The Call Out: We call for all stakeholders working with children and young people to work together to ensure that all children and young people (CYP) in Lewisham have arts, creativity and culture as part of their lives, enhancing their confidence, wellbeing, aspirations, connection and agency.
Posted: 22/04/2026
Context:
To improve Arts & Culture opportunities for young people, schools, youth and children’s services, and cultural organisations have joined together in a forum: the Lewisham Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP). This enables us to achieve more joined up thinking and actions and supports Lewisham’s Cultural Strategy – We are Lewisham 2023-2028 (HERE)
LCEP members have worked together to create this Arts & Culture pledge to Lewisham’s children and young people. We are asking all those involved in providing cultural opportunities to sign up to this as a statement of commitment and as a check list for good practice.
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SIGN UP!
If you support the pledge statement below, please share with your organization and sign up via this Microsoft Form HERE
(we also ask that you include a sign-off by a member of your organisation’s senior management team).
Signees receive a badge to feature on their page or platforms.
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If you can’t fully deliver the pledge at the moment, if can be something you work towards and which the LCEP will aim to support. We will follow up after a year to see how you are getting on.
The Pledge – Join with us and pledge that all children & young people in Lewisham:
- Have the opportunity to engage with rich arts & cultural experiences both within and beyond the classroom
- Are heard, and their voices are central to decisions in arts and cultural programming
- With their families, feel welcomed and have access to cultural places and creative activities which meet their changing needs
- Are provided with a range of relevant and accessible programmes by arts & cultural organisation from within and beyond the borough
- Have access to a range of experiences, information, and workplace opportunities which develop their creative talents and support careers pathways within the creative industries.
- Are signposted and encouraged to access arts & cultural opportunities by their teachers, youth workers, youth arts practitioners & artists.
LCEP Young Peoples Pledge finalised on 5 March 2025: The Lewisham Arts Culture Pledge to YP 4 Final
To find out more about the Pledge or the work of the LCEP contact: Sharon Trotter, sharon@leanarts.org.uk
Director of Lewisham Education Arts Network
