A CREATIVE FUTURE Our award-winning Creative Engagement team bring amazing opportunities, year-round, to thousands of young people and communities. Sarah Witcomb, Creative Learning Manager, tells us more… What is your role at the Festival? I manage the Festival’s outreach projects with schools and communities. Through three ‘Take Part’ programmes; Schools, Generations and Festival we offer creative opportunities to the county’s young people; bring generations together to share stories and experiences; and provide unique opportunities to be part of Festival productions.
What does Creative Engagement mean and why is it important? Creative Engagement is about bringing our work to those who may not normally engage with it, whether due to confidence, income, social or physical barriers – giving them the chance to experience something new through art and creativity. I love to see everyone, no matter their background, have a platform to tell their story. What sort of activities do you run? Much like the Festival itself, we work with local and world-famous artists across all artforms. Our Take Part programmes bring activities and workshops to thousands of people; provides creative careers talks; and brings communities to meet artists, events and exhibitions.
Our 2020 Take Part programme is kindly supported by The Ellerdale Trust, The Goodman Trust, The John Jarrold Trust, Norfolk Music Hub, Norwich Freemen’s Charity, The Red Socks Charitable Trust and other generous donations. Thank you!
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How do you identify who to work with? We work with partners to identify and deliver to particular communities and increasingly use research data to focus our schools work on those most in need. What are your ambitions for the future? We rely on the support of many generous funders to make this work happen. Working with them, we want to extend the depth of our work, build fruitful partnerships and reach more and more people. Find out more at nnfestival.org.uk/take-part If you are a school or community group who would like to work with the Festival, contact Sarah on 01603 877750 sarah.witcomb@nnfestival.org.uk
