Bright Space - Birmingham, Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Bright Space aims to champion young people's creativity and to support and widen opportunities for their involvement in cultural activity. We do this by partnering young people with the very best creative professionals so they can develop a variety of skills and experiences.
We work with local authorities and national agencies to see how we can best engage with young people to consider the broader social and family contexts within which young people grow up. We use the findings from our programmes to promote public debate and to influence policy so as to effect change.
We believe that creativity is not a skill bound within the arts, but a wider ability to question, make connections and take an innovative and imaginative approach to problem solving. These are skills demanded by today's employers. We want young people to lead a role in shaping their own learning and to play active leadership in school and community life.
One of our current core activities is running the Creative Partnerships programme in Birmingham, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. This builds on five years' practice, previously pioneered by Creative Partnerships Birmingham.
We also have several specific areas of interest, which include:
- Youth development - This work aims to offer and explore youth consultation, careers in the creative industries (career pathways) and designing cultural activities for young people by young people
- Family engagement - The Bright Space Family Panel will invite families to engage with new cultural experiences with their children out of school
- Networking and continued professional development (CPD) - Our Creative Encounters programme is a series of networking and CPD events for teachers and creative professionals
General Enquiries
General Enquiries - Bright Space
Studio 222, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street
Birmingham
B9 4AA
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Telephone: 0121 772 6932
Email: info@brightspace.org.uk
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Latest news
Bright Space 'Platform' project selected for national campaign resource: 'Youth Arts Transforms Lives - Fact'
13 Jul 2011
The Bright Space ‘Platform’ project, supported by Creative Partnerships, has been selected as a case study out of 120 received nationally, for the Artsworks national campaign resource...
'Outstanding' Children's Centres in Weoley Castle and Washwood Heath (Birmingham) praised for their CP work
6 Apr 2011
Birmingham-based Creative Partnerships Change School settings Weoley Castle Nursery & Children’s Centre and Washwood Heath Children’s Centre both obtained ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted reviews...
Genelle Aldred opens the Bright Space Creative Careers Festival with an inspiring speech - 'Ambition is not a dirty word'
28 Feb 2011
The Creative Careers Festival held over 28-29 January was a huge success, with over 1,000 young people either taking part or experiencing creative activities throughout the weekend...
Bright Space Creative Careers Festival - A free event for 13-18 yr olds - 28-29 January 2011, Birmingham
1 Dec 2010
The Bright Space 'Creative Careers Festival' (www.creativecareersfestival.org.uk) in association with mac is a FREE two day event for 13-18...
Victoria School (Birmingham) wins £50,000 Lottery cash to extend their Creative Partnerships project
1 Dec 2010
Victoria School, is a Special School in Birmingham and a Creative Partnerships Change School. They successfully collected £50,000 'People's Millions' Lottery cash to renovate their...
Comprehensive Spending Review - Response from Bright Space Director, Deborah Kermode
4 Nov 2010
Following the Comprehensive Spending Review, Arts Council England has confirmed its decision not to fund Creative Partnerships after the completion of the 2010/11 academic year.
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Bright Space recruits over 90 schools to the Creative Partnerships schools
6 Oct 2010
Bright Space has successfully recruited over 90 schools from 
Birmingham (87 KB), Herefordshire (78 KB) and Worcestershire (75 KB) onto the Creative...
Bright Space successfully recruit youth bloggers to report on cultural activity in Birmingham
16 Sep 2010
Bright Space has successfully recruited 18 youth bloggers from Birmingham and the West Midlands for their new arts and social media project 'Platform'. The bloggers aged 15 – 20...
Creative schools in the West Midlands help boost UK economy
16 Sep 2010
Creative Partnerships, the government’s creative learning programme that works in over 120 schools in Birmingham, Herefordshire and Worcestershire and is delivered by Bright Space...
Birmingham School recognised in National Ofsted report
23 Feb 2010
Worlds End Infant and Nursery School in Quinton, has been praised by Ofsted as one of 20 outstanding and exceptionally successful primary schools in the country. Worlds End Infant...
Bright Space attend Arts Council Consultation Event – ‘Achieving Great Art for Everyone’
16 Feb 2010
Bright Space recently attended Arts Council England’s (ACE) ‘Achieving Great Art for Everyone’ consultation event in Birmingham.
The Independent newspaper takes advice from St Benedict’s School in Birmingham
16 Feb 2010
St Benedict’s Infant School in Small Heath recently appeared in The Independent newspaper. They are a Creative Partnerships (CP) Change School and have devised a storytelling project...
Bright Space Speed Dating event with Practioners builds new relationships
8 Jan 2010
In the spirit of Christmas cheer, Bright Space invited a selection of Creative Practitioners to informally discuss their work on a one to one basis with Bright Space [FILE:300|CAPTION...
Bright Space recruits 79 Schools onto the Enquiry School Programme
5 Jan 2010
Bright Space has successfully recruited 79 schools from Birmingham (33 KB) Herefordshire (29 KB)and Worcestershire (30 KB) onto the Creative Partnerships...
