Ruth Sapsed on Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination

Rob Hopkins

Ruth Sapsed is the Director of an arts and well-being charity called Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination. She set it up 15 years ago with the artist Idit Nathan. It grew out of a group who started meeting because they were concerned about the creative opportunities that education was offering their kids, the group creating a coming together of artists, educators, academics and parents. Their conversations led them to start cultivating a relationship with the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. Over time, Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination was formed, and 10 years ago it became a charity. I first heard about them from Robert Macfarlane when I interviewed him recently, and on further investigation fell in love with their approach and their work. It was therefore a great privilege to be able to talk to Ruth, and I started by asking her to give us a sense of what CCI does...