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ChalleNGe
Nottingham
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • ChalleNGe Team
    • Online Directories
  • For Teachers
    • Cultural Rucksack
    • CPD/events
    • Opportunities & Resources
    • Creativity Collaboratives
    • Creative Practitioners
    • Planning Visits
    • RSE Day
  • For Children/Young People
    • Activities and Groups
    • Youth Board
  • Partners
    • Partners
    • Case Studies
  • Projects
  • Opportunities

About ChalleNGe

On this page you'll find:

Our Purpose, Our Work, our Operations Partners and Steering Group Members

Our Purpose

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Vision

Mission

Mission

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.

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Mission

Mission

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.  

Ways we collaborate

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 our collaborative work with Nottingham's schools through the 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 five goals focus on:

  • Amplifying Young voices
  • Shaping our Schools Programme - the Cultural Rucksack
  • Building a Community of Practice across arts and education 
  • Advocacy and Championing 
  • Sustainability and organisational development


We aim to embed strong youth voice into our cultural landscape, so that children and young people are empowered to shape priorities and lead change within arts partners' programmes. 


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. 

ChalleNGe Partners

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


Our new Partnership Statement: (May 2023) 

 

We believe in the potential of children and young people in Nottingham, and work collaboratively and in partnership with each other to support everyone to thrive.
 

We create space for those who are marginalised, and understand the power of our collective voice to make change. We know that arts and culture can break down barriers and be a force for good. It unlocks potential and is relevant for its own sake and our communities.
 

We actively listen and are responsive to the opinions of our partners, our communities and the world around us. We are accountable to each other and strive for inclusive organisations, reflective of the diverse city we live in.  
 

Contacts

Dance

  • Dance 4: Hayley Arthur, Producer: Learning and Skills 
  • Next Door Dance: Laura Savage, Member of Next Door Dance 
  • Tom Dale Dance Company: Laura Rutty, Company and Participation Manager 

Drama and Theatre

  • Dragon Breath Theatre: Nettie Scriven & Peter Rumney
  • Gobs Collective: Bridie Squires, Director 
  • Lit Theatre Company: Orla O'Connor, Director 
  • New Perspectives: Jayne Williams, Participation Director 
  • Nonsuch: Ed Boott, Artistic Director 
  • Nottingham Playhouse: Tara Lopez, Director of Participation
  • Theatre Royal and Concert Hall: Becky Morris, Heritage and Learning Partnerships Manager

Galleries

  • Backlit: Suzanne Golden, Co-Director; Panya Banjoko, Learning & Community Coordinator 
  • New Art Exchange: Michael Radford, Head of Neighbourhoods
  • Nottingham Contemporary: Sandra Austerfield, Schools Programmer
  • Primary: Rebecca Beinart, Engagement Curator

Museums and Heritage

  • National Justice Museum: Jo Ayris, Learning Manager  
  • Nottingham City Museums and Galleries: Rosny Hayward, Schools Programme Officer and Louise Button-Lowth, Audience Engagement Officer
  • Nottingham University Museum: Stephanie Tristram, Heritage Learning Officer
  • William Booth Birthplace Museum: Julie Obermeyer, Museum Curator

Multidisciplinary

  • City Arts: Alison Denholm, Creative Development Mnager 
  • Broadway: Ella Townsend, Learning and Training Coordinator
  • Ignite! Futures:  Megan Shore, Programmes Manager
  • Lakeside Arts: Rachel Feneley, Learning Officer
  • Skate Nottingham: Chris Lawton, Founder/Director 
  • UK New Artists: Vikki Jones, Engagement Coordinator 
  • Young Creative Awards: Jared Wilson, LeftLion  
  • Young Hustlers: Tommy Farmyard, Director  

Music

  • BeatFeet: Jude Winwood, Artistic Director  
  • Community Recording Studio: Trevor Rose, Director  
  • Nottingham Music Hub: Claire Dyer Partnerships and Innovations Manager 

Youth Voice

  • Positively Empowered Kids: Jackie Wilson, Director
  • Upstart Projects, Emrys Green, Head of Business and Projects

Wellbeing

  • Freedom Foundation: Laura Grant, Director 

Writing and Literature

  • Nottingham City Libraries: Sandra Edis, Library Lead: Reading and Literacy 
  • National Literacy Trust: Charlotte Malik, Nottingham Hub Manager 
  • UNESCO City of Literature: Hannah Trevarthen, Director 
  • First Story: Pippa Hennessey, Programme and Partnerships Manager (East Midlands) 

Education Partners

  • Archway Trust: Martha Toogood, RSC ASP Coordinator, NST Arts Network  
  • Bulwell Toy Library and OVP: Linda Abbott: Finance Manager & Trustee of OVP
  • Greenwood Academies Trust: Martin Smith, Senior Advisor, Academic Resilience 
  • Nottingham Schools Trust:  Pat and Sarah Fielding, Nottingham Schools Trust 
  • Nottingham Trent University: Helen Garrigan, Culture Manager  
  • Nottingham Trent University: Frances Howard, Youth Studies Course Leader  
  • Nottingham Trent University - CenSCE: Stephen Barton, Volunteering Coordinator, Centre for Student and Community Engagement  
  • Nottingham Citizens: Heidi Shewell-Cooper, Nottingham Citizens
  • Small Steps Big Changes: Tayane De Melo Passos, Senior Project Officer, Ideas Fund
  • Take 1: Courtney Rose, Director  

Youth Partners

  • Evolve CIC: Karen Hunter, Evolve CIC
  • Base 51/NGY: Jenisha Doyle  Programme Manager
  • Helping Kids Achieve: Keiren Thompson, Director  
  • The Pythian Club: Ben Rosser, CEO 
  • The Toy Library: Linda Abbott Finance Manager

Sector Support Organisations

  • Child Friendly City: Ekua Ghansah, Child Friendly City Programme Lead
  • Children's University: Laura Bates, Widening Access and Outreach Coordinator   
  • Captivate (Mansfield and Ashfield CEP): Vanessa Oxspring, Director
  • Nottingham City Council: Jon Rea, Engagement and Participation Lead  
  • Nottingham City Council: Jacquie Thomas, Youth and Play Manager 
  • Ending Youth Violence Network: Jacqueline Lockhart, Chair
  • Nottingham City Homes: Kate Rand, Tenant Involvement  

ChalleNGe Steering Group Members

Nigel Cooke - Chair

Nigel Cooke - Chair

Nigel Cooke - Chair

Freelance Consultant, trustee of creative and educational charities and One Nottingham Board Member

Amy Bere

Nigel Cooke - Chair

Nigel Cooke - Chair

Director of Culture

Nottingham Trent University

Ian Burton

Nigel Cooke - Chair

Shona Powell

 CEO Nottingham Music Service 

Shona Powell

Nigel Cooke - Chair

Shona Powell

 Director at Nottingham Lakeside Arts 

Amanda Spruyt

Jacqueline Lockhart

Amanda Spruyt

    Manager of Learning Programmes Nottingham Contemporary 

Karla Capstick

Jacqueline Lockhart

Amanda Spruyt

 Director

Small Start Big Changes

Jacqueline Lockhart

Jacqueline Lockhart

Jacqueline Lockhart

 Community Engagement Specialist

Violence Reduction Unit

Ekua Ghansah

Jacqueline Lockhart

Jacqueline Lockhart

Child Friendly City Programme Lead, Nottingham City Council

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