27th June, 2022
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Arts Award at Real Ideas
Real Ideas has been a deliverer and advocate for Arts Award since its launch in 2005. We are proud to be an Arts Award Supporter, offering opportunities for young people to access high quality arts and cultural experiences that can help them to work towards their Arts Award journey
Read more17th June, 2022
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The Real Ideas Podcast presents – Ed Hart with Dr Jasmine Kelland on care-giving fathers in the workplace
As many of us take a day to recognise the fathers in our worlds, we take a second to look at what employers can do for fathers that will help the whole family, and perhaps the wider economy to thrive.
Read more19th May, 2022
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Intertwining Art and Nature- How Schools for All Seasons is Helping Children Achieve
mber of primary and SEN schools across Cornwall, that nourishes children with well-being activity and creativity rooted in our connections to the outdoors and our seasonal heritage.
Read more19th May, 2022
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"I've seen first hand how it motivates the children"- Real Ideas member Jane Norris talks Arts Award and Sewing!
Real Ideas member Jane Norris runs sewing courses for home educated children at Ocean Studios in Royal William Yard. She has just begun offering Arts Award as part of her courses and she's here to tell us all about the impact it is having.
Read more25th April, 2022
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Sharing messages from the heart, giving a voice to people with lived experience
Tam Martin Fowles, Founding Director/CEO of Hope in the Heart CIC tells us about Messages from the HeART a new series an exciting, unique exhibition and series of events funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and taking place at Ocean Studios from 5th to 22nd May.
Read more22nd April, 2022
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How Can The Changing Seasons Help us to Navigate The Way we Feel?
Real Ideas are delighted to be delivering a new schools pilot; Schools for All Seasons is a short- term residency in 12 schools that nourishes children with well-being activity and creativity rooted in our connections to the outdoors and our seasonal heritage.
Read moreMessages from the HeART
Exhibitions, talks and events giving a voice to people with lived experience. Hope in the Heart and their partners are delighted to announce the launch of Messages from the HeART, an exciting, unique exhibition and series of events funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and taking place at Ocean Studios from 5th to 22nd May.
Read more1st April, 2022
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"Stop Polluting!"- How a New Generation of Eco Enthusiasts Are Sticking Up For Our Planet
When primary school children from Plymouth and Cornwall attended a workshop at the Market Hall during Illuminate festival, their messaging was clear- stop polluting our planet!
Read more31st March, 2022
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Wellbeing In The Woods- How Game Changer is Helping Young People Get Back Out There
After years of being told we must stay indoors and socialise at a distance, adjusting back to the 'norm' and feeling confident in social situations can be challenging; to reignite a feeling of connection between young people, Game Changer Navigators Helen, Billy and Leanne arranged a ‘Wellbeing in the Woods’ Day at 7th Rise on The Roseland Peninsula for Game Changer participants.
Read more29th March, 2022
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World Earth Day 2022 at Real Ideas
I find hope in that many people on the Earth share the same view, there is a burning desire to make the world a better place. For equity and inclusion to be the norm, for there to be more love and compassion in society and for the state of the environment to be the utmost priority.
Read more28th March, 2022
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City College Plymouth students knock it out of the park!
What started as a group of students coming together on a Friday afternoon to talk about ways to improve the college, became an activist college cooperative called College Roots Cooperative (CRC) where the mission is to support the growth of plants and people.
Read more15th March, 2022
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Seeds for Schools
Real Ideas are excited to be working with Pollenize on their new Seeds for Schools project.
Read more26th January, 2022
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Helping communities to make change
From the inception of Real Ideas, we have always been committed to the places that we love, where we live and where we work. And we are always excited to support other communities who share an equal passion for their neighbourhoods, towns, villages and places.
Read more25th January, 2022
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Creating opportunities and developing talent
From the outset, Real Ideas has been supporting and enabling a wide range of people to demonstrate their talents, skills and discover how to use those with and for others, in work, communities, projects and schools. Those who know us, know we value talent, new ideas and new ways of thinking. So over the last 15 years we have focused and enabled a range of development opportunities particularly for young people, enabling them to come and work for us whilst being supported. This has given them the opportunity to grow and develop their skills sets in a real work environment whilst also keeping us forward facing and challenged- in a good way!
Read more16th December, 2021
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Our Last Drop-in Session in Liskeard
We want to talk! At Real Ideas we are a chatty bunch, and we’d love for you to pop into our Liskeard office on number 2 Pike Street next Monday, 20th December, for our last festive drop-in session
Read more26th November, 2021
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Bringing you Real Ideas for a thoughtful Christmas...
The festive season is fast approaching and at Real Ideas we’ve been working hard to create a programme of festive events and experiences for all ages.
Read more16th November, 2021
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Art Installations at Illuminate Festival 2021
Once the sun sets, Ocean Studios and Market Hall are lit up by some incredible light art installations and here is some more information on what pieces are on display. Seek out your favourite and book a ticket to see in the flesh!
Read more15th November, 2021
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Christmas at Market Hall
The festive season is upon us, and after a challenging couple of years for everyone, we are extremely excited to be sharing our Christmas plans. This year, we are sharing a selection of 'Real Ideas for a Thoughtful Christmas’. In order to support the businesses and communities around us, we as an organisation, have set ourselves the mission to encourage more people to shop in a thoughtful and mindful way. However, we don’t just want to celebrate the businesses and products, but also to really celebrate the individuals themselves and their stories.
Read more11th November, 2021
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What happened at Fab City's second Quarterly Forum
Plymouth Culture and Real Ideas hosted an open conversation around the city’s sustainability agenda and about what community action is needed in order to meet the Fab City agenda: producing nearly everything we consume by 2053.
Read more12th October, 2021
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Are you a training provider?
This invitation is an opportunity for training providers to deliver a meaningful programme of activity or project that enables NEET young people to achieve functional skills (Maths and English) whilst preparing them for employment or further training.
Read more7th October, 2021
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Are you both a Young Person and an Artist?
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Read more1st October, 2021
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Liskeard Library – we’re looking for contractors for an ambitious project for Cornwall.
Looking ahead to bringing the library back to Liskeard.
Read more21st September, 2021
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Stories of Powerful Women in Plymouth Call Out
Plymouth's Laureate of Words, Laura Horton, wants to hear your stories about Plymouth's powerful women!
Read more15th June, 2021
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LQBTQ+ Artist & Food Producer Call-Out
We are looking for bold, innovative creatives from the LGBTQ+ community to take part in our programme this August!
Read more6th May, 2021
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Are you a training provider? Read our tender to deliver a meaningful programme of activity to help NEET young people
This invitation is an opportunity for training providers to deliver a meaningful programme of activity or project that enables NEET young people to achieve functional skills (Maths and English) whilst preparing them for employment or further training.
Read more29th April, 2021
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Employability Day - How can digital badges build brighter futures?
Digital badges are the future of innovative recruitment and are being used in some really creative ways, supporting individuals to find employment by showcasing their skills and achievements, not the paper they’ve collected.
Read more19th April, 2021
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The State of Places & Spaces – Speakers Announcement
The State of Us 2021 continues on Tuesday 27th of April with its second event in the series, and we have another round of brilliant speakers to share with you!
Read more13th April, 2021
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We're recruiting three exciting new roles!
We’re ready to shake things up and create some positive change... are you?
Read more12th April, 2021
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Life Before Real Ideas
The fantastic JoJo is back with her second blog post about her life before joining the Youth Hub programme...
Read more30th March, 2021
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Think Big Shop Small this summer with Real Ideas.
We want the voice of local makers and artists to be heard, and our spaces are excellent platforms to do so!
Read more29th March, 2021
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Art is open
We are looking for bold, innovative creatives to join us on our mural journey, developing an ever-changing series of murals for the community to enjoy.
Read more19th March, 2021
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Selling Your Soul
Jojo tells us of her experience joining a recent webinar!
Read more19th March, 2021
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How Real Ideas Helped Re-start My Career
Read Rhianna's blog about her experience of working with Real Ideas
Read more15th March, 2021
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Game Changer works and here’s the proof – Check out our case studies
Having supported over 1,500 young people on our Game Changer programme and helped them to get into the world of employment, training or employed, we love shouting about our participants' successes.
Read more15th March, 2021
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Meet the team behind our Game Changer programme
Game Changer looks to offer support for young people aged 15 - 24 in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. As lead delivery partner, we are lucky to have a team of experienced navigators that all share the same passion – helping young people to realise their potential.
Read more15th March, 2021
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Partnerships and Game Changer - Working together to providing support for young people in Cornwall
Partnership offer support and opportunities. This is the case regarding Game Changer– a programme that looks to help young people aged between 15 – 24 who are not in employment, education or training in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Read more15th March, 2021
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We are experts in young people – Discover what Game Changer can do for you
As a young person, the road to getting your dream job, or any job for that matter, is tough enough. Throw in a pandemic and it may suddenly seem impossible. But, it isn’t. This is when we step up to help. We are Game Changer and we see the world differently.
Read more12th March, 2021
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George: Painting Creative Job Opportunities during Covid
A 22 year old from St Austell in Cornwall has kept himself both inspired and motivated throughout the recent COVID crisis, thanks to Game Changer and Real Ideas.
Read more8th March, 2021
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Women leading by example - embracing winter waters
For many, they were simply brave enough to ask the question so often asked of Pauline at the edge of the water in Bigbury, Crownhill Bay or Tinside East, “Can I join?”. Thanks to women like Pauline and Katie, the answer is a resounding, “Jump on in”!
Read moreOur Youth Hub MP Visit
Recently at Real Ideas, we have had some very exciting things happening on our programmes with local young people. Our Youth Hub programme, which is funded by the Department for Work and Pensions started in September. It has been doing extremely well and the hard work has not gone unnoticed!
Read more2nd March, 2021
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The Wildings – A School with a Mission
This is social enterprise in action. This is the work that we support.
Read more25th February, 2021
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Open Call for Speakers on Diversity in Creative Sector Businesses
Real Ideas are excited to be offering the opportunity to help us by inspiring a wave of activity designed to diversify the creative landscape in Cornwall.
Read more15th February, 2021
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Kickstart success for Real Ideas with 189 placements secured
Real Ideas was approved as a Government gateway for the scheme in 2020 and to date has secured 189 placements for more than 55 employers.
Read more29th January, 2021
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C-Space case study: Say hello to Emma Gunn and her business, Trillium
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Read more31st December, 2020
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It's goodbye from us... for now - Update on our spaces
In line with the new Tier 3 restrictions coming into effect in Devon and Cornwall from today (Thursday 31 December 2020) we must now close our Spaces to the public and move all of delivery online for the foreseeable future.
Read more4th November, 2020
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Game Changer Participant Takes Over to Cook Up A Storm
Kieran kindly volunteered to take part in the Game Changer food skills share session. These sessions have been designed to allow young people to share a food-based skill, story, insight, experience or a recipe with fellow Game Changer peers.
Read more23rd October, 2020
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Support for your Kickstart Placement
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Read more12th October, 2020
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Kickstart for Schools
We have developed an offer that will support schools to take on Kickstart placements in a way that ensures the process works as easily and simply as possible. We will ensure schools understand what is involved, place their Kickstart employee in an appropriate role in their setting and set up the right support around the placement.
Read more20th May, 2020
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We want to make your Ideas Real
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