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The project is led by UP Projects, working in partnership with Border Crossings, Chickenshed Theatre, Clore Leadership, DYSPLA, Face Front Inclusive Theatre, HighRise Entertainment, Enfield Council, many Enfield-based artists, creative practitioners, schools and young people. The programme is funded by Arts Council England’s Place Partnership National Lottery funding and LocalMotion Enfield.

Young people will be supported to take part in a range of ambitious creative initiatives including:

• A two-year Young Cultural Leaders skills and development programme that will enable a diverse group of young people from across the borough to gain skills, experience and confidence in arts programming, management, governance, and leadership.
• A series of ambitious creative projects for Enfield’s public realm developed through a process of co-creation between Enfield’s cultural organisations, freelance creatives and young people
• An artist-led Creative Learning Programme that will see artists, young people and teachers co-devising creative learning workshops for students in Enfield Secondary schools that aim to open young minds to creative career pathways.

With access, collaboration and ambition at their core, these initiatives will become action research, driving change in how creatives and young people work together to inform a new cultural strategy as well as a thriving creative network in Enfield.

Open Call

UP Projects, and their Enfield of Dreams partners are pleased to be launching an open call for Enfield-based artists, cultural professionals, artist-educators and young people who are interested in or working in the arts.

There are four opportunities to get involved in Enfield of Dreams:

• Enfield-based young people, aged 18-30 can apply to take part in a two-year Young Cultural Leaders skills and development programme that will enable a diverse group of young people from across the borough to gain leadership skills, experience and confidence in arts programming, and management;
• Artists and creatives can apply to take part in Creative Cluster Projects, a series of ambitious projects for Enfield’s public realm developed through a process of co-creation between Enfield’s cultural organisations, artists and young people;
• Artist-educators can apply to take part in a Creative Learning Programme that will see artists, young people and teachers co-devising creative learning workshops for students in Enfield Secondary schools that aim to open young minds to creative career pathways;
• Arts & Culture Professionals can apply to deliver leadership development workshops for the Young Cultural Leaders.

We are welcoming applications for all of these opportunities through an open call closing at midnight on Sunday 8 February 2026.

Steering Team

A Steering Team has been recruited that represent local voices consisting of young people, Enfield Counsellors and local arts organisations. The group will overseeing and monitor the project, providing key guidance and support to those delivering the various projects. The Steering Team includes:

• Sheniz Akanay, Enfield Young Creatives
• Cllr Chinelo Anyanwu, Enfield Council
• Olivia Bray, SEN Programme Manager and Education Rep, Enfield Council
• Kai Campbell, Enfield Young Creatives
• Patrick Cash, Relationship Manager, Arts Council England
• Pam Fraser-Solomon, Chair, Theatre Deli
• Wes Pemberton, Head of Culture, Enfield Council
• Lee Shelsher, Programme Director, Customer, Culture & Communities, Enfield Council
• Sam Spencer, Head of Operations, Broadwick Live (Drumsheds)
• Emma Underhill, Founder & Artistic Director, UP Projects
• Anna Vaughan, Project Manager, NEXUS
• Michael Walling, Artistic Director, Border Crossings
• Cheniece Warner, Artist and Documenter
• Ellis Witter, Enfield Young Creatives