AUDIO AMBITION
Creative pathways
Comic Relief and other grant support helped provide scholarships, holiday activities, equipment, recording opportunities and creative-industry experience.
Templesprings uses music and the creative arts to connect with young people, build confidence and create routes into volunteering, leadership, learning and employment.
Creative arts are Templesprings’ engagement tool: a way to connect with young people and open doors to wider opportunities.
Since 2008, the charity has combined music education with youth programmes, holiday activities, volunteering, work experience, social action and creative-industry opportunities. Young people can stay connected long term through C3, mentoring and volunteer roles.
Every partnership is shaped around a practical need: early development, mental wellbeing, enriching school holidays or a first route into the creative industries.
Developed with support from Essex Community Foundation and Royal Opera House Bridge, using music, movement and sensory activities to support early-years development.
240 music sessions delivered to 20 young people, alongside work experience and holiday-club opportunities to create positive pathways back into the community.
Learn more about Thurrock Mind ↗Free holiday clubs combining music, arts, sport and nutritious meals for more than 150 children and young people.
Learn more about Active Essex HAF ↗Comic Relief and other grant support helped provide scholarships, holiday activities, equipment, recording opportunities and creative-industry experience.
Templesprings is an Arts Award centre offering Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver and Gold. Young people develop creativity, communication and leadership while working towards nationally recognised achievements.
Templesprings was nominated for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2020. The nomination recognised the commitment of the volunteers, trustees and staff who give their time to music sessions, youth programmes, holiday activities and community projects.
It remains an important acknowledgement of a team effort: people consistently showing up, supporting young people and helping Templesprings create opportunities that reach beyond the studio.
Through partnerships with USP College and local secondary schools, more than 50 students studying Music, Business, Marketing and Technology have completed over 1,500 hours of hands-on work experience at Templesprings.
Placements give young people a supported professional environment in which to practise communication, teamwork, responsibility and creative problem-solving - while building confidence around work they are genuinely interested in.
C3 combines mentoring, arts and community action so young people can explore possibilities, express their talents and expand their skills. Participants can progress into peer mentoring, volunteer session tutoring, holiday-club leadership and Arts Award opportunities.