19 Feb 2026
Envision: Youth Leadership in the Arts Conference
Empowering cultural organisations to champion and develop the next generation of creative leaders.
- Relaxed environment
- Quiet space available
- Seating available
- Wheelchair user access
Be a part of this free one day conference bringing together cultural organisations from across the UK and young people from West Yorkshire to share learnings, build knowledge and create opportunities for youth leadership.
Join us in Bradford, one of the youngest cities in Europe, for the Envision conference to learn from organisations including Artswork, Bradford 2025, Common/Wealth theatre company, Creative Youth and the Young Trustees Movement who place young people at the heart of their everyday.
Hear from young people who have been involved in Bradford 2025’s youth initiatives on how they’ve been involved in shaping the organisation.
Find out about how you can create funded opportunities in your organisation for young people, and share opportunities and ideas with young people and others in the sector.
This event is supported by Bradford 2025’s Youth Panel, a group of young people aged 16-22 from a diverse range of backgrounds, who have helped shape our work whilst building their own skills in creative decision making and charity governance.
Schedule
- 9.15-9.45am: Welcome refreshments
- 9.45am: Welcome remarks
- 9.55am: Keynote Speaker – Creating the right environment for young people to thrive.
- 10.25am: Panel 1 – Cultural Organisations sharing best practice and learning of how they embed young people within the heart of their operations.
- 11.15am: Break
- 11.30am: Panel 2 – Youth Voice – Sharing experiences of working in cultural organisations and the opportunities they had.
- 12.15pm-1pm: Lunch and networking/pledge making.
- 1pm: Workshop / Round Table Discussions.
- 1.45pm: Workshop / Round Table Discussions.
- 2.35pm: Young People’s Stories – How Cultural Organisations Champion young people.
- 2.55pm: Closing remarks.
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