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Breaking Barriers and National County Lines Coordination Centre named as finalists at the National Children and Young People Awards
Breaking Barriers and the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) have been named as finalists for the Partnership Award at this year's National Children and Young People Awards in recognition of their joint work delivering Crossing the Line, a theatre in...
Breaking Barriers named as finalist at the National Arts and Cultural Education Awards 2026
We are incredibly proud to share that Breaking Barriers has been named as a finalist for the Spark the Change Award at this year's National Arts and Cultural Education Awards in recognition of our Crossing the Line production. The National Arts and Cultural Education...
Breaking Barriers and Richard Street Studios to offer three visual artists free studio space and exhibition funding, supported by The Haworth Trust
Breaking Barriers CIC and Richard Street Studios are pleased to announce a new opportunity for visual artists from Rochdale or the Global Majority, offering three creatives the space, funding and support to develop their practice and present their work to the public....
Sam Jamil: Breaking barriers board member & artist
Breaking Barriers has played a key role in supporting the development of young artist, writer and accessibility consultant Sam Jamil, helping him grow from an emerging performer into a board member and a creative practitioner. Sam first met Breaking Barriers’ Artistic...
Celebrating tobi: music and performing artist
Tobi is a musician and performing artist based in Rochdale whose creative practice spans music, film and photography. He is currently preparing to release an upcoming EP featuring four tracks, which brings together multiple collaborators, including his fiancée,...
Iqra & LIam Bring ‘Desi United’ to richard street studios
Iqra and Liam first worked with Breaking Barriers on What About Me?, a project bringing together young creatives across film, photography, production and music to explore the thoughts, feelings and lived experiences of young people in Salford. We were pleased to welcome Iqra as Assistant Photographer and Liam as an Assistant Producer.
Holly Copping: My Experience as Assistant Producer on Stories We Tell: Rochdale
Hey! I’m Holly and I had the pleasure of being Assistant Producer on Stories We Tell: Rochdale as part of the Breaking Barriers young company. This experience was one that I would consider to be a highlight in my creative career so far and I feel very lucky to have...
Jade williams: Facilitating Crossing the line production
My name is Jade Williams, and I am the facilitator on the Breaking Barriers: Crossing The Line production. This is my second year being part of such an incredible project, and it feels fantastic to be back. Crossing The Line centres around a powerful 20-minute...
Performing in Crossing the Line
I’m Kamran Zahid, actor on ‘Crossing The Line’. We are currently 4 days into our November 2025 tour, having reached over 300 primary school students already, with another couple of hundred to go! It has been such a rewarding experience thus far; the...