Latest News from Minerva HQ
Youth Theatre Returns!
Happy Easter everyone! This bank holiday brought eh news that we were hoping for and we can now confirm that Youth Theatre will be starting back in face to face delivery from Monday 19th April- hurrah! For all the info on our groups, visit our Youth Theatre page.
Not all of our groups will be back straight away due to us working with staff and venues to make sure that everything is in place that needs to be. Please make sure that you are checking our social media to stay up to date.
Our newest groups in Middlewich and Lymm will be on the hunt for new members in the new term so do share the news with creative children and young people in these areas.
Lache is also open to new members and is collecting names on our Waiting List.
You can put your name down right here and be the first to get all the info about the re-start.
Upton and both Malpas groups have some spaces and Sandbach just a couple of places open so if you've been waiting to join, get on it and get in touch as soon as possible! Give us a shout using our contact form here to get all the information you need.
Not all of our groups will be back straight away due to us working with staff and venues to make sure that everything is in place that needs to be. Please make sure that you are checking our social media to stay up to date.
Our newest groups in Middlewich and Lymm will be on the hunt for new members in the new term so do share the news with creative children and young people in these areas.
Lache is also open to new members and is collecting names on our Waiting List.
You can put your name down right here and be the first to get all the info about the re-start.
Upton and both Malpas groups have some spaces and Sandbach just a couple of places open so if you've been waiting to join, get on it and get in touch as soon as possible! Give us a shout using our contact form here to get all the information you need.
Kickstart with Minerva!
Minerva Arts are delighted to be offering a placement to a young person within the Kickstart scheme. With the support of Cheshire West Voluntary Action, in the next few months we will be welcoming a new member to our team to be our Youth Theatre and Development Administration Assistant. To find out more about this piece of news, please visit our Work Experience and Volunteering page.
Sandbach Young Producers Need You!
We want individuals, families, schools & community groups across Cheshire who love to sing, to get involved in our Sing-a-Story for Sandbach digital choir video, singing our original song ‘Sleep Now’ written by Artist Leo Mercer and composer Stephen Hyde, as part of Legends, Lights & Lullabies, our programme of work for Spare Parts Sandbach 2021.
The Sing-a-Story for Sandbach video will be featured on the Spare Parts & Minerva Arts websites and Social Media on the 15th April to showcase the artwork to the public.
Here is the link to the Spare Parts Website where you can find out more information and how you can get involved: https://sparepartsfestival.co.uk/sing-a-storyforsandbach
Deadlines:
- Soloists - 24th March
- Chorus Singers - 31st March
To get involved or find out more, contact emilyatminerva@gmail.com.
The Sing-a-Story for Sandbach video will be featured on the Spare Parts & Minerva Arts websites and Social Media on the 15th April to showcase the artwork to the public.
Here is the link to the Spare Parts Website where you can find out more information and how you can get involved: https://sparepartsfestival.co.uk/sing-a-storyforsandbach
Deadlines:
- Soloists - 24th March
- Chorus Singers - 31st March
To get involved or find out more, contact emilyatminerva@gmail.com.
Minerva launches Virtual Work Experience
Throughout 2020 we offered a range of virtual work experience placements to Year 10 and Year 12 students and our doors remain open to continue doing this throughout 2021.
If you are a Year 10 student, in Further Education or a Level 5 university student and you have missed out on a work experience placement this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, get in touch and we will organisae a virtual placement for you. There is more info on our Work Experience and Volunteering page and you can get in touch to start a conversation.
If you are a Year 10 student, in Further Education or a Level 5 university student and you have missed out on a work experience placement this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, get in touch and we will organisae a virtual placement for you. There is more info on our Work Experience and Volunteering page and you can get in touch to start a conversation.
New Youth Theatre Case Study
This year, we were grateful to be supported by Sanctuary Housing to run our Lache Youth Theatre group. As part of their support to us, they requested that we send them a case study after the year of funding had completed to help share with them the impact that their funding was having on the young people and the community in Lache. Jude got to work and produced a brilliant write-up of the journey that one of our members has been on since she joined at the start of the pilot project back in September 2018. We loved it so much we thought we'd share it and you can now view it on out Tumblr blog right here.
Anniversary Celebrations!!
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, Minerva Arts is held our first ever Fundraising Event on the 26th October at Tarvin Community Centre. We were supported excellently by the centre themselves, The Ottomen caterers, the Cestrian Community Players, Natalie Pierce Jones and Will Jones, our lovely former Youth Theatre member who's case study can still be read on our Youth Theatre page. Steph wrote a blog about the celebrations and the opportunity to reflect on the last ten years which can be read on our Tumblr here.
Fundraising
We have recently stepped up our efforts to diversify our revenue streams to support the huge expansion that we have had in 2018. Part of this is starting out in the world of online fundraising. We are now live on shopping platform Easyfundraising and donation platform Local Giving. You can find out more about our fundraising efforts and see how you can get involved and support our work on our brand new Fundraising page right here. We will be instigating several other new initiatives throughout 2019 so watch this space!
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