keep informed; and a seminar designed to equip participants with knowledge of the local commissioning process and offer the opportunity to pitch for a £5000 Olympic 2012 community arts project.
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Creative Learning Projects: Minterne Junior School
resource date: 26/01/2012
Established in 2002 Creative Partnerships is a flagship creative learning programme, delivered in Kent by Future Creative CIC.
It is designed to develop the skills of young people, raising their aspirations and achievements and opening up more opportunities for their futures.
Future Creative has supported the Creative Partnerships 'Change School' programme at Minterne Junior School since 2008.
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Creative Partnerships Application Instructions
resource date: 14/05/2010
Information on the Creative Partnerships Enquiry School Process
Creative Partnerships programme leaflet
resource date: 23/05/2009
Download our leaflet on the Creative Partnerships programme.
Creative Professional Development
resource date: 26/01/2012
Creative Professional Development from Future Creative on Vimeo.
This film shows a creative professional development course which was held as a residential over 3 days in Kent in March 2010. It was designed and delivered by arts education agency, Future Creative, to support the learning and development of artists and teachers who work with children and young people in schools across the south east. Future Creative believes that all young people should have the opportunity to develop their artistic and creative capabilities and engage with and shape their world through the arts. This course, and others offered by Future Creative, ensure that the adults working alongside young people have a clear understanding of how best to support empowering creative learning experiences in formal and informal education setting. For more information, contact
info@future-creative.org
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Creative Teaching For Tomorrow
resource date: 10/12/2009
For more information on this research study carried out by Future Creative and Canterbury Christ Church University, or to buy the book please
click here.
Cultural Baton Press Release
resource date: 07/12/2009
Press release from Kent County Council about the Cultural Baton event and proposals.
Dance of the Doll with the Ghurka Community
resource date: 25/01/2012
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Diamond Jubilee, Olympics and Paralympic Project -
resource date: 20/12/2011
West Kent Arts Partnership is looking to commission a piece of public art from a talented, creative individual or group for the Diamond Jubilee, Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
Early Years Training and Consultancy Brochure
resource date: 05/03/2010
More information about our Early Years Training and Consultancy packages.
Ebbsfleet Landmark Link Project
resource date: 24/05/2010
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Employability Skills Courses
resource date: 03/01/2012
At Future Creative we offer high quality, high impact training courses that develop participants' employability skills for the workplace.
Equality & Diversity Training and Consultancy
resource date: 13/12/2011
Future Creative's Equality & Diversity Training and Consultancy programme develops understanding of the diversity of your community & develops tools to effectively engage them.
Event Management
resource date: 13/12/2011
Future Creative is able to provide you with innovative and proficient Community and Corporate Event Management.
FC EL Impact & Outcomes Report 2010-11
resource date: 11/10/2011
Latest Impact and Outcomes education report published by Future Creative.
Finding Funding
resource date: 03/01/2012
This course will offer the most up to date information on funding, in an ever changing landscape, and enable participants to find the best options that suit them.
Fly Fishing: Effectively Marketing Your Company
resource date: 15/12/2011
Through interactive and experiential activities this course will look at all aspects of what makes effective organisational marketing. Participants on the course will engage in a range of creative approaches to marketing and examine the key components of effective and original marketing.
Focus On-March 2010
resource date: 02/03/2010
Full 'Focus On' articles for March 2010 edition of the future creative e-newsletter.
Fork Handles: Developing Effective Communication
resource date: 15/12/2011
Communication is central to all aspects of running and developing a successful organisation or business. This activity based course will explore, through creative activity, what effective communication looks like and how it can be strengthened and sustained. The course will explore both internal organisational communication and external communication with potential and existing clients.
Future Creative Brochure
resource date: 21/05/2010
Future Creative Brochure now available in pdf. format.
Future Creative Logos
resource date: 14/12/2009
Future Creative Logos in JPEG, GIF and EPS formats as well as Brand Guidelines for use of Future Creative Logos. If you require a particular format not found in the downloadable folder please contact
info@future-creative.org
Future Creative: Learning Programmes
resource date: 06/06/2011
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Future Jobs Fund: We Are Creative
resource date: 01/06/2011
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Hand in Hand: The Art of Amalgamation
resource date: 05/09/2011
Throughout England, the amalgamation of infant and junior schools is becoming increasingly common. Kent, in particular, has been promoting amalgamation since 1992 through its "Children First" initiatives. While the benefits of amalgamation seem clear and compelling, their is little or no guidance ir information about he multiple burdens inherent in the process.
How Soon is Now? Embracing Organisational Change
resource date: 15/12/2011
This course will encourage your organisation to embrace change and see the potential for growth even in uncertain times. Organisations often have the capacity to meet change within their existing structures and this course will highlight how to best utilise these human and financial resources.
Ifield School - Case Study
resource date: 12/12/2011
A case study about the school staff at Ifield School (SEN) who worked together with Future Creative to plan, deliver and assess fresh approaches to the mathematics curriculum.
Imagination is the key...
resource date: 09/11/2010
Unlocking the creative potential of our young people can provide a major boost to society in an age of change, writes Esme Chilton, CEO of Future Creative...
Introduction to Higher Education
resource date: 03/01/2012
This course will provide accurate and relevate funding information to individuals looking to discover how higher education can develop qualities that are valued by employers, such as problem-solving and communication skills.
Is this Thing On? Presentation and Public Speaking
resource date: 15/12/2011
Increasingly presentations and public speaking are necessary components of any organisations capacity to win new work and sustain their business. This course will afford participants with many opportunities to practice and develop their presentation and public speaking skills.
ITV Meridian: Let's Go Margate!
resource date: 26/01/2012
Future Creative co-ordinated this unique event on behalf of Thanet District Council. We are a creative learning agency and Community Interest Company so this was a valuable opportunity to collaborate with partners from education, arts and culture to promote Margate's cultural offer whilst developing the creative skills of the young people involved.
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Jammy Delights with the Women's Institute
resource date: 26/01/2012
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Kent Cultural Baton
resource date: 24/05/2010
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Kent Police: Youth Engagement Project (CDRP)
resource date: 24/05/2010
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Let's Go Margate
resource date: 25/01/2012
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Making the Most of Employability Skills
resource date: 03/01/2012
This experiential and activity based course will blend facilitator led activities with group and individual work enabling learners to explore their own creative capacities.
Marketing and Self-Marketing
resource date: 03/01/2012
This interactive and experiential course explores all the requisite components of marketing yourself succinctly and successfully.
NESTA: Putting Creativity on the Map
resource date: 01/11/2010
A Report on Creative Clusters adn Innovation (released November 2010) valuing the economic importance of the creative industries to the UK.
NKCC Final Evaluation
resource date: 02/09/2011
Future Creative is delighted to share our evaluation report following our latest community engagement programme, the North Kent Community Church outreach project
Future Creative worked in partnership with North Kent Community Church (NKCC), FutureCity, Countryside Properties and Land
Securities to create a community engagement programme at Springhead Park in Ebbsfleet Valley. The project was funded by Arts and Business. The
project allowed young people and adults in the communities surrounding the Springhead site, and those already living there, to engage
with the development of the NKCC community space, its outside space, and other areas around the site such as the pathway to Mark
Wallinger’s proposed White Horse. The project aimed to encourage a sense of ownership and pride amongst the community of the new
building and its uses
you can read more about this work on the project and view a film created as part of the project
here
NKCC Horse Tesselation Project
resource date: 07/03/2011
Download this tesselating horse shape (horsetextbox.pdf) and illustrate it/print on it/paint it/write something on it which responds to the following question:
"When a community changes and grows, how can we make sure it's still a great community?"
Please cut it out as accurately as you can - ensuring none of the black outline remains and send it back to us at: Future Creative 25 Stanhope Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 6AD
We will be putting all the shapes together to make a big tesselation - showing the interconnected and diverse nature of community.
The second pdf (gravesendboys.pdf) shows students from Gravesend Boy's Grammar School experimenting with the idea of a tesselated horse, and contributing to the final design.
For more information about the project go to http://future-creative.org/projects/project-details.aspx?project=119
Any queries contact julie.larner@future-creative.org
No Door Shut: Diversity in the Workplace
resource date: 15/12/2011
This course is an exploration of diversity in the workplace. We explore how personal identity is supported by shared language and ways of communicating. The course investigates how a developed and secure and positive sense of individual identities can develop whole organisations.
Off the map? The geography of NEETs
resource date: 16/11/2011
This snapshot analysis is the first paper produced as part of a research partnership between The Work Foundation and the Private Equity Foundation. The report investigates the geography of NEETS – focusing on the 53 largest towns and cities in Great Britain.
Ofstead Report- Learning: creative approaches
resource date: 15/01/2010
This Ofstead Report (released 15th January 2010) recognises the importance of creative learning and the creative partnerships programme.
Rainy Days and Mondays: Managing Stress
resource date: 15/12/2011
The focus of this course will be on personal and professional development. Participants will be encouraged, through creative explorations; to learn how to manage their stress levels and work towards developing their personal welfare.
Ramsgate Stitch n' Bitch
resource date: 26/01/2012
Emily and the Ramsgate Stitch n' Bitch gals have donned their pink balaclavas and launched a rather woolly attack on the powers-that-be who have seen their beloved Maritime Museum closed recently.
'Save our Museum' - their knitted animation-documentary - shows the group travelling as far as Dungeness by steam train to gain inspiration for their knitted campaign, and warns bosses in Thanet not to mess with the girls of Ramsgate Harbour!
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Reach for the Torch - Pass the Passion Report
resource date: 15/11/2011
“Reach for the Torch” was Pass the Passion’s school torch relay project. Future Creative worked in partnership with Vista Leisure to deliver a programme of arts and cultural experiences for children in the Dover Extended Schools district. The project involved a wide range of practitioners, and was funded by the Pass the Passion steering group, allowing participating schools to book their workshop with Future Creative free of charge.
Schools Programmer: Job Description
resource date: 01/08/2011
Schools Programmer: Job Description
Social Media and Self-Promotion
resource date: 03/01/2012
This interactive course will blend theoretical explorations underpinning using social media with the practical hands-on applications of these new and exciting technologies.
Springhead Park: One Sunday In March
resource date: 25/01/2012
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Story Sacks: Parents as Partners in Early Learning
resource date: 24/05/2010
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Streetlight Storm- Katie Paterson
resource date: 02/03/2010
Full press release available to download of Kartie Paterson's work- Streetlight Storm, an installation in Deal and surrounding educational work.
Take Me to Your Leader: Leadership and Management
resource date: 15/12/2011
Leadership and management are key components in any organisation. This activity based course will explore a wide range of issues relating to effective leadership and management, including; communication, team development, flexibility, integrity and inspiration.
TES North 2010- Future Creative Press Release
resource date: 22/02/2010
Future Creative will be exhibiting and holding Creative Learning workshops at TES North 23rd-24th April 2010. For more information please see the TES Press Release attached.
Thamesview School - Case Study
resource date: 12/12/2011
A case study on our project to empower students at Thamesview School to use their new library, which had recently been established through the Building Schools for the Future scheme.
The Heathcote School - Case Study
resource date: 12/12/2011
A case study for when we worked with a small group of young people from the Heathcote School to deliver alternative curriculum provision and the Arts Award qualification.
The Impact of Creative Partnerships on the Cultura
resource date: 24/01/2011
Economic Report about the Impact of Creative Partnerships on the Cultural and Creative Economy
The Sum of All Things: Organisational Finances
resource date: 15/12/2011
This course looks at the importance of understanding finance and financial mechanisms across organisations as a whole. Experiential activities will explore this subject in relation to all component parts of a successful business.
The Towers: True Stories
resource date: 25/01/2012
The Towers film is the result of a project at Sandwich Technology School. The cooling towers at Richborough power station are an ever present icon in the flat landscape of East Kent.
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Tunbridge Wells 21st Century Cycle Route
resource date: 07/07/2011
Appendix 3 from the Tunbridge Wells 21st Century Cycle Route Art in the public realm call for proposals
Want to be a Young Arts Ambassador for Kent?
resource date: 07/06/2011
You can have a say! Share your views and develop your skills as a Young Arts Ambassador in Kent.
Download the PDF to find out more.
Welcome to Creative Gathering 2011 - Esme Chilton
resource date: 13/07/2011
What Is Professional Practice?
resource date: 03/01/2012
This course will enhance knowledge and understanding of effective team and interprofessional working, examining personal and professional development, offering a critical insight into the evidence-base surrounding professional practice.
Youth Engagement
resource date: 13/12/2011
Future Creative's Youth Engagement programme enages young people with history, heritage and community, through cultural activity.