News and publications

This is the third of a series of essays looking at aspects of PHF’s strategy through the work we support. In this essay Naima Khan reflects on the strengths, nature and complexity of lived experience leadership.

Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums worked with seven schools from Newcastle and Tyneside to support teachers to develop pupils’ communication and enquiry skills through the visual arts, crafts and creative writing, supported by PHF’s Teacher Development Fund. Discover how they embraced collaboration and embedded new approaches in their work.

The White Horse Federation, a Multi-Academy Trust of 32 schools, joined forces with Prime Theatre to improve pupils’ literacy through drama and performance poetry. Dr Nicholas Capstick OBE, the Trust’s CEO, and Mark Powell, Prime Theatre’s Artistic Director, share the challenges they faced as they launched their joint TDF programme, the ways they’ve adapted delivery amidst Covid-19 and their plans for the future.

Supported by the Teacher Development Fund, The Forge’s Teaching Things Differently project set out to explore whether photography can support children’s progress in creative writing. Find out what they learned through this innovative programme, partnering with artist practitioners and teachers across seven schools in the North East. 

How does developing teachers’ digital art practice support children’s writing? This is the question that the Real Ideas Organisation set out to explore with teachers from the Learning Academies Trust in Plymouth. Find out what they learned together through their joint Pens & Pixels project, supported by the Teacher Development Fund.

Teachers and artist practitioners involved in A Child’s Eye View reflect on their learning journey and the Teacher Development Fund’s impact on their practice. 

The Teacher Development Fund’s Cohort Learning Programme brings together teachers, artist practitioners and school leaders across projects to share their progress and challenges. TDF Associate Greg Klerkx tells us how this programme helps nurture a thriving community of practice.

As we publish the headline findings from our audit of funding towards Black or minoritised community-led organisations, Kirsty Gillan-Thomas and Nina White in our Evidence and Learning team reflect on the process and share their learning.

After a period of making emergency grants during the first lockdown, we reopened the Arts Access and Participation Fund in November last year with a number of changes. Ushi Bagga, Head of Programme – Arts, provides more context for these changes and outlines next steps.