Projects

CCAN has four themes to which we work:
 
Buildings and Land:
      - community ownership
      - People's profit
      - Sustainability
Learning:
      - innovation
      - education
      - enterprise
Wellbeing:
      - creativity
      - health, physical and mental 
      - valuable not vulnerable
Connecting:
      - people's voice
      - building capacity
      - sharing stories
 
Our Way Of Working document and Crew Handbook explain how we operate day to day and work with people. We make a lot of use of projects and these are the main activities people will see. 
 
Our Current Projects:
 
I CAN Achieve  enterprise and employment Working alongside people to find meaningful work, with an emphasis on enterprise through self employment and community business. 
 
MAKERS  a bespoke retail outlet, showcasing and selling a variety of handcrafted/designed products, made by local artists and craftspeople. Our focus is on promoting the makers and encouraging the success of creative enterprise.
 
Multiply with TH!NK FC working to improve number confidence
 
Recruitment events and confidence building
 
Enterprise advice 
 
Business Networking and connecting
 
I CAN Create a focus on working alongside those living with disabilities.
 
Women Mean Business with CASE, TH!NK and Community Enterprise
 
A Place for Everyone: we welcome everyone in the community and are working towards making sure everyone feels they belong and are connected.  
 
CCAN Connect: connecting is a foundation of our work. These projects are the additional focus, beyond our way of working of connecting people as citizens with their own strengths and contribution. A key part of this project is for people to set up and run their own projects, events and activities including peer to peer groups.
 
Alternative Family Wellbeing: offering a joined up counselling for parents and alternative wellbeing activiites for the whole family, carers and friends to prevent escalating mental health problems for people and in the community.  
 
Youth Voice: a particular focus and passion for young people's voices to be heard; for young people to feel a part of their communities and have a belief in themselves.
 
Duke of Edinburgh scheme maximising accessibility
 
Cancer support with Macmillan - offering projects and spaces in which those living with or effected by Cancer, have access to support, activities and resources to enhance their wellbeing.
 
CAN Digital: working towards ensuring that everyone within our community has access to the digital world and the skills and confidence to engage within it.
 
GREEN 67: recognising the physical challenges we face, challenges facing our natural world and the benefits the natural world can bring. Projects which focus on low carbon and bio diversity. Raising awareness and also encouraging the use of our outdoor spaces by the community.
 
Coalville CAN Publishing working with local first time authours and the CCAN Crew 
 
Holiday Activity Fund 
 
Past projects:
 
Kickstarter, working alongside 69 young people to find their way back into work following COVID. A government program to offer experience in the workplace, we also offered time to think about next steps, tools to make the decision and work experience where there was both an interest and a potential future.
 
Future projects:
 
CCAN is fueled by the creativity and ideas of our members and crew. We are working on a number of ideas for when the time and people are right. Get in touch - we like to say "yes and .."
 
  • Sustainable local woodland
  • Housing
  • Podcasting
  • Video and Music production
  • School of the Future
  • E-bike deliveries.
  • E X-bike Track

Dame Judi Dench sends her love

Dame Judi Dench sends her heartfelt regards to Mr Dax and all the talented pupils of Belvoirdale Primary School as they prepare to take the stage with A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Coalville Theatre Festival this June.

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STUDENTS EXPLORE

Students taking part in this year’s Coalville Theatre
Festival recently visited Snibston Colliery to explore Coalville’s rich mining heritage and gather inspiration for site-specific performance work. The visit gave students the opportunity to learn more about the role of the miner and the lived experiences of those who worked at the colliery, while engaging directly with the buildings, grounds and atmosphere of this significant heritage site. Being on location encouraged students to consider how history, place and memory can be brought to life through performance. During the visit, students also explored potential performance locations on the site. The space will help shape a student-devised, site-specific performances to be presented as part of the Coalville Theatre festival, offering audiences new ways to experience familiar places.
The visit forms part of a wider creative programme inspired by Gary Clarke Company’s dance theatre work Coal, supporting young people to respond creatively to Coalville’s industrial past.

PALITOY WORKERS

Calling all workers who worked at Coalville’s Palitoy factory! Local playwright Ben Weatherill and a team of actors are creating a new play inspired by your experiences — and we want your memories, laughter, and voices to help shape it. We’re inviting you to a friendly, informal gathering where you can reminisce about daily life at the factory, friendships, challenges, and proud moments. Your stories will be recorded and may even be heard in the play, giving your real voice a central role on stage.

CASTLE ROCK STUDENTS INSPIRED BY GARY CLARKE

Young people from Castle Rock School will premiere a powerful new site-specific performance at Snibston Colliery this summer, inspired by acclaimed choreographer Gary Clarke’s celebrated dance work Coal. The students have been working with Clarke to create an original piece of drama responding to the themes of his production, which explores the legacy of the UK coal industry and the impact of the miners’ strike on communities across the country.
Their performance will take place at the historic Snibston Colliery site as part of the Coalville Theatre Festival in June, transforming the former mining landscape into a stage for a new generation to reflect on the area’s past. Snibston Colliery, once a key part of Leicestershire’s mining industry, provides a fitting backdrop for the performance. By staging their work on the historic site, the young performers will connect directly with the environment that shaped the stories they are exploring.
The project is part of Coalville Theatre Festival’s commitment to celebrating both professional artists and community voices, while encouraging young people to engage with local history through the arts.