Starcatchers turned 15 years old in 2021! Throughout the year we released 15 Actions we as an organisation are taking to ensure Scotland’s youngest children have access to beautiful and inspirational artistic and creative experiences.
Starcatchers turned 15 years old in 2021! Throughout the year we released 15 Actions we as an organisation are taking to ensure Scotland’s youngest children have access to beautiful and inspirational artistic and creative experiences.
“As Starcatchers reaches its 15th Birthday, our vision is unwavering; that every child from birth has the right to ongoing artistic encounters. Our 15 Actions across the year will tell a story to our audience, one that allows us to be transparent and loud about our intentions as advocate for Scotland’s youngest children as we strive to amplify their voices through everything we do.”
Our 15 Actions are a pledge to you, our audiences, that we will champion Children’s Rights and amplify the voices of babies, toddlers and very young children through everything we do. The Actions will highlight the work we are doing to be the best advocates we can be for little ones.
Our #15Actions
COMMIT to green/eco-friendly working in our practice and ensure transparency by blogging our findings and sharing our learning
CREATE space for artist exploration
HIGHLIGHT the work of our partners championing Children’s Rights across our digital platforms
LAUNCH an Advocacy podcast
SHARE our resources with Early Years practitioners to ensure openness and transparency in our work
RESEARCH the link between expressive arts and emotional literacy in the youngest children
SUPPORT freelance artists and practitioners through Playspace our artist development programme by offering commissions, training, and opportunities to develop practice
ESTABLISH a slow-touring model to ensure live theatre reaches the youngest children across Scotland’s rural areas in 2021.
BRING artistic and creative opportunities to communities across Fife in partnership with Fife Gingerbread and as part of a larger creative initiative with Lyra and Imaginate
DESIGN a Creative Babies model of work as a launch pad to ensuring an early artistic encounter for Scotland’s youngest children.
IMMERSE ourselves in the local Wester Hailes community to discover new and exciting ways for local families to play creatively outdoors with their wee ones.
EMBED ourselves in North Ayrshire to make sure Creative Kin best supports the families we work with.
COLLABORATE with European partners to realise a blended approach to early years artistic experience
DELIVER outdoor creative play opportunities for under 5s and their grown-ups to support improved wellbeing
THREAD our Wee Inspirations through all our activity to ensure creative play is accessible to all
The campaign celebrates the our milestone year and highlights our work as advocate for Scotland’s youngest children.
The Play Fund aims to support artists, across all art forms, in the exploration of new work for our youngest audiences and to encourage artists to push the boundaries of what an arts experience for the very young can be.
Starcatchers joins child-centred organisations in Scotland celebrating the landmark vote to pass the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Bill.
Starcatchers and Shaper/Caper present ‘Teeny Weeny’, a pop-up performance all about bugs, mini-beasts and nature that celebrates the world around us.
