Grants database

Just For Kids Law plans to grow impact through its policy and influencing work, by building on success of recent campaigns and by advocating for a new Youth Justice Legal Centre. It aims to set up an office in East London to respond to increasing demand and will pilot the Advocacy Year programme to increase local support for young people.

The National Theatre wants to build on the pilot of its Let’s Play programme by addressing the need for quality plays suitable for primary school productions and support for teachers to produce them. This grant will enable them to commission and develop seven original plays and music from leading writers and composers, deliver teacher continuing professional development and learning and support, commission a detailed, independent evaluation and advocate for theatre making in schools.

Kazzum – the only professional theatre company in the UK purely focusing on outdoor and site-specific work for children and young people – wants to test its established participatory approach in a new context. Through co-creation with professional artists, Kazzum seeks to engage children with behavioural and emotional needs with the arts. They plan to measure the impact of the programme on students’ self-esteem as well as their engagement with school and the school culture.

This work builds on the Conductors for Change programme, a small pilot with Teach First music teachers, which successfully initiated and sustained mixed-ability ensembles in secondary schools. Orchestras for All wants to explore whether the continuing professional development and learning programme can be adapted into a blended model (delivered through a combination of online and face-to-face elements) in order to broaden its reach.

Delivered in partnership with seven theatre venues, this initiative seeks to increase arts access and participation by learning disabled people as participants, artists and audiences. The programme aims to embed inclusive practice within each venue and strengthen local networks of provision.

This grant will expand the Centre’s live music events mentoring programme, Volume Control, beyond their venue to young people in areas of social disadvantage.

Heart n Soul works across a range of arts practice to support the creative development of learning disabled people and to showcase their talents. This grant will enable the company to deepen engagement, create more progression routes and visibility for learning disabled participants and artists, and deliver a programme of immersive placements for professionals to improve sector practice.

Arts at the Old Fire Station in Oxford is a thriving arts centre that combines high quality art for the public and professional development of artists with building confidence and skills of those experiencing homelessness – offering a new kind of inclusive public space. This grant will provide core funding to increase the amount and quality of support available and to build a better evidence base through improved evaluation methods.

Music in Detention brings immigration detainees and communities together to create and perform music, increase wellbeing and change attitudes to people who migrate. This grant will provide core funding to support the organisation’s strategic development, including audience development work, performance practice and collaborations, and the development of artistic infrastructure and financial stability.

Ministry of Stories is a creative writing and mentoring centre for children and young people based in east London. This grant will underpin the role and work of the Ministry’s National Producer to extend the reach of the organisation outside of London.

This year round participatory programme will introduce socially engaged artists to resident-led forums and support the delivery of collaborative projects in three Bristol neighbourhoods and as part of In Between Time Festival 2019 and 2021. The organisation will also undertake a longitudinal evaluation of the social impact of live art.

Inclusive Practice in the Arts proposes developing the expertise, confidence and capacity of the MK Gallery learning team and associate artists to deliver a stimulating, challenging and enjoyable programme of art explorations, visits and activities to engage families with disabled children.