Free creative workshops for schools

New Gen Festival, Ealing’s festival by and for youth, is offering a creative careers programme to three schools and colleges in the borough, in either music or film, open to students in years 10–13.

Key features

• free to take part in
• six 90-minute workshops for a group of about 8 students
• assembly with an artist/industry professional appearance and student sharing (de-pending on the programme chosen)
• helps schools meet Gatsby benchmark 4, ‘Linking Curriculum Learning to Careers’
• choose between music industry sessions, delivered by Bollo Studios (part of Bollo Brook Youth Centre) and film industry sessions, delivered by Mama Youth.

Students taking part will

• gain practical experience working on a creative project in film or music
• learn about career pathways in the relevant sector
• be signposted to further opportunities to develop their skills, interests, and careers
• have an opportunity to share their work at a school assembly.

Music option

Delivered by Bollo Studios, which has been supporting young artists in West London for over twenty years and seen alumni move onto recording contracts with labels such as Sony and Finesse Foreva. Working with Bollo producer BlackStar, students will work together to produce an EP, learning skills in writing lyrics, recording vocals, beat production, and mixing in a collaborative studio environment along the way.

Film option

Delivered by MAMA Youth, which is based at Sky campus in Hounslow and has trained 599 people from under-represented backgrounds to succeed in the media industry over the last ten years. Students will work on a 3-minute film, with dedicated sessions on cameras, lighting, sound, filming, and interview techniques.

The programme is flexible and can be tailored to meet your needs, e.g. daytime or after-school sessions, number and duration of sessions. Available for summer term 2024.

See downloads for full details.

Interested?

To take up this offer or find out more, contact:

Robin Vaughan-Williams (Community events producer at Ealing Council and New Gen festival director)
Email: vaughanwilliamsr@ealing.gov.uk
Tel: 020 8825 6882 (Tue/Thu/Fri).

Deadline to apply 30 April 2024.