Founded in 2013 as Creative Academies Network, our original focus was on delivering support to address gaps in educational service provision for young people in schools in Sandwell in the Black Country. Over the years that followed, our projects, services and events grew to cover the culture and creative industries, health and physical activity, education, employment and enterprise, and community cohesion and citizenship.
The recent COVID-19 crisis brought a huge amount of uncertainty and change which led us to review our strategic plans in 2021. Since then we have been developing our services not only across the Black Country but more widely both regionally and nationally.
