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Welcome to the Creative Communities Unit

The Creative Communities Team is made up of a variety of staff with specialist skills in community development, community regeneration and youth work. We work across disciplinary boundaries and often work in partnership with other organisations. Read more

Latest: August-10

Courses	CCU Short Course Programme 2010 Are you … • Working to increase community participation? • Involved in regeneration and urban renewal? • Working with young people? • Interested in using community arts?

News	CCU News round-up From 'Talking Shops' to 'Hearts of Engagement', the CCU have been involved in a wide range of courses and events of the last few months. Read the CCU News round-up

Courses	Community Volunteering Want to get a qualification that recognises your volunteering contribution? New short course starting in Autumn 2010

	World Community Arts Day 2010 The aim is to create a world festival society for a day, to illustrate how festival and celebration through art can provide answers. Read more about World Community Arts Day 2010

	Issue #5 - Winter 2009 In this issue: Making a difference in your Community New Partnership with Centre for Youth Ministry - CYM Mentoring Study Days at Staffordshire University Nick Clements’s Inaugural event as the New Honorary Professor of Community Arts The Creative Communities Open Day Come and get Creative with us!

	Speaking Up and Taking Part New short courses starting in January 2010 Find out more about 'Speaking Up and 'Taking Part'

	Get Talking 'Consulting your Community' A new short course starting in December 2009 Read the course brochure \| Download an application form


	Participatory Approaches in Action conference The Creative Communities Unit in partnership with Participatory Practitioners for Change, held a conference on Thursday 25th June called “Participatory Approaches in Action”.

	Community Radio Station Launched Cre8FM is a community radio project which has arrived in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. It started with a two week broadcast on 87.7FM at the end of May.


	Handmade Intercultural Dialogues Blog We are in in collaboration with the University of Warsaw and Laundry (association of artists based in West Midlands) on a set of placements in the UK for young culture animators from Poland. Students are using a Blog to document their visit.