Arts & Culture
Songs & Scones at Retford Library
Who doesn’t love a cup of tea, a lovely scone and some social music-making?
We know that collaboration is essential to reach young people, which is why we work in partnership with brilliant organisations and artists to maximise our impact. We are grateful to our partners and funders for supporting our work and helping to make it all possible.
We're an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, which means funding thanks to taxpayers and National Lottery players plays a huge part in supporting our work. Inspire became a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) in 2018 to deliver a cultural programme and are delighted to remain part of the National Portfolio for 2023 - 2026. Our funding from Arts Council England allows us to deliver a range of performing, dance and digital art projects for all young people.
Captivate is the local cultural educational partnership (LCEP) for Nottinghamshire. It provides opportunities for partnerships between schools and education partners across the county. It is the creative home for children and young people, schools, teachers and cultural enablers to collaborate and access high-quality arts and cultural experiences.
First Art brings inspirational cultural experiences within reach of everyone living in Ashfield, Bolsover, Mansfield and North East Derbyshire, as well as helping local people to produce and shape their own cultural experiences and events. They work together with local people to do just that, building proper relationships with communities to make inspiring arts and cultural things happen.
Mansfield Palace Theatre is a destination to create, discover and be entertained. They welcome over 140,000 visitors from Nottinghamshire and beyond every year and have shows, classes and projects to suit all ages and interests.
They are the place where the people of Mansfield can come together, to be proud, to feel good and to find joy both on and off the stage. Everyone is welcome at the Palace Theatre.
Mansfield Museum's mission is really simple, they want to bring people together to create healthier, proud communities.
They are all about helping local people discover the world around them, cherishing Mansfield's unique stories, and bringing them to life.
Their big dream is to be a place where you belong in the hope that everyone can be inspired.
http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/museum
01623 463088
Thanks to funding from Arts Council England, Inspire Music and Nottingham Music Service joined together in 2024 to form the brand new regional consortium Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Music Hub, which is now working to develop exciting music-making opportunities for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years in Nottinghamshire.
The new combined service is increasing the range and reach of music opportunities across the region for communities, children and young people.
Next Door Dance is an all-female dance company based in Nottingham. They are a friendly bunch who are passionate about creating performances that are engaging and relevant to a wide range of audiences. Inspire Youth Arts are thrilled to be working with Next Door Dance to provide young people from across Nottinghamshire the opportunity to develop their own choreographic ideas and high-quality performances.
Unanima are an arts organisation that is dedicated to levelling things up for learning disabled and autistic people. Unanima helps the overlooked to embrace their creativity and reach their true potential through learning disabled and autistic development programmes in theatre making, stand-up comedy, music, creative writing, campaigning and activism. By demanding greater representation of these individuals on stages and in audiences, Unanima vow to change the way you see them.
