Curious Minds

What We Are

Curious Minds is a company dedicated to helping people and organisations realise their greatest asset - their creative potential.

We are a creative social enterprise delivering high quality programmes and services to partners and clients concerned with education and learning, regeneration and cohesion, and the development of social and emotional well being.

We believe it is everyone’s right to have the opportunity to live, learn and work creatively and we work to realise this ambition by enabling creative collaboration.

We pride ourselves in our ability to make collaborative partnerships work effectively and are experienced in developing partnerships between a wide range of service providers.

Our Vision

We work towards a vision of society where children and young people have plentiful opportunities to participate actively in creative learning and cultural production, leading to the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to contribute fully to society and lead positive and productive lives.

We work towards a vision of schools where creative and sustainable approaches to teaching and learning lead to the development of learning communities, with schools at the heart of a diverse network of partners, working collaboratively to support and enrich learning.

We work towards a vision of Curious Minds as an organisation that has a widely held reputation for acting with integrity, for ensuring the well being of its employees and for working in ways which are exciting, inspiring, inclusive, creative and enabling. 

Our Mission

We believe it is everyone's right to have the opportunity to realise their creative potential.

Our mission is to build collaborative partnerships to stimulate positive personal and social change through the development of curiosity, creativity and learning.

Our work is focussed primarily on making a measurable impact on the lives of children and young people, particularly those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. We do this by increasing opportunities for active participation in creative learning and cultural production.

Maximising curiosity is a key element of our work. Curious minds are engaged, purposeful, imaginative, playful and open. We aim to stimulate the curiosity of children and young people and help adults cultivate a curious attitude.

Through enabling a broad range of creative collaborations we contribute to building thriving and prosperous communities, growing capacity to apply creative solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing society. 

Our values and ethos

Our work is underpinned by a set of core beliefs:

We believe in the value of working in partnership with a wide range of people to develop improved outcomes for children and young people by optimising their experience of education through creative learning. 

We believe in the transformational power of art, culture and creativity in enriching the quality of life of children and young people, their families and communities

We believe in valuing children and young people's ideas, interests and concerns at the core of our work and we provide rich opportunities for children and young people to develop decision-making and leadership skills

We believe in developing Curious Minds as an organisation where people can work imaginatively and creatively, enjoy a healthy work-life balance and develop their professional skills within a culture of continuous learning

We believe in sharing our thinking and learning freely with others, actively participating in learning networks