Views of the future – Future Views

What are the big things happening now that will impact on a local creative future?

How will changes today impact on children and young people in the future?

In the far future, what creative activities will people enjoy? How do these relate to work, learning and play? What skills and attitudes will be needed for this future?

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What are the big things happening now that will impact on a local creative future?

Internal Factors

Responses showed us that young people’s most pressing barriers to culture and creativity were ‘Internal’ – relating to their own values and feelings, and the attitudes of those around them.

Many said they felt unsupported and misunderstood by parents and other adults. This was echoed in their views on the education system, as well as more distant ‘world-scale’ changes. In reference to people in power, a participant said: “One person’s opinion could make you feel as though your voice isn’t as strong.”

“People aren’t confident creatively”

“Laziness in young people”

“Parents’ negative perception”

“Teachers [not open to creative futures]”

“People’s lack of belief in you”

“Societal prejudice”

“Non-supportive family, friends, teachers”

External Factors

The biggest external barriers identified by the young people were larger-scale global issues, even though they were encouraged to focus on cultural access in their own locality. This could be seen as encouraging, as it shows that young people are aware of the importance of politics, even if they lack a sense of detail or empowerment to act on their own responses.

Cultural factors were only brought up in one workshop, which included young arts advocates and adult cultural leaders.

“Lack of availability and accessibility in areas”

“Lack of time or free days due to school pressures”

“Age restrictions” (e.g. young people feel excluded)

“Loss of exposure and reduced opportunities [in the arts]”

Economy and work factors came up a lot:

“Economically divided society” (i.e. rich vs. poor)

“Less money and less free time”

“Job worries”

“Lack of transport”

“Rising fuel costs”

“Money” (personal wealth)

“Rising costs in the creative industry”

“I don’t think there is as much money created by creative jobs”

“Cuts to public funding”

Social factors were significant:

“Third world issues such as poverty”

“Migrant crisis”

“Rural issues and location and not knowing the right people”

“In some rural areas, a lack of ethnic diversity”

“Immigration”

“Higher levels of childbirth”

“Rise in crime”

“Higher levels of terrorism”

“Immigrants in Calais”

“War and ISIS”

“Independence will shut away other cultures so we may not experience as many different cultures”

All three groups mentioned Environmental factors:

“Climate change”

“Global warming”

“Polar ice caps melting”

“Floods” (but low awareness of floods as a local risk)

“Forest fires/deforestation”

“A rise in population”

Political factors were fairly strongly represented. Most showed a lack of knowledge about Brexit but some showed awareness connected to wider world politics:

“Brexit” (mentioned by all groups, sometimes positively e.g. “Freedom from EU”)

“Donald Trump” and “US elections”

“Cuts to the NHS”

“Global politics and conflict (USA, Russia)”

Relational factors

The young people were very aware of pressures on the education system and understood that politics were heavily tied up in this.

“Global competition for academic levels”

“Academic subjects are being pushed in school”

“New GCSEs”

“Exam ratio weighted toward written over practical so it’s harder to pass”

“Michael Gove removing art-related subjects from schools.”

Technological change was covered broadly at this stage in the conversation:

“New technology”

“Digital technology (need more access)”

“Virtual Reality”

“Robots taking over our jobs”

“Better mobile phones available”

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Very few young people mentioned healthcare factors as an issue except as an “impact of pollution”, and “antibiotic resistance”

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Economy and work factors seen as threats

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