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STORE STORE BUILD: After School Architectural Clubs

2022-23, Investing in Young Women

£29,888 over 24 months

STORE STORE BUILD consisted of ten one-month long architecture after school clubs delivered from STORE’s Hackney base over two academic years. Participation was open to London students attending state schools, with priority given to those in receipt of pupil premium support. The aim was to upskill students in the built environment, focusing on town planning, sustainable building practices, new technologies in the discipline, and making techniques used in architecture.

• Young women 14-18 years, with lived experience of disadvantage or challenges that could hinder chosing a career in the arts or creative industries
• Architecture, urban design
• Equality of access to careers in the arts, skills development to support this
• England, London, Hackney

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.

The trustees unanimously identified this project as exciting, different, unusual, and well-targeted. It directly focused on skills development with the aim of widening participants’ horizons and encouraging them to consider careers in the built environment. Running the project over two years allowed time for organisational learning.

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