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About Us

Our Vision

Nottingham’s diverse population of children and young people are imaginative, innovative and creative; informing and inspiring cross-sector partnerships that champion creativity in schools and communities.

Our Mission

To facilitate and enable collaborations and connections to ensure all children and young people in Nottingham engage with relevant, inspiring and accessible arts and cultural experiences. 

Our Aims

To work collaboratively with Nottingham’s cultural partners and educators to: 

1. Deliver a cultural learning offer that is complementary, visible and accessible 

2. Identify and address barriers to creation and participation by children, their families, educators, artists and arts organisations 

3. Take risks, share challenges and celebrate the exemplary

Our Guiding Principles

Our partnership aims to be inspiring, resourceful, collaborative, opportunistic, imaginative, innovative and bold.  


We facilitate the partnerships between cultural organisations, schools and youth providers - we are open, inventive, diverse and welcoming. 


Discover more on our new Cultural Rucksack initiative for every school-aged child in Nottingham. 

Our Work

Communications

Evaluation and Learning

Evaluation and Learning

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We want to make communications easy - so that teachers and headteachers are informed of opportunities from the cultural sector in a timely and coherent way. 


Cultural partners can make use of the ChalleNGe website and e-newsletters to share news and project opportunities; and schools  can celebrate their achievements, give feedback and help build a picture of creative learning for children and young people.


Youth and community organisations are also invited to share their experiences and opportunities and make connections with us to help broaden opportunities for all children and young people in the city. 


We are developing the concept of Nottingham's Cultural Rucksack; for schools to embed high quality arts experiences for every school pupil in the city. 

Evaluation and Learning

Evaluation and Learning

Evaluation and Learning

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 Our four goals focus on:

  • reaching more and different children and young people; 
  • improving access to cultural education; 
  • evaluation, building capacity and doing things differently; 
  • resilience, sustainability and the future. 

Developing a shared understanding of the experiences of children and young people and ensuring that their voices are heard and appreciated is at the heart of our ethos. 


Our evaluation framework is formative and seeks to embrace the complexity within our partners’ broad range of motivations, levels of engagement, scale of work and ambition. It seeks to find meaning, tell stories, challenge the status-quo and understand better ways of doing things – being open, collaborative and providing space for reflection, sharing and learning. 


We have an ongoing Youth Voice project, We are Here, working with Bo Olawoye and filmmaker Ben Harriott until December 2021. 

Quick Links

Evaluation and Learning

Quick Links

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The Arts Council : Inspiring and funding Cultural Education Partnerships, ACE have recently launched their new 10 year strategy. Between 2018 and 2022, they will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery, in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich peoples' lives.  


Cultural Learning Alliance:  championing a right to art and culture for every child - making the case for arts engagement. 


The Mighty Creatives: fuelling creativity for children and young people across the East Midlands. 


Arts Mark: the creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England.


Arts Award: inspiring young people to grow their arts and leadership talents.


 


ChalleNGe Team

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Cathy Mahmood

Annette Willoughby

Cathy Mahmood

ChalleNGe Manager
Cathy has been working in the arts for 20 years in a variety of arts management roles. As General Manager of New Perspectives Theatre Company; Arts Policy Manager for NHS Notts; running a Children in Need arts programme in Sneinton to working for The Creative Quarter; and more recently as Creative Nottingham North Coordi

ChalleNGe Manager
Cathy has been working in the arts for 20 years in a variety of arts management roles. As General Manager of New Perspectives Theatre Company; Arts Policy Manager for NHS Notts; running a Children in Need arts programme in Sneinton to working for The Creative Quarter; and more recently as Creative Nottingham North Coordinator with Rebalancing the Outer Estates Foundation; she connects people, funding and projects to deliver more arts opportunities in schools and communities. 


Cathy has been with ChalleNGe since March 2019. 


cathy@challengenottingham.co.uk

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Martin Smith

Annette Willoughby

Cathy Mahmood

Cultural Rucksack Lead

Martin began his career as a Geography teacher and was also the Outdoor Education Adviser for Nottingham City Council. 


He is now a Senior Adviser for Academic Resilience within the Greenwood Academies Trust supporting the delivery of Character Education and Personal Development. 


In partnership with the Education Part

Cultural Rucksack Lead

Martin began his career as a Geography teacher and was also the Outdoor Education Adviser for Nottingham City Council. 


He is now a Senior Adviser for Academic Resilience within the Greenwood Academies Trust supporting the delivery of Character Education and Personal Development. 


In partnership with the Education Partnership Board, Martin joined the ChalleNGe team in November 2019 to develop the new Cultural Rucksack arts offer for Nottingham schools. 


martins.smith@greenwoodacademies.org

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Annette Willoughby

Annette Willoughby

Annette Willoughby

Postgraduate Researcher   

Annette joined the ChalleNGe team in October 2020, as part of a collaborative doctoral award with: ChalleNGe, Nottingham Trent University and Midlands4Cities. Her research will include: recording and analysing the project impact, identifying areas for growth and being involved in real change for young people and 

Postgraduate Researcher   

Annette joined the ChalleNGe team in October 2020, as part of a collaborative doctoral award with: ChalleNGe, Nottingham Trent University and Midlands4Cities. Her research will include: recording and analysing the project impact, identifying areas for growth and being involved in real change for young people and their engagement in cultural activities.


  

Annette previously taught HE Business and Management and holds a MA in Museum and Heritage Management. Her experience includes, analysing and improving visitor engagement, at places of historical and cultural interest, in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

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Maria Narducci

Maria Narducci

Annette Willoughby

Marketing and Communications

Maria has 30 years’ experience of working in marketing and communications across a wide range of sectors, including Museums, Galleries, Parks and Libraries at Nottingham City Council and as a Marketing Consultant for the National Trust.  


Maria works 2 days a week for ChalleNGe and manages our website, social me

Marketing and Communications

Maria has 30 years’ experience of working in marketing and communications across a wide range of sectors, including Museums, Galleries, Parks and Libraries at Nottingham City Council and as a Marketing Consultant for the National Trust.  


Maria works 2 days a week for ChalleNGe and manages our website, social media channels and communications with teachers and the wider youth and community sector.


 maria.narducci@ntu.ac.uk


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Bo Olawoye

Maria Narducci

Bo Olawoye

Creative Engagement Manager 

  

Bo Olawoye is our Freelance Creative Engagement Manager, who has been working for arts organisations in Nottingham and beyond since 2001. She develops participatory arts projects created with diverse communities, vulnerable groups and youth-led organisations. Bo is on our Evaluation team, working to deliver '

Creative Engagement Manager 

  

Bo Olawoye is our Freelance Creative Engagement Manager, who has been working for arts organisations in Nottingham and beyond since 2001. She develops participatory arts projects created with diverse communities, vulnerable groups and youth-led organisations. Bo is on our Evaluation team, working to deliver 'We are Here', a youth voice project in partnership with filmmaker, Ben Harriott. 


www.bosedaolawoye.com


hello@challengenottingham.co.uk 


image credit: Miriam Grossi 


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