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Big History Bright Futures Brings Bold Mural to Rotherham

This blog discusses the creation of a mural in Rotherham as part of the Big History Bright Futures project.

December 2024

From Rotherham to New York

Our Events & Marketing Assistant, Esther, describes her journey from the Children's Capital of Culture team in Rotherham, to New York City.

October 2024

Meet Samantha - Propelling Young Minds Forward

Young trainee, Samantha, talks traineeship, work, and building a community. Read the full blog on the Skills Street webpage here.

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September 2024

Sunday at the Rotherham Show | Sun, sounds, and… ice cream?

Our events and marketing assistant, Esther, details her day at The Rotherham Show in 2023. Featuring interviews with artists and performers from the Rhythms of Rotherham and Rockingham stages!

September 2024

Up & Up! Bringing Rotherham to the Children’s Media Conference 2024

In July, Young Delegates joined us at the CMC 2024 in Sheffield. Here's what they got up to.

August 29 2024

Inside Delivery of Bronze Arts Award

Darlene, one of our engagement assistants, takes us through the delivery of the latest Bronze Arts Award at Rotherham United Stadium.

June 2024

Creating our ‘Wowsers’ programme 2024

By Sophie Ellingham. One of our engagement assistants details how the WOWser program came to life this year.

May 30 2024

WOWsers The Big Picture - Safety in Numbers... And Art!

Youth clubs in Rotherham explore and create art on the theme of safety as part of WOWsers project.

May 13 2024

The Art Explora Mobile Museum visits Rotherham!

Find out about the Art Explora Mobile Museum's visit to Maltby in April!

April 26 2024

Behind the Scenes at Signals 2023

Go behind the scenes of Signals 2023 with Music Maker, Esther!

February 1 2024

Children's Capital of Culture 2023 Highlights

We've rounded up the team's highlights of 2023!

December 28 2023

Making Children's Capital of Culture: Being a trainee producer

What does being a trainee producer involve? Dr Becky Parry takes a look at the traineeship process and experience at CCoC.

December 21 2023

Accessible and inclusive: Informal approaches to recruiting young people

Dr Becky Parry, an independent creative education and arts evaluation specialist, has written a guest blog.

November 23 2023

Wentworth Woodhouse Trip

Our Young Journalist in Residence, Mallika Ahmed, shares her experience of her trip to Wentworth Woodhouse and young people's views on Rotherham.

November 2 2023

Arts Award: Friendliness First

Dr Becky Parry, an independent creative education and arts evaluation specialist, shares the moment when young people in Rotherham celebrated achieving their Bronze Arts Award, back in January. 

September 12 2023

Doing What You Love

Digital content creator Tom Marshall gives an insider's perspective on running one of our traineeship programmes.

August 28 2023

Starting Out With a Bang!

Young Journalist in Residence Mallika Ahmed shares her experience of January 2023's manifesto launch event at Gulliver's Valley.

August 11 2023

Creating the WOWsers Programme 

WOW Festival is a joyous annual celebration of women, girls, and trans and non-binary people. A big part of 2023's WOW Festival was the WOWsers programme: youth-led activity showcasing young Rotherham talent. Read our guest blog from WOWser Sophie Ellingham to find out more!

July 26 2023