Time to Celebrate
October held more excitement for the Stanford children in the week leading up to the annual Festival of Community Arts. Creative Skills Factory’s children’s drama and music Showcase and Celebration
November 19, 2024
Vision Statement
Our vision is to see children and youth thrive, engage and participate to their full potential, to grow to be adults who are educated and self-confident in all aspects of life and leaders in their own communities.
Our focus areas are:
- Education with a focus in ECD (Early Childhood Development) as well as Arts and Culture
- Skills development for life
- Youth development through the Arts
Mission Statement
Creative Skills Factory’s mission is to continually increase its reach to provide quality educational programmes and therapy services, focusing on skills development, emotional wellbeing as well as physical, mental and social holistic support for children, the youth, caregivers and teachers in all communities in the Overstrand using creativity as a tool for transformation.
Many young children do not develop the basic skills needed to engage in learning. This is due to a lack of early stimulation and emotional empathy in communities who are dealing with trauma, violence and poverty, with little or no access to resources, and where children are often unsupervised, and parents are unsupported.
We believe that when we provide children with holistic support in their early years of development and give caregivers the creative tools to enhance their children’s development via play, movement, sensory stimulation and love, we can set children up for long-term success in all areas of their life.
Creative Skills Factory currently works in Masakhane, Die Kop, Stanford and farming communities in the Overberg region of the Western Cape in South Africa.
Creative Skills Factory is a registered Non-Profit Company (NPC 2017/513502/08),
Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 200-368) and a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO 930064052).
Using movement, sensory stimulation and play activities to enhance children’s early Development.
Our Programmes
Creative Skills Factory’s interventions support children and youth to grow and develop – becoming confident individuals capable of dealing constructively with challenges of the future through expansion of their own capabilities and who will contribute to an effective socio-economic solution in years to come.
Early Learning Programme
We provide skills development training and holistic support to parents, caregivers and teachers, taking into consideration the physical, mental, emotional and social aspects of child development in our Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Foundation Phase programmes by offering caregivers workshops and classroom intervention and teacher support in the Region’s schools
Extra Mural Programmes
We use various creative, literacy, and arts and culture modalities such as music, singing, poetry, arts and crafts, art, drama, movement (dance and yoga) and horse riding, as tools in our after-school workshops to stimulate and educate children in all aspects of life while developing their creativity.
School Holiday Program
During the school holidays, we offer workshops in safe and nurturing environments where children aged between 5 and 13 years old can express themselves freely, thrive, engage and participate to their full potential.
Occupational Therapy Services
Creative Skills Factory is led by Regina Broenner, an Occupational Therapist. Occupational therapy services are provided to individuals and groups.
Future Initiatives & Visions
Our future vision is to create The Play Bus, a mobile education and play centre that aims to reach children and their families in under-resourced areas all over South Africa / the Overberg, while offering educational activities on a regular basis or in the form of workshops and projects.
News & Events
Stanford Children’s Art & Exhibition – September, 2024
The Stanford Children’s Art Exhibition on the 26th of September showcased not only the art of the children who participate in Creative Skills Factory’s Stanford and Gansbaai after-school workshops –
November 19, 2024
MUSIC in the Overstrand
STAR Search In a previous blog on our website, we told you all about STAR Search and the talented youth in the Overstrand. The young finalists of the STAR Search
August 8, 2024
School Holiday Time
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the PLAY instinct .” ~ Carl Jung The June school holidays started off with an exciting and
July 27, 2024
Play is essential
“Play turns out to be stunningly essential in childhood, it’s like love, sunshine and broccoli, all juiced together.” Lenore Skenazy Our Early Learning Programme at Die Bron Primary School in Stanford and
June 2, 2024
Star Search – a success
In our Arts & Cultural Appreciation Programme, our Overstrand youth development initiative – in collaboration with Rockpool Media and the Stanford Festival of Community Arts organizing team, is GROWING… “Star Search” was
May 23, 2024
Early Learning Program
The creative skills factory early learning program started with a simple aim which is to equip and support children from an early age on all levels of development. Currently the
October 19, 2023
The Legacy of the Penny Whistle together with MIAGI – ‘Music is a great Investment’
The Legacy of the Penny Whistle together with MIAGI – ‘Music is a great Investment’ (https://www.miagi.co.za/). MIAGI generously makes one of South Africa’s most outstanding penny whistle virtuosos, Jack Lerole
June 11, 2023
Getting Involved
We invite you to be part of our journey – to get involved or to invest in a brighter future for many children in the Overstrand.
Make a Donation
Creative Skills Factory is entirely funded by the generosity of our donors. Just R150 can make a big difference in the life of some of our most vulnerable children.
Creative Skills Factory is a registered NPO and PBO – South African Section 18A tax receipts can be issued for all donations.