Children and young people are happy and healthy
Budget 2019 provided funding for a Creatives in Schools programme to be delivered to schools and kura. Professional artists and creative practitioners will partner with schools to share specialist artistic knowledge and creative practice with students.
54 projects were chosen in the first round, set to take place in Terms 1 and 2, 2020. Delivery was interrupted due to COVID-19 and will resume in term 3 or 4.
Budget 2020 provided additional funding, increasing the total number of projects from 304 to 510 over the first four years of the programme.
The Creatives in Schools programme is continuing in 2021, with a total of 143 schools and kura were selected for Round 2. They will start implementing their projects this year.