Latest News from Minerva HQ
The Alternative Xmas Stocking Returns!
Our annual Christmas event returns on the 7th December at St. Mary's Creative Space. This is an opportunity for all of our groups to perform their work, see what each other gets up to and share their experiences with family and friends. This year as well as the usual performances, raffle and refreshments we will also be hosting a mini Christmas market where local craftspeople and traders will be selling their wares. Not to be missed!
Tickets will be available on the door and you can also pre-book using the Ticketsource link here.
Tickets will be available on the door and you can also pre-book using the Ticketsource link 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.
'Our Lache' Heritage project launches
Throughout Autumn term 2019, Minerva Arts is thrilled to be working with Cheshire West and Chester Localities team to run a collaborative history and drama project with young people from Lache Primary School and St. Clare's Primary School. The project will explore bringing together the children from these two neighbouring schools through creating a brand new piece of drama focusing on the history and heritage of Lache. We have been working throughout the summer to gather research on the history of this special area and can't wait to get started with the children. The project will be run by Artistic Director Steph Meskell-Brocken and Lache Youth Theatre Assistant Director Matt Poynton. All the young people taking part will also have the chance to achieve an Explore Arts Award through the project. We will be posting weekly updates on our Tumblr blog at http://minervatumbles.tumblr.com so watch this space to find out all about the project!
Return to Award winning Youth Theatre!
It's September already and we can hardly believe it! That means it's time to start back at our award winning Youth Theatres again.
We were absolutely delighted to receive the Children and Young People's Award at this year's Cheshire West and Chester Voluntary Arts Awards. We won the award for the work that we have been doing to set up Lache Youth Theatre which has been running since September 2018. The award was presented at Chester Town Hall on the 27th June and handed over to the young people and staff at Lache Community Centre the following week where it will take pride of place. We are thrilled to have received this recognition for the work that we have done and continue to do, not just in this area, but across Cheshire. Special thanks and congratulations go, of course, to our Lache members but also to Jude and Matt who have been running the group. We would also like to thank the team who keep the Community Centre running behind the scenes, especially Gemma, Sharon and Katy (who has now left but was instrumental in helping us set up the group).
We are lucky this year to be supported by Sanctuary Housing, The Robert Clutterbuck Trust and the Yapp Foundation and we hope that more funders will continue their support throughout the coming year.
Keep your eyes peeled on social media to find out all about our next exciting projects and take a look below to see a sample of what our Youth Theatre parents have fed back to us this year.
Youth Theatre groups start back week beginning 9th September and you can find out all about what we have on offer on our Youth Theatre page.
We were absolutely delighted to receive the Children and Young People's Award at this year's Cheshire West and Chester Voluntary Arts Awards. We won the award for the work that we have been doing to set up Lache Youth Theatre which has been running since September 2018. The award was presented at Chester Town Hall on the 27th June and handed over to the young people and staff at Lache Community Centre the following week where it will take pride of place. We are thrilled to have received this recognition for the work that we have done and continue to do, not just in this area, but across Cheshire. Special thanks and congratulations go, of course, to our Lache members but also to Jude and Matt who have been running the group. We would also like to thank the team who keep the Community Centre running behind the scenes, especially Gemma, Sharon and Katy (who has now left but was instrumental in helping us set up the group).
We are lucky this year to be supported by Sanctuary Housing, The Robert Clutterbuck Trust and the Yapp Foundation and we hope that more funders will continue their support throughout the coming year.
Keep your eyes peeled on social media to find out all about our next exciting projects and take a look below to see a sample of what our Youth Theatre parents have fed back to us this year.
Youth Theatre groups start back week beginning 9th September and you can find out all about what we have on offer on our Youth Theatre page.
We're going International
Are you passionate about performance? Would you like to work with others to create theatre that can have an impact on society? Are you up for an adventure? Well in April 202 we will be taking a group of young people form Cheshire on a youth residential to Southern Italy as part of the Erasmus+ funded GROW project. We will be sharing more info very soon but if this sounds up your street, get in touch and make sure you're a part of Minerva. You have to be in it to win it!
Exploring Disability Hate Crime at Warrington Youth Club
In January we were approached by Warrington Youth Club to help them deliver some creative elements to their current project looking at Disability Hate Crime through the eyes of young people. The project launched in March and will see us working with three cohorts of young people to explore the issues that they feel are vital within this important theme using drama methods and then creating a short series of films that will be showcased in June/ July.
Malpas Young Actors leader Emily Collins is facilitating the drama element of this project and she is woking with film-maker Chloe Barlow who is new to the Minerva team for this project.
So far the first group have really focussed in on identity and equality as the key issues of their film. The group are really creative so we can't wait to see the final products that they produce.
Malpas Young Actors leader Emily Collins is facilitating the drama element of this project and she is woking with film-maker Chloe Barlow who is new to the Minerva team for this project.
So far the first group have really focussed in on identity and equality as the key issues of their film. The group are really creative so we can't wait to see the final products that they produce.
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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