Nottingham Children, Young People, and Families Project (CYF)

Sound

2022-23, Investing in Young Women

£8,410 over 12 months

Nottingham Children, Young People and Families Project (CYF ) worked with young women from Nottingham’s most under resourced communities who showed talent and passion for music and film to develop their artistic and technical skills.

The Sound project added to CYF’s expertise working with young women facing structural challenges including housing insecurity, food poverty, and the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences.

• Young women 18-25 years, with lived experience of disadvantage or challenges that could hinder chosing a career in the arts or creative industries
• Film, music
• Equality of access to careers in the arts, skills development to support this
• England, East Midlands, Nottingham, with a residential in Devon

Projects funded through Investing in Young Women explored how arts and cultural organisations could support gifted young women from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop their talents and skills with a view to embarking on careers in the arts and creative media.

Nottingham CYF’s strong, focused proposal offered an exciting new approach to breaking down gender and class barriers to music and film production. This well-developed project had the potential to make a tangible difference to the young women with whom it worked. Involving potential participants in devising the application added to its strength – the best of the music and film production applications in a crowded field.

https://nottscyf.co.uk/projects/sound

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