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April 22, 2014

Community Projects Festivals and Events Uncategorized

Coming to a festival near you…

Taking inspiration from our Tales in a Tent series we will be extending what we offer at festival events around the High Peak and beyond. Weird and wonderful, the bigger the better – watch this space!!
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March 29, 2014

2014 Archive National Foundation for Youth Music Previous Events Tall Tales Uncategorized Youth Music funded

Tall Tales – the Music Sessions

Brand new music sessions are running in Gamesley, Glossop and Fairfield, Buxton. Gamesley sessions run from 23rd April and the next 12 Wednesdays at 4 – 6pm at the Gamesley Community Cafe, Winster Mews. Fairfield sessions run in the Fairfield Dreamscheme sessions from 29th April and for the next 12 Tuesdays, 6 – 8pm at
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March 20, 2014

News Uncategorized

Dame Joan Bakewell becomes our Patron

We are delighted with our new champion, Dame Joan Bakewell, who was born and educated in Stockport. She is one of the country’s foremost journalists and broadcasters and was awarded a life peerage in 2010. She has a special interest in the arts and the elderly, and said: “I am delighted to give High Peak Community
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December 17, 2013

2012 Darkness Fairfield DreamScheme Uncategorized Youth Arts Network High Peak Youth Projects

Watch the scenes from the Darkness performance

Darkness is the second performance from the Youth Arts Network High Peak. Drama and performance from the young people of the Fairfield Dreamscheme, the Buxton Opera House Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre and young people from Three Gables and College Road Family Centres. All coming together at Peak Cavern, Castleton, High Peak. Click here for the full
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December 11, 2013

2013 Archive Music POD 1 Uncategorized Youth Music funded Youth Projects

Music POD 1 – working at Chapel en le Frith Key Stage 4 Support Centre

In our first module funded by Youth Music, we’ve been working at the Chapel PRU (Pupil Referral Unit) for 10 weeks since October, with MC Fox and music producer Diamond. The group have been writing lyrics and producing a track on Logic Pro and starting to work on their Arts Award files. Here are some
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December 11, 2013

2012 Shout Action Youth Projects

SuperChowder – The Movie!

This is the short cut version of SuperChowder – met with critical acclaim! Click here for the full version.
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December 9, 2013

2013 Music POD 1 Youth Music funded Youth Projects

Funded by the Foundation for Youth Music

We currently have two programmes funded through the different modules of Youth Music funding. In the Elevated Risk module we are running the Music POD 1 at Chapel PRU for one academic year, and through the Open Programme module we have Tall Tales starting in early 2014 and running until October 2015. [catlist id=149]
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December 5, 2013

2013 Archive Hear By Right News Quality marks Youth Projects

Hear By Right Award!

Our award from the National Youth Agency! High Peak Community Arts has achieved a national award in recognition of our commitment to listen to and act on the views of young people and involve them in our decision making processes. The National Youth Agency Hear by Right Award was launched in 2010 to provide organisations
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September 20, 2013

2013 Archive News Shout Action Youth Arts Network Blog Youth Projects

Thankyou to all our supporters!

The Crowd steps in to kick start our New Mills youth film project Shout Action is our young film makers group, and since the success of their first film, Super Chowder, the group have been fund-raising to launch their next film idea. They have run events, spoken at local meetings and have used the website,
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