[Text that reads 'University of Derby National Saturday Club: Society and Change. Masterclass at Chatsworth Estate 2025' appears whilst clips of the Chatsworth Estate play behind it]
[Text reads 'What have you been doing today?']
Bethany, National Saturday Club Volunteer:
We've been going around Chatsworth.
Looking at all the different things the place has to offer.
Tony and Alfred, National Saturday Club Members
Speaker 1:
Oh, we went to Chatsworth House.
We did some drawing.
Water drawing.
And, like, how it how it moves, how the particles move and how we looked around the nature.
And I love the nature. Yeah. It's great.
Speaker 2:
Yeah.
We've been walking around Chatsworth House.
We've been using abstract to draw art.
Jagtaaran, National Saturday Club Member:
Well, I went to Chatsworth House, and it's been quite kind of amazing.
Aditi and Phoebe, National Saturday Club Members
Speaker 1:
We've been walking around Chatsworth House and the gardens and the waterfalls.
Speaker 2:
And we've been trying to, like, investigate how water can affect, like, our mental health and make us peaceful.
[Text reads 'What has this masterclass been about?]
Anita Fox, Learning and Engagement Leader:
So this master class at Chatsworth House has meant that the young people in the club have been taken for...
For the Celebrating the Cascade project, they've been taken for a lovely walk around the garden.
Many of them haven't ever been here, so they've followed the water routes around the garden and have been inspired to create their own artworks in response to that.
[Video clips of National Saturday Club members drawing. Text reads 'What was your favourite part of the masterclass?]
Aditi and Phoebe:
Speaker 1:
Seeing everything.
Because everywhere, everywhere you look, it's something just really pretty or nice to look at.
Speaker 2:
And I really loved, like, the villa fountain.
It's just like that one.
It was so fun.
Like, the water was spray and it was like a proper cool fountain.
Tony and Alfred:
Speaker 1:
I think, like, the inspiration from walking around with, like, the nature and the water coming out of the tree and how the structures are made, how, like, Chatsworth House is all stone and everything.
It kind of gave me inspiration to do a waterfall because it's a very nice waterfall.
It's amazing.
Speaker 2:
My favourite part was seeing the water gushing out of the tree with, like, no leaves on it.
And I was surprised how water was coming out of it, but it was like no water source coming out of it.
Bethany:
I've really liked being with the nature of this place.
Jagtaaran:
Well, most likely the part when I saw that duck joining us when I'm eating and also being part of that giant waterfall.
[Text reads 'Why is it important to be a partner?]
Anita Fox:
Engaging young people with the National Saturday Club and Chatsworth House and the experiences that they can gain from being here in the garden and around the landscape, the beauty of the landscape, it's really important for us to offer those experiences.
Many of the club have not been to Chatsworth House, so it's been lovely to show them all the gardens and let them experience the waterworks.
[Text reads 'What does the club mean to you?']
Amelia, National Saturday Club Member:
The club means that I can go every week, and also means that I can be confident and unexpected change.
Aditi and Phoebe:
Speaker 1:
Seeing people experiencing new things together.
Have a very nice time.
Speaker 2:
Meeting new friends... it's, like, the happy part of my weekend.
It's like I really look forward to the Saturdays.
Tony and Alfred:
Speaker 1:
I think it’s because I've been going for so long... it's been three times now.
It kind of... well, the first time I went, I was really shy.
And the more I kept on going, the more confidence I got.
And it boosted my confidence.
And now I feel okay because I do music and I perform, and now I feel even better.
And just meeting new people from different places - it's all nice and, you know, making new friends and yeah, the future.
[Text reads 'What is your takeaway moment from today?']
Chloe Donegan, National Saturday Club Manager / Civic Team, University of Derby:
I think it's just seeing all the club members enjoy themselves.
It's the first time that a lot of them have been here, and they've all just had such a wonderful time engaging with nature and also thinking about their wellbeing and being able to slow down and relax a little bit.
Jade Palmer, National Saturday Club Leadership Team / Senior Lecturer in Education Studies and SEND Programme Leader at University of Derby:
It's just been so lovely to see the young people really engage in the activity.
When they were just drawing down by the water.
And one of my takeaway moments was that they kept stopping to take photos, and they were just really involved in it, and they said that they want to capture all the moments.
And I thought, that's so lovely.
Anita Fox:
The fact that they have said to me about the National Saturday Club, how much confidence they've gained while in the whole programme and how excited they are about the exhibition that they're going to do — it just all comes together, and they just seem very happy with it.
[Text reads 'Has the National Saturday Club changed you?']
Aditi and Phoebe:
Speaker 1:
Absolutely.
I'm so much more confident talking to people, doing things.
Speaker 2:
I feel like I've discovered more hobbies than I used to have.
Like I realised that I really love art.
And then even, like, we danced at some point, and having, like, fun and games with friends... all of them were really fun.
Jagtaaran:
Yeah, it has changed me.
It helps me feel more calm and relaxed.
Tony and Alfred:
Speaker 1:
Yeah. Like, confident as well, like I already said.
But it's just hanging around, you know, outside, doing crafts, playing games - you know, everything that any person would want who is young. Yeah.
Speaker 2:
I feel like it's improved my art skills because at first I wasn't very good at art.
And I would say far, far away from it, but I feel like it's improved it and it's improved my social skills.
Amelia:
It's changed me in practically every way I can.
I've been able to be more confident in change.
I've been able to talk to strangers that I don't know.
And it's made me more confident in my body and looks.
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