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Chol brings live story-making to people in their everyday communities.

20/10/2026

For the last four weeks, we've been working with our home-ed community to explore, play, and create costumes, imaginary worlds and planets, and to build stories together at MakerWorld in the Packhorse Shopping Centre.

Today, our group shared what they had created with their parents. We've had strong demand for younger home-ed children to attend, so from next term we will be offering a new cohort for children aged 4–7, running from 1pm to 2pm. If you are a parent and would like your child to join us, please get in touch.

Book here (aged 4-7): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-play-for-home-ed-children-aged-4-7-term-1-tickets-2003295246008?aff=oddtdtcreator

Book here (aged 7-12): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/imaginary-communities-term-2-creative-workshops-for-home-ed-children-tickets-2000400389414?aff=oddtdtcreator

Or you can book via Linktree in our bio!

18/10/2026

📣We’re hiring! 📣

We’re looking for a Schools & Education Co-Director to join Chol’s shared leadership team and help shape the next chapter of our work with schools, teachers and education partners.

Schools and education have been at the heart of Chol’s work for more than 15 years. We’ve built a significant body of practice, relationships and learning - and we’re now looking for someone who can build on that foundation while bringing their own experience, ideas, ambition and fresh thinking about what comes next.

This could be for you if your experience is in schools, creative learning, arts education, teacher development, cultural education, education strategy, school leadership or somewhere between these spaces. You don’t need to currently work in an arts organisation to be right for this role.

✨ Help shape the next chapter of creative education at Chol
🗓️ 3 days per week / 0.6 FTE
💷 £20,884.50 per annum (£34,807.50 FTE)
📍 Kirklees & flexible working
⏰ Applications close Sunday 8 November at 11.59pm

Head to our website to find out more and download the full Recruitment Pack, which includes information about Chol, the role, person specification and how to apply.
👉 https://wearechol.co.uk/work-with-us/

14/10/2026

Imaginary Communities: A little project update! 🌍

We’ve been having so much fun exploring creativity, drama and storytelling with home-educated children, sharing ideas and creating imaginary worlds together.

And we’ve got some exciting news!

We’re launching new creative play sessions for ages 4–7 from the 3rd of November, alongside our existing workshops for ages 7–12 🎉

Session times:
🎭Ages 7–12: 10:30am–12:30pm
🎭Ages 4–7: 1pm–2pm

Dates: November 2026 – March 2027 (excluding half term)

Location: MakersWorld, Packhorse Shopping Centre, King Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2RT (opposite Alice’s Kitchen)

Cost: All sessions are free.

Sessions are drop-off and pick-up only.

Want to join us? Check out our eventbrite for booking information- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/chol-30815511114

Come and get creative with us!

09/10/2026

𝗪𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀! 🎉

Chol has been awarded £182,901 from The National Lottery Community Fund through Reaching Communities for Where We Stand - a new three-year programme across Kirklees.

This funding gives us the chance to do something we care deeply about: invest properly in young people, pay them for their time and ideas, and give them the support, resources and space to make creative things happen in the places where they live.

We’re so excited to get started, and we’d also love to hear from artists, creatives and community practitioners across Kirklees and the wider region who are interested in this kind of work.

Read more about Where We Stand, why we’re doing it and where we hope it might lead: https://wearechol.co.uk/where-we-stand-backing-young-people-to-make-things-happen-where-they-live/

Made possible with funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players.

15/09/2026

There's still time to book onto Imaginary Communities. Book here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/zgQkb

👉🏽 Note: You will need to book a ticket for each date per term, as your booking covers a whole term!

Term 1: 29th Sep, 6th Oct, 13th Oct, 20th Oct (Tue)
Term 2: 3rd Nov, 10th Nov, 17th Nov, 24th Nov, 1st Dec, 8th Dec (Tue)
Term 3: (2027): 12th Jan, 19th Jan, 26th Jan, 2nd Feb, 9th Feb (Tue)
Term 4: 23rd Feb, 2nd Mar, 9th Mar, 16th Mar, 23rd March, 30th Mar

👉🏽 For more information, email: [email protected]

10/09/2026

🌍 IMAGINARY COMMUNITIES – FOR HOME-EDUCATING CHILDREN

Chol Theatre is inviting home-educated children to join us for a free series of playful drama, storytelling and creative workshops from September 2026 to March 2027.
We’ll be using Imaginary Communities, Chol Theatre’s playful approach to drama, storytelling and creative learning, developed alongside children, teachers and communities over the past 15 years.

Children will work alongside our artists as equal playmakers, using drama, imaginative play, storytelling and creative making to discover and shape new worlds together. They might step into character, explore extraordinary places, uncover unknown stories, face unexpected challenges and invent new ideas as they go.

There’s no set story to follow — the children’s ideas help shape what happens next. This reflects the Imaginary Communities approach of working in and out of role to explore characters, settings and plot, with drama at its heart alongside other creative art forms.

Along the way, the workshops offer lots of opportunities to develop:

✨ Creativity and imagination
🎭 Confidence and self-expression
💬 Communication and storytelling
🤝 Collaboration, relationships and belonging
💭 Curiosity, well-being and a love of learning

For: Home-educated children aged 7-12 years
Dates: September 2026 - March 2027 (excluding half term)
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: MakersWorld, Packhorse Shopping Centre, King Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2RT (opposite Alice's Kitchen)
Cost: Free

Term 1: 29th Sep, 6th Oct, 13th Oct, 20th Oct (Tue)
Term 2: 3rd Nov, 10th Nov, 17th Nov, 24th Nov, 1st Dec, 8th Dec (Tue)
Term 3: (2027): 12th Jan, 19th Jan, 26th Jan, 2nd Feb, 9th Feb (Tue)
Term 4: 23rd Feb, 2nd Mar, 9th Mar, 16th Mar, 23rd March, 30th Mar

Places are limited. Find out more and book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/imaginary-communities-4869892?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Please share with any home-educating PARENTS who may be interested.

07/09/2026

🚨 📰 EXCITING CHOL NEWS 📰 🚨

We’re so excited to welcome Aamta-Tul Waheed and Isabelle Kirkham as our new Associate Co-Directors.

These roles are part of Chol’s commitment to doing leadership differently - creating more shared, supported and accessible routes into decision-making, and valuing lived experience, community-rooted practice, care and creativity.

Aamta brings a powerful interdisciplinary practice rooted in identity, migration, belonging, intergenerational experiences and community storytelling.

Isabelle brings a compelling, resonant theatre practice rooted in care, home, belonging, lived experience and the messy bits of being human.

Together, they bring warmth, imagination, experience and a real commitment to care, access and creative possibility.

Welcome to the team, Aamta and Isabelle - we can’t wait to build this next chapter with you ♥

Find out more about them on our team page:
https://wearechol.co.uk/who-we-are/our-people

03/08/2026

🙌 We’re recruiting five paid Young Producers to help shape Our Biennale! 🙌

We’re looking for young people aged 16-24 who live, study or spend time in Kirklees and want to share their ideas, build new skills and help create exciting arts activity for children and young people.

No previous arts or producing experience is needed - just curiosity, enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved. 🔥

30 paid hours at £14 per hour - £420 in total.

Applications close Friday 21 August 2026.

Find out more and apply: https://wearechol.co.uk/our-biennale-young-producers/

26/06/2026

We’re so excited to be partnering with In Place of War on Creative Agents of Climate Change 2026 - 27 🌍✨

This incredible opportunity supports young people aged 18–30 to develop skills in creative climate activism, connect with inspiring change-makers, and bring their own ideas for change to life through mentoring and seed funding.

No previous climate activism experience needed - just passion, curiosity and a desire to make change in your community.

Applications close 6 July.

Email [email protected] for more information or apply here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfc8GvYrkgjGkn-crbu75KYK7trY5nI8VW1etW4iz0mBkUn2A/viewform 🔗

11/06/2026

👋 Thinking about applying for our Associate Co-Director role? 👋

Join us for an informal online Q&A to find out more.

We'll be chatting about:
✨ the role
✨ the Chol-Operative
✨ leadership development
✨ the recruitment process
✨ what it's like to work at Chol

There'll also be plenty of time to ask questions.

No pressure and absolutely no expectation that attending means you have to apply.

Just a chance to find out more and see whether the role might be right for you.

📅 Wednesday 17 June
🕒 7 - 7.30pm
📍 Online (Zoom)

Book your free place via Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/associate-co-director-recruitment-qa-tickets-1991701863890?aff=oddtdtcreator

Address

MakersWorld, Packhorse Shopping Centre, King Street
Huddersfield
HD12RT

Telephone

+441484536008

Website

http://www.wearechol.co.uk/, https://linktr.ee/chol

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