EdShift CIC was born.
May 2020
Partnered with Creative Learning Guild on the awarded Arts Drop project.
October 2020
SpotLight was delivered in the first school in Calderdale.
April 2021: Moved into our first premises at Croft Myl.
July 2021: Watch This Space Social Prescribing Project launched in partnership with Invictus Wellbeing.
November 2021: Welcomed our first student placement from the University of Huddersfield.
March 2022: Secured Mayor’s Safer Communities Funding.
March 2022: Secured Children in Need Funding.
April 2022: Secured Social Enterprise Fund support.
April 2022: Into The SpotLight Exhibition launched.
May 2022: Team expanded to three SpotLight Practitioners.
August 2022: Partnership with Fresh Futures launched.
November 2022: Won the Arts Award at the Community Spirit Awards.
January 2023: Secured funding to launch Art Therapy.
February 2023: Project Zero Prevention Programme launched.
April 2023: The Nest Art Therapy launched.
April 2023: BraveBox launched.
May 2023: The YouthBase was born.
August 2023: In Touch Youth Club launched.
September 2023: BraveBox CPD Training launched.
January 2024: Full Tiered Pathway of Support launched.
March 2024: Little Nests Group Art Therapy launched.
May 2024: Let The Light In Exhibition launched.
June 2024: Kindness is King Prevention Programme launched.
July 2024: Household Support Fund secured, providing emergency food and fuel support as part of our pathway.
August 2024: Shift Networking launched.
September 2024: Postcode Lottery funding secured for Little Nests Group Art Therapy.
January 2025: Voices of the Future Youth Voice Group launched.
March 2025: Shift Networking IWD launched.
April 2025: Halifax Hoedown Fundraiser held.
June 2025: Pilot project contract commissioned for Art Therapy support for families fleeing domestic abuse.
August 2025: NbS funding secured.
November 2025: Transitioned from a CIC to a registered charity.
December 2025: Partnered with SoundProof Box CIC to bring Red Flags interactive theatre to Calderdale.
January 2026: Nominated for the Community Arts Award at the Yorkshire Choice Awards.
March 2026: Every Child Heard / Every Child Seen 2026 Strategy launched.
April 2026: Afternoon Brew Project launched.
May 2026: Secured £399,999.99 National Lottery funding.
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