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Welcome to
Creative Briefs

We are a Community Interest Company dedicated to empowering neurodiverse children through inclusive design-based workshops.

Our programmes aim to unlock each child's creative potential, fostering confidence and resilience. Our team of professional designers and tutors deliver hands-on projects that nurture creativity, confidence, and practical skills.

We particularly focus on helping neurodiverse children harness their strengths, offering insights into real-world creative careers and supporting personal development.

Our programmes cater to Families, Community Groups, Schools, Alternative Provisions, and EOTAS learners, ensuring accessibility for every child.

Arts Award Qualifications

We are a registered Arts Award Centre, meaning we can embed Arts Award into many of our services.

Arts Award qualifications are part of the Regulated Qualifications Framework. They are ideal for all creative children, but are especially beneficial for those who may feel disengaged from traditional education or struggle with exams. We integrate Arts Award units into our sessions to empower participants and celebrate their strengths, rather than as purely educational qualifications.

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Check out our brand-new Arts Award Portal – packed with tips and activities to help children and families work through every level together!

Children at the Heart of Everything We Do

We are committed to supporting neurodiverse children by focussing on their creativity and strengths.

Educational Support

Offering creative, hands-on learning experiences that nurture confidence, practical skills, and personal development.

Family Support

Helping families engage with their children’s creative potential through workshops and resources designed for home environments.

Community Engagement

Building connections and fostering well-being through art-based projects that bring children and communities together.

Our projects are made possible due to funding and support from:

We deliver educational workshops that support neurodiverse learners across a range of settings, including:

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    Virtual Schools

  • Child's hand drawing a red smiley face on a white sheet of paper with a red marker, with a hand resting on the table.

    Pupil Referral Units

  • Person using a heated tool with a blue light to burn a design on paper with various shapes, on a gray surface, with other people nearby.

    Special Schools

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    Mainstream Schools

Through these educational workshops, young people can gain Arts Award certificates, while working on curriculum-linked creative projects that support key performance indicators.

Send us an expression of interest

We deliver bespoke Arts Award sessions for neurodiverse young people in EOTAS

Sessions are usually delivered online and are tailored to children’s individual interests, while embedding relevant curriculum areas. Our approach can support progress towards EHCP Section F outcomes.

Send us an expression of interest

We deliver workshops for families, including:

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    Taster Workshops

    Our online taster sessions are a great way for full families to experience what we do and for children to get started on their Arts Award journey.

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    Arts Award Portal

    Our brand new Arts Award portal is full of resources and examples to help children complete Arts Award at any level.

    Gain portal access →

  • Junior Design Factory

    The Junior Design Factory empowers neurodiverse children to take leadership roles in our creative projects.

    Find out More →

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  • "Whilst neurodiversity is a focus of Creative Briefs' work, it would be remiss to assume that only neurodivergent children benefit - the opportunity to represent and share ideas in a wide-range of forms, chosen by the child, is beneficial regardless of neurodiversity. The enjoyment of all children is clear to see and the skills they have gained are deeply beneficial"

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  • "The Creative Briefs programme integrated so much of our Y5 coverage in engaging ways"

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  • “I have learnt collaboration. I have learnt to work in a group. Now when I work in groups at school I am better at listening and sharing my ideas more effectively.”

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  • “A wonderful experience for my daughter. She has thoroughly enjoyed the online zooms and looks forward to meeting in person over the summer”

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