Our Partners
Discover the cultural organisations that are part of our network
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Association of Anaesthetists Heritage Centre
The Anaesthesia Heritage Centre tells the remarkable story of anaesthesia since is first public demonstration in 1846 through exhibitions, events and workshops.
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ATG West End Creative Learning
Creative Learning is an important part of ATG’s commitment to deliver excellence in all aspects of community and educational engagement. The work we do unlocks the potential of our venues as a valuable resource in the world of cultural education. Projects in Westminster are delivered through the West End hub.
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City Lions
City Lions breaks barriers by bringing together Westminster’s young people (13 - 16yrs) and creative partners to provide inspiring opportunities that enhance personal and social wellbeing, along with future aspirations. We do this via holiday programmes, mentoring, work experience, free tickets and careers workshops.
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Creative Futures
Creative Futures’s highly skilled artists can deliver music, drama, dance, poetry and creative writing projects which have the potential to help young people achieve across the curriculum and can help them flourish socially and emotionally. They also offer fun and engaging Creative Camps during the school holidays.
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Dance Umbrella
Dance Umbrella is the UK’s leading international dance festival, working with partners around the world and with a mission to ignite London with the next generation of trailblazing UK and international artists.
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Donmar Warehouse
Through our Donmar LOCAL programme, we create opportunities to creative discovery and community cohesion, bringing people together to celebrate stories and new voices through theatre experiences. Donmar LOCAL develops the audiences, theatre makers, and workforce of the future through partnerships with school and community groups in the London boroughs of Camden and Westminster.
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DreamArts
DreamArts transforms young lives by fusing arts and therapy. For over 2 decades our award-winning outreach projects have created inspiring spaces where 6-25 year olds across Westminster can express themselves on their own terms, explore their challenges and build their strengths so they can realise their potential.
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English National Ballet
English National Ballet aims to bring ballet to the widest possible audience by presenting classical ballet and exciting new productions. Through our partnerships with schools, we extend our impact beyond the stage, and reach people of all ages and backgrounds.
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English National Opera
At the English National Opera, we believe in creating extraordinary encounters with opera, on stage and beyond.
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Fitzrovia Community Centre
We are a community hub with a specialism in the arts and wellbeing. We offer a variety of weekly clubs/classes, projects, events and trips. We cater for all ages, but have a well-established programme for early years, primary age and families. We operate throughout the year, including holiday clubs, daytrips and community events in the summer.
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Framestore
Framestore is one of the world’s leading visual effects studios, producing digital content for film, advertising, television and immersive. Our work and skillset is wide-ranging, thanks to a pool of 3000 talented artists and producers in offices across the globe.
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Fuel
From theatres to car parks, from schools to public spaces, Fuel produces high quality new theatre that reaches diverse audiences across the UK and internationally. They collaborate with outstanding theatre makers with fresh perspectives and approaches who produce shows, performances, or experiences which have direct and playful relationships with their audiences.
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Go Live Theatre Projects
Go Live Theatre Projects is a charity that uses the power of theatre to create inspiring experiences and unlock possibilities for young people.
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Grand Junction
Grand Junction is a venue for arts, culture, and community, based at St Mary Magdalene Church. We create and present an eclectic programme of music, arts, and heritage for young people, families, and adults.
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Handel Hendrix House
Handel Hendrix House comprises two adjacent Georgian houses in Mayfair which were home to the great composer G.F. Handel and rock legend Jimi Hendrix. We are an accredited museum dedicated to celebrating the life of these extraordinary musicians and making their stories and music accessible to more people.
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Institute of Contemporary Art
The ICA strives to be sector-leading in their approach to learning, talent development, inclusion, and interdisciplinary practice. They commission, produce, and present new work in film, music, performance, and the visual arts by today’s most progressive artists.
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Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street Theatre is a unique 70 seat theatre in the heart of the West End. On its stage, theatrical legends like Siân Phillips, Peter Gill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker take their bows alongside those taking their first steps in the industry. The theatre stages world premieres, rare revivals, and reimagined classics.
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Live Music Now
Live Music Now works in partnership with schools to spark musical lives. With a focus on music provision for children with additional needs, their participatory performances enable children to get up close to professional musicians. Their musician-in-residence programmes focus on engagement, communication, pupil choice and voice.
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London Transport Museum
London Transport Museum is the world’s leading museum of urban transport. Our industry backed Enjoyment to Employment programme tackles the skills shortage facing the transport sector by turning childhood enthusiasm into future careers. We also work with transport businesses to share our transport heritage and break down barriers that stop young people from pursuing careers in the sector and connect them to job opportunities.
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Makerversity
Makerversity provides affordable workspace for start-up making, design, digital, manufacturing and materials innovation businesses - based at Somerset House, London’s working arts centre. Since 2014 Makerversity has been supporting startup businesses with work space and workshops, enabling them to experiment and prototype using specialist machinery and tools for a whole range of creative practices.
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National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery is home to the largest portrait collection in the world, telling stories of British history, culture and society from the 1500s to the present day.
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Orpheus Sinfonia
Orpheus Sinfonia is a young, vibrant, bright beacon of the UK’s professional orchestral scene, producing performances for public benefit. Orpheus explores new and ground-breaking avenues for performance, outreach and community interaction.
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Puppet Theatre Barge
The Puppet Theatre Barge is one of the UK's most unique theatre spaces, a 50 seat theatre inside a converted barge. The organisation is a 3 generation family business and has over 40 years experience creating magical puppet shows and running arts workshops in Westminster and on the River Thames.
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Royal Academy of Arts
Located in the heart of London, the RA is a place where art is made, exhibited and debated. We offer a range of free activities and resources to support schools, teachers and young people to engage with art and artists, both at the RA and back in the classroom.
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Royal Ballet & Opera
Royal Ballet & Opera schools programme is free, award-winning, and curriculum linked. Inspire creativity in your class through singing, dance, and design. Include: certified CPD training, high quality classroom resources, and digital live lessons to bring the Royal Ballet & Opera into your classroom.
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Royal Albert Hall
Grade 1 listed performance venue in South Kensington welcoming over 1.7 million visitors a year. The Hall's Engagement programme aims to enrich lives and offer fairer access to the arts.
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Science Museum
The Science Museum is the home of human ingenuity, igniting curiosity about science through interactive exhibitions, objects, and stories of incredible scientific achievement. In addition to galleries specially curated for schools and families, they offer an array of science themed activities for different ages.
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Serpentine
The Serpentine hosts a free programme of exhibitions, architecture, education, and live events. Their exhibitions are free and ever changing throughout the year. Their Pavilion is available alongside their exhibitions and public sculpture programme from June - October.
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Step Change Studios
We are an inclusive dance organisation committed to enabling all ages and abilities to dance. We are passionate about the benefits to quality of life that dance can provide, including improved physical and mental health and wellbeing. We want to contribute to removing barriers to participation and inspiring more people to be active by leading by example.
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Tate
Tate Britain first opened its doors to the public in 1897, displaying a small collection of British artworks. Today Tate Britain is home to the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day, and international modern and contemporary art. The Schools and Teachers team champion creative learning as a way for students and teachers to learn about themselves, others, and the world around us.
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Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust
Masterclass is a home away from home for aspiring creatives like you. They have supported generations of young theatre makers to hone their skills, develop their own work, market themselves, and find their place in the industry. Many of the biggest names in the theatre industry took their first steps with Masterclass.
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The Bomb Factory Art Foundation
The Bomb Factory Art Foundation was established in 2015 by artist Pallas Citroen, driven by a vision to create an organisation that supports the creation and development of art spaces that support artists and offer the audience a more inclusive experience.
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The Cartoon Museum
The Cartoon Museum is dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation, documenting the history of British comics from the 18th century to the present day. Their Learning Programme provides a range of exciting and unique workshops inspired by the cartoons and comics in their collection.
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The Cockpit
The Cockpit is a professional fringe venue owned by United Colleges Group specialising in early career development. They offer schools discounts on events, in-house courses and classes, supported entrepreneurial hire opportunities for emerging companies, as well as scratch nights, affordable studio hires, and mentoring meetings for aspiring producers, directors, and theatre makers.
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The Courtauld
The Courtauld Learning team offer free opportunities for schools, colleges and young people to explore the dynamic multidisciplinary subject of art history and engage in lively discussion and creative activity in response to our gallery collection. They also offer resources and professional development opportunities for teachers. Their aim is to stay true to founder Samuel Courtauld’s vision of ‘art for all’.
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The National Gallery
The National Gallery is home to the national collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Their learning programmes aim to enrich lives by connecting art, people and ideas across centuries, countries and cultures.
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The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection is a national museum housing unsurpassed masterpieces of painting, sculpture, furniture, arms and armour, and porcelain. Through a wide range of opportunities that combine discussion, observation, and creative activities, its online and in-person programmes aim to inspire primary and secondary students and teachers, children and their families, adults and young people, as well as diverse communities.
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Two Temple Place
Two Temple Place is operated by the Bulldog Trust, a charity committed to unlocking potential, especially for those who may face disadvantages. Their year-round cultural and community offerings are expanding with workshops, events, and free participatory activities.
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Tri-borough Music Hub
The Tri-borough Music Hub (TBMH) is the award-winning lead organisation that oversees the delivery of music education in the three West London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and the City of Westminster.
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey has touched the lives of kings, queens, statesmen, soldiers, poets, heroes and villains since 960AD. It’s the coronation church and resting place of over 3,000 people.
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Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall Learning’s vision is for an inclusive and equitable society, in which everyone has access to transformative creative experiences. We collaborate with education, health and social care organisations to engage people who have experienced adversity, trauma, isolation and marginalisation, and who face barriers to participating in creative arts activity