News - Blaze

13 Jul 2021

Meet the new Director, Helen Thackray

I’m Helen and I’m the new director of Blaze. I’ve been in post for three months now so it feels like time to introduce myself. I grew up in North Yorkshire. My step dad was a plumber and my...

09 Jul 2021

The Blaze Community Survey 2021

The Blaze community is made up of the people who participate in our projects, attend our events, follow us on social media, work with us, receive our newsletters and support our work. Thriving communities recognise that everybody has something unique and valuable to...

29 Jun 2021

Amplify – Meet Our Final Content Creator

This week, we’re introducing our final young content creator, who are taking forward the work of our youth voice programme, Amplify. Earlier in the year, four musically-minded young people were commissioned to explore four key areas of music education...

02 Jun 2021

Amplify – Meet our content creators

This week, we’re introducing the third of our young content creators who are taking forward the work of our youth voice programme, Amplify. Earlier in the year, four musically-minded young people were commissioned to explore four key areas of...

27 May 2021

Amplify – Meet our content creators

This week, we’re introducing the second of our young content creators who are taking forward the work of our youth voice programme, Amplify. Earlier in the year, four musically-minded young people were commissioned to explore four key areas of...

26 May 2021

Designer wanted for visual map of Preston

Blaze are seeking to commission an early career designer to produce a visual map of Preston’s Arts Award supporter offers. About the Arts Award map Preston Creative Exchange is Preston’s Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP) made up of a...