Nicola Crook (Education Team Clayfields), Paul Dickens (Care Staff Clayfields), a young person from Clayfields, Anna Soubry MP, and Thirza Smith (Centre Manager Clayfields)
Clayfields House won the Kids Count Best Creative Contribution Award for its Creative Partnerships project. Clayfields has worked to support the social and emotional well-being of young people through developing creative learning experiences. By taking risks they utilised the oppressive external walls within their environment as creative catalysts for change.
Young people at the secure children’s home worked in small groups with practitioners and staff to create two murals.
A young person and staff from the centre and a representation from The Mighty Creatives and Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry attended the awards ceremony on Monday, May 23 at the House of Commons.
MP Soubry said, “I visited Clayfields a number of years ago and, more recently, as their MP. I have seen both murals and am not surprised that they have won the award.
“The event was a huge success and this achievement is a great testament to Clayfields’ invaluable and innovative contribution towards rehabilitating troubled teenagers.”
The Mighty Creatives, the young people’s creative development agency for the East Midlands, delivers Creative Partnerships programme in schools across the East Midlands.
The programme brings creative workers such as artists, architects and scientists into schools to work with teachers to inspire young people and to help them learn.
Richard Clark, chief executive of The Mighty Creatives, said, “Finding new ways to inspire young people facing significant challenges requires courage and imagination. Clayfields House has demonstrated how working with artists helps young people define different futures for themselves.
“It was a great privilege to spend time with Clayfields at the ceremony in London and to learn about the impact of their Creative Partnerships project. The language used in their monumental art works looks to a bright future: the Kids Count Award celebrates their achievement and rewards their determination to make a difference to young lives.”
Notes
Clayfields House is a mixed gender secure residential children’s home with 18 places available for children up to the age of 17. It is managed by Nottinghamshire County Council Children, Family and Cultural Services. All young people in the setting have faced significant personal difficulties. The home ethos is that change is always possible.
The Kids Count campaign is to put Children and Young people at the heart of policy making and of the family. For more information visit www.kidscount.org.uk
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