LEAN wants to ensure that every school and educational facility in the borough is kept informed about the news and exciting opportunities that are on offer. There are currently 167 Cultural Connectors in Lewisham!
We want to ensure that every school and educational facility in the borough is kept informed about the news and exciting opportunities that are on offer. To support this information sharing we are looking for Cultural Connectors!
Cultural Connectors are members of staff from each and every school in the borough. They will receive regular communications from LEAN through newsletters, be invited to Cultural Connector events in Lewisham and invited to LEAN’s AGM.
Register your school, early years setting, or college as a Cultural Connector here.
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Look out for news of our next Cultural Connectors meeting!
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Thank you
A big thank you to Spread The Word team, poet Keith Jarrett and Royal Court Theatre who presented at our Cultural Connectors meeting on 25th February 2025 at Catford Library under the theme of Nurturing Lewisham’s Young Writers.
Spread The Word shared their Borough of Literature plans for Lewisham and consulted teachers present, while Keith Jarrett led a brilliant poetry group session. Royal Court Theatre presented their inaugural Young Playwrights Award – now live. This pilot for the award which will go national next year is for 13-18yr olds studying in Greater London so its a wonderful opportunity for Lewisham based young writers to get their ideas on the stage!
On 10th October 2024, LEAN partnered with the Migration Museum’s learning team for a teacher’s preview/guided tour of their latest exhibition running from September 2024 to late 2026. Teachers found out about plans for a set of resources exploring Lewisham’s rich migration stories and heard about plans for a new menu of workshops and how to sign up for a free pilot for your school! The LEAN team updated on the Lewisham Cultural Education Partnership. Thank you to our friends at the Migration Museum for hosting this event with us.
On 25th June 2024 LEAN held a Cultural Connectors’ meeting at the Broadway Theatre Catford. We had a brilliant behind the scenes tour of the theatre and special introduction to this autumn’s upcoming production of Hamlet with Peter Stickney, the director the Lord Chamberlain’s Men Theatre Company. Attendees enjoyed a workshop with Peter, gaining an insight into the company’s working methods. Thank you to all the Broadway team for your warm welcome and to Peter.
On March 6th 2024 we partnered with Cockpit Studios Deptford to host our spring meeting for teachers and those working in educational setting with children and young people. Those who came along attended a special view of Cockpit’s new Learning Centre and heard about Cockpit’s offers for schools and young people. We all really enjoyed a printing taster workshop and met Cockpit’s Youth and Community Producer Chris Webb. Thank you Chris for hosting a lovely event with us!
For queries contact: julia@leanarts.org.uk
