Creative Futures – Your chance to be part of this exciting new project
National Youth Arts Wales is launching Creative Futures, a brand-new, FREE programme for young people aged 10–18, and we want you to be part of it!
From Autumn 2025 to Spring 2026, you can take part in weekly 2-hour workshops led by leading dance, music, and creative industry professionals. This is your chance to learn from the best and explore your creativity across multiple art forms, including:
Singing & Songwriting – write your own songs, experiment with vocals, and collaborate with other young creatives.
Music Production – get hands-on with recording, mixing, and producing tracks.
Dance & Choreography – develop your technique, create your own routines, and perform with guidance from expert dancers.
Wellbeing & Creative Skills – fun activities to boost confidence, teamwork, and creative thinking.
You can choose to take part in just one discipline, like dance or music, or do both – it’s totally up to you!
We are looking for young people across 6 venues in Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent to take part in this 12-week, fully free programme.
Why join?
Work with leading professionals in dance, music, and creative industries
Learn new skills, make friends, and build confidence
Perform, showcase, and explore your creative potential
Food provided
If you’re 10–18 and live in Torfaen or Blaenau Gwent, sign up now. Don’t miss your chance to be part of something amazing.
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Youth Advisory Panel
We are searching for a group of diverse young people aged 14-18 to help shape Creative Futures and ensure that the project is relevant and accessible to your community.
You will help to shape project design, ensure accessibility and encourage community engagement. As well as advise on marketing,
and act as project ambassadors to your peers.
We believe youth voice should be at the centre of what we do so we want to hear from you!
Have your say: Help shape an exciting music & dance project for young people in your area.
Gain experience: Leadership skills, event planning, creative decision-making.
Get rewarded: Travel covered, refreshments provided, reference for future opportunities, love to shop voucher.
Make an impact: Influence what the Creative Futures workshops look like and how we reach young people.
Creative Futures is an ambitious, cross-sector initiative led by National Youth Arts Wales and funded by the Welsh Government’s Child Poverty Innovation Fund. We are working with several partners including Ballet Cymru, Public Health Wales and Gwent Music Services to bring young people aged 10 – 18 a series of co-designed workshops from Autumn 2025 to Spring 2026.
This project aims to tackle the deep-rooted inequalities in access to creative and wellbeing opportunities for disadvantaged young people in Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent – two of the most opportunity deprived areas in Wales.
Thanks to Welsh Government’s Child Poverty Innovation and Supporting Communities Grant 25/26 for supporting this project.
