OUR STORY 2008 - 2023
FRCA TimeLine
2007
The Freedom Road band release a single to raise funds for the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Freetown Sierra Leone, who visited Hull as part of the Wilberforce Bicentenary Celebration.
As a result The Freedom Road Creative Arts project was launched.
2008
Freedom Road Creative Arts become a registered charity and perform at the International Looking After Children Conference at Oxford University.
2009
FRCA fly to Australia to perform at the Create Foundation’s inaugural Youth Summit in Sydney.
2010
FRCA are awarded their first grant from Children in Need to run for three years.
2011
FRCA has its Summer School, including the charity facilitating the Youth Stage at the very first Tribfest.
2012
FRCA win the inaugural Youth Division Rock Challenge at Hull New Theatre and facilitate the youth stage at the very first Humber Street Sesh.
2013
FRCA wins the Youth Division Rock Challenge for the second year running and partners up with the Rights and Participation Project to set up the Listen Up Project in several secondary schools.
2014
FRCA secure their second Children in Need grant, this time for £83k.
2015
FRCA launch a partnership with ARAFEST, which takes place in Leven to raise funds for FRCA.
2016
The first Let’s Rock takes place at Brid Spa in partnership with Remarkable Arts, and FRCA win the Youth Division of Rock Challenge for the third time.
2017
Another Children in Need grant is secured, this time for £84k.
2018
Busiest year ever with Let’s Rock, Rock Challenge, Cottingham Springboard, Hedfest, Humber Street Sesh, Tribfest, the Summer School and the Freedom Fringe Festival happening all in one summer.
2019
FRCA secure a two-year Youth Music Grant. FRCA musicians release their debut singles: Walking Primrose with Jumpstart and Kaomi, and Sam and Ethan’s “This is Who I Am”, which became the backdrop to the Creative Voice festival.
FRCA forges a partnership with the Hull Music Service at the Albermarle Music Centre.
Tutors Lisa and Liam move on to concentrate on their young family having both been a massive part of FRCA for many years - thank you!
2020
As Covid hit, FRCA reverted to online provision with a load of new projects to keep young people engaged. Music videos, West Hull Radio FM, Podcast Corner and of course Vegan Cooking with Lucy. Plus an interim Children in Need grant for £30k to tide us over.
Dance tutor Holly moves on to her new full-time position at school and we thank her for all her time at FRCA!
Joining us are Molly and Jack Brown as new tutors and pastoral support.
2021
Yes! Another Children in Need three-year grant, this time for £112k.
Through the Community Spaces programme, FRCA move into a vacant unit in the Prospect Shopping Centre in Hull.
In doing so FRCA have developed a recording studio and a podcast suite from which we have been able to develop further the projects that we launched during lockdown.
2022
FRCA celebrates its 15-year anniversary and we start with the first Let’s Rock at Brid Spa post-Covid.
A new FRCA Collective with a host of new faces performing at it.
The music lessons are increasingly busy with new tutors Simon (drums) and Èva (dance). We are at full capacity once more!
For more info please find us at:
www.freedomroadcreativearts.com
or on 07921800617
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