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Arts Award success!
We’ve just had our first moderation of the new Arts Award Explore level accreditation, with 26 young people from Chapel en le Frith and New Mills receiving the award! Sophie Mackreth, our Arts Award Advisor, is trained in Discover and Explore levels and is using it in the Film Cuts Club and Tall Tales project.
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Watch our Super Hero Film from New Mills Festival!
Every year we open our doors for New Mills Festival and this year it was 20th September, for character creation and a special story for the festival. We were showing films in the back room and the hoards came and created more than 30 characters to star in a super hero film like no other!
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Blue John premieres to critical acclaim!
On 5th August thirteen young people from Glossop and Buxton joined forces to perform the World Premiere of their interpretation of the popular children’s story by Berlie Doherty. Here are some thoughts from the audience: And here is the lovely piece on High Peak Radio, put together by Izaac Cole: listen to ‘Blue John
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Contact’s The Novice Detective – New Mills, 3rd June 2014
High Peak Community Arts is embarking on a new partnership with Contact Theatre in Manchester, starting with the hosting of a show from their Rural Touring programme funded by the Arts Council. On 3rd June 2014 Contact, NRTF & Sophie Willan presented: It was aimed at audiences young (13+) and old, preferably together – and
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ICAF – The International Community Arts Festival, Rotterdam 2014
High Peak Community Arts have played an active part in the delegation from EMPAF (East Midlands Participatory Arts Forum), travelling to Holland and taking part in the Caravan of Dreams tour in the lead up to the ICAF event itself. Working over the course of 5 days, with Paul Steele from Junction Arts, Andy Barrett
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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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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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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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Super Hero Day draws near!
Have you ever jumped the Heroic Hurdles in a Cape of Courage? Or dodged the Dodgeball of Destiny to reach the Gate of the Greats? Then Super Hero Day could be all the bank holiday fun you need, from the young people of the Shout Action Project. Shout Action is a group of around 15
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