Skills and training
Discover how we’re supporting Bradford’s creative sector and building the next generation of cultural leaders.
Work placements
Young people are working across our teams, developing new skills and playing key roles in delivering Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
Bradford 2025 Youth Panel
We’ve recruited 17 young people aged 16–22 from a diverse range of backgrounds to join the Bradford 2025 Youth Panel.
From GCSE and A-level pupils to university students, a care worker to a finance apprentice, these brilliant young people are helping to shape our work while building their skills in creative decision-making and charity governance.
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators is inviting 10 young people from communities across Bradford to take over Impressions Gallery for Bradford 2025.
This ambitious 18-month project is part of Impressions Gallery’s award-winning New Focus programme, which supports young people aged 18–25 to gain the knowledge and skills they need to become the creatives of the future. The Young Curators are already benefiting from workshops and mentoring from some of the UK’s leading photography experts and creative professionals.
The heart of the project is the handover of curatorial control from Impressions Gallery to the Young Curators, who are commissioning new work by five cutting-edge photographers from Bradford and beyond. The collective will also go out into communities around the District to unearth Bradford’s cherished family photos and preserve the stories behind them.
New Focus: Bradford Young Curators will culminate in the group’s gallery takeover: the Young Curators’ exhibition at Impressions and the launch of the online family album, a powerful tribute to the people and communities of Bradford.
Exhibition at Impressions Gallery opens in September 2025.