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Tom Edwards

@agoodtom.bsky.social

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Marketing, writing, reading, photography, filmmaker. Digital Marketing and Campaigns Co-ordinator for @CuriousMinds.org.uk. Trustee at Upstart Projects / Voice Magazine ✨️ LFC 🔴 he/him

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 16

I sometimes take pictures

An old grey stone building with the sky shining above it.

Wigan train station at dusk. Wigan North Western is written on a sign with overheard wires heading horizontally.

Spanish hills at night with a soft red glow.

Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · May 6

Got to experience Liverpool winning the league, and it was incredible. #Liverpool #LFC

People sat with beers wearing red Liverpool shirts as flares are billowing smoke.

Point of view from the back of the Kop in Anfield. People celebrating facing the pitch. A haze of red smoke obscures the pitch.

Celebrations outside the stadium. People with their hands above them singing and chanting. There is a building with a bunch of people stood on the roof. Flags and banners are raised up.

Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Mar 6

Took some photos and listened to some wonderful discussions about the difficulties and opportunities involved in running school trips in schools at the moment.

Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Mar 6

It's a wonderful day at @contactmcr.bsky.social running our Curiosity Outside the Classroom training with teachers and school staff.

The training focuses on how education settings can run engaging trips and visits that benefit their children and young people.

#NCulturalEd #Teachers #training

A group of people with a woman prominently featured smiling whilst holding some pieces of paper.

A smiling man sat down with peices of paper in front of him. Other people are talking.

A man with a colourful piece of paper in their hands. In a room with people stood around and paper on the tables.

A woman stood declaring something to a room and looking animated in front of a large yellow wall.

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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Feb 3

Opportunity to join the Curious Minds Team!

💷 £34,154 - £38,414 (full time range)
📍 Hybrid working between home, our Wigan office and other locations.
⏳ 35 hours per week (full time). Part time applications considered.
🕛 Deadline: midday (12pm) on Friday 14 March.

bit.ly/PMIfb25

An image of a man and woman sat a table with laptops and pieces of paper. There is text that reads: "Join us. Programme Manager (Inclusion)"

Job advertisement for a Programme Manager (Inclusion) position at Curious Minds. Closing date is midday on Friday, 14 March. Highlights include championing inclusion, networking, and innovation. Hybrid work, full-time. Salary: £34,154 - £38,414.

Text on a white background reads: "An extraordinary opportunity to drive inclusion and creativity in cultural education." It describes a dynamic change-maker role to advance cultural education, followed by the call to action: "Apply now.

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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Jan 31

We are extremely grateful to accept a generous donation from The Heaton Group for the Chance To See Fund. This fund, in partnership with The Lathums, makes sure young people in Wigan Borough, no matter their background, can explore their creativity, innovate, and dream big.

Seven people stand indoors holding a large ceremonial check for £3,000 from the Heaton Group, addressed to "Chance To See Fund." They pose in front of a rustic brick wall with "FEAST" partially visible.

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Jan 30

Got to take some photos of The Lathums as we develop our Chance To See Fund and accept generous donations. #ChanceToSeeFund

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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Jan 23

Curious Creatives Network Meeting: Diane Morgan (Arts & Culture Consultant and Producer)
Thurs 27 Feb, 12-1.15pm. Online.

Do you work within the arts & cultural education space? Looking for an inspiring space to learn & grow your creative network?

Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curious-cr...

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Dec 10

Early morn trees

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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Nov 29

Join our Board as Vice Chair & Treasurer.

We're looking for someone who is motivated to make a difference and has experience in:
- Financial governance
- Strategic leadership
- Cultural and/or education policy and funding

Info here: bit.ly/49fanrR

The words: Join Us over an image of two young women conversing happily.

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 26

Arts education networking with a poetic twist 🗣

Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Nov 25

➕ Just Added: This Thursday we will also be joined by Amina Atiq and Daniel Sebuyange (Blue Saint) - two extremely talented poets who will be sharing their work. Daniel is a previous winner of the @poetrysociety.bsky.social's SLAMbassadors programme.

Tickets still available: bit.ly/CCN1124

Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 23

Cheers for these Amelia!

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 22

👏 Big thanks to @srsgorton.bsky.social for showing me how to make our Bluesky handle look a bit more professional

Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Nov 22

🎉 We now have a WAY more official @bsky.app handle

Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 21

I've just grabbed these - thanks to @haymarketbooks.bsky.social for making these free.

Not long left to grab them 📚📖

Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Nov 9

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free

Another world is possible if we fight for it

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

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Thomas Atkinson-Joy @tatkjoy.bsky.social · Nov 20

Arts marketing BlueSky, assemble!

I've created a Starter Pack for those working in arts marketing, whether in theatre, music, museums, art, opera, dance, or beyond.

Drop a 👋 if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/6fcDxVA

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 20

Back into editing for work as we look to release some videos on #TeachingArtists with the brilliant Eric Booth. 3 camera set up was fun. Audio sync not so much.

Editing software timeline from Adobe Premiere Pro. Showing a couple women and a man laughing.

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Greg Barradale @gregbarradale.bsky.social · Nov 18

24% of the UK's population are now defined as living in poverty, including 1 in 3 children, under a new, wider measure of deprivation being adopted by the government

These numbers should always be shocking. But perhaps the move shows some denial being abandoned

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high

Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · Nov 18

Liverpool are top, City are reeling, Arsenal lurch from one week to the next... with no break in domestic football until March, it's time to assess the state of play.

All 20 Premier League teams are covered in my latest newsletter: andrewbeasley.substack.com/p/assessing-...

Assessing The 2024/25 Premier League

Liverpool are top, Pep Guardiola is on a losing streak, Arsenal seem in crisis and Nottingham Forest are the Premier League surprise package. What's going on?

andrewbeasley.substack.com

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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Nov 18

❓Who we are:

Curious Minds has been connecting children & young people, teachers & youth workers with incredible artists & creative practitioners; giving them access to information, expertise, space & resources to facilitate collaboration & innovation in the field of creative & cultural education.

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 17

10 of my favourite films to get to know me (no order):

🏵 Magnolia
❤️ In The Mood For Love
💍 Lord of the Rings
🚆 Double Indemnity
🚽 The Seventh Continent
🐀 The Princess Bride
🪙 No Country For Old Men
🗞 Sweet Smell of Success
🔥 Portrait of a Lady on Fire
🛶 A Place In The Sun

#FilmSky

Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thank youuu 🥰

Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 17

I recently got the chance to film a roundtable discussion with the "father of the teaching artist profession," Eric Booth.

It was a pleasure to hear him speak about the power of art in the lives of young people.

Although, running a 3 camera set-up for the first time in 10 years was hard work 📹🎥📸

A group of people sat around a table bring filmed by 2 cameras with lighting and sound equipment focused on the table.

A diverse group of people discussing things around a table. A man with grey hair seems to be talking. Audio recording equipment, water, and notepads can be seen on the table in front of the people.

A group of 12 people facing the camera in a posed way. Smiling and pushed together - some are standing whilst others are sitting at a table.

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Tom Beasley @tomjbeasley.bsky.social · Nov 15

Today is #SteveIrwinDay, which allowed me to get all up in my feelings about how important the guy was (and still is) to my life. There has never, and will never, be anyone like Steve Irwin. 🐊

Steve Irwin: My Climate Hero

Today, conservationists and fans around the world celebrate Steve Irwin Day in honour of the Australian wildlife presenter. To me, and many other children of the 2000s, the man known as the Crocodile ...

www.voicemag.uk

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Tom Edwards @agoodtom.bsky.social · Nov 16

I sometimes take pictures