Awards season beckons!

Be Mighty Be Creative Awards 2010

We’ve just launched our Be Mighty Be Creative Awards for schools who have participated in the Creative Partnerships programme in the East Midlands. As we debate the meaning of Big Society, there can be no better time to show how children and young people have been using their creativity to transform front-line services.

We’re looking for groups of children and young people who have worked creatively with each other and with adults to deliver new approaches to learning that have really made an impact. 9 teams of children and young people will get the opportunity to have a film made about their work and receive £500 to share their achievements with other schools. More information about this exciting opportunity can be found on TMC’s web site: www.themightycreatives.com.


We’ll announce the winners later in 2010 and host a gala screening of the winning films towards the end of the school year.


Children and Young People Now Awards 2010
... whilst I’m talking about awards, I want to share my excitement for TMC’s very own nomination. The Creative Partnerships project “Filling Buckets and Lighting Fires” developed by Eyres Monsell & Gilmorton Children's Centre and Saffron Sure Start Centre has been nominated for the Children and Young People Now Early Years Award. This award recognises “the initiative that has done the most to improve the life chances of babies and young children, especially among disadvantaged or hard-to-reach communities”.


It’s time to dust off our finery and head down to London for a glittering awards ceremony in late November.... Let me dispense with any false modesty – I really want the project to win! Not so much for TMC, but to celebrate the commitment schools and children centres working with the Creative Partnerships programme in the East Midlands since 2002 have made to giving young people the very best start in life. Keep your fingers crossed. Only 7 more weeks...