The Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity will be back again Monday 5 – Friday 16 February 2024 for its ninth edition. The festival is produced by local charity Ignite!, and is a collaboration between UoN, NTU, local authorities across Nottinghamshire and cultural and educational organisations.
The first week of the festival is when we run our Schools Programme, taking activities into schools and providing opportunities for pupils to visit activities off-site too. We already have lots of schools across the county signed up to take part in activities so we’re looking for people who’d like to run a workshops, deliver presentations or work with pupils to do research projects in primary, secondary, college or alternative provision settings.
The weekend and second week of the festival is when we run our Public Events Programme, where we take activities out into community settings across the county. We programme smaller workshops as well as bigger drop-in events running from venues include libraries, museums and other community spaces right across the county from Nottingham to Mansfield, Worksop to Stapleford.
There is still time for you to get involved in the festival as a volunteer. You could register to volunteer to be involved in activities Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity 2024 Volunteer Sign Up (google.com) The deadline for this is 21st January 2024, with a volunteer training session taking place on Tuesday 30 January between 5 – 6pm.
The festival Magazine contains activities for children aged 9-11 and is distributed through schools, foodbanks, and community organisations. It also contains the 2024 Festival Calendar of Events. You can download the magazine here: FOSAC Event Calendar and Magazine
The festival is has received funding from UKSPF to deliver some activities within the Broxtowe Borough Council area. In Broxtowe we have events taking place at the D H Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Stapleford Library and Bennerley Viaduct. You can attend any of the activities, please note that some require prior booking.
Independent Councillor Richard MacRae 