February – April 2010, closing date 1 February

Limited to 30 places

Architecture for Everyone is a three year, nationwide campaign, founded on the belief that built environment professionals who reflect the diversity of the society they serve have a better chance of creating a built environment that meets the needs of society. The campaign therefore aims to identify and support new and emerging architectural talent from amongst social groups that have been traditionally excluded from entering and sustaining a career in the profession.

The campaign nationally is being led by Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and international architects RMJM, with Places Matter! leading in the Northwest.

In this, the campaign's second year, 30 young people from Liverpool and Manchester are being invited to participate in a series of workshops taking place from February to April 2010. The project specifically targets young people from black and minority ethnic (B&ME) groups and males and females from underprivileged backgrounds.

The workshops will see young people learning about the city in which they live and working to develop proposals that would improve it in the future. They will undertake a wide range of activities, from city tours to working with Urban free runners Parkour to see the city in a new light; writing briefs to developing design solutions and using a wide range of tools from drawing to multi-media work. The workshops will conclude with a presentation evening in April in the milkandsugar Gallery space, Liverpool.

The Northwest programme seeks to give participants the opportunity to:

• Work on a design project that will see the development of a wide range of skills and knowledge that will help them with their chosen career;
• Meet successful design professionals from the region, helping to breakdown preconceptions about the type of people that have a successful career in the sector;
• Use the built environment as a means of supporting key curriculum aims, including subjects such as geography, art and maths.

If you would like to apply please download the application form and return to Aimhigher Greater Merseyside, address on application form.

If you require any further information please contact Jo Harrop on 0151 703 0135 or email jo.harrop@placesmatter.co.uk

The closing date for applications is 1st February.

Please note that the workshops are a mixture of weekdays and weekends.

This initiative is co funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

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