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Young People Rise to Arts Challenge
A clutch of inspiring youth arts projects will be showcased at the
Wigan Investment Centre tomorrow night (May 10th).
Young people from across Wigan Borough will come together to celebrate
the 2006/07 Youth Arts Challenge, which has given many young residents
in Wigan and Leigh a real cultural experience over the past year.
The scheme, organised locally for the past five years by Wigan Leisure
and Culture Trust and financed by Manchester Airport’s district funding
programme, has supported eleven major community-based arts projects in
the past twelve months:
• Friends of Young Carers - Shining Stars: Young people who care for
adults have made a DVD encouraging others in their position to join the
local Young Carers group.
• Wigan and Leigh Embrace – I’m not one of them, I’m one of us: Young
people, both with and without disabilities, have created a DVD with a
strong message to the community about issues that concern them.
• Anvil Street Drummers – Drum To The Hills: The group planned and
delivered a music residential course for young people.
• The Spinney (Young Men’s Ward) – Chancers: Young men with health
problems developed creative writing skills by working with a
professional writer/poet/storyteller, helping the group to change their
attitudes to themselves and life in general.
• PSHE&C Team Poster Project: Pupils from Kingsdown High
School designed and produced a series of posters promoting safety
messages on subjects such as alcohol, drugs and sex education.
• Witness This: Young people worked with Wigan Pier Theatre Company to
create a performance that raised awareness of young people’s experiences
of hate crimes such as bullying, racism and homophobia.
• Youth Action Team – Community Van Artwork competition: The competition
asked young people to design a poster around the themes of enjoyment,
achievement and staying safe. The winners worked with graffiti art
company Spearfish to transfer the winning designs on to a new youth
community van.
• ByoU – Carnival Works: Young people worked with carnival artists to
create costumes for the PRIDE Festival in Manchester, raising awareness
about the issues facing gay, lesbian and bi-sexual young people.
• Ladies Lane – We All Have A Voice: Young people with limited or no
verbal communication were given a voice through the creation of art at a
series of visual art workshops.
• Wigan & Leigh Youth Dance – Emotional Literacy & Dance: Young people
explored the image of young people in the media through various dance
performances.
• Rafiki / Motswako Story Board Project: Young people examined their
particular cultures, customs and traditions and produced a large
painting to reflect these issues.
Vicky Fletcher, Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust’s Arts Development
Officer, said: “Once again the Youth Arts Challenge has demonstrated
what a huge number of talented young people we have here in Wigan
Borough. This year’s projects have been fantastically diverse,
highlighting key youth issues through the arts. The Youth Arts Challenge
Celebratory Event tomorrow is set to be a really entertaining evening.
It is amazing to see the sense of achievement people feel when they have
been involved in fulfilling projects like these.”
Notes to editors
Photo opportunity
• Photographers are invited to the Youth Arts Challenge Event tomorrow
(May 10th) at the Wigan Investment Centre on Waterside Drive. There will
be an opportunity to photograph some of the youth groups at 5.15pm
before the event gets underway. Please ask for Vicky Fletcher on
arrival.
Further information
• For further information on:
* Friends of Young Carers - Shining Stars: Contact Paul Carroll on
(01942) 828746
* Wigan and Leigh Embrace – I’m not one of them, I’m one of us: Contact
Caroline Tomlinson on (01942) 513053
* Anvil Street Drummers – Drum To The Hills: Contact Bernadette Flynn on
(01942) 239917
* The Spinney (Young Men’s Ward) – Chancers: Contact Sally Anne
Warburton on (01942) 885300
* PSHE&C Team Poster Project: Contact Jo Duggan on (01942) 777720
* Witness This - Contact Stewart Aitken on (01942) 709305
* Youth Action Team – Community Van Artwork competition: Contact Carmel
Parr on (01942) 776779
* ByoU – Carnival Works: Contact Janet Henry on (01942) 203363
* Wigan & Leigh Youth Dance – Emotional Literacy & Dance: Contact Jen
Hatton on (01942) 254280
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