Future Views Workshop futureviewstoolkit.com

The Challenge!

Education and arts organisations are: to ensure… Working now in the present day… that in the far future all young people can be creative wherever they live for years to come… and they need to know what you think

…that the UK is a creative powerhouse, and has been for a long time. Did you know … …that the UK is a creative powerhouse, and has been for a long time. Tourism Museums and Heritage Digital Industry Music Game Design and leisure Film and TV Visual Arts Theatre and Drama

BUT THAT IS AT RISK! Bigger tuition fees and debt at University Artists don't earn enough with rising costs of living BUT THAT IS AT RISK! 97% digital businesses small and vulnerable Local places losing theatres and museums Uncertainty in UK economy Arts and technical subjects squeezed out of schools

To view the future takes imagination

the current drivers for change. Now Near Future Far Future Identify the current drivers for change.

Now Near Future Far Future Identify the current drivers for change. Focus on the impact. What will this mean?

Now Near Future Far Future Identify the current drivers for change. Focus on the impact. What will this mean? Develop ideas. What new things will exist?

Now Near Future Far Future Identify the current drivers for change. Focus on the impact. What will this mean? Imagine What will our future world be like? Develop ideas. What new things will exist?

Let’s get started!

Level 1 - Now ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM

Identify your top Gamechangers Zoom out… What are some big things happening in the world that might affect your access to culture and creativity? Identify your top Gamechangers Icon created by David for Noun Project

Zoom in… What barriers are there locally for young people’s cultural and creative lives? Identify as many barriers as you can

Zoom in again… What stops you personally from engaging more in culture and creativity? Identify your own barriers

Level 2 – Near Future Impact!

In the near future What impacts will your barriers and gamechangers have caused? Focus on the impact. What will this mean?

In the near future What impacts will your barriers and gamechangers have caused? Tag your ideas as positive, negative, or both.

which way things will go It’s hard to know … which way things will go

Flip it! How will people use creativity to solve problems? Develop ideas. What new things will exist?

Why does it matter? Creativity can help us solve problems Arts help you be creative, which is GOOD FOR YOUR LIFE and work CULTURE is all the ways art and creativity are saved, shared and interpreted TECHNOLOGY and other big shifts could change art and creativity so much we can hardly recognise it Whatever changes we will always NEED ART: to sing, dance, make images, tell stories Creativity can help us solve problems

Welcome to the Future! We have arrived!

Level 3 – Far Future The neXt factor

Write each idea on a separate post-it note In the far future what will make your place creative and fun to live in? New technologies? Things we would recognise from today? Write each idea on a separate post-it note Imagine: What creative activities will people enjoy? Use the cards to record your ideas about what young people will do and use to be creative.

Write each idea on a separate post-it note In the far future what kinds of people will we need in a thriving creative place? Write each idea on a separate post-it note Imagine: What skills and attitudes would people need?

Draw a triangle with the words work, learning and play in the corners. People will use creativity to____ ___________________________________________________________________________ People will enjoy crative activities like ____________ __________________________________________________________________________ People will use creativity to____ ___________________________________________________________________________ Arrange your post-it notes where they work best. Where are the gaps? People will enjoy crative activities like ____________ __________________________________________________________________________ People will use creativity to____ ___________________________________________________________________________ People will use creativity to____ ___________________________________________________________________________ People will enjoy crative activities like ____________ __________________________________________________________________________ People will enjoy crative activities like ____________ __________________________________________________________________________ People will use creativity to____ ___________________________________________________________________________ Learning Play

people in the present day You have successfully imagined what the future needs! Let’s tell the people in the present day

What your local area needs now For young people in the far future to have a thriving creative life To______________________ We would like you to ________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________By (insert date) ___________ Send a message To someone back in the present day

Local Cultural Education Partnerships: Who can you ask? Minister for Culture, Department for Culture, Sport & Leisure MPs represent your area. Debate and vote in Parliament to make laws & spend tax £. Government PM and Ministers ACE Officers Arts Council of England. £ & policy. Local authority: Your councillors, and Officers of Children’s Services & Arts/Culture Services Local Cultural Education Partnerships: School heads, Theatre directors, Museum managers, Music services, Employers, etc. Bridge organisations support arts and education links in your region

To: We would like you to: ____________________ _______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So that we can have a thriving creative future.

What message would you send yourself? What about you? What message would you send yourself?

Have a wonderful future! Thank you Have a wonderful future!