In her blog, our Youth Development Manager Bryony Farrant-Davis looks back at Make Waves, our programme to create new Young Producers in Medway. Our Make Waves programme has been running since November 2021, and over the last 10 months we’ve been proud and privileged to work with a group of local young creatives to …
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Make Waves is a 9-month long programme which supports local 18-25 year olds to make their creative career goals a reality. It’s a jam-packed programme, including skills-based workshops, mentoring, a professional development bursary, a paid work placement in a local creative company, and a budget of £1000 for each member of the group to produce …
At the end of January 2022, the young producers of our Make Waves programme visited KMTV. KMTV is a partnership between KM Media Group and the University of Kent, and the county’s first dedicated television channel. It broadcasts news, sport and entertainment 24/7 across Maidstone, Medway, Swale, and surrounding areas on Freeview channel 7 …
We’re helping the next generation of event makers and creators in Medway with our new Make Waves creative career programme. Make Waves gives people in Medway aged 18 to 25 a foot in the door of the creative industries and help them start out on a career path like no other. The programme will develop …
Ideas Test is thrilled to be a partner in Theatre31, which will bring theatre and new writing opportunities to Medway and Sheppey in this 3 year programme. Thousands of young people in Medway and the Isle of Sheppey will soon have their chance to be in the creative limelight with news of a major new …
Over the October Half Term, Ideas Test and Swale’s Big Music Takeover hosted the first holiday Audio Camp. Focussed on song-writing, the young participants – Alice, Ben, Megan and Ramona – worked hard over the 4 days to write, arrange and record their own songs. Project Leader, Paul, takes us through the week. Day 1 – …
Start Up Slam was one the great successes of the Youth Programme in 2017 and in February Half Term, Start Up Slam came back. SUS2 is a continuation of the first version, with new creative workshops for young people aged 14-16 to try. We used feedback from the first Start Up Slam to source the …
