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CHATTIN' with Abigail Hellam - Production Administrator for Factory International

Josh meets Production Administrator Abigail Hellam. Abi shares some great tips and insight into her chosen career and how she got there.

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CHATTIN' with Corey

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Manchester-based actor Corey Weekes to discuss life in the industry.

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CHATTIN' with Hannah from The Whitworth

Josh finds out what Hannah's job looks like on a daily basis and how she got to work at The Whitworth

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CHATTIN' with Ibukun

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Ibukun, founder of Manchester-based design agency, Bukky Baldwin. 

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CHATTIN' with Isah

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Isah, the Children and Young Person Coordinator at The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

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CHATTIN' with Jess from Digit Music

Josh and Jess have a chat bout her journey to being a learning coordinator at Digit Music

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CHATTIN' with Jodie Smith - Senior Media & Content Producer at Yellow Jigsaw

Josh meets Senior Media & Content Producer, Jodie. Jodie shares some great tips and insight into her arts career and the creative industry.

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CHATTIN' with Kirsty

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Kirsty Gbasai to hear about her work as a creative workshop facilitator for young people in Manchester.

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CHATTIN' with Mali

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets local Mali Hayes to learn about life as a Manchester-based singer and musician.

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CHATTIN' with Maya from Manchester Museum

Hear all about how Maya began her journey into arts and culture with Manchester Museum

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CHATTIN' with O'cian from Corrie

Watch how O'Cian became a Production Manager on Coronation Street

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CHATTIN' with Raffie

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Raffie to learn about her career as a deaf Performer, Artist and Choreographer.

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CHATTIN' with Rebecca

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Rebecca Burns to talk about life as a Manchester-based photographer.

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CHATTIN' with Rivca

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Rivca, learning about her work as both a creative freelancer and an events producer at MIF.

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CHATTIN' with Rod

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Rod, Creative Producer at 42nd Street & The Horsfall, Manchester.

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CHATTIN' with Rose

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Rose, zine editor and Leadership Projects Coordinator at Contact Theater.

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CHATTIN' with Sadia Mir - Public Speaker, Creative and Cultural Facilitator

Josh meets Public Speaker, Creative and Cultural Facilitator Sadia. Sadia shares some great tips and insight into her freelance career

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CHATTIN' with Stefano Doriano - Associate Producer at Cloud Imperium Games

Josh meets Cloud Imperium Gaming, Associate Producer Stefano Doriano. Stefan shares some great tips and insight into his chosen career

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CHATTIN' with Tiffany from HOME

Watch Josh and Tiffany chat about her role within the Creative Development team at arts centre HOME

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CHATTIN' with Tilly

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Tilly, an artist & Museum Futures trainee with the National Football Museum.

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CHATTIN' with Tracy

Filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Tracy, Costume Lead at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

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CHATTIN' with Yemi

Local filmmaker Josh Wilkinson meets Yemi, singer, songwriter and Community Engagement Officer at Z-Arts, Manchester.

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Child-Friendly City: Comic Strip

A chance for children to let us know what matters to them, so we can make Manchester a child-friendly city.

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City as Art School "Why Art Matters"

Watch and find out about the Whitworth and St Margaret's CofE project on the importance of arts.

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City as Art School "Why Dance Matters"

Z-arts and Trinity High discover the importance of expression through dance

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City as Art School "Why Design Matters"

Manchester Communications Academy and Manchester Art Gallery explore design

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City as Art School "Why Digital Creative Media Matters"

The Manchester College and HOME get together to explore digital the importance of digital creative media.

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City as Art School "Why Drama Matters"

Watch our City as Art School partnerships and the brilliant work and feedback from them by young people!

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City as Art School "Why Music Matters"

Learn from how Pioneer High School and Digit Music used technology in SEN settings

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City as Art School "Why Photography Matters"

Watch our City as Art School partnerships and the brilliant work and feedback from them by young people!

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City as Art School "Why Poetry Matters"

Levenshulme High and Manchester Poetry Library workshop the importance of poetry

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Cloud Drawing

Artist Luke Adamson teams up with The Whitworth to create a drawing challenge, inspired by their collection of artworks featuring clouds.

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Create Your Own Song

Manchester's Band on the Wall takes you through the step by step process of creating your very own song

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Create your own Atelier space

This punchy guide from the Whitworth Art Gallery shows how to make your own creative, open-play Atelier space.

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Creative Leaders Programme Pilot: Impact Report

Read the Impact Report for the 2024 Creative Leaders Programme pilot.

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Design a festival for your home

Josh Wilkinson and the Manchester International Festival challenges you to design a festival for your own home.

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Design a self-celebration sash

This BSL signed video from Manchester Deaf Centre and the Royal Exchange Theatre guides you to create your own self-celebration sash.

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Design and protype your own app

This series of fun and clear activities from Design Club leads pupils through the process of designing and creating their own app.

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Digit Music Careers Pack

There are hundreds of different types of jobs in the music industries. This pack will help you explore the many roles there truly are!

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Discover! Creative Careers

Find out more about the huge spectrum of jobs and careers that exist within the creative sector in one easy to use, explorable directory.

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Galaxies of Neurons Firing

Galaxies of Neurons Firing is Every Brain's guide for theatres and cultural organisations on supporting neurodiversity.

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HOME Career Profile Videos

Find out about the roles within creative organisations that aren't just creative content making!

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Illustrating Stories For Kids

From Story Drawing Club and Z Arts, this video series shows young people how to illustrate their own picture book.

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Inspired Histories - Information for Organisations

CPD and education on black history and how it feeds into modern life, delivered by Linford Sweeney

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Interpreting poetry through movement

This activity from Z-Arts prompts pupils to explore a variety of poems before interpreting them through movement and dance.

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List Poetry

Poet Johnny Woodhams teams up with The Whitworth to create a poetry challenge, inpsired by their collection of artwork featuring clouds.

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MADE Annual Report 2022-23

A look at what MADE and our network have achieved this academic year.

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MADE Case Study: How can we help you reach Gatsby benchmarks at college level?

Read about how we used the Gatsby framework to ensure a high impact creative careers work experience opportunity.

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MADE Youth Voice: Fortune Teller Resource

MADE: UNICEF Child-Friendly City Chatterbox Activity

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Make an Encyclopedia of Wonderful Things

Manchester Museum and artist Venessa Scott challenge you to explore your world and create an Encyclopedia of Wonderful Things.

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Make an inspired portrait

Manchester Art Gallery and artist Venessa Scott challenge you to use everyday items to make a portrait of somebody that’s inspiring to you.

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Manchester International Festival - CV Skills

Presentation, advice and creative templates to help develop your CV

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Manchester-fy The Curriculum Activity Sheets

Pupil activities to input into the Manchester curriculum

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My Hero Is...

This activity, from spoken word collective Young Identity, prompts pupils to produce poetry, inspired by young inspirational leaders.

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Ode to Childhood

This activity from spoken word collective Young Identity prompts pupils to write odes to their childhoods.

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Revealing Histories - Learning Resources

Revealing Histories have collected resources together exploring Greater Manchester's role in the transatlantic slave trade

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Science Museum Group's 3D object archive

From the technical to the macabre, these 3D scans from the Science Museum Group's object collection are great inspiration for art.

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Self-celebration bird puppets

From Manchester Deaf Centre and the Royal Exchange Theatre, this BSL signed video inspires children to create self-celebration bird puppets.

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TATE: Meet the Artists

The TATE's wonderful database of artists, containing bitesize bios and image banks of their work, is formatted and written for young people.

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Teaching Science Creatively

A selection of lesson plans and resources aimed at Year 3 pupils, teaching the science curriculum in a creative way.

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Tell your story with images

The National Football Museum and artist Billy Colours demonstrate how you can make artwork that celebrates your own resilience and strength.

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The (incomplete) Lit in Colour book list

These reading lists, compiled by publisher Penguin, each have over 100 recommended titles by writers of colour for Primary and Secondary.

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The Actions: A Play for the People

This activity, from the Drama Department at the University of Manchester, prompts pupils to read out loud and discuss a play.

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The Anti-Racist Educator

Anti-Racist Learning Resources curated by the Anti-Racist Educator collective.

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The Black Curriculum

Amazing resources available to teachers and young people

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The Walk Education & Activity Pack

Manchester International Festival have put together an Education Activity & Resource Pack themed around Amal's journey.

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The World Reimagined

The World Reimagined is a ground-breaking national art education project to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

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The World Reimagined Learning Programme

Our learning programme is an experiential and transformative journey for students, teachers and schools.

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Theatre For Every Child Campaign

Information on the campaign to get every child on at least one free theatre trip.

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Total Darkness

Set in a spooky town where the the lights have gone out, this video game from the Science Museum Group explores science in a creative way.

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UNITY RADIO - Manchester Hip-Hop Archive

The Manchester Hip Hop Archive is the first Archive and resource hub for the Hip Hop movement in the United Kingdom.

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Upcycled Art

This activity from HOME prompts pupils to produce upcycled collage art, inspired by nature in Manchester.

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Whitworth Art Gallery Careers

Quick question and answers from The Whitworth Gallery team

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World-changing wall hangers

From Manchester Deaf Centre and the Royal Exchange Theatre, this BSL-signed video prompts young children to make inspiring wall art.

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Your City, Your Culture

7 tips to help young people feel comfortable in their local cultural venues (...by other young people).

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Our education resources feature Manchester stories, are created by the city's cultural organisations or are recommended by local educators.

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11 Black Football History Makers

12 Months of Black British History - Decollage workshop

20 questions to prompt discussion with pupils about art and design work

6 Black Artists With Links To Manchester

A Guide for SEND teachers working in SEND schools

Algorithms - Factory International

Art as Activism: Collage Art

Art as Activism: Your Voice

Artful Maths

BLM Manchester protest photography

Black Lives Matter Timeline

Black Lives Matter Wallpapers

Bunting Flags inspired by Lily Parr

CHATTIN' - Your Future

CHATTIN' with Abigail Hellam - Production Administrator for Factory International

CHATTIN' with Corey

CHATTIN' with Hannah from The Whitworth

CHATTIN' with Ibukun

CHATTIN' with Isah

CHATTIN' with Jess from Digit Music

CHATTIN' with Jodie Smith - Senior Media & Content Producer at Yellow Jigsaw

CHATTIN' with Kirsty

CHATTIN' with Mali

CHATTIN' with Maya from Manchester Museum

CHATTIN' with O'cian from Corrie

CHATTIN' with Raffie

CHATTIN' with Rebecca

CHATTIN' with Rivca

CHATTIN' with Rod

CHATTIN' with Rose

CHATTIN' with Sadia Mir - Public Speaker, Creative and Cultural Facilitator

CHATTIN' with Stefano Doriano - Associate Producer at Cloud Imperium Games

CHATTIN' with Tiffany from HOME

CHATTIN' with Tilly

CHATTIN' with Tracy

CHATTIN' with Yemi

Child-Friendly City: Comic Strip

City as Art School "Why Art Matters"

City as Art School "Why Dance Matters"

City as Art School "Why Design Matters"

City as Art School "Why Digital Creative Media Matters"

City as Art School "Why Drama Matters"

City as Art School "Why Music Matters"

City as Art School "Why Photography Matters"

City as Art School "Why Poetry Matters"

Cloud Drawing

Create Your Own Song

Create your own Atelier space

Creative Leaders Programme Pilot: Impact Report

Design a festival for your home

Design a self-celebration sash

Design and protype your own app

Digit Music Careers Pack

Discover! Creative Careers

Galaxies of Neurons Firing

HOME Career Profile Videos

Illustrating Stories For Kids

Inspired Histories - Information for Organisations

Interpreting poetry through movement

List Poetry

MADE Annual Report 2022-23

MADE Case Study: How can we help you reach Gatsby benchmarks at college level?

MADE Youth Voice: Fortune Teller Resource

Make an Encyclopedia of Wonderful Things

Make an inspired portrait

Manchester International Festival - CV Skills

Manchester-fy The Curriculum Activity Sheets

My Hero Is...

Ode to Childhood

Revealing Histories - Learning Resources

Science Museum Group's 3D object archive

Self-celebration bird puppets

TATE: Meet the Artists

Teaching Science Creatively

Tell your story with images

The (incomplete) Lit in Colour book list