Arts Central Youth Theatre Group

Aim

The children gain enormous skills from acting, singing, dancing, technical theatre and working as part of a group

Arts Central Youth Group was created to help provide children from all backgrounds enjoy the benefits of what performing arts can bring. I have seen the extraordinary impact that donations have had on our group, enabling us to provide an amazing venue, refreshments, materials and covering the costs to manage a large production as we do not receive any funds from the children or their families. Most of these children will never have set foot on a stage and by providing the funds that you have, we have been able to enhance the staging, set design and overall feel of the project for them.   Your investment in Arts Central Youth Group will make a significant difference to the children's journey. 

Our group prides itself on inclusivity for all and we reach families who may not be able to afford activities like this for their children. We have a proportion of children with additional needs such as autism and ADHD who benefit hugely from our sessions. The children gain enormous skills from acting, singing, dancing, technical theatre and working as part of a group and we see this from the day they join. Increase in confidence, making friends, positive mental health and for some it is the only social interaction they have (outside of school) where they can be themselves and embrace the safe environment we provide.

Arts Central Youth works with communities, organisations, , funders and creative individuals as a voice for positive change, to improve and expand the landscape in which creative participation can take place. We work to address inequalities in access to creative participation, promote inclusivity, connect people and communities, and seek to increase awareness of the links between creativity and wellbeing.

This project closed unsuccessfully on 27th September 2022