Future Yard and Wirral Metropolitan College have announced plans to align in a strategic partnership as part of their shared regeneration vision for Birkenhead.
The partnership will create meaningful pathways to employment and offer opportunities beyond study for young
people and adult learners, enhancing students’ social and cultural wellbeing whilst creating a flagship relationship between the Wirral’s most exciting cultural organisation and leading further education institution.
Since opening in 2021, Future Yard has reimagined a live music venue as a learning opportunity for young people. By utilising skills and training programmes to nurture the talent of young creatives, Future Yard creates clear routes to careers in the music industry, providing transferable skills and raising aspirations for local people. By utilising the power of music Birkenhead will change for the better, creating life-changing opportunities and shaping a new
music future.
As the largest provider of post-16 learning on the Wirral peninsula, and with five campuses across the Wirral, Wirral Met is perfectly positioned to partner with one of the UKs boldest arts organisations who are able to offer support via a highly-experienced team who have years of experience in the music industry, from PR to publishing and beyond.
Future Yard opens up opportunities to students across a diverse range of creative courses, such as photography, creative and digital media, illustration, marketing and more.
Illustration students from Wirral Met have already taken the chance to engage with Future Yard, creating work based on briefs by touring international artists performing at the venue to design screen prints which have been sold and displayed at gigs. Students from the college’s music courses recently performed at Future Yard in a student-led performance as part of the college’s Eurovision celebrations.
