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  • Ancient Landscapes Project

      The Buxton group are working with artists from ‘Stone and Water’, to explore the geology of the Peak District and create an installation from crochet, knitting and building coral reefs out of wool, and other reef fauna using a variety of textiles. 

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  • Book Sculptures

    Participants worked with artist Kate Freeborough to make a wonderful set of book sculptures, now on display in the windows of Sett Valley Insurance in New Mills. [foogallery id=”11295″]

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  • Gathering research for 13+ projects

    We couldn’t run an intensive 13+ project this October as our funding application was unsuccessful (it happens!), so we are now taking stock and gathering more detailed feedback and ideas from our current 13+ contacts, so that future applications are well designed. If you know anyone in this age range (including young adults) who would

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  • Looking back on 2022 in the Youth Programme

    The dust is settling on another really challenging year, and taking stock we can see some special moments of 2022 which may have gone unrecorded on our social media and newsletter!  Our three Kickstart workers each wrote an article earlier in the year, but since then, long time participant, and now worker, Georgia Tyler has

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  • A High Peak ABC

    We can’t keep it to ourselves anymore!  Our early years team has come up trumps with a glorious High Peak ABC book and song (for general release Spring 2023). The work has been in creation in messy arts and music sessions since the summer, and our early years project manager, Karl Harris, said “I’ve loved

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  • Arts Award Congratulations!

    Arts Award Congratulations!

    The Arts Award has taken a bit of a back seat for the last couple of years – but two of our longest running young participants received their awards in early October. Both Heather (Silver) and Georgia (Gold!) have been working on their portfolios for a few years, so well done to them for sticking

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  • Film Cuts Club

    Saturdays, from 11.30-3.30, from now through til July!

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  • A perfect show!

    A perfect show!

    We had a fantastic show. Aunty’s Antidote went down a storm in Buxton, with 25 young people involved on the night – on stage, in the band or working backstage. A huge thank you and well done! to them and the other 35 young people who contributed to everything that went into the show. Here

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  • School programme.

    School programme.

    A red-hot end to our year of school’s activity! The heatwave struck in the last week of term, and yes we did postpone one of our sessions, but still fitted it in before the end of the week, finishing the lovely little animation below!  This year we have delivered one-to-one creative mentoring in eight different

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