AC[M] West Midlands Partnerships

Claire Webb leads our Knowledge Exchange partnership development work in Birmingham and has been collaborating with Ark schools consortium for the last three years. What started as an opportunity to deliver schools-based workshops has developed into a nationwide partnership; students have ‘found their voice’ and the positive impact on class based learning has been noted by teachers.

We have moved from simply delivering extra music to secondary students to a multi agency partnership; we have worked with rap students in London and Birmingham facilitating stagecraft, performance and technical skills at performance centres and music studios both in London and Birmingham, as well as supporting the development of the rap club for Birmingham students.

It has been a co-design process, Innovation and Knowledge sharing has enabled us to test new ways of working in the local community and in supporting creative education in schools and informal learning centres.