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A place for your school
The 30-school founding cohort
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Everything you need to take the next step.
Information packs for your team. Creative guidance for your group. Fillable forms for the work ahead. All follow the same current festival framework.
Blank forms are public. Completed consent, attendance and safeguarding records belong in the secure route agreed with your coordinator, never the general enquiry form.
36 resources · Edition 22 October 2026
Guides / PDF
The Mental Wealth Hour
A school rhythm that turns listening into art
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Your voice belongs here
Open Pod guide for students and community youth groups
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Creativity with care
Safeguarding framework and practical participation guidance
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Make a meaningful part possible
Partnership and sponsorship prospectus
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Help talent see a future
Creative Futures Exchange invitation
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How creativity can become change
The festival Theory of Change
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Three days and what continues
Proposed festival structure
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Create the message someone needed earlier
Twenty electives and one shared legacy brief
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What taking part means
A guide for parents, guardians and young creatives
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A manageable way to coordinate
School and community delivery checklist
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The Matters That Count press kit
Festival facts, story angles and responsible coverage
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Questions that matter
Practical answers for every participation route
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School expression of interest
Adult contact only. No commitment or reserved place. Submit online at /join or agree a return route with the Secretariat.
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Open Pod expression of interest
For individual students and church/community youth groups. Use the responsible adult’s details. No private student histories.
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Partner and sponsor expression of interest
Propose cash, in-kind support, expertise or a defined role. No payment or contractual commitment is created.
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Creative Futures contribution proposal
For universities, tertiary arts institutions and creative pathway providers. All claims and representative authority require verification.
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Mental Wealth Hour timetable planner
Plan a regular 45–60-minute session at least every three weeks, weekly where feasible. Agree additional training and rehearsal separately.
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Anonymous dialogue and activity capture
Themes only. Do not record participant names, diagnoses, incidents, family details or private disclosures. Support concerns use a separate restricted route.
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Participation permission and student assent
RESTRICTED WHEN COMPLETED. Keep with the school/organisation’s authorised coordinator. Each optional public use is a separate choice; an unchecked box gives no permission. Research needs a separate approved form.
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Artist statement and submission record
Use a work reference. Do not include private disclosures. Submission is private review, not permission to publish. Final specs and selection remain subject to confirmation.
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Arts and safeguarding review
Complete before public use. Safety and rights are eligibility requirements, not points that can be offset by artistic marks.
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Work and performance technical rider
A request, not confirmation of production provision. Do not include medical details; arrange a private access discussion if needed.
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Group work and media permission tracker
RESTRICTED WHEN COMPLETED. Use one page per contributor. Resolve differing permissions before display; a group leader cannot override individual choices.
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Contributor code of conduct acknowledgement
For facilitators, artists, volunteers, exhibitors, media and partners. Agree scope and safeguarding induction before contact with participants.
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Permission correction or withdrawal request
Use the minimum information needed. Send through the secure coordinator route. Already distributed print or third-party copies may not be recoverable.
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Legacy subject nomination
Nomination does not guarantee acceptance. Eligible approved deceased public/creative figures and founders only; no political or private family/pupil/staff memorials.
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Attendance transport and supervision plan
RESTRICTED WHEN COMPLETED. Keep emergency and medical details in the institution’s secure records; reference them here without copying them into general festival systems.
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Restricted safeguarding incident record
CONFIDENTIAL. Use only within the approved school/organisation safeguarding procedure. Never upload to the public website or ordinary enquiry form. Immediate safety takes priority.
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Festival reflection and continuing action
Anonymous activity feedback. Do not enter diagnoses, named student stories or private cases. Participation and outcomes are different measures.
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Partner delivery and evidence record
Use approved aggregate information. Distinguish planned scope, delivered activity and outcome evidence. No private student records.
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What we needed to say.
THE MATTERS THAT COUNT ARTS FESTIVAL
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Bring your school into the conversation.
30-SCHOOL FOUNDING COHORT
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Your voice belongs here.
THE OPEN POD
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Make a meaningful part possible.
PARTNERS · SPONSORS · CONTRIBUTORS
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Help talent see a future.
CREATIVE FUTURES EXCHANGE
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