Curious Minds

Why Not Back a Curious Future

As we move forward into 2011 and beyond, the creative and cultural landscape of the North West and specifically children and young people’s place within that landscape is changing by the minute.

Arts Council England is inviting organisations across England to apply to become one of a network of regional development agencies that will focus on arts and cultural work with children and young people. These organisations will develop coherence across a diverse range of artistic practice, increasing young people’s participation in creative and cultural learning and improving access to high quality arts and culture, a particular focus being on collaboration with schools.

Through our work, we have reached and improved the lives of over 53,000 children and young people across the North West since 2002 and have worked with nearly 400 schools.

Curious Minds is submitting a bid to become the regional development agency for work with children and young people in the North West. Chris May, our Chief Executive,  tells us here why he feels Curious Minds is the right organisation to become the regional development agency for children and young people in the arts for the North West.

If you agree with Chris, we are collecting endorsements from people and posting them onto our website section: "I'm backing Curious Minds"

To learn more about the early ideas Curious Minds have for a new regional development programme, read our 'ideas paper'

If you would like to back us, please tell us why at the following email: backus@curiousminds.org.uk