Programme themes
We’ve been working with children and young people over the last five years to understand what is important to them. This has led us to the development of four programme themes, and your idea must fit with one or more of these.
You're not from New York city, you're from Rov'rum
Immortalised in the lyrics of the Arctic Monkeys as a put down, “you’re not from New York City, you’re from Rov’rum” stands as a challenge to our young people to reclaim the narrative of their town. What could our children and young people do if they felt the same sense of pride when they hear Rotherham as New Yorkers when they hear NYC?
Who we are, where we come from
Did your school trip even happen if you didn’t sing this on the bus? But this innocent (and mildly irritating) song raises important questions that our children and young people are confronted with every day. Questions about heritage, identity and ethnicity in a borough with a changing population. Questions about our own individuality, gender and culture. Questions about the communities we are part of, finding our tribe and feeling like we belong.
Plug in and play
A riot of creativity, movement and experimentation, Plug In & Play will find adventure and discovery in every corner of the borough. From the familiarity of play parks and street games to new imagined worlds brought to life through coding, gaming & making to blend physical & digital worlds. Movement, dance, sport and everyday physical activity will be central with elite national championships and events sitting alongside a celebration of the grass-roots sports clubs providing yearround access to the small but beautiful daily acts of play that can be found in homes & gardens across the borough.
World beanth our feet
A juxtaposed celebration of our green and pleasant land and the discomfort and urgency children and young people feel about the destruction of it. This theme will explore the healing and restorative power of nature whilst posing questions and solutions for how to take better care of ourselves and the environment around us.