We invite artists, policy makers, care sector workers, arts professionals and educationalists to join us for our third Culture Cares Conference, an incredibly insightful event bringing the cultural and care sectors together for lively conversations, presentations and workshops.
For 2024, we are delighted to welcome Olympian, Fatima Whitbread MBE and UK Music Legend, Goldie as our guest speakers.
The day features a brand-new performance co-created by the Plus One Youth Theatre, specifically for this event in response to the show Wonder Boy by Ross Willis, which will also be performed at Derby Theatre for the entire week of the conference.
Co-produced by care-experienced young people, this nationally significant event enables delegates to:
- Extend and update their practice through examples of inspirational work
- Join practitioners and speakers to explore what is making a positive impact on the lives of young people in care and care leavers
- Hear from young people themselves who will be sharing their thoughts and questions with delegates
- Gain an invaluable insight into the lives of young people in care through an inspiring performance that has been co-created with them.
Schedule
9:30 - 10:00am
Welcome and Registration
10:00 - 10:30am
Keynote Speech
10:30 - 11:30am
Breakout Session 1
Articulate:
Articulate Cultural Trust is a charitable organisation that focuses on enabling care experienced and marginalised groups of young people to cultivate their skills and abilities through the arts, culture and creative processes.
Our workshop will focus on what it is that we do as Creative Changemakers as well as introduce the concept of Artivism. We will engage participants in a clay-based, mindful activity before we lead a presentation about our approach, illustrating that by reading a powerful poem created in collaboration with our young people, and finally supporting participants to write a letter to themselves about what creative changes they would like to make for themselves or see made by others.
Blue Cabin:
Facilitators
– Jane Gray (Project Manager), Catherine, Gail
– Creative Aid is a co-creation project with care-experienced participants in
Deerbolt Prison, supporting them be recognised as artists.
Virtual School:
Part of Derby City Council, Derby Virtual School is a service provided by a team of dedicated professionals to co-ordinate the educational needs of children in care and children previously in care. The Virtual School works in partnership with schools, carers and social workers, as well as cultural and arts venues and providers to ensure that children in care receive the very best education possible to reach their potential in adult life.
This session will share our creative offer as a Virtual School, demonstrate the importance of partnership working, explain how we accredit and celebrate our young peoples achievements, and also showcase some of our amazing young peoples work.
Aim of breakout session
– To introduce the project to participants / delegates
– To talk about the context of care leavers within the criminal justice system
– To share information about the impact of the project so far
– Space for questions and conversations
11:30 - 11:50am
Break
11:50am - 12:50pm
Breakout Session 2
(Participants will be asked to select 2 breakout sessions from the previous session).
12:50 - 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00 - 3:00pm
Plus One Performance with Q&A
Plus One Youth Theatre has been collaborating with Playing ON Director Jim Pope and Writer Lin Coghlan to create their response to Ross Willis’s ‘Wonder boy’ with their own piece titled ‘Imaginary Friends’. The youth theatre group meets weekly at Derby Theatre, working with our in-house Youth Theatre Creative Team to enhance their performance skills, have fun, and build friendships. The show has been in development since July, and we invite you to join us in celebrating their fantastic work!
3:00 - 3:15pm
Break
3:15 - 4:00pm
Performance followed by Interview with Goldie
4:00 - 4:30pm
An audience with Fatima Whitbread
4:30 - 5:00pm
Closing Keynote Speakers
Support Plus One
Please help us to provide looked after young people, care leavers and families access to free tickets and enriching, life-changing creative experiences by making a donation to Plus One today.