Creative Network South

Recording Studio & Venue. Quay West Studios resides in the 120 year old St John’s Church, ladened with architecture and history. Peaceful and inspiring, the space welcomes you with towering ceilings and stunning light. Established in 2011 Quay West Studios set out to build the aspirations of its community and help the people they work with to achieve their goals, opening its doors at St John’s Church in 2022.

We are a Community Interest Company producing creative wellbeing projects for young people, because we know that life can get messy. This includes one-off projects, ongoing collaborations and commissions with arts, youth and health partners, mentoring for over 16s, and weekly dance and sensory play classes for under 5s and their grown-ups. We raise funds to deliver specialist projects which support young people living with adverse childhood experiences, and to reduce social isolation for Parents/Carers supporting vulnerable young people. We work collaboratively with other sectors so that work can continue to support young people through the arts after our projects have finished. We work across Dorset and Hampshire. Please get in touch!

Our commitment is to give every child a chance to participate, enjoy and achieve by making music together. To provide a fully inclusive culture of music across the county for all children, young people, families and communities. To enable challenging, engaging, progressive, relevant and high-quality music education for all regardless of social and economic situations, gender, race or learning needs. Everyone has an entitlement to music and the arts – through strong and effective partnerships we strive to deliver effective provision with clear progression routes and the opportunity for all to