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Young Creative Awards Winners 2024
Sat 01 Jun 2024Each year The Young Creative Awards picks out some of the rising stars of Nottingham. The winners were announced at the end of May, and here are some of our favourites…
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We talk to Fast Forward, a creative learning outlet that teaches music as an alternative to traditional education
Wed 29 May 2024Fast Forward Direction Thru Music is helping transform the lives of students through the power of music. We spoke to founders Stevie Lee and his fellow musicians/co-founders, along with several students, to hear about their important work and the crowdfunder that hopes to help them train more students in music production skills.
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Winners of Nottingham Young Creative Awards 2024 Announced
Mon 20 May 2024The winners of this year’s Young Creative Awards 2024 have been announced to the public during a live awards night at the Nottingham Playhouse...
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Keep All the Parts & Relief Map, Five Leaves New Poetry Launch With Roy Young and Jan Norton
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Raw Talent: We Caught up with Previous Winners of the Young Creative Awards
Wed 06 Mar 2024As Nottingham’s Young Creative Awards return for a live ceremony after five years, we catch up with previous winners including musician Serena Jasmine, photographer Luke Brennan and illustrator Kate Wand, who are now beginning to blaze their own trail…
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Circle of Light To Orchestrate Music Career Opportunities For Hundreds of Young People
Tue 13 Feb 2024The Circle of Light music and wellbeing project is back for a fifth year with opportunities for young people aged 16-25 looking for pathways into the music industry...
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NET Shows How It's Helping Young People Get Around Notts
Tue 06 Feb 2024Alison Sweeney, head of marketing at Nottingham Express Transit (NET) - which run our trams in Nottingham – tells us all we need to know about the iconic transport that gets us from A-B.
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We Found Out About Fast Forward Music, DJ Workshops for Young People From Synthetic Pro Audio
Mon 08 Jan 2024Fast Forward Music, an accredited Alternative Provision by Nottingham City & County Council, is set to revolutionise the educational landscape for key stage three/four youth with a series of innovative music workshops. Focused on music technology and DJ/turntablism, these workshops aim to inspire creativity, skill development, and a genuine passion for the creative music industry...
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Young Creative Award Entries Are Now Open for 2024
Mon 08 Jan 2024The Young Creative Awards, an annual competition for young creatives living, working or studying in and around Nottingham, has returned for its sixteenth year, with entries now open...
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We Speak to Poet Ravelle-Sadé Fairman About Performing on Stage and Inspiring Young Writers
Fri 20 Oct 2023Getting in front of an audience and revealing your innermost thoughts sounds pretty daunting, but the rewards of speaking your truth are many. We spoke to Ravelle-Sadé Fairman about performing on stage, inspiring young writers and the purpose of poetry.
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Nottingham Family Festival Young Hustlers Aims to Ignite The Flames of Creativity
Wed 11 Oct 2023Circus skills, drumming, dance, street art, family raves, Lego club and DJ workshops are all on offer at Young Hustlers, the music and arts festival designed for young people, which runs alongside the main Hockley Hustle on Sunday 22 October...
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In Photos: Young Creative Awards
Sun 16 Jul 2023Out of the 100 young people who submitted work to the photography category of this year’s Young Creative Awards Nottingham, these eleven photographers were nominated. The final winners were; Abi O’Brien (11-15 age category), Deanna Gallacher (16-18) and Eleanor Jarvis (19-24). Our heartfelt congratulations to all who took part.
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Young Creative Award Winner: All Flesh is Wax by Amy Child
Wed 05 Jul 2023A dark delve into art going over the edge, by Amy Child, winner of the Young Creative Award 19-24 Creative Writing category...
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Speak Easy: The Collaboration With Nottingham Playhouse Providing Young People With Creative Spaces
Fri 28 Apr 2023Members of the UNESCO City of Literature Youth Board, Connor Brown and Abi Hutchison, have created an event called Speak Easy in collaboration with Nottingham Playhouse. We chat to the duo about breaking into the creative industry as a young person and what the event means to them…
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We Chat With Journalist Gary Younge Before His Visit to Nottingham's Squire Performing Arts Centre
Fri 03 Mar 2023Journalist, author, sociology lecturer and former Editor-at-Large at The Guardian, Gary Younge is heading to our city in March to discuss his sixth book. Ahead of his visit, we sit down with him to delve deeper into his fascinating career…
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We Meet Lounge Trip, The Cinema Collective For Young People
Mon 13 Feb 2023In our digital world, films, cinema and TV have become isolating activities. Yet, more and more people are yearning for community. We chat with Charlie and Betsy from Lounge Trip - an upcoming youth cinema collective aiming to redefine cinemas as spaces which serve young people, provide opportunities and unite younger audiences.
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