‘Ask the Expert’ Q&A with The Awen Project

A Webinar for Start-Up Schools and Learning Communities on Wednesday 7 January, 7.30-9.30pm GMT.

In this session you will be introduced to The Awen Project, which is pioneering a new model for learning environments, where young people are championed to be themselves and follow their passions as active participants in a democratic community.

Based in South Wales, The Awen Project was founded by singer/song-writer Charlotte Church and artist Jonny Field.

The Awen Project works with families to co-construct small, free-to-attend learning communities, that are run by the students and have ethics of excellence, entrepreneurialism and deep creativity. They are developing a new model of learning community that holds as its central concern the wellbeing and holistic needs of young people as individuals and as a community.

This inspirational approach is also demonstrating how learning communities can be built by young people and self-financed through entrepreneurial ventures developed by the students in collaboration with the wider community.