Latest News from Minerva HQ
Great Feedback from our Youth Theatres
At this time of year, while we are on our summer break, we take the time to review the year, report to our board of Trustees and plan what's to come when September rolls around again. This year we asked parents of Youth Theatre members to complete a short questionnaire about their experiences in sending their children to our groups. We framed this survey around the Five Ways to Wellbeing, Connect, Be Active, Keep Learning, Give to others and Be mindful, and we are very proud of the results as shown in this infographic.
Summer Holiday Clubs at Minerva Arts
Summer is remaining busy for us at Minerva Arts with three different Summer Holiday Clubs happening across Cheshire. Over at Lache we will be delivering every Monday and Wednesday throughout the holiday as part of the regular summer provision at the Community Centre; in Malpas young people can join Hollie and Allison in a special puppetry themed project and in Middlewich right at the end of the holiday we will be opening the doors to a fun all-day drama taster workshop. For any more information about any of these workshops, please get in touch via the Contact page. And have a creative Summer!
We are Award Winners!!!
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've now got a summer holiday of drama fun to look forward to and a schools project kicking off in September, plus the Youth Theatre gang performing at Chester Bandstand on the 13th July. Happy days!
A Busy Summer for Minerva Youth Theatres
The Summer term can be a slow one for Youth Theatre, with exams looming and holidays peeking round the corner but this year the summer is actually one of the busiest times of the year at Minerva HQ. We are thrilled to have been invited to perform at a range of brilliant events including all those on the graphic above. Catch us at Tarvin Village Fete on 15th June, get involved in the madness that is the Watch Parades in Chester on the 22nd and 23rd June, join us for taster workshop at the Great Get Together on the 23rd in Grosvenor Park and then take your pick from LOVE Kingsway, Malpas Village Fair and our first appearance on the Chester Bandstand on the 13th July.
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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