Programme archive

An epic portrait of the future of London - this vast new artwork is one of the most ambitious visual portraits of citizenship ever undertaken in one of the world’s largest cities

A supportive community and creative platform to empower children in care

A New Direction lead the education programme for Brent, London Borough of Culture 2020

My Creative School was a joint initiative between A New Direction and The Education Commission, now in its second year.

A unique online celebration of creativity with SEND settings and disabled-led organisations

A New Direction delivered one of three pilot projects as part of The DCMS' Cultural Citizens programme.

A New Direction's support for local collaborations and partnerships in London.

A New Direction is excited to be supporting London libraries to deliver Arts Award as part of the Summer Reading Challenge 2014 – the Mythical Maze.

A nine-month action research programme that supported six cultural organisations to explore new models for delivering Arts Award

A film by emerging young film-makers in East London about a major new piece of art work for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

AND’s Cultural Education Progression Network has run over two years, 2012/13 & 2013/14

Spoke was a visionary poetry and spoken word programme that took place in 2013/14, offering people in East London an opportunity to watch, perform and develop careers in spoken word and performance poetry in and around the newly re-opened Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

A national programme funded by the Department for Education to work with 13-19 year olds that have traditionally been excluded from engaging in arts and culture.

A new mentoring programme for young people and the Creative and Cultural sector.

Over the last few months A New Direction had the pleasure of working with ArtWorks London through Barbican/Guildhall on the ArtWorks London programme.

A New Direction worked with 13 London Boroughs to pilot the use of Arts Award within the 2013 Summer Reading Challenge.

We have identified four major themes for everyone working in cultural education to consider.

A film by Eelyn Lee Productions and young people from the Olympic host boroughs

Action Learning sets for people creating opportunities for children and young people to engage with arts and culture

CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) is a multi-country project co-funded by the European Commission, British Council and eight organisations across Europe.

'Moment of Truce' as young Londoners worked with artists to produce and share digital artwork based on the Olympic Truce.

The voice of young London influencing the future of the Queen Elizabeth II Park.

INSETs to encourage teachers and students to explore the 2012 Games in new ways, drawing on a variety of curriculum areas and creative forms.

A New Direction developed an ambitious pan-London Olympic themed programme called The Biggest Learning Opportunity of Earth for schools in 2010/11.

The Biggest Learning Opportunity on Earth Festival took place from Saturday 25th June through to Friday 1st July with activities across three key venues in London; The View Tube, The Unicorn Theatre, and Punchdrunk's secret venue under Waterloo Station.

The IPC Media Schools' Design Programme was an innovative and original graphic design and media work-related learning programme, promoting creativity, educational achievement and young people's enjoyment of learning, whilst developing skills directly linked to employability.

The Story of Stratford was a two year artist project with schools supported by Westfield and managed by A New Direction. Artist Helen Marshall worked with 7-14 year olds to re-create Stratford's past, present and future.

Future Directions was a campaign to ensure all young Londoners have an equal chance to benefit from the extraordinary creativity of the capital city.

Between October 2010 and July 2011, A New Direction partnered with Birkbeck College in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to research and share knowledge and skills across the education and arts sectors.

The project brought together older & younger Stratford residents and concentrates on changes affecting the lives of people living and working in the Stratford area since the Second World War.

Through Headstart, young people develop skills to make them better able to comment on their world, document it and organise things that go on in it.