The Dukes Creative Learning department provides opportunities for young people to develop creatively, educationally and socially at DT3, our dedicated space for young people’s participatory arts. DT3 runs as a formal partnership with Lancashire County Council Young People’s Service. We operate a four-tiered progression route for young people:
 
• Tier One (Interact) – Open access participation-based activities including theatre, film making and music production
• Tier Two (Diploma) – Accredited learning and work experience and volunteering  opportunities
• Tier Three (Young Leaders) – Training and support for young people to develop own short term project and structured traineeships in directing, film making and technical theatre.
• Tier Four (Artist and Company Development) – Business and creativity support for emerging artists and companies

DT3 in numbers
2 … new creative businesses currently supported at DT3
17....Dukes Youth Theatre members who performed at The National Theatre in   July 2009 
45….Young people with complex needs engaged in weekly creative projects
74 …Creative Learning projects delivered in 2008-09
200+ – the minimum number of young people working in DT3 each week
2,132 – the number of individual young people who took part in 2008-09
10,537 – the number of young people’s participation opportunities delivered in 2008-09*

*participation opportunities are creative sessions multiplied by the number of participants at each session

DT3 in Partnership
In 2008-09 the Dukes Creative Learning Department and Lancashire County Council Young People’s Service worked with:

• Patchwork Mill – new social enterprise film production company
• Urban Crossover  - new social enterprise music and digital arts company
• Beaumont College, Lancaster
• HMYOI Lancaster Farms
• Homeless Action Group
• Marsh Community Centre
• Ridge Youth and Community Centre
• North Lancashire Youth and Community Centre
• Morecambe Youth Centre
• Sarah Callaghan, Lancashire’s Young People’s Champion
• Performing for Success, Preston
• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Education Service
• Stepping Stones Nigeria, Lancaster
• Workshop productions, Morecambe based film company
• Ludus Dance
• More Music, Morecambe
• Heysham High School, Morecambe
• Central High School, Lancaster
• Lancaster Girls Grammar School
• Christchurch Primary School, Lancaster
• Ashton Group, Barrow in Furness
• Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

The Dukes ensures that all projects provide opportunities for self development as well as arts skills. Our role in the community is to support the local educational, social and youth services to assist in the overall holistic development of young people throughout the county.