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Festival flyer: What we needed to say. Uniformed pupils express themselves through spoken word, visual art and dance.Student voice. Creative possibility.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Schools Arts Festival. What we needed to say. A generation finds its voice. A community learns to listen. Original art and meaningful conversations connect a target cohort of 30 schools with an Open Pod for individual students and community youth groups. A waitlist records interest; it does not guarantee a place. Explore the festival. Fictional concept collage shows three uniformed school pupils making spoken word, visual art and dance.View full size ↗

THE SCHOOLS ARTS FESTIVAL

What we needed to say.

A generation finds its voice. A community learns to listen.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Schools / Heads / Boards. Bring your school into the conversation. Student voice. A clear school commitment. Join the target 30-school cohort. Agree your team, timetable, creative scope, costs and care arrangements before committing. Start with a class, club or team. Expression of interest is free. A place is not guaranteed. Join the school waitlist. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

SCHOOLS / HEADS / BOARDS

Bring your school into the conversation.

Student voice. A clear school commitment.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. For School Students. Your idea. Your art. Your voice. Make something an audience can feel, understand or act on. Paint, perform, film, write or design a response to a question that matters. Your idea can be fictional, symbolic or shared; your private story remains yours. Under 18? Involve a parent, guardian or authorised teacher. Explore the creative briefs. Fictional concept collage shows three uniformed school pupils making spoken word, visual art and dance.View full size ↗

FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS

Your idea. Your art. Your voice.

Make something an audience can feel, understand or act on.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Parents / Guardians. Hear more. Understand more. A creative invitation into young people's thinking. Follow the work, listen to the questions and help the conversation continue at home. Clear permissions, school communication and responsible supervision are part of the journey. Participation, display and recording have distinct permissions. Read the family guide. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils showing artwork to two attentive parents.View full size ↗

PARENTS / GUARDIANS

Hear more. Understand more.

A creative invitation into young people's thinking.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Open Pod / Individual Students. Your voice belongs here. A school cohort place is not the only way in. The Open Pod welcomes individual students through an adult-supported route. Explore a brief, register interest and prepare a contribution after onboarding. Under-18 registration goes through an appropriate adult. Selection is subject to capacity. Join the Open Pod waitlist. Fictional concept collage shows a uniformed school pupil speaking and a casually dressed community participant making art.View full size ↗

OPEN POD / INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS

Your voice belongs here.

A school cohort place is not the only way in.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Churches / Community Youth Groups. Bring your group. Share your voice. Start with the community you already belong to. Church groups, youth clubs and community organisations can join the Open Pod route. Name an adult representative and turn shared questions into original creative work. Adult responsibility, permissions and review apply to every group. Register your youth group. Fictional concept collage shows a uniformed school pupil speaking and a casually dressed community participant making art.View full size ↗

CHURCHES / COMMUNITY YOUTH GROUPS

Bring your group. Share your voice.

Start with the community you already belong to.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Sponsors / Funders. Make a meaningful part possible. Fund a defined experience with a clear purpose. Enable access, materials, mentoring, production or practical wellbeing experiences. Agree deliverables, recognition and reporting around the contribution you make. Roles and terms are agreed before commitment; no access to private student data. Explore sponsorship. Fictional concept collage shows a uniformed school pupil painting with an adult creative mentor.View full size ↗

SPONSORS / FUNDERS

Make a meaningful part possible.

Fund a defined experience with a clear purpose.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Universities / Colleges / Arts Institutions. Help talent see a future. Guide. Advise. Mentor. Exhibit. Join the Creative Futures Exchange with portfolio guidance, career insight and verified learning pathways. Help school students understand a useful next step. Institutions contribute pathways; participation is not a promise of admission or a scholarship. Join the careers exchange. Fictional concept collage shows a uniformed school pupil presenting a portfolio to an adult arts educator.View full size ↗

UNIVERSITIES / COLLEGES / ARTS INSTITUTIONS

Help talent see a future.

Guide. Advise. Mentor. Exhibit.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Artists / Mentors / Adjudicators. Help an idea become stronger art. Bring craft, critique and a generous creative eye. Support students as they interpret briefs, develop original work and prepare for presentation. Offer a defined mentoring or creative contribution through the festival team. All contributor roles, access and school arrangements are agreed in advance. Register creative interest. Fictional concept collage shows a uniformed school pupil painting with an adult creative mentor.View full size ↗

ARTISTS / MENTORS / ADJUDICATORS

Help an idea become stronger art.

Bring craft, critique and a generous creative eye.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Wellness / Training / Safeguarding Partners. Make support easier to find. Bring useful skills and clear professional boundaries. Propose a practical Walkway activity, approved training contribution or credible referral route. Help students, families and schools know what a useful next step looks like. Qualifications, claims, age suitability and safeguarding are reviewed. Register partner interest. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils trying a stretch and reflection activity with an adult facilitator.View full size ↗

WELLNESS / TRAINING / SAFEGUARDING PARTNERS

Make support easier to find.

Bring useful skills and clear professional boundaries.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Ngos / Public Bodies / Associations. Help more young voices take part. Connect access, expertise and community reach. Support school participation, technical guidance or practical access. Define the contribution your institution can make and the people it will help reach. An invitation to contribute does not imply an existing institutional partnership. Discuss an institutional role. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

NGOS / PUBLIC BODIES / ASSOCIATIONS

Help more young voices take part.

Connect access, expertise and community reach.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Research Institutions / Research Funders. Learn what schools can sustain. Explore the proposed Learning Lab. Help shape questions, methods and practical school outputs. The Learning Lab is a separate, voluntary research proposal requiring governance, ethics and ring-fenced funding. Conditional proposal: not yet approved or funded. Research is not required for festival entry. Explore the Learning Lab. Fictional concept collage shows a uniformed school pupil presenting a portfolio to an adult arts educator.View full size ↗

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS / RESEARCH FUNDERS

Learn what schools can sustain.

Explore the proposed Learning Lab.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Media / Communications Partners. Help the message travel. Tell the story with care and purpose. Bring relevant audiences to student creativity, the opening procession and the questions behind the work. Coordinate interviews, coverage and permissions through the Secretariat. Coverage does not provide unrestricted access to pupils or private stories. Explore a media role. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils carrying a banner, art and percussion, including a wheelchair user, with an adult steward.View full size ↗

MEDIA / COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS

Help the message travel.

Tell the story with care and purpose.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Venues / Suppliers / In-Kind Partners. Bring the festival to life. Practical resources make creative ambition possible. Contribute materials, transport, production, hospitality, connectivity or accessible facilities. Agree specifications, quantities, responsibilities and recognition with the team. Final venues, suppliers and production arrangements remain subject to agreement. Offer an in-kind contribution. Fictional concept collage shows a uniformed school pupil painting with an adult creative mentor.View full size ↗

VENUES / SUPPLIERS / IN-KIND PARTNERS

Bring the festival to life.

Practical resources make creative ambition possible.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Alumni / Volunteers / Audiences. Be part of what comes next. Offer a skill, an introduction or your attention. Help young creativity reach a wider community. Register for audience updates or describe a practical contribution you can make through an agreed role. This is an interest route, not a ticket sale or volunteer placement. Register community interest. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils showing artwork to two attentive parents.View full size ↗

ALUMNI / VOLUNTEERS / AUDIENCES

Be part of what comes next.

Offer a skill, an introduction or your attention.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Mental Wealth Hour. Listen first. Then make something. 45–60 minutes, at least once every three weeks. Begin with a guided question. Capture anonymous shared themes, connect them to a creative brief, then make, reflect and review with trusted adults. Use an existing class, club, team or activity. Rehearsals and specialist training are agreed separately. See how the Hour works. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

THE MENTAL WEALTH HOUR

Listen first. Then make something.

45–60 minutes, at least once every three weeks.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Procession / Opening Ceremony. Young people matter. Mental health matters. The festival begins with a shared declaration. Schools and youth carry the message through art, music, banners and movement. The opening invites the wider community to listen. Route, permissions, access, supervision and timings require confirmation. Explore the opening ceremony. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils carrying a banner, art and percussion, including a wheelchair user, with an adult steward.View full size ↗

THE PROCESSION / OPENING CEREMONY

Young people matter. Mental health matters.

The festival begins with a shared declaration.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Wall Of Remembrance. Remember with care. Carry something on. Cyclone Idai and the Kariba Ferry Disaster. A moderated space for shared remembrance, gratitude and qualities worth continuing. Turn reflection towards care, courage, preparedness and constructive action. No graphic retelling or required personal disclosure. Contributions are reviewed before display. Explore the Wall. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils placing blank paper tiles on a symbolic remembrance panel with a teacher nearby.View full size ↗

THE WALL OF REMEMBRANCE

Remember with care. Carry something on.

Cyclone Idai and the Kariba Ferry Disaster.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Memory Gallery. A legacy. A question. A next step. What will we choose to carry forward? Students interpret the contributions of approved deceased public and creative figures and organisational founders through art, performance and thoughtful tribute. Subjects, factual context and rights require approval. Private memorials and political figures are excluded. Explore the Memory Gallery. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils discussing an abstract gallery work with an adult curator.View full size ↗

THE MEMORY GALLERY

A legacy. A question. A next step.

What will we choose to carry forward?

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Green Badge Fashion Show. Wear the message. Move the conversation. Student-designed fashion makes ideas visible. Explore pressure, identity, connection and care through materials, silhouette, movement and story. Bring design expertise, craft or production support. A runway appearance is not a counselling qualification. Green Badge recognition requires approved training and supervision. Explore the fashion show. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils working on textiles and garment drawings with an adult fashion mentor.View full size ↗

THE GREEN BADGE FASHION SHOW

Wear the message. Move the conversation.

Student-designed fashion makes ideas visible.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Mental Wealth Walkway. Pause. Try. Take it with you. Leave with something useful for daily life. Explore practical activities around rest, movement, nourishment, stress, connection and focus. Try an idea and choose a useful next step. A non-clinical learning experience. No diagnosis or private disclosure is required. Explore the Walkway. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils trying a stretch and reflection activity with an adult facilitator.View full size ↗

THE MENTAL WEALTH WALKWAY

Pause. Try. Take it with you.

Leave with something useful for daily life.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Theory Of Change. Art opens a conversation. Then what? Listen. Create. Understand. Act. Continue. The festival connects creative expression with adult listening, practical response and continuing school action. Read the pathway, assumptions and evidence we plan to examine. These are intended outcomes to examine, not proven effects or guaranteed clinical results. Read the Theory of Change. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

THE THEORY OF CHANGE

Art opens a conversation. Then what?

Listen. Create. Understand. Act. Continue.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Creative Briefs / Arts And Culture Teams. Start with a question that matters. Five themes. Twenty elective briefs. One shared legacy response. Explore pressure, belonging, digital life, prevention and purpose. Choose the art form that best carries your message, then develop it with guidance and review. The shared legacy response is What Continues Through Us. Personal disclosure is never required. Explore the creative briefs. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

CREATIVE BRIEFS / ARTS AND CULTURE TEAMS

Start with a question that matters.

Five themes. Twenty elective briefs. One shared legacy response.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Proposed Three-Day Festival. Voice. Creation. Continuity. A public festival with a journey before and after it. Day 1 opens with the procession and creative encounters. Day 2 develops the programme through art, fashion and exchange. Day 3 carries reflection into commitments. Planned for the First Term 2027 mid-term break. Exact dates and final venues will be announced. View the proposed programme. Fictional concept collage shows three uniformed school pupils making spoken word, visual art and dance.View full size ↗

THE PROPOSED THREE-DAY FESTIVAL

Voice. Creation. Continuity.

A public festival with a journey before and after it.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The School Calendar / Coordination. Start small. Use the time you have. Your whole school does not have to stop. Use a class, club, sports team, dorm or year group. Name a coordinator, arts lead and safeguarding contact; agree the rhythm and extra commitments before joining. The normal cadence is 45–60 minutes at least once every three weeks; additional preparation is agreed separately. See the school rhythm. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

THE SCHOOL CALENDAR / COORDINATION

Start small. Use the time you have.

Your whole school does not have to stop.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Student Voice / Safeguarding. Your voice matters. Your choice matters. An idea can be powerful without being a private confession. Use fiction, metaphor and shared questions. Trusted adults, the right to pass, specific permissions and review support the journey from conversation to public art. Private disclosures follow the school or organisation’s safeguarding process; they are not creative material. Read the safeguarding guide. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils showing artwork to two attentive parents.View full size ↗

STUDENT VOICE / SAFEGUARDING

Your voice matters. Your choice matters.

An idea can be powerful without being a private confession.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Mental Wealth Pledge. Beyond the applause. Into everyday life. Give the conversation somewhere to continue. Schools name practical commitments and responsibilities, reflect on what they heard and return to the Mental Wealth Hour to review what happens next. A pledge is a commitment to action, not evidence that change has already happened. Explore ongoing school action. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

THE MENTAL WEALTH PLEDGE

Beyond the applause. Into everyday life.

Give the conversation somewhere to continue.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Workshops / Family Conversations. Let the conversation travel home. A shared starting point for students, families and educators. Short workshops and guided conversations explore pressure, belonging, life online and useful responses. Leave with a clearer question and a practical takeaway. Planned format: 20 minutes of input plus 10 minutes of guided questions or application. Explore family conversations. Fictional concept collage shows uniformed pupils showing artwork to two attentive parents.View full size ↗

WORKSHOPS / FAMILY CONVERSATIONS

Let the conversation travel home.

A shared starting point for students, families and educators.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. The Founding Table Dinner. A place at the table. A part in the story. Bring schools, partners and supporters into purposeful conversation. The planned pre-festival dinner recognises the people sustaining arts and culture in schools and invites contributions to the festival journey. Invitations follow initial founding-school commitments. Dates and terms are unconfirmed; this is not a booking. Register dinner interest. Fictional concept collage shows adult school and partner representatives in conversation, with a smaller vignette of uniformed student artists.View full size ↗

THE FOUNDING TABLE DINNER

A place at the table. A part in the story.

Bring schools, partners and supporters into purposeful conversation.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Listening / Green Badge. A voice needs someone who can listen. Notice. Listen within limits. Reach a trusted adult. Explore the proposed trained and supervised support-navigation pathway. Build listening practice with clear adult responsibility and appropriate onward routes. Recognition requires approved training, competency and supervision. A Green Badge is not a counselling qualification. Explore the listening pathway. Fictional concept collage shows two uniformed pupils discussing and drawing with an adult teacher.View full size ↗

LISTENING / GREEN BADGE

A voice needs someone who can listen.

Notice. Listen within limits. Reach a trusted adult.

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The Matters That Count Arts Festival. Exhibition / Live Arts. A gallery. A stage. A voice worth hearing. Original work with something meaningful to say. Visual art, film, music, theatre, dance, spoken word and creative writing bring students’ questions into public view. Craft and responsible storytelling belong together. Public presentation follows curation, permissions and capacity; final venues are to be confirmed. Explore the creative programme. Fictional concept collage shows three uniformed school pupils making spoken word, visual art and dance.View full size ↗

EXHIBITION / LIVE ARTS

A gallery. A stage. A voice worth hearing.

Original work with something meaningful to say.

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