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Change your life this summer!

The summer is almost upon us and we are on the hunt for more creative young people to start their Minerva journey.
Whether you're a seasoned performer looking to try your hand at something new or curious to make that first step onto the stage- we have something for you to try.
If you (or your child) are aged 7-18 and based in Chester, Malpas or Tarvin, visit our Youth Theatre page for more info.
For a weeklt rundown of what our groups are up to, check out our YT blog http://minervatumbles.tumblr.com for more info about this and our other shows.

Minerva on your doorstep

We are delighted to announce that in February 2018 we recieved funding from the Big Lottery Fund to run 'Bespoke: Communities and Culture on the Doorstep'. This project enables us to develop new pilots, experiments and projects in rural locations across Cheshire. We are currently working hard to establish which areas we will be targeting int he first phase of this project so if you have a bright idea for a rural arts project or feel like there is a gap in your community, please get in touch.
We are happy to say that this funding will also enable us to 'fast-track' our plans for Tarvin and after three successful holiday club projects we will be piloting a regular group here in the Summer Term. More details on this will follow.

Minerva helps young people get 'futureproof'

After the success of the Active Youth programme, Minerva Arts has once again joined the delivery team for a UK Youth project. This time it's 'FutureProof'.
'FutureProof' aims to provide young people aged between 11 and 18 with the skills they need to lead healthy, happy lives while also developing their sense of personal agency and community responsibility.
The programme contains 8 optional modules covering everything from Healthy Relationships to Online Safety and Politics and anyone taking part in the programme has the opportunity to get a Youth Achievement Award at Bronze or Silver (worth 3/6 ASDAN credits).
We will be contacting our friends in schools and youth clubs across Cheshire with this offer very soon but in the meantime, if you would like further information about the programme, please get in touch via our contact page here.

GDPR and Privacy Policy

As we are sure you are all aware by now, Friday 25th May sees the arrival of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This impacts the way in which organisations deal with Personal Data. In preparing ourselves for this we have re-vamped our Privacy Policy to be compliant with this legislation.As an organisation working with people, we take Data Protection and Privacy very seriously and have measures in place to ensure that the data of partners, families and the young people with whom we work is kept legitimately and securely. If you would like to see this Policy, you can request a copy to view by getting in touch with us here.

stop loan sharks

Our Stop Loan Sharks project has been running since October 2017. We have been working with second and third year students from the University of Chester to produce a brand new piece of Forum Theatre aimed at raising awareness of Loan Sharks and the good work that the Illegal Money Lending Teams can do to help people in these circumstances.
We performed to a group at the University in February and will be bringing the show to Lache, Blacon and Northwich in the next couple of months with the support of partners from Cheshire West and Chester Council, West Cheshire Credit Union and Age UK.
If you would like to find out more, share your story or request a performance, please get in touch here.

Youth Theatre Case Studies
We recently decided to ask some of our former Youth Theatre members who are currenly off in the world making waves in performance to complete a case study for us about the impact that being part of Minerva Youth Theatre had on them.
Read Will and Marissa's stories on our Youth Theatre page.