Find Your Talent

Leicester and Leicestershire have been chosen to run one of 10 pathfinder projects as part of a national £25million Government programme called 'Find Your Talent'. The aim is to involve Leicester and Leicestershire’s 250,000 children and young people in five hours of cultural activities per week - from film-making to museums. This will be acheived by recruiting a team of Young Ambassadors who will work to devise and deliver cultural activities across the City and the County.

Led by Leicestershire County Council, Leicester City Council and Creative Partnerships, it is the largest of the 10 national schemes and the only one in the East Midlands. In the first instance, Find Your Talent is due to run in this area until March 2011.

Find Your Talent gives children and young people the chance to try out different cultural and creative activities. It's about helping them to discover new things, to express themselves, to develop a passion and to make the most of their talent. Whether it is music, art, film, theatre, dance, digital media, exploring libraries, museums or heritage, Find Your Talent is for every child and young person, whatever their age and whatever their ability.

It aims to reach up to 250,000 young people in the area, including 100,000 people from hard-to-reach groups.

Find Your Talent is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Arts Council England and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

Find Your Talent – the Government’s pilot cultural offer for all children and young people – has launched a new website to showcase all the fantastic cultural projects taking place across the ten pilot areas. Visit www.findyourtalent.org for news, details of projects, partners and the people involved.

The local scheme is led by Leicestershire County Council, in partnership with Leicester City Council and Creative Partnerships Leicester.
A Find Your Talent Delivery Plan (PDF) is also available for our project delivery partners.

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