Partners in Creative Learning (PiCL)

Today is national book lovers' day!

Switching off our creative brains for a while and immersing ourselves into work by those that inspires and entertain us is something we all love to do here at PiCL, but what does the team love to read?

Are any of your favourites in this list? 📖

Our First September Event Announcement Is Here!

SUMMIT’s UP is coming to Stoke-on-Trent on 16th September!

StokeExchangeForum

Bringing together arts, culture, heritage and creativity from across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire, it’s a brilliant opportunity to connect, share ideas and celebrate our region’s creative community.

Get your tickets via the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summits-up-2026-cultural-development-day-day-pass-tickets-1994808765717?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

OUR CORE PROGRAMMES – Swipe for more info! 👉

Learn more about our Creative Freedom, Creative Careers, Future Creative Leaders, Empowering Educators and Power Up
Networks programmes, who they are for and why they are such important programmes for us, our collaborators and
partners.

Want to learn more about the programmes, who they are for and how to apply?

Just visit our website!

The wait is almost over 👀

We've been working hard on our brand new website and can't wait to share it with you very soon.

We're just putting the finishing touches together and it will be
launched and live before the new academic year.

Watch this space!

Bye bye, July!

July has been a month filled with sunshine, positivity and pure magic. We've loved seeing brilliant work come to life in our programmes and workshops, while also planning for the new term ahead.

We can't wait to see what August has in store! 🌻

Every young person deserves access to creativity.

The latest Cultural Learning Alliance report card highlights some significant challenges, but it also underlines why the work happening across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire is so important.

Through collaboration between schools, artists, cultural organisations and communities, we're continuing to create opportunities for young people to develop confidence, creativity and connection.

Let’s continue to collaborate to enable our next generation’s creativity to flourish!

Introducing Terry Cotta and the Battle for Burslem!

We are really excited to invite you on an audio journey as you venture through Burslem and hear a new chapter at every stop, fully immersing you into the environment, history and culture of our local area.

This is part of our exciting Cascade programme - A creative team of year 7 & 8 students from Haywood Academy, working with artists to bring their ideas to life!

See more information and find your map at https://www.picl.uk.com/cascade

🏅 Congratulations to Nicky Twemlow!

Nicky, former Chair of the LCEP, has been a huge advocate for PiCL and for young people across our local community.

And, we are delighted to see Nicky awarded an MBE in The King's Birthday Honours in recognition of her dedication and contribution.

At PiCL, we wanted to take the opportunity to congratulate Nicky on this incredible achievement. Thank you
for your continued support and commitment to championing creativity and young people.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Cascade Art
Exhibition! ✏️

It was a fabulous event celebrating the creativity and talent of Year 7 and 8 students from Haywood Academy, alongside professional artists.



So inspiring to see the future of creativity in action!