Our purpose
Our vision is for a future where being creative and experiencing brilliant culture is a regular aspect of EVERY child’s life and learning.
Since 2008, Curious Minds has been connecting children and young people, teachers and youth workers with incredible artists and creative practitioners; giving them access to information, expertise, space and resources to facilitate collaboration and innovation in the field of creative and cultural education.
We are an ambitious charity that works to bring about positive and lasting change.
We provide strategic support to the cultural education workforce and deliver learning and development programmes that help diversify and professionalise the field of cultural education.
We use the terms ‘Backbone Organisation’ and ‘Field Building Catalyst’ to describe how we work across multiple sectors to support, develop, champion and mobilise the cultural education workforce to achieve collective impact.
We achieve national and international reach but focus our work in the North of England. Our team draws expertise from across the education, culture, public and private sectors.
Curious Minds is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, which means we receive funding from taxpayers to help ensure all children and young people have access to the transformative benefits of creativity and culture.
Centre of Creative Excellence
Our purpose as a cultural epicentre of creativity is to lead, innovate and advocate for high-quality cultural education that transforms the lives of children and young people, particularly those furthest from opportunity.
We collaborate with and assemble educators, artists, and communities to share best practice, develop inclusive and diverse talent pathways, and influence a more equitable cultural learning ecosystem across the region and beyond.
