School leaders and other children’s services commissioners can use this map, created by Curious Minds, to connect with incredible local teaching artists and cultural learning providers which enrich education and bring the curriculum to life.

Across the UK, artists and cultural organisations stand ready and willing to work with schools and youth groups to plan and deliver engaging, fun and effective creative and cultural learning experiences for children and young people. These opportunities are more important now than ever, as they have been denied for so long through the pandemic.

When schools use this map to commission local cultural partners they also strengthen the local economy, highlight a variety of career paths to students and strengthen the cultural ecology of a place.

Aberdeen Performing Arts has a year-round programme of music, theatre and dance across our 3 venues. Our Creative Engagement team offer theatre and music workshops for children and young people. We often have special offers for school and youth groups wishing to attend shows across our stages. Our exciting festival for and by young people, Light the Blue, takes place in June every year.

AccessArt is a UK Arts Education Charity which aims to inspire high quality visual arts teaching and learnings. Our website has over 1200 resources to help nurture creativity, made in partnership with artists, educators, schools and arts organisations. We also run workshops and training to help develop the skills of those who teach art to others. Come and join our dynamic community!

Art Bytes is a national programme for primary, secondary and SEN schools, combining an annual inter-school art competition with a virtual gallery and augmented reality technology.

Our programmes are proven to nurture talent, raise ambition and develop confidence, as well as support mental health and help develop vital skills for future employment

Art UK is the online home for every public art collection in the UK. Through our work, we make art available for everyone – for enjoyment, learning and research. Our videos, lesson planning ideas, and artwork selections are designed to support learning across the primary and secondary curriculum.

We’re here to ensure that every child reaps the benefits of a creative education at primary school.

Artis firmly believes in the transformative power of the performing arts to change lives. We help thousands of children every week by integrating the arts throughout their learning.

Artists in Residence (AiR) brings celebrated and grassroots artists into schools often located in deprived areas to work with students, offering them a chance to develop practical artistic skills, gain an insight into what a career in the arts may look like as well as help raise the status and value of the creative arts in education.

Arts Connect are a development agency connecting and supporting communities across the West Midlands, to enable children and young people (from 0-25) to enjoy a rich and meaningful arts and cultural life.

We lead change by working with partners in education, arts and cultural organisations, local government, and others to run activities that create new opportunities for children & young people.

As part of our offer, we support professionals in formal & informal education, in improving the quality of arts & cultural learning & creativity, for their students & staff, through our programmes, professional training, CPD & events.

We deliver the Bridge programme in the West Midlands for Arts Council England, and we are part of the Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton.

Artsmark Award is the only creative quality standard for schools and education settings, accredited by Arts Council England.

Artsmark champions a diverse, high-quality cultural education for every child. We support the health and wellbeing of pupils, building their confidence, character and resilience through creativity.

Start your Artsmark journey today.

Artswork strive to make the arts and creativity available to absolutely everyone. We work to break through barriers and develop new ways for people to discover the success, empowerment and sheer joy that the arts and creativity can bring to classrooms, communities and careers.

We work to achieve this in a number of ways, including by:

• supporting partnerships across cultural organisations and education that will create lasting change;

• devising and delivering inclusive programmes that empower the most under-represented in society;

• developing young people’s skills, for their own growth and as future cultural leaders;

• enabling children and young people from any background to find their voice and encouraging others to listen to and support them;

• delivering creative training that nurtures innovation and progress.

A world-class arts and learning organisation, the Barbican pushes the boundaries of all major art forms including dance, film, music, theatre and visual arts. Its Creative Learning team turns world-class arts into unforgettable learning experiences for schools and colleagues, helping to embed arts and creativity across the national curriculum.

Brave Words is a not-for-profit spoken word and theatre company based in Leeds. They run pay-what-you-can youth theatres in Beeston, Seacroft and Meanwood and are currently preparing for the Edinburgh run of their debut show How to Be a Better Human! Artistic Director Chris Singleton will be delivering performance poetry workshops for Sky Arts week.

Cass Art is on a mission. A mission to fill every town with artists, underpinned by the company’s long-standing manifesto.

Established in 1984, Cass Art is now the UK’s leading art supplies retailer with 14 stores across the UK offering the world’s best brands at affordable prices, plus an online shop.

Committed to encouraging everyone to realise their creative talents, Cass Art works with numerous national and local galleries, art institutions, universities and schools nationwide to support creativity in all forms.

Art & design tutors, teachers and technicians can apply for an exclusive 10% off art supplies with the Viridian Artist Educator discount. 5% of every purchase made with the card goes to support and art education charity.

Children’s Theatre Digital brings you the best children’s theatre from across the UK and the globe.

We want more children to experience the magic of theatre, and we are doing that through online access to the most imaginative and creative theatre companies out there. Find online shows, live shows, and resources for children all in one place.

The Crafts Council is the national charity for craft. We inspire making, empower learning and nurture craft businesses. We believe craft skills and knowledge enrich and uplift us as individuals, and, in doing so, will change our world for the better.

Culture Bridge North East is one of ten Arts Council England funded Bridges across England, tasked with the strategic development of arts and cultural education by, with and for children and young people. We collaborate with schools and organisations across the North East and beyond to champion culture and the arts as vital parts of childhood. We also run teacher and cultural CPD opportunities and have a host of cross-curricular online resources to aid your practice.

Dublin Book Festival Schools Programme brings you an exciting line-up of events, both fun and educational, for all the class, featuring some of your favourite children’s authors. There are plenty of events to choose from with a wide range of popular authors joining us for a mixture of readings, engaging talks and workshops. All whilst allowing plenty of space for questions and discussion.

ENO’s learning and participation programme is integral to the company’s vision. We exist to open up new possibilities for opera in people’s lives.

We work with health trusts, schools, community organisations and partners across the country to deliver projects that support wellbeing, learning and skills development, in London and nationally.

Head of Steam – Darlington Railway Museum tells the story of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825), the railway industry in Darlington and the railways in the North East of England. We are housed in a Victorian railway station with many original features such as booking office, footbridge, waiting room and newspaper kiosk, providing an immersive and inspiring environment.

We are at a working station (North Road Darlington) which provides sustainable transport for school parties and other visitors.

We have an award winning schools programme, having gained the Sandford Award for Heritage Education for the second time earlier this year.

Our core work is with Primary schools with workshops and resources covering history, creative writing, science and design technology.

Highlights Rural Touring Scheme connects over 65 venues, an army of volunteer promoters and an ever-growing list of artists.

Together, we bring great arts and unmissable culture to rural areas, lighting up village halls, schools and community centres with music, dance, theatre and storytelling.

We also offer a wide ranging participation programme alongside its events, organising and delivering creative engagement projects and workshops across Cumbria, County Durham and Northumberland. We work with people of all ages, schools, colleges and community groups, offering them the chance to get involved in and be inspired by the arts.

Inspiring the Future connects schools with a diverse range of role models from the world of work, helping children and young people to broaden their horizons and raise their aspirations.

Through in-person and virtual activities, children can recognise the value of school subjects, gain motivation and challenge stereotypes which begin to form at a young age.

Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education. We support educators to unlock the power of film to deliver transformative learning outcomes for children and young people aged 5-19 in class, extra-curricular settings and in cinemas.

Designed in partnership with educators, our programme features the UK’s only school-specific film streaming service (Into Film+), online teaching resources and training, careers information, cinema screenings and a network of extra-curricular film clubs.

The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools thanks to funding from the National Lottery (through the BFI), Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.

IVE is a creative education provider who design programmes and training for both young people and adults, from the classroom to the boardroom, that help people and businesses fulfil their creative potential and make positive change happen.

As the Arts Council Bridge Organisation for Yorkshire and Humber, IVE work with education, arts, cultural and youth sectors to make sure all children and young people have access to great arts and cultural opportunities.

Groundwork South And North Tyneside took over the management of Jarrow Hall museum in 2016, and have since welcomed over 65,000 visitors and immersed thousands of school children in the world of Bede and Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.

In 2021 we were awarded the Sandford award, quality assurance for heritage education. Throughout the pandemic we have worked to create excellent online resources and outreach opportunities for schools.

We have also been successfully secured highly competitive funding from Heritage Lottery and the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund; created classrooms for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities and forged new relationships with institutions across the world.

Lakeland Arts works across Cumbria to create sustainable, artistically and socially compelling, learning and participation opportunities. We work with schools, community organisations and partners to deliver projects that support wellbeing, learning and skills development all connected back to the rich and varied cultural heritage of our region.

Lakeland Arts is the custodian of a fascinating collection of objects, art, boats, textiles, local history and much more. The collection can be discovered through our venues Abbot Hall, Blackwell – the Arts & Crafts house, Lakeland Museum and Windermere Jetty Museum and through our changing programme of contemporary exhibitions and special events.

Leeds Young Film creates and sustains opportunities for young people and their families to develop their creativity and education through a range of projects and programmes which join together to create a film journey for young people, no matter their age, across informal and formal education. Since 1999, we have engaged over 250,000 children and young people, offering greater access to international film culture, the experience of filmmaking, career development and showcasing. Our offer includes the UK’s largest family film event Leeds Young Film Festival (LYFF) and the North’s largest event of its kind for young filmmakers, the Independent Directions Film Festival (The INDIs).

Welcome to MoLI – a museum of literature for the world’s greatest storytellers. Discover Ireland’s rich literary heritage from past to present here in the historic UCD Newman House on St Stephen’s Green in the heart of Dublin.

At the core of the museum’s vision is the desire to bring visitors on an inspiring journey through Irish writing, and to encourage them to explore their own creative potential. We strive to develop activities in partnership with organisations from different sectors and to reach wider audiences. At MoLI, our learning programmes are for everybody. They take place in the museum and online, and use our gardens and exhibitions as inspiration.

MoLI is a partnership between University College Dublin and the National Library of Ireland.

Established in 1970, Music for Youth is a national youth arts charity with a simple mission: we believe that music, and the chance to participate in high-quality musical activities should be open to every young person, regardless of background or musical style. We work hard to provide young people aged 21 and under with free, life-changing performance and progression opportunities.

We are Musinc, a musical inclusion programme hosted by Middlesbrough Council. We exist to break down barriers to music making and provide opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to have access to high quality music making.

We run open access music groups, targeted projects, 1:1 tuition, performances and events and progression activities as well as designing and delivering a CPD programme for music leaders and practitioner focussed on inclusive practice.

The principles of EDI sit at the heart of what we do and we take an inclusive approach to engaging participants which is embedded throughout the organisation.

National Dance Company Wales dream of a Wales celebrated as a nation passionate about dance and dancing, where dance is part of everyone's life. Our collaborative activity seeks out and nourishes potential, supporting Wales and all of its people to flourish, championing the development of dance as an art form. Let's change the world by dancing. NDCWales offer learning resources, workshops and experiences for schools and colleges across Wales and the UK as well as online.

The National Theatre Primary Programme works with schools both in London and across the UK, offering pupils and teachers enriching opportunities to experience theatre both as audience members and theatre makers, with a focus on creative learning across the whole primary curriculum.

This approach, using drama and theatre as a tool for learning across the curriculum, allows pupils with a range of learning styles and abilities to succeed and to enjoy learning.

As well as having an impact on academic progress pupils also develop their confidence and self-esteem. They learn to be creative problem solvers and develop core transferable skills such as empathy, communication, team work and leadership.

National Youth Theatre is a pioneering youth arts charity which has nurtured the talent of hundreds of thousands of young creative people over the past 66 years. It has an active creative network of over 15,000 young people UK-wide and regularly produces critically acclaimed work on screen, on leading stages and at iconic sites at home and abroad.

In 2022 the charity will launch its 10th anniversary NYT REP Company, an award-winning free alternative to formal training, continue its work in non-mainstream schools through its national Inclusive Practice Collective and continue to support and nurture 5,000 young creative people through its short courses and long-term employment programmes. The charity recently won the 2022 Architects Journal Retrofit Award for the major redevelopment of its Creative Production House and is a major partner on LEEDS 2023. Its alumni include some of the world’s most celebrated performers, award-winning backstage talent working globally at leading theatres, stadiums and events and cultural leaders around the world.

now>press>play is an award-winning immersive audio resource for primary schools that engages children in the curriculum through sound, story and movement with 80 Experiences.

In each Experience every child is given a pair of wireless headphones. Immersed in sound, they move around to become the main character in a story, meeting people, discovering places and solving problems together on an educational adventure they’ll never forget.

From climbing through rainforest canopy in the Amazon, to fighting a woolly mammoth in the Stone Age, our inclusive audio adventures increase engagement, extend life experiences and inspire children to produce quality writing.

The National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) is the professional body, trade union and learned society for art, craft and design educators from across the UK.

We believe in a just and equitable society that values high-quality art, craft and design education. We support, represent and defend our subject and the professional interests of all those who engage with it.

Established in 1888, we continue to welcome everyone who shares and celebrates our values.

Real Ideas work across the South West to solve problems and create opportunities. We work with young people to bring ideas to life that progress our environment and society. Our four historic buildings across Plymouth and Cornwall are digital and creative hubs for communities to collaborate and share ideas and experiences. As the Bridge Organisation for Arts Council England, we work with education settings to develop Arts and Culture for young people, from Early Years to post-education.

Royal Opera House Bridge works to connect children and young people with great art and culture. Through research, advocacy and co-investment we nurture networks, share learning and foster innovation within the education, arts and culture sectors – particularly in communities where there is limited local provision or experience. ROH Bridge is funded by Arts Council England and is part of a national network of ten ‘bridge’ organisations. Based at High House Production Park in Thurrock, we work with schools, arts organisations, museums, libraries, heritage sites, and councils across Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and North Kent.

A trailblazer in community arts engagement across Scotland and internationally, Scottish Opera has played a seminal role in the educational experiences of generations of Scottish people and has developed into a year-round programme of youth and community projects. The renowned Primary Schools Tour has involved over half a million children in the arts across all 32 Scottish local authority areas, involving 9,000 pupils from over 130 schools every year. Through innovative operas for infants and ground-breaking work with people living with dementia, Scottish Opera aim to create meaningful and transformative experiences for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.

Theatre Hullabaloo are an arts charity that believes that creativity should be part of everyone’s childhood. Our home, The Hullabaloo, is the National Centre of

Theatre for Children and Young People, and we are based in one of the 1% most deprived wards of the UK.

We offer a wide range of activities, including world-class theatre and creative play, for children and families with an emphasis on work for the very young.

Founded in 2000, The Big Draw is a charity which champions the role and value of creativity and visual literacy - and uses drawing, in all its forms - to encourage people to get involved in creative activity as consumers. producers, advocates and collaborators.

Overarching our work is an approach which invites exploration around the intersection between arts, crafts, design, science, wellbeing, digital technology and enterprise. We encourage a polymathic approach to learning which cuts across all our programmes and influences the work and projects we get involved with.

Show and Tell is the space where 10-18 year olds safely unite to express their emotions through the wonder of photography.

Learn with free workshop films, meet famous photographers at live feedback sessions and make the world listen to how you really feel through the national exhibition finale.

'The Poetry Archive' and the 'Children's Poetry Archive' offer thousands of recordings of significant Poets reading their own poems aloud. Our free collections reflect the quality and diversity of the Poets of our age alongside contextual information, biographies, guided tours, special collections and education resources.

The Poetry Society is the leading poetry organisation in the UK. For over 100 years we’ve been a lively and passionate source of energy and ideas, opening up and promoting poetry to an ever-growing community of people.

We run acclaimed international poetry competitions for adults and young people; alongside innovative education, publishing and commissioning programmes, and a packed calendar of events. The Poetry Society champions poetry for all ages.

The Reading Agency is a national charity that tackles life’s big challenges through the proven power of reading.

We work closely with partners to develop and deliver programmes for people of all ages and backgrounds; our vision is for a world where everyone is reading their way to a better life. We help 1.9 million people benefit from reading every year, through our programmes, our tireless campaigning, our excellent networks and our power to influence, challenge and make change happen.

The Reading Agency is funded by Arts Council England. 

The Seagull is a successful not for profit community arts venue serving one of the most deprived communities in the Eastern Region.

We operate a broad range of activities for young people including:

Two Youth Theatre groups catering for all ages

A specialist drama group for those with additional needs

A weekly group for children from families who experience addiction

Monthly drama and music workshops lead by local professionals.

A weekly “girls group” for those who suffer with low self esteem and issues around self harm and bullying

An annual schools project where we work with local primary schools to create a new drama piece working in collaboration with professional writers and creatives, culminating in professional performances at our venue.

TCR Hub is a community charity based in Barnard Castle. On site we have a professional recording studio, Dance room, Drama/performance space, a workshop and a computer lab (called the Greenhouse). All set in beautiful surroundings. We also have accommodation for up to 33 people in modern dormitory style rooms.

TVMS has served the Tees Valley for over fifty years. Initially a purely peripatetic instrumental tuition service, we have extended our provision to include teacher training, school curriculum support and delivery, consultancy for all aspects of music education, including music technology, and instrument and equipment hire.

Now one of the 122 National Music Education Hub Lead Partners, we are the first port of call for all Tees music needs.

TVMS provides high quality music opportunities for children and young people across our four partner authorities of Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland.

We believe that every child should have access to a breadth of opportunities regardless of circumstance or background. We offer music tuition, support and events in a broad range of styles and genres. All of our pupils receive free membership of TVMS ensembles and choirs, ranging from beginner level to advanced bands and orchestras in each area and county-wide

Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens is located just outside of Durham City.

A former Catholic seminary, Victorian boarding school and a self-contained, self-sufficient community, Ushaw has grown into a beautiful and sprawling chapel complex, an estate of nearly 500 acres of woodland, farmland and maintained gardens and a hub of art, music, sport, spirituality and learning.

The story of Ushaw spans over 450 years of local, national and world history and its halls have been home not just to clergy but to famous poets, explorers and mountaineers.

V&A Dundee is Scotland's design museum, designed for everyone, firing imaginations and sparking curiosity in design across Scotland and around the world. Our Schools Programme has been designed to support pupils and educational staff from the early years to the end of secondary school. Interactive and fun, it gives pupils the opportunity to explore design in an inspirational setting.

Wales Millennium Centre is the national arts centre, an iconic building nestled in Cardiff Bay, but with a worldwide reach. By opening its doors as a convener, a digital producer, a storyteller and a creative resource, Wales Millennium Centre prides itself in giving artists, communities and young people in Wales a platform and a voice like no other.

It has produced and staged a huge breadth of productions, from operas, plays and musicals to a major festival, while welcoming the world’s best-loved and most successful shows to its stages.

As a charity, it is driven to unleash creative potential, and determined that everyone in Wales should call it their home.

The cornerstone of Wales Millennium Centre’s production schedule is its annual Festival of Voice; an international arts festival showcasing all the voice can do and immersing its audience in the incredible talents of artists from across the globe.