Urban Circle Newport

Urban Circle Newport is an independent youth arts organisation and registered charity based in Newport, South Wales. We engage, support and empower young people and communities. Through interconnected services and quality pre-selected partner organisations, Urban Circle is able to provide targeted and flexible services.

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Black History Month with Urban Circle

Events, Learning, Youth Work October 11, 2021

With plenty to learn and share here is a series of workshops and screenings organised by Urban Circle Newport for this years Black History Month. Training & Course  Abu Bakr, Monday Training  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diversity-workshops-by-urban-circle-tickets-189187433707 Black History Course  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-history-course-tickets-189341263817  Marilyn Bryant diversity and Inclusion training.   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/189608372747 Films & Documentaries  Arena Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arena-fela-kuti-father-of-afrobeat-tickets-189239258717 Small Axe Education  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-axe-education-tickets-189253491287 Paris is Burning …

UCN Documentary Project- The beginning of our research

Learning August 30, 2021

After the success of ‘Wales Untold’ Documentary- members of Urban Circle have began the process of creating a secondary documentary that will lead on from the 2015 success; it will focus on Wales as well as expanding both nationally and internationally. You can watch ‘Wales Untold’ via Amazon Prime. FREE HERE. This new documentary will analyse the study of genetics, African race and…

Fight For Facts- A project with Newport Rising

Communication, Learning July 18, 2021

This month UC Welsh Translations Officers worked in partnership with Newport Rising on a new ‘Fight for Facts’ campaign, spreading positive awareness of the challenges of misleading and false information online. The filming took place at TinShed Unit 9 and will be launched later this year.  We’ve been planning the project for a number of weeks, writing scripts and doing research around…

Promoting BAME Education through Film

Learning June 23, 2021

With the upcoming implementation of BAME history’s into the school curriculum, and the BLM response targeting education as key in bringing about change, we have worked with our partner ACAP to develop an educational resource for learning providers. To support this project, we worked with members of the Youth Management Team and Urban Circle members, who shared their experiences of heritage and…

Welsh Language Within UCN

Communication June 6, 2021

Introduction to Welsh Communications. Earlier this year we at Urban Circle welcomed a new established Communications team, including our Welsh Translations Officers who will formulate and contribute to the introduction to Welsh Language within the organisation. Over the next 12 months- Urban Circle Newport will be growing our communications- providing social media posts, company documents, press releases and visual graphics in both…

Be the first.

Learning May 12, 2021

My name’s Dan, I’m Assistant Communications Officer for Urban Circle Newport…. And this is my advice… to be the first….. As a young girl, I always had a love for dance, I would do it anywhere and everywhere that I got the chance. But I never believed it was a path I would be able to pursue, as amongst all those who…