We’re always busy at the Ideas Foundation, whether it’s with our own Projects, getting involved in supporting others in the creative industry, or working with Government. Whatever it takes to promote practical creativity. Take a look at what we’ve been up to recently, below.
“Working with The Ideas Foundation, we’ve been able to unlock doors and provide opportunities for our students to build the skills, confidence and professional network they need to enjoy successful careers in the sector.” - Katy Rushton, Creative Media Teacher @mediatutorkaty @themcrcollege
#ideasfoundation #creativeexperience #creativity #makeadifference #teacher #educatorsofinstagram
From Ideas Foundation to ad land. IF alumnus @benjamingeorgeconway is now in his dream job as a copywriter at advertising agency @mccannlondon
Ben started his journey with The Ideas Foundation over 10 years ago at one of our Creative Media Camp workshops and now shares his expertise and experience with young future ideas makers as a mentor for The Ideas Foundation.
#ideasfoundation #creativeexperience #creativity #makeadifference #mentor #passiton #takingrisks
#tutor #education #24daysofchristmas
Follow us daily to peep through our advent calendar and look back at some of the creative and impactful work we have delivered and the inspirational people we have worked with!
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#newcreativeclass
#christmas
#celebrate
#creativity
#24daysofchristmas
#education
#inspire
Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for you to platform your story, using the tags:
#ideasfoundation
#givingtuesday
#WhereWouldYouBe
#TakingRisks
#passiton
#creativeexperience
#creativity
#coronationgeneration
#Canon
@ideasfoundation
A great celebration of the creative talent shown by the finalists of the Coronation Generation Poster Challenge! Thank you everyone who came along and to all who supported the event.
@ideasfoundation
@dcmsgovuk
@simeonquarrie
@michaelhockerham
@cliveboothphoto
@macrae9474
@joe_thomson
@amanda._.hayward
@marisol_holme
@paul.pablo.reid
@emmacufflin
@lydiathornley
@marieleonard
@helenrosep
@anne.laforce
@uktedsmith
@robinwightuk
@adampensotti
@benjamingeorgeconway
@dgilliver
@eliskasky
@peawea.s
#ideasfoundation
#McCann
#canon
#ClearChannelUk
#theamosbursary
#creativity
#coronationgeneration
We have two vacancies for trustees; one with significant agency or brand experience; and one with a legal background who can help us navigate the new world of creativity as AI starts to play a big part in the lives of those we serve, the young people from less advantaged backgrounds.
Come and join our amazing team and help us to nurture a new creative class.
#IdeasFoundation
#creativitymatters
#charity
#makeadifference
Happy World Kindness Day
Kindness is a gift everyone can afford so go ahead and help make someone`s day a little brighter 🌍️ 💛
Photo credit: Students from Bridgewater and Taunton College as part of The Ideas Foundation Platinum Jubilee Project 2022 with Canon Ambassador @cliveboothphoto
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#CommunityofKindness
#WorldKindnessDay
#RandonActofKindness
#Canon
#BridgewaterandTauntonCollege
#Kindness
To wrap up ‘Tomorrow’s Engineers Week,’ we’d like you to meet more of the amazing young engineers featured in our ‘Engineer Your Story’ project. In collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, we’ve captured some incredible images thanks to photographer @michaelhcockerham . Visit our website to explore more inspiring stories and access the complete collection of free resources.
Marcelle : As a software engineer at Google I help the product team see services like YouTube through different lenses – to meet the customers of today and tomorrow.
Queen Mary University of London undergraduates: Women can code and engineer the world for a better future. As students at Queen Mary University of London we are surrounded by inspiring women who want to share their knowledge with others
Yusuf: I started as a law student and later studied ICT. I am a product-oriented engineer who has worked with Panasonic and Mitsubishi. During the covid pandemic my engineering colleagues and I developed the ShiVent, a non-electric and non-invasive ventilator. I also design sustainable products to address the challenges of global warming.
@teweekuk @officialqmul
#ideasfoundation
#pictureyourselfasanengineer
#NewCreativeClass
#IamAnEngineer
#TEWeek23
#creativity
#engineering
#careers
#technology
#education
#royalacademyofengineering
Grateful to @bbccreative for hosting an incredible Creative Media Camp!
Big shoutout to our amazing facilitators @peterbakare and Ben Worth.
Huge thanks to @themcrcollege and the talented students at @tmc_creativemedia for bringing creativity to life.
---Click the link in our bio to read more about our week at the BBC Creative Media Camp---
#NewCreativeClass #Creativemediacamp #BBC #Collaboration #Ideasfoundation
Celebrating `Tomorrow’s Engineers Week` with stories from some of the engineers who took part in our ‘Engineer your story’ project with Royal Academy of Engineering and amazing photographs from @michaelhcockerham. The project was created to inspire young engineers through the power of photography and the full set of resources, available for educators to download for free, can be found on our website.
Anas, Kiera, Bukunmi, Yosef @amosbursary
“As Amos Bursary Trust scholars we are using our talents to engineer our future careers and successes. Along the way we are building a community of young people eager to share our stories to inspire others”.
Pryanka
“Being hit by a car changed me, but not in the way you might think. Seeing how doctors approached fixing my body opened my eyes to the endless possibilities in engineering, and I wanted to be part of that”.
Gunay:
“Engineering is an art; any engineering challenge is like drawing on a canvas for me. You imagine the drawing, paint all your face, fingers, change it too many times, at the end you make what you wanted. When I face corrosion and materials related challenges, I imagine first, like I do while drawing, then I try, change, fail until I find the best solution”.
@teweekuk
@michaelhcockerham
#ideasfoundation
#pictureyourselfasanengineer
#NewCreativeClass
#IamAnEngineer
#TEWeek23
#creativity
#engineering
#careers
#technology
#education
#royalacademyofengineering
Celebrating `Tomorrow`s Engineers Week` by looking back at our ‘Engineer your story’ project with the Royal Academy of Engineering and photographer Michael Cockerham. We created the project to promote diversity in engineering through digital storytelling.
Visit our website to see the full set of resources available for educators to download for free. Each of the 17 posters gives an insight to life as an engineer, here are just three:
Sara
“I am an Italian-born classical pianist researching a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Music, as well as a live music photographer. I bring creativity and engineering together, and combine my interests using artificial intelligence to engineer new approaches to generating music”.
Yash
“I fell in love with flying machines at the age of five after seeing an F-16 fly over me back home in India. NASA’s Apollo 11 mission changed my views on what we can achieve. I have turned from a kid with a dream into an aerospace engineer, pilot and aspiring astronaut”.
Mia
“Ballet has always been a part of my life - but you are only ever as good as the people you dance with. It is the same with biomedical engineering. You find solutions by working as a team”.
@teweekuk
@michaelhcockerham
#ideasfoundation
#NewCreativeClass
#IamAnEngineer
#TEWeek23
#creativity
#engineering
#careers
#technology
#education
#royalacademyofengineering
This week saw the launch of #makingthecreativemajority in Parliament with speakers Baroness Deborah Bull, James Purnell, Dr Tamsyn Den and Prof Dave O`Brien.
The report, and previous what works report, has listened to several organisations such as @ideasfoundation , @sandraadu_ as well as creative employers such as Iain Bundred and Patrick McCrae. It analyses ‘What Works’ to support diversity and inclusion in creative education and the talent pipeline with a focus on the 16+ age category. The report was produced with partners @kings_college_london, @officialuom, @unioftheartslondon, @YouTube, @paulhamlynfoundation, and Creative PEC.
Key findings:
• Creative workforce dominated by graduates
• Huge inequality of gender, ethnicity & class across creative HE courses & employment outcomes
• Russell Group unis have the most work to do to support DEI in creative HE
• Apprenticeships aren`t working for the creative industries
Further details may be found here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/cultural/projects/creative-majority-education
#ideasfoundation #NewCreativeClass #diversity #creative #inequality #neurodiversity #education #inclusion
📣 Ideas Foundation is happy to share that recruitment for @UK_ScreenSkills’ #TraineeFinder 2024-25 opens on Monday, 23 October 2023! Trainee Finder is ScreenSkills’ entry-level programme that places trainees with less than a year’s industry experience on paid placements across film, children’s and high-end TV productions.
Are you interested in applying but curious to learn more about how the programme works? Join the ScreenSkills Trainee Finder team at 18:00 on 23 October for a live webinar and Q&A with previous trainees, who will explain what it is, how it works and whether it could be for you!
Book your place on the webinar now! Head to screenskills.com/webinar or click the link in @UK_ScreenSkills’ bio
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#NewCreativeClass
#film
#TV
#education
#outreach
We are always thrilled to see our alumni progress and share their achievements. On this #Worldmentalhealthday, we celebrate the stunning work of Shafia Fiaz, in her latest role as artist in residence for 42nd Street, a mental health charity based in Manchester that uses creativity as a tool for wellbeing.
Shafia has gone from an Ideas Foundation Creative Media Bootcamp at Manchester College to Professional Illustrator who became the first diverse role model for Manchester Publicity Association’s ‘A Place for You’ campaign to celebrate diverse role models.
Shafia says “I find immense joy and fulfilment in using my artistic skills to explore and address various topics of mental health and its effects. In this series of illustrations, I have chosen to focus on the profound impact of mental health issues on both young individuals and adults.
In the creative process, I decided not to incorporate facial expressions in most of the illustrations. Instead, I wanted to give a sense of emotional detachment and disconnection, symbolizing the feeling of being lost and devoid of emotions that many individuals experience during their mental health struggles.
Through this artistic exploration, I hope to shed light on the importance of mental health awareness, empathy, and compassion in our society.”
Shafia is a Digital Producer who has worked for some incredible companies within the city such as the Manchester Museum and more recently the Ideas Foundation. Originally from Pakistan, She has cultivated her impressive career in the digital and creative industry through determination and talent for her craft. In fact, Shafia’s passion for digital production has been recognised on several occasions, having won Creative & Digital Media Student of the Year!
@shafiaa_z
@TheManchesterCollege
@tmc_creativemedia
@mpaweareyou
@salfordgraphics
@thehorsfall_42ndstreet
@moyesaco
@mcrmuseum
@mcrmuseumshop
@osch.youngpeople
@thewhitworthshop
#ideasfoundation
#NewCreativeClass
#IdeasFoundationWorkshops
#nurturinganewcreativeclass
#community
#diversity
#sustainability
#youth
#if
#CreativeCareers
#ADaywithIF
#IdeasAreKey
#students
To celebrate World Mental Health Day tomorrow, we are sharing some of the wonderful images produced by students participating in the Canon Young People Programme.
They have been developed into postcards for our `Lens into Wellbeing` project with Canon and are designed to help prompt discussions and creative activities around wellbeing, using the camera as a creative tool.
See link in bio to view the full set and find out more.
@canoneurope
@canonuk
@adampensotti @cliveboothphoto
Image credits:
1/3 – @cliveboothphoto @hannah_woood_ and Students from @georgepindarschool Scarborough as part of the Coronation Generation Poster Design Challenge
2/3 - @t.gumede_wildlife Tshuxekani, Kruger National Park, South Africa - Wild Shots Outreach
3/3 - Photo credit: Peter John Boois, Kwessi Dunes, Namibia - Wild Shots Outreach
#worldmentalhealthday2023
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#NewCreativeClass
#Canon
#YoungPeopleProgramme
#AdamPensotti
#wellbeing
#mentalhealth
#diversity
#youth
The Ideas Foundation has forged powerful partnerships over the years with a primary focus on showcasing the incredible creativity of young individuals participating in our projects.
Thank you to Canon, Official Imaging Supplier of Rugby World Cup 2023, for their support with the Coronation Generation Poster Design Challenge 👑
Funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), this project encouraged young people to engage in creating posters using photography, copywriting, typography, and graphic design to reflect one or more of the key themes: community, diversity, sustainability, and youth.
[Image: Students from Maesglas Primary School, Wales.] 🏉
When asked about the community - the young people from Newport immediately thought of the rugby.
@canoneurope
@CanonUKandIE
@cliveboothphoto
@astrocymru
@eliskasky
@dcmsgovuk
@clearchanneluk
@welshrugbyunion
@rugbyworldcup
@rugbyworldcupfrance2023
#ideasfoundation
#canonambassador
#NewCreativeClass
#Canon
#MaeglasSchool
#IdeasFoundationWorkshops
#community
#diversity
#sustainability
#youth
#if
#CreativeCareers
#ADaywithIF
#ADaywithCanon
#IdeasAreKey
#students
#Coronation