Punch in partnership with Lozells Recreation Group have recently completed a young people’s participation project called Music is my Heritage and we are thrilled to announce that 9 young people have all achieved their Bronze Arts Award.

The 16 week project explored the rich and diverse musical history of North West Birmingham and each week participants worked with a professional, local musician to workshop different genres of music.

The group explored the genres of grime, hip hop, reggae, bashment, bhangra and MC and lyric writing. They have produced their own short film of the project and even created their own soundtrack! Check out the footage by clicking here.

The group worked towards achieving their Arts Award qualification by capturing the project through film. They used handheld FLIP cameras to film each other during the activities and then worked with a professional film-maker to edit the footage. This footage, along with their project folders, was shown to the Arts Award Assessor who passed all the group with flying colours. The assessor commented that “the young people worked enthusiastically and become really involved in the project. Very well done”.

This is a fantastic achievement for Punch and LRG but mostly for all the young people who worked so hard throughout the project – many congratulations to each of them, they are now the very proud owners of a Bronze Arts Award certificate.

Have a look at some of the pictures taken from the various sessions below: