Take a look at our newest Annual Report to see what we got up to in 2022-2023. Highlights from the year include: We hope you will enjoy reading about our work with young people and the impact it has on individuals.

We’ve been delighted to produce the Young Voices Symposium and facilitate an away day for their Youth Advisory Board.

Upstart have trained and supported over 20 young people to become young leaders on arts boards across Warwickshire.

Our Nottingham Youth Cultural Partnership hosted a networking and information event about careers in film.

Meet Holly Howe. An experienced journalist and communications professional, and the new chair of Upstart.

Upstart supported 55 young people to develop employability skills over 18 months through the Kickstart programme.

Caroline Bray, independent evaluator, reflects on the impact of Voice’s young arts reviewer programme. Throughout 2022 the Voice team worked with six Young Arts Reviewer groups in Brighton, Burnley, Nottingham, Redditch, Shrewsbury and Stoke on Trent. I was delighted to undertake the evaluation of these projects, talking to young people and partner organisations about their experience. Young Arts Reviewer projects aim…