Consortium Members

MediaActive

Arts Alive
www.mediaactive.org
A creative agency and social enterprise, delivering opportunities for young people to develop talent and skills by working on creative commissions, special projects and by engaging in work experience.  Activity includes: creative media & digital, film & animation productions, print design, digital arts training, mentoring & arts consultancy. Extensive experience and expertise in working with a range of partners on creative projects and strategic arts development.
 
Email: sue@mediaactive.org
www.artsalive.co.uk
Arts Alive organises about 1000 events a year including music, drama, dance, film, puppetry and storytelling, throughout Shropshire & Herefordshire. Arts Alive is dedicated to providing local people in rural areas with the opportunity experience professional arts events in their local venue.
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Email: sian@artsalive.co.uk

Arts Connect

www.artsconnectwm.co.uk
Arts Connect West Midlands, is a bridge organisation, connecting young people with great arts and culture. We provide advice and support to those involved with Artsmark and Arts Award. We are also run programmes to develop the quality and quantity of arts education, and work to attract new investment and resources to the sector.
  
Email:      Pepita.Hanna@wlv.ac.uk

Meadow Arts

Pentabus Theatre
www.meadowarts.org
Meadow Arts commissions and sites new art works and produces temporary context responsive exhibitions throughout West Midlands and beyond.  Following a creative and flexible approach to commissioning and exhibiting art in public spaces and heritage settings, the programmes bring high quality contemporary art to areas where few other facilities exist.
 
Email: manda@meadowarts.org
www.pentabus.co.uk
Pentabus, develop and produce quality new theatre about the contemporary rural world. Plays are toured throughout the country and have a local impact and national resonance. Performances happen in peoples’ village halls, theatres and digital backyards, connecting audiences nationwide.
 
Email: francesca@pentabus.co.uk

Shropshire Council Arts

www.shropshire.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/
Shropshire Council Arts Development Service.
Arts Development Officer, works across the county and plays a strategic role in the development of the arts sector. Providing leadership on arts development, project management and support.
 
Email: alexa.pugh@shropshire.gov.uk

Shropshire Council Libraries

Wem Town Hall

Theatre Severn
http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/
Libraries Service operates across the county – currently 22 and 4 mobiles. Many of the libraries are within small rural communities and act as important community hubs. 7 CYP librarians around the county offer specialist knowledge and support to library staff and library users.  They currently work with 65 schools across Shropshire.
 
Email: Annabel.gittins@shropshire.gov.uk
www.wemtownhall.co.uk
Wem Town Hall aims to facilitate social enterprise, community empowerment and community cohesion through an accessible, user-friendly and high quality venue and programme. Programme includes; theatre, music, dance, film, satellite broadcasts, visual arts and crafts and exhibitions, for the benefit of local people and visitors to the area.
 
Email: info@wemtownhall.co.uk
www.theatresevern.co.uk
The Theatre Severn, in Shrewsbury is a contemporary, riverside theatre with 2 auditoriums. The theatre delivers a regular programme, including; musicals, drama, dance, comedy and live music. The theatre also has an exhibition space and dance studio.  
 
Email: craig.reeves@shropshire.gov.uk

The Hive

Scrappies

Shropshire Music Service
www.hiveonline.org.uk
The Hive delivers social impact through arts & creative activities & projects, with a special focus on children & young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and other hard to reach groups. Working across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. Arts venue, 100 seat performance space, with music & media studios.
 
Email: salla@hiveonline.org.uk
http://www.scrappies.org/
Resource and recycling centre which collects and sells recycled materials for creative arts activities. Delivers a creative arts and education programme. Activities include; workshops for schools, uniformed groups, WI, rural fairs and community events and specialist training, with organisations such as wildlife/national trust/Red Cross.
 
Email: LesleymcknightUK@aol.com
www.shropshiremusicservice.org.uk
Shropshire Music Service provides instrumental, vocal and curriculum support for schools throughout Shropshire. The aim of the Music Service is to provide, develop and support the highest quality of music education in Shropshire and to give young people performing opportunities in schools and in the community.
 
Email: Sam.Newth@ipande.co.uk
Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
Wem Town Hall