August 26, 2020

Headway Arts Community at Blyth Beach

Our first socially distanced outdoor workshop. A day at the beach full of art & dancing & enjoying being back together for the first time since lockdown began. Filmed on … “Headway Arts Community at Blyth Beach”

August 4, 2020

Counting The Lights in the Darkness

Our Headway Arts community have been connected and co-creating together every day from the very first day in lockdown. Anticipating lockdown Headway Arts felt it was vital to support the … “Counting The Lights in the Darkness”

May 14, 2020

AGM & Review of the Year

Update:  Here’s a recording of the event!   Our AGM will be a bit different this year! In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with the UK Government’s … “AGM & Review of the Year”

March 20, 2020

Northumberland Lottery

You can now buy your tickets for the new Northumberland Lottery and support Headway Arts! Visit NorthumberlandLottery.co.uk to buy your tickets. If you choose to support Headway Arts we will … “Northumberland Lottery”

March 18, 2020

Coronavirus Statement (18th March 2020)

We wanted to share with you our plans regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and measures we are taking to reduce risk to our fantastic Headway Arts Community. Here is the … “Coronavirus Statement (18th March 2020)”

November 15, 2019

Tales and Tunes

Tales & Tunes, our Great Northumberland Winter Festival event is taking place on Thursday 5th December at 6pm at Headway ArtSpace. We are hosting the final meeting of our 2 … “Tales and Tunes”

Headway Arts Winter Festival 2019!

Our Annual Winter Festival runs between Tuesday 19th November and Tuesday 17th December 2019 and is supported by Northumberland Culture Fund and Great Northumberland Winter Festival. View events

November 11, 2019

Access & Aesthetic

Part of the Headway Arts team are travelling to Lisbon, Portugal, this week for the first meeting in our Erasmus Plus-funded project Access & Aesthetic.   Access and Aesthetic’ (A&A) … “Access & Aesthetic”

October 16, 2019

A Great Night Out at Headway Arts, October 2019

Join us for a great night out at Headway Arts this Friday (18 October 2019) People from across South East Northumberland have been working with Museums Northumberland bait and The … “A Great Night Out at Headway Arts, October 2019”

July 4, 2019

Creative Cafe – To the moon and back

At 20:17:39 GMT on July 20th 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed on the Moon. Join Headway Arts on Thursday 18th July 2019 at Headway ArtSpace, Blyth to celebrate … “Creative Cafe – To the moon and back”

June 13, 2019

REAL Project Films

You can read about our current Erasmus Plus-funded partner project visit the REAL – Reflective Expressive Artistic Learning page of our website where you will find a project description, links … “REAL Project Films”

June 12, 2019

Community Arts Internship

Based: Headway Arts, Blyth Hours: 35 per week Duration: 2 weeks Pay: £8.75 per hour Eligibility: These vacancies are open to currently-enrolled Northumbria students, and Northumbria graduates who graduated in … “Community Arts Internship”

June 11, 2019

Headway Arts AGM 2019

Join us at Headway ArtSpace for tea, entertainment and a little bit of business at our Annual General Meeting, Wednesday 10th July from 12.30pm. There’ll be dance, visual art, film, … “Headway Arts AGM 2019”

June 4, 2019

One Hundred Homes at Headway ArtSpace

How do we define what makes a home? Belgian theatre maker Yinka Kuitenbrouwer visited over 100 people to find out – from newborns to pensioners, from people who’ve lived in … “One Hundred Homes at Headway ArtSpace”

April 30, 2019

Creative Community Workshops for Welcome Home Williams II

We’re running FREE drop-in workshops for anyone who’d like to come along and make colourful carnival items for the Welcome Home Williams II event, a partnership between Blyth Tall Ship … “Creative Community Workshops for Welcome Home Williams II”

April 18, 2019

The CoCreART Symposium and Networking Lunch

About  The Symposium will explore the equity of process between disabled and non disabled artists. Through our Arts Council Funded ‘CoCreART’ programme we have brought together learning disabled artists with … “The CoCreART Symposium and Networking Lunch”

April 17, 2019

Call Out for Artists!

We’ve had a great response to the first call out but are still missing some art forms. Because of this we have extended the deadline for applications to Friday 17th … “Call Out for Artists!”

Hold Your Peace performance

Hold Your Peace is a drama production devised and performed by learning disabled adults. Set in the summer of 1919 during preparations for a ‘Peace Tea’ garden party, Hold Your … “Hold Your Peace performance”

April 16, 2019

Jess Klein and Mike June – Live in Concert

A welcome return for this excellent American singer/songwriter pairing, to what proved to be an ideal environment for them to showcase their talents during their 2017 UK tour. Each are … “Jess Klein and Mike June – Live in Concert”

January 22, 2019

Come On Down 2019 – coming soon!

CALL OUT FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEARS COME ON DOWN FESTIVAL! We are happy to announce that our annual festival Come On Down will be happening at Headway ArtSpace over … “Come On Down 2019 – coming soon!”

January 7, 2019

Review of the Year 2018

Take a look at our short film: ‘Review of the Year 2018’ which shows a lively snapshot of some of last year’s highlights.Please feel free to share the video if … “Review of the Year 2018”

November 28, 2018

Winters Kiss

Join us on Thursday 13th December for a sparkly circus cabaret performance by The Stars: Winters Kiss. The show starts at 1.30pm at Headway ArtSpace. This is a free event, … “Winters Kiss”

Candlelit Concert

Join us for an evening of seasonal songs with Seaglass Choir and guests, Thursday 6th December at 7.30pm, Headway ArtSpace, Blyth. There will be a bar serving alcohol, soft drinks … “Candlelit Concert”

November 21, 2018

Winter Exhibition 2018

Local artists will be displaying and selling their work at our Winter Exhibition from Thursday 6th December. Join us for our Exhibition Preview at 6pm on 6th December at Headway … “Winter Exhibition 2018”

November 6, 2018

Old Boy at Headway ArtSpace

Old Boy is a funny and moving show about the bond between grandads and grandsons. With a community cast of men and boys from Northumberland, it explores that special relationship … “Old Boy at Headway ArtSpace”

September 24, 2018

Hold Your Peace: GeNErosity Festival

Join us at Headway ArtSpace on Thursday 22nd November for our latest performance of Hold Your Peace. We’ll have guest speakers, discussion and a real peace tea. Tickets are free and can … “Hold Your Peace: GeNErosity Festival”

September 13, 2018

CoCreART – call out for artists

Headway Arts is delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding towards our dynamic CoCreART programme from Arts Council England through Grants for the Arts. CoCreART is an ambitious … “CoCreART – call out for artists”

August 15, 2018

We’re Hiring

This post has been filled. Thank you for your interest.  Job Title: COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT WORKER Responsible to: Chief Executive Hours: 28 hours per week. Based: Headway ArtSpace, Blyth, Northumberland … “We’re Hiring”

August 13, 2018

Blue Flag Workshops

Pop in to create your Blue Flag between Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th August, 10am-3pm. We’re almost at 600!

August 1, 2018

Annual General Meeting 2018

Join us at Headway ArtSpace for our AGM on Thursday 30th August, 6.30pm.

July 16, 2018

Fly your flag for Great Northumberland 2018!

Headway Arts is offering free creative workshops to Northumberland community groups.

July 9, 2018

Creative Cafe: Blue Flags

Join us at Headway ArtSpace on Wednesday 25th July 1pm-4pm for our latest Creative Cafe.

July 5, 2018

Carnival Statement

Headway Arts and Blyth Town Council have worked hard to resolve their differences regarding the 2018 Carnival.

June 22, 2018

Volunteers Attend Sensory Garden Official Opening Ceremony

Yesterday we held an official opening ceremony for our sensory garden, organised by our fantastic volunteer Mr Bill Thompson.

June 20, 2018

First Blue Flag Workshops

We had the first of our Blue Flag workshops with Collingwood School today. Some lovely flags made for our Blue Flag Project installation on Blyth Beach in August 2018! Blue Flag is … “First Blue Flag Workshops”

May 4, 2018

Blyth Spartans Women

On 18th May 1918 Blyth Spartans Ladies won the Munitionettes Cup 5-0 in front of 20,000 spectators at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough. Sadly, that fantastic episode has been erased from history…until … “Blyth Spartans Women”

Northumberland Day 2018

Join us at Headway ArtSpace on Thursday 24th May for our second Stotties, Sarnies and Singing Hinnies get-together in celebration of Northumberland Day. From 3pm till 5pm there’ll be traditional … “Northumberland Day 2018”

May 1, 2018

Inspiration Exploration

Inspiration Exploration is a creative partnership which brings together The Blyth Tall Ship and Headway Arts, two of Northumberland’s most visionary organisations. Two hundred years ago The Williams was a … “Inspiration Exploration”

April 30, 2018

Blyth Community Carnival Update

After working with you all over the last 3 years to develop Blyth Community Carnival, we are shockingly, no longer involved with it this year. After initially offering support for … “Blyth Community Carnival Update”

April 17, 2018

Creative Arts Workshops

Inspiring creative and performing arts workshops for learning disabled people For people aged 18 years and over who are learning disabled and • passionate about the arts • want to … “Creative Arts Workshops”