Blog: Investigating youth violence in the Solent region as a Peer Researcher
The Peer Action Collective is a national programme of research into the causes of youth violence, led by young people themselves. In the South
Date Created: 1st Dec 2022
Tag: Youth Blog
How your technology can be lean, green and carbon efficient machines
There’s never a wrong time to sift through the ways we can live more sustainably, and Grace has been getting creative through out-of-the-box
Date Created: 27th Oct 2022
My Kickstart Journey – Sophie Jones
Sophie Jones joined Artswork's Communications team in March as part of a 6-month Kickstart placement. As her placement comes to an end, she tells us
Date Created: 31st Aug 2022
Anxiety around Competing
YoungMinds is a children’s mental health charity with a clear vision: to see a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.
Date Created: 31st Aug 2022
A midway point round-up of our environmental progress
Like us, you’ll probably find it hard to believe that we’re already over halfway through the year. It seems like just yesterday that we were
Date Created: 28th Jul 2022
Love Arts Award Week – An Interview with Desiree Part 2
In celebration of #LoveArtsAwardWeek2022, we talked to Artsworks Finance & Operations Administrator, Desiree Bratcher, about her experience
Date Created: 23rd May 2022
#LoveArtsAward Week – An Interview with Desiree
In celebration of #LoveArtsAwardWeek2022, we talked to Artsworks Finance & Operations Administrator, Desiree Bratcher, about her experience
Date Created: 20th May 2022
“Get Creative, Get Outdoors” – What Do We Think As A Company? Part 2
The theme of Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2022 is “Get Creative, Get Outdoors”. Sophie Jones, Artswork's Publicity Assistant, surveyed Artswork
Date Created: 20th May 2022
Ilyayda’s Personal Journey
Who am I? And what do I bring to the Artswork Team? I joined Artswork by the government funded Kickstart scheme on March 7th, 2022. I joined as
Date Created: 26th Apr 2022
Climbing The Creative Ladder by Beth Cole
Beth joined the Artswork Professional Development team in March 2022, one of the 16 young people to join our third cohort under the government funded
Date Created: 29th Mar 2022
After celebrating International Day of Forests, our staff tell us about their favourite trees and green spaces
We’ve all noticed and been enjoying this glorious warm spring sunshine, and hoping it will last! Spring is the time for new life within nature,
Date Created: 24th Mar 2022
The next instalment in our weekly environmental activism blogs is here!
In the next instalment of our new blog series, we’re travelling (virtually) to Canada and Amsterdam to discover more about the next two young
Date Created: 22nd Mar 2022
Taking our thirst for sustainable improvement into 2022 and beyond!
If you’ve been following Artswork for a while, you’ll know we’re passionate about championing young people, and also about preserving our
Date Created: 3rd Mar 2022
Fighting climate change is essential, and we’ve got everything and the kitchen sink in our bag to do it!
If you’ve looked at our website and social media recently, you’ll probably have seen that we’re prioritising reducing our carbon
Date Created: 28th Feb 2022
How profiling eight young environmental activists kickstarted a new phase of work
Last year, the pressing need for living more sustainably and addressing environmental issues came to the fore at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
Date Created: 25th Feb 2022
Annabel reflects on her Kickstart journey
Annabel was one of seven Kickstarters in Artswork's first cohort. Working at the National Museum for the Royal Navy, she reflects on her time there
Date Created: 27th Jan 2022
Kickstart helps Basil find career path
Basil worked at Southampton Cultural Education Partnership during their Kickstart placement, based at John Hansard Gallery. They tell us how the six
Date Created: 27th Jan 2022
Communications’ Kickstart ‘reporter’ Grace reviews her placement experience
In July 2021, Artswork began providing Kickstart places to eligible 16–24 year olds through the government funded scheme. Since then, a
Date Created: 5th Jan 2022
Young people invited to ‘Ask the Experts’ all about working in arts and culture
Earlier this month, on Thursday Dec 9th, our Kickstart ‘reporter’ Grace launched her social media ‘Ask the Experts takeover
Date Created: 5th Jan 2022
My Journey to Communications – Lisa Thurbon
Artswork have been an important part of my career since 2017, when I began my first apprenticeship with them in Community Arts Administration. As a
Date Created: 25th Nov 2021