Stories We Could Tell
SWCT HUB is a welcoming supportive, stimulating and safe space for young people to develop their resilience to the challenges they face and may face in the future through engaging with their creativity.
An asset-based community group that was formed in 2015 to provide a communal safe space for young people [members] with an offer that engages them on their terms, that is relevant and accessible and builds ownership.
Although SWCT HUB members include young people aged 11-24 who may have experienced traumatic episodes in their lives. such as: asylum seekers/refugees, looked-after, self-harming, self-medicating, autistic, bullied and abused our aim is to identify and enable them to develop their individual assets rather than focussing on their needs and problems.
Members are drawn from the whole spectrum of Rochdale’s diverse communities and many come to us through our social media presence and at the recommendation of our members themselves.
We also work closely with our partner organisations who refer young people to us including: #Thrive, MIND, CAMHS, Barnardos, local schools & colleges.
Members are encouraged and supported to work alongside professional artists and technicians to develop their creativity across the whole spectrum of the arts.
SWCT HUB has facilities and facilitators to encourage and enable members to share what they create in their own way, when and with whom they choose. Facilities that include: Café/Performance/Exhibition Space, Recording Studio, Internet Radio Room, Workshop and Training, Space.
Members are given the opportunity, encouraged and supported to gain qualifications including Arts Awards, to access further and higher education and to seek employment and training.
Members are given a voice and the wider community are encouraged to listen through local print media, internet radio, social media, website and public performance.
Members also are given access to projects run by partner organisations such as Touchstones Museum and Art Gallery, Rochdale Pioneers Museum and Manchester University.
An asset-based community group that was formed in 2015 to provide a communal safe space for young people [members] with an offer that engages them on their terms, that is relevant and accessible and builds ownership.
Although SWCT HUB members include young people aged 11-24 who may have experienced traumatic episodes in their lives. such as: asylum seekers/refugees, looked-after, self-harming, self-medicating, autistic, bullied and abused our aim is to identify and enable them to develop their individual assets rather than focussing on their needs and problems.
Members are drawn from the whole spectrum of Rochdale’s diverse communities and many come to us through our social media presence and at the recommendation of our members themselves.
We also work closely with our partner organisations who refer young people to us including: #Thrive, MIND, CAMHS, Barnardos, local schools & colleges.
Members are encouraged and supported to work alongside professional artists and technicians to develop their creativity across the whole spectrum of the arts.
SWCT HUB has facilities and facilitators to encourage and enable members to share what they create in their own way, when and with whom they choose. Facilities that include: Café/Performance/Exhibition Space, Recording Studio, Internet Radio Room, Workshop and Training, Space.
Members are given the opportunity, encouraged and supported to gain qualifications including Arts Awards, to access further and higher education and to seek employment and training.
Members are given a voice and the wider community are encouraged to listen through local print media, internet radio, social media, website and public performance.
Members also are given access to projects run by partner organisations such as Touchstones Museum and Art Gallery, Rochdale Pioneers Museum and Manchester University.