THE COURSE HAS NOW BEGUN, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE 16-18 YEAR OLDS TO JOIN THIS COURSE. PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] TO EXPRESS AN INTEREST, OR USE THE SIGN UP FORM BELOW.
Join Global Grooves to enjoy this free arts course for young creatives.
Running from November 2025 to January 2026
Who is the course for?
For 16-24s living in Oldham.
What’s included?
9 week evening course
4 arts + crew training days
4 hands-on event days
Follow up volunteering, placement, employment, and mentoring opportunities
Travel expenses if you need to claim them back
DATES
Monday evenings, 6:30pm-8:30pm at The Old Museum
November: 3, 10, 17, 24
December: 1, 8, 15
January: 12, 19
Plus Carnival taster days alongside young people from Rochdale and Tameside courses, at The Vale, Mossley, OL5 9JL (all 11am-5pm)
Sat 22 Nov, Sun 23 Nov, Sat 10 Jan, Sun 11 Jan
Plus the opportunity to join us to work on special event days (optional) on:
Sat 15 Nov (Tameside), Sun 16 Nov (Stockport), Fri 21 Nov (Rochdale), Sun 7 Dec (Manchester), Sun 14 Dec (Tameside)
Things to look forward to:
Meet new friends and join a new network of young creatives based in where you live and across Greater Manchester.
Feel excited about learning new things and exploring your creative side through different arts workshops and event production training.
Take part in special Carnival arts taster days (choose from music, dance, or visual arts).
Hear from inspirational arts leaders and chat with them about your own goals and creative ambitions.
Further your skills and knowledge, working with likeminded artists already in the industry.
Gain a deeper understanding of the arts industry behind-the-scenes through practical tasks that challenge and inspire you.
Design and deliver your own arts event and get hands-on experience as part of a new creative collective.
Look forward to future volunteering, placements, and employment opportunities with the organisations and artists involved in the course.
To get involved, you would ideally be:
- Based in Oldham
- Aged 16-24
- Looking to further your skills and knowledge of arts-based careers
- Able to attend all or most of the sessions
We are particularly interested in supporting young people who either are neurodiverse, have no qualifications, not currently in work or education, or have faced barriers engaging elsewhere.
To sign up, complete our sign up form below.
Limited places available per course.
We can’t wait to meet you!
Please do email us if you have any questions.
[email protected]
Access: If you have any access requirements to be able to attend, please complete the form at the base of this page, or let us know via email or phone ([email protected] / 01618706895).
