CAN is a specialist youth arts provider offering unique programmes where young people from diverse heritages can work together, are valued and encouraged in their creativity, and can become part of exciting production processes that create profound cultural memory.
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Master Blaster Summer Workshops for Young People
21 Jul 2026Master Blaster is a series of free summer creative workshops taking place at Contact and Z-arts over a fortnight in…
In 2024, CAN received Gold Employer Status in the College’s Industry Excellence for our work across 2023/2024. This year, we…
Alex is volunteering on the Without Borders music project for young people from the global diaspora who are aged 13…
Launched in 2020 and led by CAN’s Creative Producer, Michelle Udogu, Creative Pulse has worked with children and young people…
This autumn, CAN and Band on the Wall launch World of Song, a two-year National Heritage Lottery Fund-supported programme for…
The category recognises the value, commitment and contribution of organisations to the work readiness of college students. CAN’s work with…
Making Creative Sparks Fly
17 Apr 2023Over five Saturdays in March and April, CAN produced Creative Sparks workshops for families, adults, young people, and children, many…
Over 2023’s February half term, CAN Young Artists, together with four workshop artist facilitators and CAN’s Creative Producer Michelle Udogu…
Hosted at different Manchester venues including HOME, the festival brings UK and international film-makers and fans together for a five-day-long…
Creativity is one of the joys of life!
21 Sep 2022CAN welcomed young people with asylum seeker or refugee heritage who have roots in Iran, Sudan, Kuwait, Syria, Nigeria, and…
Discover what FREEDOM means to CAN Young Artists
20 Jun 2022You can’t help but be inspired and moved by the film SPARKS OF FREEDOM based on the theme “freedom” created…
This was their first term after lockdown restrictions were eased. We decided to create an audio recording for the children…
CAN’s Bury School Linking Project is back
28 Apr 2021The project connects primary-age children from the town’s diverse communities together through imaginative creative activities. Primary school children from the…
Refugee Week 2020 at CAN
3 Jun 2020For Refugee Week 2020, CAN has created a programme of workshops, performances, film and discussion, created in association with amazing…
Earlier in 2020, we shared the good news that CAN has embarked on a partnership with The University of Manchester…
Libraries of Sanctuary Welcome Days
12 Feb 2020Greater Manchester is a vibrant and international region, where generations of people from all over the world have settled. This…
Recruitment has now closed. This opportunity is for artists from refugee backgrounds based in the North of England. Made at…
Kámoši Juniors Performing Arts Group was joined by band Juba Do Leao for a procession through the streets of Leigh…
Horizons Festival 2019.
14 May 2019The Horizons Festival is a partnership between CAN and HOME as part of Refugee Week. Horizons Festival is a contemporary,…
CAN and HOME Refugee Week 2018 – 2022.
9 Mar 2018CAN and HOME are working in partnership to produce a programme of arts for Refugee Week between 2018 – 2022, celebrating…
