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About Us
Contact Us:
The Courtyard Youth Arts Centre
Launton Road
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 6DJ |
Tel: 01869 602555
Fax: 01869 602556
E-Mail jane.dyson@oxfordshire.gov.uk |
What we do
The Courtyard Youth Arts Centre provides high quality arts
activities, development and support for young people in Bicester and
the surrounding areas. Activities for 8 – 19 year olds take place
year round and include regular weekly classes, one-off workshops and
long-term projects.
Young people can try new activities, develop their skills in a
particular art form and socialise in a welcoming and friendly
environment. Resident youth workers and professional artists run
these activities, passing on their skills and experience in order to
assist young people to create high quality work.
In addition to offering activities the centre can be used by
individuals to develop a particular interest. Facilities include a
performance hall, dance studio, art studio, café space, social space,
sound studio and two band rooms.
We want to give young people the opportunity to:
- Develop their creative expression by experimenting and trying new activities
- Learn and develop new skills
- Participate in performance through theatre, dance and music
- Experience art from other cultures
- Work alongside professional artists
- Have fun and enjoy a range of art activities
How we do it
Our youth workers run the youth club (Jesters) on site and the Bus
Project in and around Bicester four nights a week. They offer young
people educational support and development that can include arts
provision. They also work with specific groups including
disaffected young people, young people excluded from school,
unemployed young people, young people from minority ethnic heritage,
young offenders or those at risk of criminal activity.
The youth workers play an important role in consulting and engaging
with young people in Bicester and a regular youth forum gives young
people a chance to have their say in what happens at the centre.
The management team also runs a busy activities programme in
addition to the youth club and the Bus Project. The programme is
guided by what young people want in addition to introducing them to
new and innovative art forms.
Professional artists run the sessions and where possible young
people act as volunteer assistants in order to gain work experience.
The centre is always open to approaches from young people wanting to
develop their skills in a particular art form and from artists
interested in delivering weekly or one-off workshops.
For more information please contact Jane on
jane.dyson@oxfordshire.gov.uk or
01869 602555.
 Reception is open Monday- Friday 9am-1pm
The Courtyard Youth Arts Centre
Launton Road
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 6DJ
Tel: 01869 602555
Fax: 01869 602556
E-Mail jane.dyson@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Find directions using MultiMap
Parking
Parking is available at the pay & display car park on Victoria Road at the back of the centre (see Multimap link). Parking is free after 6pm.
Click here for directions: also available in printable format.
Staff at the Courtyard:
| Polly Foster |
Arts Manager |
| Mathew Todd |
Area Youth Worker |
| Jane Dyson |
Centre Administrator |
| Marie Jagg |
Centre Cleaner |
| Colin Pickup |
Site Supervisor |
| Jeremy Leggett |
Senior Youth Support Worker |
| Pippa Martin |
Arts Officer, Cherwell District Council |
| Jill Mair |
Administrative Officer, IYSS |
| Claire Blackburn |
Youth Worker |
| Yvonne Cooney |
Youth Worker |
| Claire Still |
Assistant Youth Support Worker |
| Francesca Heffernan |
Decision Making and Young People Worker |
| Mick Brittain |
Youth Worker, Bus Project |
| Peter Foster |
Youth Support Worker, Bus Project |
| Peter Byfield |
Youth Support Worker, Bus Project |
| Julia Waring |
Youth Support Worker, Bus Project |
| And a team of wonderful volunteers |
The Courtyard Youth Arts Centre is supported by:
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