Category: Schools & Young People

Codename Seedling: Building Creative Bridges Across Oceans

Associate Director Toby Peach reflects on the development of The Island, a playful collaboration between Vanuatu and the UK exploring climate justice.

The Book Monster & The Undercover Octopus: a week of game-making in Chatham

Associate Director Toby Peach writes on a week spent making games with young people in Chatham, bringing local history to life.

The Secret of Trees: planting seeds of activism in Tower Hamlets classrooms

Freelance producer Eliza Cass shares the story of our recent pilot of The Undercover Caretaker Agency Episode 2: The Secret of Trees, a classroom adventure introducing students to environmental activism.

The Floor is Lava Appreciation Society: making play with SEND students

Associate Director Toby Peach reflects on the creation of The Floor is Lava Appreciation Society, a secret agency created by SEND students at I Am Festival.

From climate anxiety to climate agency

Coney Associate Director Toby Peach unpacks the programme we’ve been developing for young people with international climate activists Greenpeace.

Common Ground: reflections and learnings

Associate Director Rhianna Ilube reflects on her time making games with teenagers on heritage sites across the East of England.

Bridging Youth Work and The Arts

Reflecting on three days in Belgium, full of practice exchange between artists making participatory work for, by, and with young people from Belgium, France, Denmark and the UK.

Look Mum! I Made a Show on Zoom – Anne Langford writes

Young Coney facilitator Anne Langford writes on her experiences with the Young Coneys over during the pandemic, including creating the Young Coneys School for Grown Ups totally online.

The Young Coneys News Network: Episode 7 (the last one!)

We are thrilled to release Episode 7 – the last episode of this season of the Young Coneys News Network. As it’s our last episode, our “roaming reporters” have made sure we’re going out with a bang.