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Chandos finds what Community sounds like
Chandos Primary School, collaborative music-making led by Natalie Mason and Beth Hopkins (Multicultural Music Making) work with year 5 at Chandos Primary School, supported by found sound and interview work with Marcus Belben and Russell Green, explore what it means to be ‘Home in Highgate’. We introduced our giant map, ran interviewing workshops and walked […]
Indonesia Journal #1- Journey and arrival
We took off from Birmingham on Thursday afternoon, arriving at Jakarta airport at 6pm on Friday. It got a bit complicated getting through immigration, signage was confusing, and we joined several queues we didn’t need to, before finally realizing our pre-booked visas and UK passports allowed us to use the automatic gates and we sailed […]
Light into Night – Bringing New Hope
To celebrate the beginning of the dark nights we ran a magical event – ‘Light Into Night’. We all got together and made a fire in New Hope park for people to gather round. We lit the park with LED lights and candles and Glue Collective made shadow puppets while the children toasted marshmallows at […]
Join Our Board: Seeking a New Chair for Friction
We’re looking for a new Chair to join our diverse Board of Directors. We’re looking for someone who cares about art, community, the environment and social justice and has experience in leading organisations in the arts and non-profit sector. It’s a pivotal time for Friction as we head towards the re-opening of our refurbished and […]
Highgate Heats up – a summer of fun and creativity
This summer, we started our ‘Home in Highgate’ journey with local young people exploring and celebrating the vibrant community of Highgate. Through a series of activities and opportunities, young people had the opportunity to show us their neighborhood, share their stories and interview local people. The Summer programme led to a summer fete at New […]
Bring New Hope Home in Highgate this Saturday
It’s summer fete time with our Highgate friends on Saturday August 31st 11am to 4pm in New Hope Park! There’ll be games, food and fun, all free organised by Birmingham Open Space Forum and all our local partners from Highgate Cultural Action Area! This summer Friction have been working with Young People in […]
Making Friends and Dens Home in Highgate
Join us for a fun-filled day of den-making at Appletopia Park (formerly Conybere Street Public Open Space) on Thursday, August 29th from 11am to 1pm, and then at St.Martin’s Youth and Community Centre, 1pm to 5pm. Our Summer Youth Programme for ages 8 to 18 has been a blast, and we’re inviting parents with younger children […]
CREATE Discover Highgate
18th May we went with our youth panel and art club members to discover Highgate. First step was to check out our giant map, and find out where people wanted to go. We went to the Baptist Church, home of Rev. Peter Stanford (1858-1909), who was the first Black Baptist Minister in the UK (Benjamin […]
CREATE looks to the summer
I hope you had an amazing bank holiday weekend and are all enjoying the sunshine! We continued character designs, zines and protest pieces(see image) and also plans for future trips and things, including next week at the Botanical Gardens. Looking forward we discussed plans for a Summer Art Club during the holiday, both dates and […]
Looking for a Youth Engagement Lead
We’re looking for an amazing person to work as a Youth Engagement Lead – an exciting opportunity to work with Friction Team mainly in Highgate. You’ll initially be leading outreach work with our local partners. Work will lead to initiating an open access youth offer at the Edge in 2025, following completion of our refurbishment […]