Art Club
Cardboard Carnival Brings Joy and Solidarity at COP 30
15th November saw the carnival in Brazil for COP 30 joining with our own Cardboard Carnival and with people all over the world demanding more from our governments and corporations. After our morning workshops at the Edge, we had a live linkup with Belem Brazil, having our questions answered by Leon Sealey-Huggins of War on […]
A Green Wave to hit Brum – Cardboard Carnival Leads way to Belem & COP 30
On 15th November we’re calling on everyone to wear green and join us in our Cardboard Carnival! We’re asking everyone to wear green for a Cardboard Carnival taking place in Birmingham and online from 10am to 5pm starting at the Edge, Cheapside, ending at St.Phillips Cathedral, Pigeon Square. We call for global change and active […]
CREATE Festival Youth led and loud – more to come
What a fab weekend we had at the CREATE festival! The Edge was buzzing with energy, and it was incredible to see so many young people come together to share, create, and connect. Rolla jam, Games, and Imagination The Festival kicked off, rolling into the festival with a road closure for a roller jam with Empress […]
Plan your weekend with us at CRE@TE FREE Festival
It’s HERE! Our full programme for 19th to 21st July at the Edge! Check out the programme: FULL PROGRAMME .PDF to Download
Spring fun in Highgate with CREATE
Spring is in the air, and we’re thrilled to announce a fantastic lineup of FREE holiday activities for young people aged 8 to 18, in partnership with Home in Highgate ending with a family funday! Get ready for a couple of weeks packed with excitement and creativity, leading up to the opening of the Edge […]
Closer to the Edge
Thank you to everyone who made half term so special in Highgate! We’ve been busy getting “Closer to the Edge,” ready to reopen The Edge later this spring. CREATE (Creative Revolutionary Evolution @ The Edge), our amazing steering group of young people, has been at the heart of it all to develop a range of […]
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 […]
CREATE’s first site visit
We came back to the Edge to see how the building work is going. At the moment the only sign of the builders is a sign on the gate and a very empty Edge. Next door there is a storage area with everything that used to be in the Edge. For our first site visit […]
Youth Panel CREATE
Our Youth Panel has a new name! After much deliberation, Friction Youth Panel are now ‘CREATE: Creative Revolution Evolving At The Edge’, thoughtfully named and voted on. We also discussed how to safely pass on messages to our team, be they comments, safeguarding concerns, or just praise for our all star art clubbers work. Some […]