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. 

 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. 

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.