RESILIENCE, SOCIAL AWARENESS
& EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Safe Creative Spaces
OUR WORKSHOPS
Our Music Mentoring Arts & Poetry (MMAP) Courses promote critical thinking, mindfulness, and wellbeing, helping young people and adults communicate more effectively while developing self-awareness, resilience, and social skills. By supporting emotional health, our tailored workshops enhance school performance and complement PSHE education, addressing issues such as anxiety, toxic stress, and unhealthy relationships. Working in partnership with schools, we also build on statutory curriculum content, including drug education, financial education, sex and relationship education (SRE), and the importance of physical activity and healthy lifestyles, equipping learners to make safe and informed decisions.
Be Aware Be Active
CHILD CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION (CCE) AWARENESS
MMAP Workshops’ Creative Writing and Music Production courses play a vital role in raising awareness and creating safe, confidential spaces to discuss societal issues, including Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE). We have supported campaigns educating parents and young people about the signs and risks of CCE—particularly for vulnerable children facing exclusion, special educational needs, or difficult home circumstances—and addressed related crimes such as County Lines, weapon carrying, and gang activity.
By working closely with schools, youth organisations, police, parents, and caregivers, we help build trusted relationships that encourage disclosure and early intervention, while guiding families to recognise warning signs such as unexplained gifts, secrecy, or relationships with controlling older individuals, contributing to wider community efforts to safeguard young people.
Societal Issues
MMAP Workshops deliver interactive, structured sessions that encourage open conversation, self-expression, and critical thinking in group settings. We work with adult groups, local authorities, and youth organisations nationwide to explore key social issues including mental health, serious youth violence, poverty, homelessness, hate crime, human rights, and racial inequality. Led by founder Quinton Green, our work has a strong track record of achieving meaningful learning outcomes beyond traditional academic settings. Our workshops take a holistic, creative approach, using tools such as group mind maps, individual prompts, and free-writing to support thoughtful discussion and deeper understanding.
CLEAN DRILL
Social media plays a central role in the lives of young people in the UK, with gang-affiliated individuals increasingly using it to communicate and express identity. Drill music, a hip-hop sub-genre originating in Chicago, has become a prominent outlet for lived experience but has also been linked to criminal investigations, with music videos increasingly used as evidence in court. This reflects a wider shift in how crime and its expression now exist within digital and online spaces, particularly among younger generations. In response, MMAP Workshops work in partnership with police forces and local authorities to engage young people interested in drill and road rap through Clean Drill and creative writing programmes.
These workshops encourage authentic self-expression without glorifying gang culture or serious youth violence. Led by founder Quinton Green—who draws on lived experience and success in the urban music industry—our 6–8 week courses have achieved strong outcomes nationwide, including improved mental wellbeing, increased confidence, greater awareness of gang stereotypes in music, and reduced risk levels.
Post Course Assessments with input from Council Leaders, a Project development Manager & Police Officers including a Chief Inspector have found that Young People we have connected with have benefited from:
• Improved Mental Well Being
• Increased Self Confidence
• Improved awareness of Gang Stereotypes in Music
• Improved Music & Lyric Creation & Significant Risk Level Reduction
• Contact Us to find out more about our Clean Drill Courses & Workshops
Their Story
Creative Writing WORKSHOPS
MMAP Workshops encourage young people and adults to draw on life experiences and observations as inspiration for stories, journaling, and creative writing, helping them channel emotions, develop imagination, and craft character-driven narratives. Working in partnership with schools, colleges, and academies, our facilitators support learners of all abilities through mind maps, writing techniques, prompts, and freewriting in a forward-thinking, non-formal setting that nurtures mindfulness and emotional wellbeing. Our holistic approach strengthens core skills applicable across education and life, with tailored courses supporting extracurricular, advanced, and key stage learning; backed by strong outcomes and professional testimonials, our workshops help participants rediscover communication skills, articulate ideas confidently, and grow as well-rounded writers.
Peace & Quiet
Writing Retreats
MMAP Workshops are developing an exciting new writing retreat package, offering dedicated time to write and unwind in beautiful rural or seaside settings. These inspiring getaways provide the chance to connect with like-minded writers and recharge away from daily pressures. Look out too for our ‘Road MMAP’—an invigorating, immersive retreat designed to transform your creative writing approach in just a few days. Stay tuned for updates!
FAQs
Our Most commonly Asked Questions
We wouldn’t expect the students to do anything in particular in preparation, although it may be worth asking them to reflect on aspects of the subject/issue ahead of the session (Mental Health, Hate Crime, Road Safety, Racial Disparity, Criminal Exploitation etc)
Our session can work practically anywhere within a School Environment. However, we are big advocates of rooms with lots of space as we feel it encourages creativity. A conference room or assembly hall usually works well.
It isn’t a necessity but we usually request access to a Monitor, with Speakers. (We can provide a Microphone if the size of the presentation requires one) Note: If your IT department Firewall external Laptops, then we would need access to an online computer.
A flip chart, marker pens and oversize paper for group exercises work well. Individuals should bring along or be provided with standard Pen and Paper too as often the group is broken down for individual input too.
MMAP Workshops have worked with varied numbers of students (1-300) The amount of support may depend on attendance. We usually suggest ONE teacher for up to 20 Students. TWO Teachers for 20-40 Students and up to FOUR Plus for Assembly Sized Presentations.
Quinton and the MMAP Facilitators have delivered varied workshops to Young People and Adults from all backgrounds and demographics. We are particularly popular with those of Secondary School Age and we adapt our Workshops depending on learning ability. We also have experience working in varied environments, from Primary Schools to Pupil Referral Units. Our learners range from Year 12 A Level English Students to those with Learning Difficulties, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities, Young Offenders and Ex Gang Members. Quite a cross-section, but we feel that our experience equips us to deliver workshops effectively in various settings; Whether it’s 1 to 1s or Assembly Sized groups.