Children & Young People

Inspire Youth Arts is an award-winning, specialist creative team. Inspire Youth Arts are dedicated to producing innovative, high quality and bespoke arts projects with young people across Nottinghamshire and beyond. Learn more about their diverse range of music, dance and visual arts opportunities for all abilities.

Inspire Music: Teaching provide lessons in schools during the school day and online out of school, plus an exciting range of online and in person ensemble and choir opportunities across the county.  Music teaching is available on instruments ranging from the piano and harp to drums and guitars. Parents can access a remission scheme for paid lessons.

Nottinghamshire Music Education Hub works with Inspire Music and Inspire Youth Arts in maintained and academy schools and music organisations in the county and nationally. Inspire Music provides the best exciting and diverse music making opportunities for children and young people in Nottinghamshire. Many activities have 100% subsidised funding by Arts Council England and the Department for Education.

Captivate is Nottinghamshire's Cultural Education Partnership. Captivate is the creative home for children and young people, schools, teachers and cultural enablers to access high-quality arts and cultural experiences across Nottinghamshire, with a current focus on the areas of Ashfield and Mansfield.