Arts Train

Bromley Mytime’s ‘ArtsTrain’ project began in September 2008. The project was developed and led by Bromley Mytime in consultation with key borough partners. It was originally devised to bring new creative music and ‘urban arts’ opportunities to young people in Bromley, targeting young people who would not otherwise have access to such provision.

The programme ran at several centres across the borough, covering a large area, and including a hugely diverse range of young people aged 10 upwards. Workshops in music technology, music video production, MCing, DJ skills and general songwriting skills took place at Bromley schools including Marjorie McClure SEN school, Kingswood PRU, The Priory and Charles Darwin. Youth centres in the most deprived wards of the borough were also targeted including the Link, the Duke and Streetwise.

Overall ArtsTrain engaged with 150 young people exceeding its initial targets of 100. over 400 hours of arts sessions were provided through the programme and 126 training opportunities offered through the project. 88 young people performed in public over the year as a result of participation in the project, many of whom had never had that experience before.

ArtsTrain 2 planned for 2009/2010 has an ambitious target of increasing the activity from the first year by around 50%, covering a greater geographical spread of the borough and engaging an even wider and more diverse group of young people. We plan to engage with at least 6 new venues and partners and offer more performance opportunities as part of the ongoing programme. We will utilise the expertise of PYE to run the whole programme as they have developed themselves as an organisation and workforce during the first year of the project.

See some of the ArtsTrain work and images of the project, visit the ArtsTrain Myspace page, click below.

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DJs and MCs Duke it out at Music Event

Youngsters had the chance to display their musical talents at a music showcase.

The event at the Duke Youth Centre in St Mary's Cray saw ArtsTrain participants ages 10 to 19 singing and DJing. The event was attended musician Richard Stilgoe, who is also chairman of children's youth music charity Youth Music, which also helped fund the project.

Youth Music chief executive Christine Coker, who was also at the event said "The progress they're made through lots of hard work and commitment over the past few month was clear.