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Curious Minds
@curiousminds.org.uk
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We dream of a future where being creative and experiencing brilliant culture is a regular part of every child’s learning and life.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Mar 21
Derri Burdon outlines our response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review Interim Report, highlighting the urgent need to place creativity at the heart of education. She argues that turning ambition into action needs more than vision - it demands leadership, infrastructure & courage.
Rebalancing the Curriculum
Derri Burdon outlines our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report, highlighting the urgent need to place creativity at the heart of education. She argues that turning ambition…
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 1d
THIS FRIDAY (World Mental Health Day), we're bringing creative freelancers together for some much-needed peer connection. 90 mins of reflection, recharge & real talk.

📅 10 Oct, 11:00-12:30
💻 Online, free, limited spaces

Facilitated by psychotherapist Ros Norford.
Your State of Mind Matters
Come join us in a space to reflect, recharge and connect with your peers navigating a freelance career.
stateofmindoct.eventbrite.co.uk
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 1d
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Get involved with Curious Works
Are you aged 16-25 and based in Wigan Borough? Looking for a creative part-time job? Curious Works could be right up your street. Applications are now open.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 1d
No formal experience needed - just a passion for creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to give things a go.

This job is offered to young people aged 16-25, based in Wigan Borough and not in education, work or training, as part of Curious Works. We've got more jobs on our website!
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 1d
Supported every step of the way by our Head of Careers & Skills, you will come up with ideas for what the event could look like, and work as part of a team to make them happen. This is a hands-on role where you’ll juggle creative planning with practical organisation.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 1d
Curious Works Placement: Event Producer with Curious Minds

We’re looking for two creative and enthusiastic young people someone to take the lead on planning and running our interactive creative careers fair in Wigan in January ’26.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 1d
Teachers, last chance to apply for Cohort 1!
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 22d
There’s just under a month left to apply for Leading the Arts in Your School, our professional development programme designed for educators who want to embed creativity, culture, and the arts across their school.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 6d
🔹 The Hour: Spotlight
📅 Thur 30th Oct, 12-1pm
Reclaiming your own creativity with Keith Saha (Artistic Director/Co-CEO of 20 Stories High). After years of leading and holding spaces for others, what happens when you put your own creativity back at the centre?
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The Hour: Spotlight
Reclaiming your own creativity with Keith Saha (Artistic Director/Co-CEO of 20 Stories High)
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 6d
🔸 Is Culture Still Bad For You?
📅 Thurs 23rd Oct, 2–4pm
Five years on from Culture Is Bad for You, join the authors for a discussion on cultural inequality, exclusion, and what the latest evidence means for arts participation, artistic practice, and policy.
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Is Culture Still Bad For You?
The authors of Culture is Bad For You return with new evidence on who benefits and who is still shut out.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 6d
🔹 The Hour: Connect
📅 Thursday 16th October, 12–1pm
Come as you are. Leave feeling refreshed. An informal, supportive space for artists, educators, freelancers, and cultural leaders to connect.
Register here: thehourconnectoct25.eventbrite.co.uk
The Hour: Connect
Come the Hour… come the creatives.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 6d
🔸 Your State of Mind Matters
📅 Friday 10th October, 11–12:30pm
For World Mental Health Day, we have brought together a space to support the mental wellness of freelancers. Join us to reflect, recharge and connect with your peers.
Book your place: stateofmindoct.eventbrite.co.uk
Your State of Mind Matters
Come join us in a space to reflect, recharge and connect with your peers navigating a freelance career.
stateofmindoct.eventbrite.co.uk
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 6d
Upcoming in October!

We have a series of free and online events that you can sign up for this month.

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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 8d
What does good practice look like for a teaching artist?
Are you an artist? Do you teach? Then you are a teaching artist!

- But what is good practice?
- Is it about artistic excellence?
- Is it about access and inclusion?
- Is it about inspiring others to create?
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 13d
Creativity, according to psychologists 🤔

In his second blog, Saul Argent explores the concept of creativity.

- What is creativity?
- How creativity is valued globally.
- How to define and categorise creativity
and more...

It's a fantastic read: curiousminds.org.uk/creativity-a...
Creativity according to Psychologists
In this second blog accompanying his PhD research journey, Saul Argent explores how academia defines and examines the often blurry concept of creativity..
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 13d
Interested? Find more info and apply before 15 Oct:
curiousminds.org.uk/get-involved...
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 13d
You don’t need formal qualifications or experience. We’re looking for someone who is:

🌟 Into social media, the arts and culture scene, & all things creative
🌟 Good at staying organised and thinking ahead
🌟 Happy to share their ideas and speak up
🌟 Open to learning new things and giving stuff a go
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 13d
Curious Works Placement: Social Media Assistant, with Curious Minds

We’re looking for a creative and enthusiastic young person to help us to plan and shape our social media content, You’ll be part of our communications team, helping us to come up with content ideas and plan posts.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 13d
As a sector we need to do more to celebrate the role of teaching artistry - and to ask why it matters now more than ever.

Are you interested in this work and these questions? We’re hosting a big conversation on this 2 December in Liverpool. Save the date - and keep an eye out for more details soon.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 13d
Teaching artistry is the work that sits at the heart of our cultural sector.

It’s how artists connect, educate, and shape the next generation.

But too often, it’s undervalued or unseen.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 15d
📣 3 weeks to apply!

Are you a teacher looking to bring more creativity & arts into the school day? Want to see how creative approaches can boost learning across your curriculum?

Leading the Arts in Your School CPD applications are open! But not for long...

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Leading the Arts In Your School CPD
A professional development programme (CPD) for teachers who want to embed creativity, culture and the arts across their school. Applications now open for 26/27 cohorts.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 15d
2️⃣ Thursday 25th September. 3:30pm to 5pm: Creative approaches to evaluation - CultureEd Impact Network.

We’ll be joined by Dr Elisavet Christou and Violet Owen, the team at Lancaster University behind the Little Book of Creative Evaluation.

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CultureEd Impact Network
Curious about how to do evaluation?
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 15d
This week at Curious Minds

1️⃣ Wednesday 24th September. 12pm to 1pm: Keeping Working-Class Stories Alive With Jayne Williams (New Perspectives Theatre Company) - our latest The Hour: Spotlight.

Join us: thehourspotlightsep25.eventbrite.co.uk
The Hour: Spotlight
Keeping Working-Class Stories Alive With Jayne Williams (New Perspectives Theatre Company)
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 15d
Paul Hamlyn Foundation are also offering an Arts-based Learning Fund. This fund supports arts and cultural organisations to work in partnership with schools and make arts-based learning a core part of education.

Amount: £30,000 to £300,000; up to £100,000 per year.

Find out more: bit.ly/3VrLseR
Arts-based Learning Fund
We support arts and cultural organisations to work in partnership with schools and make arts-based learning a core part of education.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 15d
There are some great opportunities for teachers. The Teacher Development Fund supports teachers to develop arts-based approaches which create equitable classrooms where all children learn and thrive.

Up to £165,000 per application
Deadline: 12 November 2025

www.phf.org.uk/funding/teac...
Teacher Development Fund
We support teachers to develop arts-based approaches which create equitable classrooms where all children learn and thrive.
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 16d
We have developed a training programme packed with practical advice, tools, and real-world insights called Curiosity Outside the Classroom.

Here is what people are saying about the training.

Interested in attending? Read more about our latest training date: bit.ly/3HTsHxk
Curiosity Outside the Classroom. What people are saying about our training. Spark curiosity in your students. A quote: "A wonderful experience, sharing ideas with creatives. Went away ready to get out of the classroom!” A quote: “Really thought provoking training which focuses the mind of the why we should prioritise school trips.” A quote: “Interactive approach to looking at curiosity outside of the classroom. Lots of tools to take back to school and embed within our practice.”
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 16d
💡 SLiCE® Fellowship
- One-year strategic leadership training for senior leaders.
- Embed cultural education in your school improvement planning.

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Specialist Leaders in Cultural Education. SLiCE with Curious Minds. An image of a teacher in a dance room. Text reads. Professional development programme for school leaders.
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