A London learning & enrichment studio
Learning, enrichment and creativity that helps young people thrive_
Left Blank designs and delivers learning and enrichment programmes and projects that build creativity, innovation and digital skills — and the confidence, attitudes and attributes young people need to navigate change, access careers and shape a fairer future.
Delivered alongside the V&A, BFI, Trinity College London, Drake Music and the Mozilla Festival · Arts Award and Artsmark experienced · Working across East and inner London
We're a small London studio that designs ambitious learning and enrichment programmes and projects. For over a decade we've brought creativity, innovation and digital technology to young people — coding, film, animation, music tech and more — in classrooms, communities and cultural spaces. But the tools are only half of it: our work is built to grow the attitudes and attributes young people need to navigate a changing world, open up careers, and access opportunity on fairer terms.
What we do
Three ways in
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Creativity, innovation and digital skills
Programmes and projects that build real creative and digital capability — coding, film, animation, music tech — and the confidence to put it to use.
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Enrichment and future pathways
Clubs, holiday programmes, events and careers-focused experiences that widen horizons and open routes into work, study and creative industries.
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Programme design and partnerships
We design, produce and broker programmes — bringing schools, communities, cultural institutions and funders together around a shared goal.
Who we are
The people who design the work deliver it
Left Blank is Francesca Gkotsi and Dave Darch. Francesca is a senior producer with over twenty years in cultural education, currently producing Arts Council England's Artsmark 25. Dave leads on innovation, digital programmes and AI, and on inclusion, SEND and wellbeing — with a rare knack for making creative technology genuinely usable for every young person. Between us, we've designed the programmes and delivered them on the ground — which is why our work tends to work.
More about us →If you're commissioning learning, enrichment or creative programmes for young people in London, we'd like to hear about it.