Media Education
What is the impact of creativity on our lives?
Live at 13:30 on Friday 29 January
Media Education and Dr Briege Nugent have worked with young people and organisations across Scotland to complete the following research report:
A Creative Decade; Measuring the Impact of CashBack for Creativity
The report demonstrates the impact creative arts projects which take place outside school can have on young people’s mental health and wellbeing, on their life chances and ability to find their place in society. This may seem self-evident but as the report demonstrates the effects for some young people are life changing.
Several of the young people involved in the research were keen to take the findings further and reach a wider audience. They felt that in a period when funding was under threat the wider society, and not only those with the power to make decisions, might fail to appreciate the importance of the arts. For some young people community-based arts projects staffed by highly skilled facilitators are crucial to complement a school system which has not worked for everyone.
The following resources have been created to further explore the issues raised.
