Last year Club Creative worked with a group of young people who are NEET (not in employment, education or training) at East Coast Training Centre in Skelton. We created a series of weekly workshop sessions to first explore the rich steel making heritage of the local area, and then to design a sculpture which would celebrate this history and be a permanent legacy of the young people’s learning experience at East Coast Training. See the pictures here.

Once the designs were complete Kirklevington Prison were able to fabricate the 10 and 8 foot high sculptures using their fabrication facilities. The project had added value when a group of prisoners and staff from Kirklevington came out last week to install the sculpture in the grounds of East Coast Training’s De Bruce Centre and to talk to the young people involved with the project. The unveiling took place on Tuesday 21 Feb and was attended by around fifty guests including the young people, the Mayor of Redcar & Cleveland, local press and local councillors.

A second project with another group of young people resulted in the creation of mosaic stepping stones which have been installed in the ground leading up to to the steel sculptures. Pictures to follow.

The young people have been on a journey throughout this project, learning about their heritage & local history, learning new creative and communication skills and improving their ability to work as a team. The project was also designed to link in and contribute to their existing learning programme

This has been a fantastic project to be involved with and we look forward to working with East Coast Training in the near future.

There is an opportunity for an artist to deliver a full day taster session to a group of vulnerable women who have suffered physical and verbal domestic abuse. If you have the artistic and interpersonal skills required please get in touch ASAP. The workshop will take place at the end Feb in Guisborough.