Skills, Slices and CVs
Thurs 30-October | 1-3pm | ReThink Space, National Maritime Museum
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Join our Youth Collective Network soft launch this February half term! Taking over the ReThink Space, you'll be welcomed to this relaxed session by our Youth Programme team and recent collaborators from What's The Time?
This first session is an opportunity to find out more about the Youth Collective Network, do some of your own work, and hang out somewhere different...we will also ask for your help on finding a better name for this group! There'll be pizza, playlists, arts materials, fidget toys, comfy seating and our friendly staff who are experienced youth workers and museum professionals.
This session might be interesting if you:
- Want somewhere different to hang out or relax
- Like meeting new people or just want to do some quiet crafting, artwork or studying
- Interested to know about activities for young people in Greenwich
- Need help with proofreading or updating your CV
- Aren't sure if your cover letter meets the essential criteria of your dream job
- Are looking for paid opportunities in museums but don't know where to look
- Need some motivation and encouragement to finish a stressful essay
- Want a new working environment or study space to motivate yourself
Looking for something to do after school, college or during the holidays? Got a couple of hours before work or meeting friends?
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Join our new network for young people - these are free drop-in sessions where you can be creative, build professional or social connections or just hang out!
Our Youth Collective Network (still a work in progress!) is a new online and in-person space for young people aged 13–25 in the local area who want somewhere to be creative, make social or professional connections, or just hang out.
We’ve got some ideas for relaxed activities based on evaluation and consultation work we’ve done already. See our programme below for what's coming up. The first workshops are experiments to see if we’re on the right track—or if we’ve drifted out to sea.
We’ll be honest – we’re still figuring out what this space can be and do. We’re not even sure what to call it yet! We’d love your input. Join us to help shape the space and tell us what would make it useful, comfortable, and enjoyable for you.
The stories behind our new Youth Collective
The idea to develop this project grew from work we co-produced with a team of Peer Researchers, consultant for arts education and evaluation, Rachel Moss, and Youth Programme Producer Amy van Zyl, in autumn 2024.
Our Peer Researchers - Amelia, Fadumo, Lara, Stephanie - were six young people aged under 30, paid and trained to co-produce this project. Together, we went out into the local community to deliver workshops and surveys, asking other people aged 13–25 what they wanted from our museum sites.
In total, 200 young people were interviewed or surveyed across multiple youth hubs and public spaces in Greenwich equating to 210 hours of paid work for local young people at rates above the London Living Wage, plus travel expenses.
Some of our key findings from this and our ongoing evaluation and consultation is that young people would like more:
Relaxed and safe spaces to make new social connections
More opportunities to build professional networks with established organisations as well as people at the beginning of their careers, who they can relate to
Relevant stories at our museums which speak to the diverse experiences young people bring locally and globally
Young People at Royal Museums Greenwich
Find events, activities and projects for young people and youth groups at Royal Museums Greenwich.