Cheltenham Education Partnership Changemakers Project
Last week, students from Year 10 to Year 13 joined us at All Saints’ Academy for the launch of the 2025 Cheltenham Education Partnership Changemakers Project. This year’s programme is titled ‘Young Designers: The Potpourri of Our Society’.
Several partnership schools from across Gloucestershire have come together to collaborate with the Lives of Colour organisation in delivering a series of sustainable dress design workshops focused on inclusivity, under the theme ‘I live in Cheltenham, but I come from…’.
The project fosters a strong sense of belonging, bringing together students from a wide range of schools—both independent and state—as well as from diverse cultural backgrounds. Together, they are celebrating unity through individuality.
‘A Potpourri of Our Society’ is a vibrant, community-driven initiative that champions diversity, identity, and creative expression through wearable art inspired by African textiles and national flowers. The project connects artists, designers, and cultural storytellers to co-create unique pieces—from garments to accessories—rooted in the symbolic power and natural beauty of national flowers across Africa. The aim is for each student’s final design to transcend fashion, telling stories of resilience, migration, beauty, and belonging.
Students are particularly excited to explore AI as a creative tool, using it to blend imagery of African flowers with iconic British landmarks to inspire distinctive wearable art pieces. These designs will be showcased in the Young Designers’ Final Exhibition next summer.
The workshops are led by designer Frances Brown, who has already expressed her admiration for the creativity, attention to detail, and artistic vision demonstrated by our Academy and partnership students.