Conversations 08 

Conversations is an annual event held by Creative Junction to engage people in a range of active conversations, about creativity and learning. This year we engaged in conversations with friends and partners from schools, young people, local authorities, the youth sector and the creative sector across the whole of the Thames Valley at the Firestation Arts Centre in Windsor.

 

This year’s themes were:

 

• imagining the future and what it will be like for young people in ten or twenty years time
• partnerships with young people – how do organisations work for and with young people and put them at the heart of what they do, how they operate and how they think
• global and international awareness, learning and connections
• supporting young people’s leadership

 

How was it for you? Feedback from the day:

 

• An excellent day, thank you
• Fun and Positive
• Inspiring 
• Curry was great 
• Pushed out of my comfort zone (which was scary but good)
• I LAUGHED!  (“Step away from the crayons”)
• Good to share ideas – sometimes we work in a vacuum. 
• As a newbie to this it was a great opportunity to meet and talk to people from a range of creative backgrounds.
• Fun Day!...I want a creative box to take home...
• I thought that today’s event was interesting, and was a great eye opener!!
• I learnt about the contrast of different cultures & found out good stuff.
• It was fun, I liked that we did different things during the day.
• The pastry this morning was very nice.
• The creative box was a really good idea.
• Thank you for inviting me, the curry was really nice.
• Another great day! Totally agree with December timing
• Venue great, possibly a little too small?
• Like the ‘moving round’ bit.
• Great curry – always!
• Stimulating.
• Lovely to be in the company of so many lively, confident, creative people.
• Very interesting as well as fun. 
• Very good creative learning. 
• Made me think about things I don’t usually think of.· 
• Learned a lot and looking forward to more of these events. 
• Lunch was good...yum yum.· 
• Meeting lots of new people was lots of fun, like eating cookies. 
• Good number of really interesting people to mix with. 
• Loved the different activities and found they led to really interesting discussions. 
• Always fun and enjoyable.  The creative doing very important!!
• It was lots of fun -  BUT It was a bit too long       
• I learnt a lot on how young people and older people can help each other – thank you so much for the eye opener. 
• Young people can inspire others with help and support. 
• Had really interesting deep discussions – am thinking differently about some things now. 
• Never enough time??   
• Lovely curry & really happy to support a much needed venue – Not corporate, Hurrah!  
• It was brilliant! Very Creative day.