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Organisation:
1st Framework (1029)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £3,830
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs
1st Framework, in conjunction with 23 partner organisations, delivered 128 events and pilot projects during the
year. ALG funding enabled 145 volunteering opportunities, 5,402 hours of volunteering, and 6 part time work
contracts.
1st Framework (1st F) aims to enhance the operational and service delivery of small arts groups ALG funding is
to allow the organisation to develop, manage and deliver partnership projects across a range of art forms,
providing capacity building for organisations, volunteering opportunities, work experience and participation for
individual through a contribution to volunteer expenses and general running costs.
A key project was ‘Paradise’ based in Stratford involving 16 organisations, including choirs, inter-faith groups,
gardening clubs, biker clubs, ramblers, geographers, voluntary arts groups, and sports groups, from 6 boroughs.
The aim of the project is to deliver a pan London intergenerational festival of arts, and to develop capacity to
prepare for the Cultural Olympic programme starting in 2008. ‘Paradise’ will be touring 4 London boroughs in
Oct-Dec (culminating with an event at the British Museum). 1st Framework’s other inter-generational project
‘Stories’ had 2 meetings with Age Concern about developing a 3 year programme of work in collaboration with
the Serpentine Gallery.
With support from 1stF, pensioners groups from across London have formed a new company called ‘3rd
Thought’. It has already been paid to deliver services by 3 festivals in 3 London boroughs, the Arts Council,
Stratford Circus and Tate Modern. The project has made a transition from being just a 'class' in an adult
education/community centre with little or no say over their programme of activities to an independent pan
London project.
The ‘Fulcrum’ space is used permanently by 11 community arts organisations and by 46 on an occasional basis.
The 3 training sessions run during the year were fully booked within 10 days of bookings opening.
Outcomes
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Reports and case studies of 1st Framework’s inter-generational projects show that all participants have
increased in confidence, started to participate in other activities, travel more, and visit the doctor less. The
projects also provided socially excluded older people with opportunities to maintain an active independent life
within their communities, particularly increasing access to open spaces and engaging with young people,
through the projects ‘Rough Cricket’ and ‘Of Walking In Ice’. The ‘Rough Cricket’ project is now being replicated
by the England and Wales Cricket Board into a new London Urban Regeneration initiative.
‘Fulcrum’ is a key aspect of 1st Framework’s partnership working. ‘Fulcrum’ relocated during the period thereby
increasing the quantity, quality and access to this service by users. This has also increased the extent of
networking among users and enabled partnership projects to develop and thrive. 1st Framework has also been
nominated and short-listed for this year’s Adult Learners Innovation award.
1st Framework’s website has continued to increase the extent of communications between participating groups
and venues across boroughs enhancing their ability to collaborate. It also continues to enable 1st Framework to
track users, analyse data, gender, disability and locations.
During the period, 1st Framework undertook a complete review and re-write of the procedures, protocol, and
policies governing the organisation, including new guidebooks for trustees, management committee members,
participants, partners, volunteers and staff.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant. This year the project has remedied
the under-delivery of services to Newham and Westminster residents, however service users in Camden in this
period were still less than anticipated in the original application. This is consistent across many of the target
boroughs and reflects the broader coverage of boroughs that the project has achieved than first anticipated.
Officers will be working with the project to ensure spread of service is in line with their ALG funding agreement.
Officers have examined the accounts for 2004/05 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Performing well
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Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation: 198 Gallery
(1956)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 (£): £4,167
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
198 Gallery aims are to enhance the cultural perceptions of the wider community through the appreciation of
culturally diverse visual art and to engage young people from a broad range of backgrounds. ALG funds 198
Gallery to provide an exhibition programme and related arts education programme ‘Urban Vision’. ALG funding
contributes towards the cost of exhibitions and is a contribution to staff, materials, marketing and exhibition
costs.
Outputs:
Over the past year 198 Gallery has progressed well against their agreed outputs and in some cases exceeded
them. They have exhibited the work of 41 culturally diverse artists, designers and craftspeople, including the
Brixton Graffic Show which showed the work of 16 artists and the Waiting Rooms which was a travelling
exhibition of work by 8 exiled artists. In order to encourage understanding of social issues 198 Gallery
developed 7 arts projects including Brixton Street Studio which was a photographic project focusing on cultural
diversity in a variety of different locations in Brixton. The ‘Vision Light’ workshops addressed the isolation in
which the majority of visually impaired people experience and explore their creative potential. The Gallery
worked in partnership with 36 mainstream arts organisations, community groups and individuals to increase
audience reach including working with Lambeth Arts, Oval House and the Hayward Gallery. 198 gallery have
developed 11 arts and new media education projects with young people aged 15 -19, including the Brockwell
Park Project where young people created a graphics campaign of park bye laws to be displayed via poster,
leaftet and other media for Lambeth parks, and Colours Beneath which was a photographic project in
collaboration with Lambeth Drugs Alcohol Team to promote a positive perception of Lambeth.
Outcomes:
Through undertaking this work 198 Gallery have been able to increase awareness of community and social
issues amongst the young people they have worked with, particularly the 39 young offenders who took part in
the reparative justice arts project. Their work with school children to improve IT and Digital Media Skills resulted
in artwork produced in animation, graphic design, film, photography, Desk Top Publishing and interactive media.
80% of visitors to the gallery are from BME communities, and their work with young people and people with
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visual impairments have improved their access to arts and cultural activities. 198 Gallery have also been
successful at increasing take up of their arts and cultural opportunities and have exceeded their audience target
of 10,000 with an actual total of 11,000.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
Other information:
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in
198 Gallery’s Funding Agreement with the ALG. Total number of service users is 11,742 across 18 London
boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation:
Akademi (1058)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £15,440
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the period Akademi devised and delivered 150 South Asian dance-based participatory workshop
sessions to 28 groups in 7 boroughs. The programme was delivered by 19 freelance artists, involving 1258
participants, and 40 teachers/youth group leaders, a significant increase from the previous year. Akademi
partnered with many arts organisations, youth and education services, charities and a range of venues, festivals
and fairs to deliver the workshop programme. A total of 7 sharings and 1 public performance event were held
during the period, involving 531 participants and reaching an audience of 1889.
Akademi delivers South Asian dance participatory programmes within a broad range of education and
community settings, for excluded communities. ALG funding contributes to salaries and running costs.
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Akademi produced two resource packs during the period to support the teachers and group leaders to enable
them to continue to develop the young people’s understanding of the cultural elements of their dance work.
These resource packs were distributed to 200 teachers. In addition, Akademi delivered training to artists,
teachers and students through training days, work placements, one-on-one coaching, handbooks, and INSET
sessions. Advice and information on South Asian Dance, and referrals and recommendations of appropriate
artists for workshops and community performances were also provided to 39 schools and 23 organisations.
Outcomes:
The impact of the above activities includes improved artistic/performance skills as well as increased aspirations,
confidence and life skills of participants, evidenced in both formal and informal self and professional evaluation.
The project also reported a greater celebration of diversity.
During the period, Akademi adopted the Learning and Skills Council Business Environment Audit which provides
holistic satisfactory checks and controls for quality assuring the learning programmes and beneficiary checks,
and feedback loop from teachers, learners and artists.
The project has undertaken successful partnership work with the statutory sector, via schools, youth services
and Connexions services, as well as with Pupil Referral Units. Akademi also collaborated with many local
authorities and with the GLA on the London wide initiative called The Big Dance.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project has
maintained consistency against the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Officers have examined the audited
accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Performing well: The organisation has successfully delivered a programme of dance workshops, events and
training support over the last 12 months, meeting and in some cases exceeding targets outlined in their funding
agreement with ALG.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
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Organisation:
Apples and Snakes (1094)
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £10,638
Purpose of the grant:
Apples & Snakes (A&S) provide poetry performance and workshops for schools, prisons and minority
communities. ALG funding is for the purposes of providing workshops, staff costs, promotion and development
of new projects.
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
Over the last year the organisation has delivered a range of activities including 249 workshops for 7470 young
people in outer London borough schools. The organisation trained three BME artists to deliver education
workshops as well as schools and youth projects. Four projects have been run to increase access to the arts for
excluded communities, these have taken place in a range of locations, such as Feltham Young Offenders
Institute, Guys and St Thomas’s hospital in the play rooms and the psychiatric ward, work with the Africa Youth
League at the Molten Festival in Barking and Dagenham and workshops in HMP High Down in Sutton. Finally
the group have delivered 3 shows in non-traditional arts spaces and run 6 artist led workshops training other
artists 65% of which were BME artists.
Outcomes:
Participants and teachers feedback from the workshops showed both teachers and young people felt that they
had increased in confidence, and that underachievers were more motivated, challenged and inspired by the
workshop with an A&S artist. They have achieved their target of improved access to arts/culture activities for
BME communities with 50% of participants in their programme of workshops from BME communities. 90% of
artists reported that A&S had helped them to develop artistically and creatively through the training workshops.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 22,998 across all London boroughs.
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Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted by the group
and have no concerns to report to the Grants Committee.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation: Arts Depot
(1943)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 (£): £21,250
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
Arts Depot has undertaken a number of projects this year and continued to develop the diversity of its
performances.
Opened in October 2004, Arts Depot is a new regional venue, which provides arts activities in the form of
performance and participation to a wide cross section of north London community. The ALG contribution is to
the Education & Outreach worker’s post, the freelance ambassadors and the Marketing Manager.
Outputs:
Arts Depot’s programme of activities in collaboration with culturally diverse groups in North London have
included outreach performances of ‘Ten Suitcases’ with Kazzum, Sakoba with the Nigerian community and an
even celebrating Diwali with Brent Cross shopping centre reaching a total 4,900 people. Their outreach work
also included projects with ‘Switched On’ with the Somali young community and ‘Moving On’ with the Pupil
Referral Unit. Culturally diverse performances have also taken place from a range of companies including
Tamasha, Tara Arts, Black Umfolosi, Tango Siempre and Black & Asian Futures Festival to name a few. Arts
Depot have expanded their education team and developed 1,200 workshops to reduce barriers to engagement
with the Arts, established a South East Asian Ambassadors group to increase attendance from this group at
events and performances such as Tamasha, Tara Arts and Kali events 2,334 attendees in total, and have
concentrated on further development of Chinese attendees 767 of whom attended the ‘Echoes of Home’
exhibition and Re Wu Dance. Their ticketing schemes to develop audiences within target groups have been
offered on a wide range of performances resulting in greater attendance from different groups. Finally Arts
Depot undertook to produce print and publicity material in other languages which have included Braille print and
large text for the Raised Awareness exhibition, materials in Chinese for the Ren Wu Dance production as well
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as Gujarati for the Gujarati performance.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Artsline (3388)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress update.
Outcomes:
Through undertaking the activities above Arts Depot have achieved a greater celebration of diversity, with 54
performances and events representing ethnically diverse communities in the main programme, 3 events
representing disability groups, 6 outreach projects reaching targeted diverse participants and 5 course
programmes reflecting ethnically diverse art forms. There has been an increase in take up of arts and cultural
opportunities among South East Asian attendees, under 16s and over 60s. There has also been an increased
take up of education opportunities amongst target groups with 620 participants from targeted outreach education
projects including lower income families, Asian and Somali young people and NEET young people. Finally the
profile of the organisation has been largely increased through its marketing efforts and this has meant greater
attendance at events, participation in workshops and visits to the website.
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 52,256 across all London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Artsline aims to increase participation in the arts by disabled people of all ages and to provide information about
access to arts and cultural events in London. It provides an online database and information services, offers
disability equalities training and organises youth and cultural diversity projects. ALG funding contributes towards
Office Manager salary costs and core costs.
At its meeting on 9 March 2006, ALG Elected Officers recommended £40,000 for the period 1 April 2006 to 31
March 2007 to contribute towards staffing and core costs whilst Artsline undertakes consultancy support funded
by Arts Council.
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Since April, Artsline have been in negotiations with a consultant who worked previously with London Disability
Arts Forum (LDAF) and a draft briefing on the consultancy support programme has been drawn up. Artsline are
currently in discussions with Arts Council and final decisions will be made shortly.
Artsline has begun fundraising for its future sustainability. It has submitted an application to Bridge House Trust
to renew its Access Audit project and has recently secured £30,000 funding from Mean Fiddlers for the Attitude
to Everything Project for a further 3 years. Artsline is also in discussions with the Cinemas Exhibitors Association
on including disability access information for all cinemas on the access database. Artsline has also been in
discussions with officers at the ALG and has negotiated on future outputs and outcomes for the funding period.
Organisation:
Attic Theatre (1061)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
A full report on progress made will be submitted at the next Grants Committee.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £15,764
AT is a community theatre, based at Wimbledon Theatre. It presents a range of small-scale productions of
plays and musicals. It runs participatory workshops for GCSE and A level students and also runs Attic Youth
Theatre. ALG funding is for the purposes of supporting further development of its community arts strategy in
outer London and to produce quality work that will educate, enlighten and use drama to tackle social issues.
Outputs:
During the monitoring period AT performed 3 tours of the previously successful ‘Ma Kelly’s Doorstep’, to 1,059
older people with the aim of raising awareness of community safety issues. They also did 2 tours of the ‘Ma
Kelly Plays it Safe’ to raise awareness of Home Safety among older people. Both plays were incorporated into
community safety campaigns run by the boroughs. To encourage creativity in the elderly, AT worked with elderly
BME people in Croydon to write and produce Dancing in the Dark which represented the experiences of
Croydon during WW11. This reached an audience of 789 people and involved 59 participants. In addition AT put
on the Celebration of Age Festival in Merton with 309 participants from the elderly Asian community. They are
continuing to develop projects targeting the elderly and due to the success of the ‘It’s the Ritz’ in 04/05 they are
now working on ‘It’s the Diamond Ritz’ with Merton and Morden Guild. There have been 37 sessions with 621
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young people aged 11 – 16 to tackle social issues and personal development, with each term ending in a
performance of the work covered in that term. There have also been 7 workshops with 75 participants from
refugee groups in Leytonstone. However AT have experienced difficulties due to the unpredictable nature of
many of the groups, but have now been contacted by 11 organisations with the aim of creating drama
workshops.
Outcomes:
Through the activities undertaken above Attic Theatre have achieved the following outcomes: Young
participants in the sessions to tackle social issues and personal development felt that the sessions had
improved their posture, determination, teamwork, and creativity. Audiences at the ‘Ma Kelly’s Doorstep’
performances felt that it had raised their awareness of Doorstep Crime and Home Safety significantly. The
production of ‘Dancing in the Dark’ with veterans and the elderly in Croydon increased self esteem, confidence,
and social isolation for participants. They also achieved their outcome of celebrating diversity through working
with people from a range of backgrounds, succeeding in reducing social exclusion for those taking part.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 2,850 across 14 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Organisation: Audiences
London (1567)
Purpose of the grant:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 (£): £16,667
Audiences London offers support; guidance and services, which can help arts organisations in London, develop
their audiences. It is a network, which enables collaboration and exchange between arts-providers of all shapes
and sizes in reaching out to audiences in new or more effective ways. The ALG funding contributes towards its
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core costs in particular towards its social inclusion objectives served through the programme co-ordinator’s
position.
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
The organisation have progressed well against their outputs and outcomes:
Outputs:
Activities during the monitoring period have included: building its own infrastructure to provide improved and
more specialist services such as information about qualitative research methods, coaching and ethnic market
research. Their relationship with stakeholders has also increased, with one to one consultancies related to
access issues for arts providers with 10 organisations including Lambeth Council, and a further 10 as part of
collaborative projects. Audiences London are further developing their work mapping and researching access to
the arts, with work taking place with Shoreditch Audiences, research among youth audiences for South Asian
Theatre and in depth interviews with outreach practitioners to map and learn from their practice. They undertook
an event (Looking Both Ways) to bring social agencies and arts providers together to better identify the needs of
the sectors and how to bring those needs together, Audiences London have also produced a detailed training,
events and service portfolio which will be launched in September to ensure better advice facilities and bespoke
services for its stakeholders. Finally Audiences London has continued to develop collaborative training projects
with organisations such as LVSC, Bassac, Social Enterprise London, and Nalgao.
Outcomes:
Through undertaking these activities and joint projects Audiences London have continued to provide arts
organisations with a reliable and informed advisory service, with satisfaction levels from their users being high.
The development of their research and information services on audience development has meant that arts
providers have been provided with more information relevant to them, as well as good practice models and
contacts.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 165 organisations across 23 London boroughs.
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Recommendation:
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation:
Battersea Arts Centre (1063)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £25,984
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
Eighty-three Pay What You Can (PWYC) performances were conducted during the period, and the total number
of tickets sold was 4043. This was a 10.6% increase in the number of performances delivered last year, and a
9.7% increase in the number of tickets sold. In addition, BAC offered over 20 free performances, a high level of
concession price tickets and family price tickets. Including the estimated 1,800 audience members attending
free events, BAC’s total service users during the period numbered 46,990 (an increase of 64% when compared
with the previous year).
Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) present, promote, organise, manage and produce plays, ballets, operas, concerts,
films etc and other literary, musical, performances and exhibitions. The ALG funds Pay What You Can (PWYC)
tickets for some performances; 1 full time trainee; subsidised Apples & Snakes residency in the BAC building &
1 main programme commission per year for an Apples & Snakes artist; maintenance of the on-line booking
facility.
Improvements to the online booking service this period included the introduction of a debit card facility, making it
more accessible to a larger number of users. Online ticket sales total 5,450, an increase of 83.3% since last
year.
Increased take-up of training opportunities was provided by BAC with the continuing trainee being offered a
permanent contract and 3.6 new traineeships being created. The cultural diversity among trainees appointed
was 17%. 18 out of 66 BAC members of staff (27%) are from culturally diverse backgrounds and 21.9% of 2,223
audience members surveyed were from culturally diverse backgrounds.
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Outcomes:
BAC’ PWYC performances continued to facilitate increased take-up of arts and cultural opportunities. BAC also
facilitated increased audiences at arts and cultural events through its online ticket sales facility.
BAC improved access to arts/cultural activities for BME groups through greater diversity in shows/events and
through recruitment of more diverse staff.
ALG funding supported the commissioning of Malika Booker’s ‘Unplanned’ which examined attitudes towards
pregnancy and childbirth in diverse communities and individuals. BAC also worked with Apples and Snakes to
support a three week run of Lemn Sissay’s ‘Something Dark’, in addition to their regular programme of
performance poetry nights at BAC.
BAC worked in partnership with other voluntary sector groups during the period, including Mange Tout, the
Blood Donation service, homelessness organisations and other performing arts charities. The BAC also
maintained partnerships with other stakeholders such as Arts Council England and Wandsworth Borough
Council.
Other information:
Officers have visited the project and are confident that concerns that were highlighted in previous periods
regarding collection of data to report on outcomes and outputs have been addressed. Officers have checked the
borough spread over the period and can confirm that the project has provided coverage of 32 boroughs. Of the
46,990 service users, BME groups accounted for 22.4% and disabled people accounted for 7.9%. Officers have
examined the audited accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Performing well: BAC has met and in some cases exceeded the agreed outputs and outcomes for the period.
Organisation:
Grant recommended (1 October 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £12,500
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
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Cardboard Citizens (1032)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
Cardboard Citizens is the UK’s only homeless people’s professional theatre company. The company
specialises in making forum theatre, but has broadened into the provision of a range of performance based
cultural actions with, for and by homeless and ex-homeless people including refugees. The purpose of this
project is to enable homeless and ex-homeless people to take part in arrange of creative activities and provide a
supportive environment to enable them to move on and make changes in their lives. ALG funding is specifically
targeted at managing its Participatory Arts Programme held at Crisis Skylight and an outreach programme in
hostels and day centres throughout London.
Outputs
Attendance figures from weekly workshops, weekend workshops, outreach workshops and the Engagement
Programme indicate an overall attendance of 6840 and an average weekly attendance of 143 which is slightly
below the target of 170.
Twenty-four public performances took place during the period, far exceeding the target of 15 performances.
Cardboard Citizens estimates that almost 40% of regular participants in its programme are women.
Cardboard Citizens has developed partnerships with Crisis, The Place and Brady Arts Centre to deliver projects
including hosting workshops and rehearsals.
A total of nine participants were employed by Cardboard Citizens during the period as actors, workshop leaders
and project assistant.
Outcomes
The mixed programme offered through the core weekly workshops and weekend workshops has given
participants a variety of different experiences and allowed participants to develop their creativity and increase
their creative skills in a number of ways including developing ideas, taking risks, and trying new things.
Self assessment and observation of tutors has indicated that service users’ confidence and life skills have
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increased during the period. This is also evidenced through increased positive relationships, pro active souring
of work placements and training opportunities, and resettlement. During the period, many of the service users
also developed supportive friendships which added value to their lives.
Cardboard Citizens also observed that service users’ mental and physical health improved during the period and
that service users who participated regularly in the workshop programme showed a measurable decrease in
alcohol and drug use.
Other information:
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Central London Arts Ltd (Drill
Hall) (1280)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and are confident that the project is
on target to meet proposed spread of beneficiaries.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Excellent
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £25,000
Drill Hall runs an annual programme of performances, classes and courses, for adults, children and young
people and runs community darkrooms and photography classes. The Drill Hall also provides a 200 seat theatre
and a 50 seat cabaret style hall for performances. ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs.
Outputs:
The project succeeded its outputs. 406 performances including 18 commissioned by Drill Hall took place
throughout the monitoring period, attracting 47,028 attendees, representing 83.2% capacity. 22 performances
were signed and/or captioned for deaf people who made up 13.4% of the audience at the performances. 520
classes and courses took place (anticipated figure was 30 classes and courses), including yoga, T’ai Chi,
mosaics, salsa, jive dancing, bollywood and bhangra dancing etc. A total of 7,610 people attended the courses
representing 71.2% capacity. 8 children performances were performed (against a target of 6 performances) with
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Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Centre for Young Musicians
(1095)
Purpose of the grant:
890 children attending, representing 62.3% capacity. The age groups varied from 2 to 11 years old. 24
beginner’s photography classes were carried out where a total of 168 students attended representing 61% of
capacity.
Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
All Drill Hall commissioned performances were sign interpreted. A deaf liaison worker was employed to continue
to promote work through community groups and the National Deaf Association. Drill Hall has exceeded its target
of 5% increase. For some performances, deaf people made 22% of the audience number. The project through
its programme of work and facilities continues to champion the work of lesbian and gay artists. Drill Hall has
produced 10 productions and has achieved 60% attendance. Drill Hall continues to be the only venue and arts
organisation in London that provides a year round programme of work celebrating lesbian and gay culture. Drill
Hall has continued to produce a range of productions and classes that have drawn on cultural traditions of
different communities. No specific data was provided for this outcome and officers will be working with the
organisation to report back fully. An 18% increase has been achieved due to improvements in accessibility of
the darkroom facilities. Drill Hall has also provided 1 BSL interpreted course.
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits
monitoring returns on time and the quality of information submitted is satisfactory.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 56,956 across all London boroughs. (This is an increase of 88%
from the pervious year)
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £14,583
The Centre for Young Musicians (CYM) is an out of school music academy for young Londoners aged 7-19. It
exists to offer young London musicians a high quality of instrumental training within the context of an all-round
music education. The ALG funding extends the music education services through out the inner and outer
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Progress made in the year
under review:
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
London boroughs with priority given to the exploration of opportunities in the outer London; to target children and
young people from culturally diverse backgrounds with particular reference to social deprivation. ALG funding
contributes towards salaries and running costs.
Outputs:
The ALG agreed to change the outputs from the previous year at the organisation’s request, since the project
has achieved its previous outputs targets. CYM organised the first pan London Festival of Music of school age
music making on 9 May 2005. The festival included 350 performers from Junior Centres in Hackney, Kensington
& Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, and the City of Westminster. The
project is continuing to develop its outreach work, visiting 60 schools, 120 young people performed at
Spitalfields Festival and conducted an Opera House visit for 100 pupils; engaged 4 pupils on a student
apprentice schemes delivering training for music students preparing to enter the music profession; reviewed the
curriculum to include delivering access to world music, Jazz and contemporary music to 2,000 children and
young people.
Outcomes:
The project has identified 90 pupils to participate in a course devised by CYM to be presented to DfES for Music
and Dance Scheme funding. This will contribute to the outcome more talent exhibited. The project has made
some progress in increasing take up of education opportunities, however this outcome was agreed mid
academic year and there is no quantitative data available. CYM has increased waiting lists in most courses and
expansion programmes are underway in Tower Hamlets, and Kensington & Chelsea to increase capacity to
include new recruits. The project has also Increased take up of arts and cultural opportunities for children and
young people and have introduced new training courses in dance band, expanded the jazz provision and new
singer/songwriting opportunities.
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits
monitoring returns on time.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users. In total 2,618 individuals benefited from this service.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
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Recommendation:
Organisation:
Chats Palace Arts Centre
(1949)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £26,775
Chats Palace is a building based arts venue in Homerton area of Hackney. It presents a regular programme of
theatre, music events, courses, café, bar and training in the field of performing arts. ALG funding contributes
towards salaries and running costs with specific focus on its education outreach work targeted at the socially
excluded communities in Hackney and in east London. Its programme of activities included outreach work in
Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest on visual arts (printing/painting/sculpture/mural),
drama, photography and carnival arts; a programme of workshops in subjects including ESOL (for Turkish
women), basic literacy, computer skills and British Sign Language; children’s and family activities on Saturdays.
Outputs:
The project has achieved and in some cases exceeded its outputs: Chats Palace has organised 690 workshops
for youth drama/dance workshops and is becoming an acknowledged centre for children and youth arts
provision; the organisation has delivered 9 outreach projects engaging individuals and social groups traditionally
excluded from arts provision. This includes carnival activities and over 50 local young people with Special
Educational Needs benefited from the artistic, social and educational benefits of carnival arts; delivered 395
open art-based workshops for 4,558 individuals, providing a wide range or activities from belly dancing to
photography; organised 45 events for workshop participants to show case their work into performances or
exhibitions. In total 4,328 people attended these events.
Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
There is progress in confidence, self esteem and motivation from service users as repeat attendance was
common in both outreach projects and centre activities, particularly children from disadvantaged backgrounds
and adults with mental health issues. There is an increase in use of arts and cultural facilities and opportunities
as attendance at youth drama and dance classes increased over the monitoring period and more creative
workshops was encouraged and recognised by other organisations. There is also a greater celebration of
diversity and a reduction of social exclusion through the organisation’s outreach programme.
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Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Clean Break Theatre
Company (1121)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation continues to submit timely
and accurate information of high quality work.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users. In total, 33,680 benefited from this service.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £8,333
Clean Break is a women’s theatre company working with women’s experience of the criminal justice and mental
health systems. The company runs a comprehensive education programme in prison, ex-offenders and works
with women with mental health difficulties. Its productions are accompanied by education work and the company
provides training for artists and criminal justice practitioners. ALG funding contributes to salaries and running
costs towards its theatre based arts education programme which provides training to promote the resettlement
of women offenders.
Outputs:
The project has achieved its outputs for the monitoring period: 15 courses were provided through a wide range
of subjects including Access to Community Theatre, Acting 1,2 & 3; Writing for Theatre; Technical Theatre etc.
Most courses culminated in an in-house performance to fellow students, tutors, staff and invited guests. In this
monitoring period, 18 performances were organised. The project has also set up 7 work placements for
individuals to work in a range of organisations including Talawa Theatre Company, Total Theatre Network and
Streets Alive and has continued to provide a student support service to all beneficiaries who attend the
educational courses, including a mental health peer support group. Between August to December 2005, the
Girls and Young Women Project entitled Miss Spent has recruited 42 beneficiaries, delivering 16 workshops in a
safe and secure environment. The project is progressing well in enabling young women at risk of offending to
engage in education, employment and training through using performing arts as a tool.
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Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
73% of the beneficiaries participating in the courses have reported an increase in confidence, self esteem and
personal growth and development. There has been progress in take up of employment and training
opportunities. 6.7% of women are into employment, 61% into further education, 4% into voluntary work and 5%
are still unemployed. All beneficiaries participating in the Improve your English course have reported on
improved literacy and IT skills through self assessments and tutor feedback. All the above outcomes have
resulted in a reduction of social exclusion. Clean Break are in the process of undertaking an evaluation study
looking at how the project has improved life skills for all beneficiaries.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Community Music Ltd (1066)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation continues to submit timely
and accurate information of high quality work.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users. In total 83 individuals benefited from this service. This is an
increase of 26% from the previous year.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £18,918
Community Music (CM) offers advancement of education through music particularly for young people excluded
from educational opportunities. It provides a comprehensive programme of accredited music and key skills
training for a wide range of socially excluded groups. This combines music courses for young people, musicians
and music tutor training. The ALG funding contributes towards its core costs, which underpins all its activities
with a particular focus on the development of its social inclusion work.
Outputs:
During the period 38 students across Southwark, Ealing, Lewisham and Wandsworth who were not attending
school were re-engaged into learning through CM’s project. These 15/16 year olds gained LOCN Unit
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accreditation. This project has been rolled out to 4 centres since the start of the grant, with roll out in Lewisham
being completed during the period.
28 musicians completed or began training to level 4 (undergraduate level) to become qualified music tutors. A
further 16 musicians recorded and distributed music on compilation CDs and were showcased in professional
venues. Two also toured the US and 4 others are now operating small businesses.
During the period, 62 artists were showcased to the music business at 6 venues across London, reaching a total
audience of over 100.
65 young musicians without qualifications/and or from ethnic backgrounds completed or began training as
students of university partners, with 4 progressing to full degrees.
A new OCN full modern music qualification was designed and approved by the University of Westminster to
begin in July 2008.
Outcomes:
Attendance and participation figures indicate that the project has created increased access to and take-up of
education opportunities. Monitoring also show that over 66% of students finishing courses at CM progress to
further recognised learning including apprenticeships, B tec or LOCN courses at FE and university. This
continuing engagement with learning leads to less anti-social behaviour.
Retention rates of the programme are consistently above average for RE, HE or LOCN courses – in this period it
was 79%. This indicates an increase in the self-confidence of participants and greater employability.
The creative skills of participants was reported to have increased, with musician gaining access to recording
studio and compilation CD is completed to professional standard and distributed.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the period and can confirm that the project has generally
maintained consisted with the proposed borough spread. BME groups accounted for 60% of service users and
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disabled people accounted for 2%. Officers have examined the audited accounts for the year end March 2005.
The incoming resources decreased during the period resulting in a deficit of £17,787. The Directors are
confident that results will improve over the next year, and grants officers will monitor the situation accordingly.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Performing well: CM has met and in many cases exceeded the agreed outputs and outcomes for the period.
Organisation:
Cultural Co-operation (1033)
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £14,583
Purpose of the grant:
The organisation promotes cross cultural contact, dialogue and understanding amongst London’s diverse
communities and between them and cultural traditions world-wide. It targets London’s disadvantaged and
excluded communities. Its regular activity is the biannual summer Music Village festival.
Progress made in the year
under review:
Cultural Co-operation have continued to develop their bi-annual festival with outputs and outcomes over the past
year mainly focusing on preparation.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Outputs:
2005 was a preparation year for the third of Cultural Co-operation’s bi-annual summer Music Village Festivals
due to take place in July 2006. The festivals revisit the theme of Diaspora’s and both the 2002 and 2004
festivals were successful at achieving their agreed outputs and outcomes, and have built year on year in
audience and awareness. In 2005 the festival attracted participation from 20 groups and 20,000 attendees.
Recorded faith/culture of people attending the festival was 30 although Cultural-Co-operation believe this to be
higher due to some people choosing not to specify, as well as photographic evidence gathered during the event.
In addition to attendees representing a wealth of different cultures, the groups performing represented artists
from 25 different nations. Overall feedback from attendees was very positive and many felt that their awareness
of other cultures had increased. Feedback from artists performing during the festival was also very positive with
many feeling that their visibility had increased, and as a result had received further bookings to perform at other
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venues.
This year the festival is focusing on the arts, culture and music from the Islamic world, to encourage greater
awareness of this culture particularly in the wake of the 7 July 2005 attacks. Preparations for the 2006 Salaam
Music Village have involved contacting possible venues for concerts during the 2006 festival, organising an
exhibition of contemporary calligraphy from Algeria, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories, and agreed joint
schools programme workshops with the Imperial War Museum, the Horniman Museum and the Museum of
Docklands between 28 June and 14 July Summer Music Village.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Outcomes:
Outcomes of the 2004 festival were reported on in the 2004 Autumn return, some of which have been discussed
above. Outcomes from the 2006 festival will be reported on in the 2006 Autumn return.
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 34,982 across 31 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation: Deptford
Albany (1065)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £25,134
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the period, the Albany worked with 19 community groups/arts organisations, including disability arts
The Albany provides a community outreach and events programme targeted at BME and other marginalized
communities and groups within Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark. ALG funding contributes to the costs of a
part time Community Participation Coordinator, subsidy theatre and café scheme and running costs.
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based organisations, youth-based arts organisations, culturally specific/BME organisations, and organisations
working with over 65s on a low income. A total of 1,847 people participated in the participatory programme, with
68.8% being from BME backgrounds and 13.4% describing themselves as disabled. In addition, there were
8,199 audience members at Albany performances with 47.3% representing BME communities and 45.2%
describing themselves as disabled. The work of Albany was focused on groups and participants from Lewisham,
Greenwich and Southwark. Sixteen out of the 19 (84.2%) of community groups/arts organisations worked with
were based in these boroughs.
Outcomes:
Participation and audience levels for the period indicated improved access to arts/cultural activities for disabled
people, BME groups and people on low incomes. Albany improved IT and digital media skills during the period
by integrating digital technology into performance. The Summer Arts College also ran 6 courses in digital filmmaking and Entelechy used technology for their disabled members to create pieces of art. Group leaders
associated with Albany projects reported an increase in confidence of participants. Feedback on the
performances and participation also indicated a greater awareness of community/social issues (including the
themes of bullying, cultural heritage and tragedy). In-depth conversations with course leaders and expressions
of interest to be considered for a peer motivator role indicate that participants’ motivation has increased during
the period.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is performing excellently against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation (less than 5%) in the borough spread of service users compared to the
anticipated figures in the application. Total number of service users is 10,046 across 27 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
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Organisation: East London
Dance (1034)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £20,833
Progress made in the year
under review:
ELD have made good progress this year with developing a number of new projects and have also increased
their number of service users.
East London Dance (ELD) is a regional dance agency with a commitment to access to dance and quality
experiences for its diverse communities in the outer East London boroughs. The project delivers dance
performance, workshops and training to disadvantaged young people, touring community venues in East
London. ALG funding is a contribution towards salaries of a Director, two Managers, Administrator, Community
Cultural Development Officer, running and project costs.
Outputs:
Key outputs achieved have been the development of a professional development programme to support the
development of disabled choreographers. This involved 5 participants who took part in a programme of practical
workshops and were given the opportunity to showcase their work as part of the Xposure festival at Stratford
Circus, which took place in November 2005. Community Forum Dance festivals have also been a successful
feature of ELD’s work, developed to encourage more people to engage with the community forum, to raise the
profile of dance in the local communities in Newham and to encourage social interaction and a reduction of
isolation through participatory dance activity. There were 5 performances at the festival, involving 228
participants from 5 areas in Newham with the Forest Gate forum specifically targeted at young people aged 14 –
24. Workshops in community settings took place specifically targeted at over 50s to create an integrated system
of support to older people with restricted mobility and poor mental health which is neighbourhood based and
patient-centred. This involved 3 workshops and 53 participants who performed to an audience of 122 people. In
addition to these activities ELD have continued to develop their Outreach programme targeting young people
aged 11 – 24 who would not normally have the opportunity to participate in dance activities, and to encourage
the development of healthy physical skills, socially positive group skills and individual personal confidence. 215
workshops took place which involved 543 participants from 3 different boroughs.
Outcomes:
The outcome of these activities has been to maintain the cultural diversity of participants with 40% of service
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users being Black and Black British. Their work with disabled artists has meant that 2% of service users have a
disability. They have also continued to support local artists with 200 now being employed by ELD and a further
51 receiving additional support. The development of a new Thames Gateway Dance Partnership has meant the
development of 35 projects with local communities, which will ensure the ongoing support of local artists and
their part in the 2012 Olympics. Their Outreach work predominantly with young people considered to be at risk
of offending has also become more popular over the year, and they have increased their participation rate by
25%. Overall ELD have run projects including a total of 4,557 participants with overall service users being
20,128 including participants, artists/apprentices and audience figures.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Emergency Exit Arts (1047)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 20,128 across 27 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £21,277
Emergency Exit Arts (EEA) devises and produces performances and community based arts projects designed to
bring communities together to celebrate shared history, cultural identity and diversity, the local environment and
public events. EEA run workshops encouraging participants to explore a wide range of social and local issues
leading to greater community cohesion and cultural understanding. ALG funding contributes towards salaries
and running costs.
Outputs:
Throughout the monitoring period the organisation has produced 488 arts workshops through a wide range of
projects for people who are economically and socially excluded in South and East London boroughs; 14
community based arts projects working with children, young people and adults in promoting community
cohesion and regeneration of local areas. Projects included local regeneration of public spaces involving a
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creation of a community garden and hosting local festivals for May Day, Christmas and a mela; organised family
arts workshops for 50 individuals inspired by canal art traditions for a Little Venice festival; 10 community based
arts projects exploring contemporary social issues such as environmental and global issues using photography,
art making/sculpture skills for 283 individuals; using carnival arts to promote healthy eating inspired by the Jamie
Oliver improved school dinners pilot scheme in Greenwich for 456 children and young people etc; 13 free public
events including the Green Chain Walking Festival promoting environmental issues, a two week Carnival Arts
programme as part of a pilot scheme in Lewisham looking at the historical and political background of carnival
and street theatre; delivered an anti litter street performance in Southwark, attracting 5000 individuals as
audiences etc.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Outcomes:
The organisation has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
Individuals have participated in community projects that have helped them to develop skills to increase
confidence and encourage participants to access learning, employment and training opportunities. Alll projects
were structure around gaining a range of creative and social skills. There has been evidence of a reduction of
social exclusion and greater awareness of community/social issues. The community projects and workshops are
aimed to promote community cohesion and address social issues in the local areas. For example, the
organisation has delivered a project in LB Southwark on promoting anti-litter as part of the council’s
environmental improvements scheme. EEA has also provided more cultural activities in non-traditional spaces.
For example, organising street carnivals/parties in LB Greenwich and Lewisham, an outreach programme
involving schools through the delivery of arts workshops as part of the Green Chain Walking Festival. The work
produced was revealed on the final day of the festival on a local farm. All projects have contributed in improving
artistic/performance skills for participants as well as artists, teachers and other workers involved in the individual
projects.
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits
monitoring returns on time and the quality of information submitted is satisfactory.
The projects delivered in London boroughs of Newham, Greenwich, Camden, Lewisham, Bexley, Bromley,
Southwark, Ealing, Westminster and Barking & Dagenham as anticipated in the original application and there is
no significant variation in the borough spread of users. In total 4052 benefited from this service. This is an
increase of 11% from the previous year.
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An organisational review was conducted in the monitoring period, looking at the company’s management and
organisational structure. Commencing in June 2005 a report was produced after an initial consultation with key
staff, board and other key stakeholders followed by a more intensive consultation review period. A 3rd phase
report was submitted with the annual monitoring return, outlining a schedule of change in organisational
structure and methods of operation, to be implemented in the next six to twelve months. Officers have examined
the report and have no serious concerns to report to the committee.
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Green Candle Dance
Company (1035)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £26,931
Green Candle Dance Company (GCDC) brings dance as performance and practice to a wide audience,
targeting sections of the community who have least access to it. The aim of ALG funding is to develop the
company’s profile in London in an arts centre base through delivering a programme aimed for, and with
disadvantaged children and young people, older people, people in health care settings and with Refugee
communities. ALG funding is a contribution towards the salaries of Artistic Director, Administrator and Education
Director and running costs.
Outputs:
Green Candle Dance Company developed two productions during the period. ‘Listening Eyes’ was targeted at
deaf and hearing children aged 4-7, and toured 16 schools and 4 arts centres in 6 inner and 3 outer London
boroughs. The production reached a total audience of 1998 and was accompanied by workshops and a free
teacher’s resource pack.
Green Candle delivered 6 out-of-school-hours programmes and 16 curriculum based programmes in schools
with a total of 226 sessions for 1109 children and young people. These programmes were consistent with target
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borough coverage, but participation was below the 2000 target. One of the problems for the company has been
the cuts in fees for schools projects, and the lack of income available for fees for venues performances and
projects in London compared with the regions.
The company held its annual Deaf Dance Summer School in partnership with Sadler’s Wells, attracting
participants from 14 London boroughs.
GCDC ran 13 participatory projects for older people providing a total of 97 sessions for 162 older people. Its
original older dancer’s group, Gillespie Dance Group, ran for its final term due to financial restraints. However,
the Green Candle Senior Dancers, an inclusive dance group for local older people aged 60+, was launched in
April with funding from Tower Hamlets Mainstream grants and The Headley Trust.
The company continued to work with ‘Flight Paths’ (Refugee Artists Arts in Education Training Programme) and
employed two musicians met through this scheme.
Training and continuing professional development provided by GCDC during the period included five INSET
training sessions for a total of 53 participants. Green Candle also hosted 15 placements and volunteers
including two young deaf people. Throughout the year, the company also conducted three training programmes
for arts professionals with 15 sessions engaging a total of 27 participants.
Outcomes:
Through workshops and dance performances the project has worked with older people, young people, arts
professionals and other marginalised groups to enhance their dance and movement skills, as well as awareness
of dance as a cultural and communication tool. The project has also facilitated an increase in participant
confidence and improved life skills.
Teachers reported that much creative activity was engendered by the ‘Listening Eyes’ performances. A large
number of children and teachers gained greater awareness and understanding of how deaf people communicate
and some of the hurdles they face. Deaf children also experienced pride through positive images and excellent
role models projected from the performances.
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Evaluations of the out-of-school-hours programmes and curriculum based programmes confirmed participants
acquired skills in different dance styles, creative skills, spatial awareness, increased confidence and learning
abilities, and greater awareness of working together as groups.
A main aim of the participatory programme for older people is to encourage older people to engage in a free
weekly dance activity leading to performances, and thereby combat isolation, and increase physical and mental
health, as well as developing creative dance and performance skills. Workshop leaders reported that many of
the participants recognised how important exercise is and how beneficial the class has been for them.
Evaluations received from artists involved with the ‘Flight Paths’ training programme indicated increased
confidence and artistic skills.
Teachers involved in the INSET training reported a high level of increase in skills and confidence as a result of
these sessions. All placements also reported to have learnt a great deal and that the experience enhanced their
understanding of the workings of a small scale company.
Other information:
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Organisation: Greenwich
and Lewisham Young
People’s Theatre (1067)
Purpose of the grant:
Officers have checked the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project has
generally maintained consistency against the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Officers have examined the
audited accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Performing well
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 (£): £17,511
Greenwich and Lewisham’s Young People’s Theatre (GLYPT) provides innovative and challenging drama and
theatre experiences, within which young people feel able to participate. ALG funding contributes towards
salaries and running costs to deliver Theatre-in-education to schools in the boroughs of Greenwich and
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Lewisham, drama workshops for young people with learning disabilities (SHOUT), and young refugee children
(VOICES).
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
Outputs:
Throughout the monitoring period GLYPT have continued to develop a range of educational programmes for
young people from a range of ages and backgrounds. One such project was Red, White, Black & Blue was a
performance designed for secondary school students raising awareness of issues around race, identity and
belonging. The play was performed 50 times in 17 secondary schools in Greenwich, Bromley, Bexley and
Lambeth to a total of 1,500 young people. Who R U Talkin 2? Was a programme for years 5-7 students
exploring issues surrounding use of the internet chartrooms and personal relationships. This was performed 39
times in 26 schools to 2,580 young people. SK8 Angel is a new play for young people that explores the skills,
physical artistry and focus involved in skateboarding combined with ideas and issues of loss. The play was
developed at Horn Park Primary Schools and the Skateboard park adjacent to the school, and involved a team
of 10 artists and 18 year 5 students who performed in front of 30 parents and friends. GLYPT have developed a
wide range of educational resources for schools and practitioners working with young people, these have
included the Moving Here DVD and resource pack, which also involved 4 sessions with 27 youth workers and
educators, the Red, White, Black and Blue CD-Rom and resource pack which involved 1 session with 60 youth
workers and educators and the Who R U Talkin 2? CD-Rom resource. The reactivation of the Youth Council in
April 2005 with a view to encouraging young people to develop a critical awareness of themselves and to
question the world they live in has elected 8 Councillors representing 11-14 year olds and 5 Councillors
representing 8-11 year olds. Councillors have already participated in the NAYT ‘Big Youth Theatre Festival’ in a
non-performing capacity and been involved in key company issues such as the re-programming of 14+ summer
term and corporate logo design and re-branding. In order to build self-esteem and confidence among young
people GLYPT having worked with a number of schools and youth groups on a range of projects including
Greenwich Refugee Week Performance Groups and Carnival involving 9 sessions, 2 performances and 12
participants. Finally their work enabling young people to respect, share, understand and celebrate the culture of
others has involved a number of different works including Shout! Drama Workshops and Voices Youth Theatre
Workshops.
Outcomes:
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Through undertaking the activities above the impact of the GLYPT’s work has been very positive. Their focus on
their relationship with schools has meant more educational projects with young people in schools across
Greenwich and Lewisham, and feedback has remained consistently positive. Young people in schools have
reported enjoying the performances and also felt that they had learned something from them, and teachers also
felt that students were engaged and had responded positively. Their work with young people in the Youth
Theatre and schools in deprived areas has improved access to arts/culture for those young people. The
participatory work with young people in schools to improve their life skills and increase peer negotiation and
cooperation has resulted in extremely positive feedback from teachers on the impact on the young people they
teach. Finally their projects increasing knowledge of cultures and traditions such as the Voices project with
young refugee children has increased peer respect as well as an increased understanding, patience and
tolerance towards each other.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is excellently against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 7,240 across 6 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation:
Hackney Empire (1270)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £12,500
The Hackney Empire is a venue-based theatre that provides a wide-ranging programme including comedy,
music, opera, drama, children’s theatre and entertainment for the benefits of the audiences throughout London.
It also offers an extensive education programme for young people opening up creative opportunities for them.
ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs which underpins all its activities including capacity
building and training for the producers, promoters and performers from the BME communities.
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Progress made in the year
under review:
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Half Moon Young People’s
Theatre (1070)
Purpose of the grant:
Outputs:
The project has achieved and in some cases exceeded its outputs for the monitoring period: 38 cultural
activities were provided which involved performers from BMEs that are reflective of the lives, experiences and
expectations of BME audiences (target was 10); provided a platform for 22 new promoters and producers from
BME communities (target was 3); provided 5,955 pupils and young people from BMEs with educational and
training opportunities that enhances and supports the curricula of schools, colleges and other establishments
and provided ticket and transport subsidies for 3,794 individuals from BME communities to watch relevant
productions/events.
Outcomes
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes: There is an increase in self esteem, motivation
and artistic confidence for producers, promoters and solo performers. Hackney Empire has increased its support
to BME artists and has produced 89 specific BME performances attracting BME audiences. There has been an
increase take-up of cultural/educational and volunteering opportunities for 5,955 beneficiaries, 76% of which
were from BME communities; improved access to arts/culture activities for the BME communities by provding
initiatives such as ticket and transport subsides to individuals from BME communities and working in partnership
with other organisations as part of the Hackney Theatre Partnership.
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits
monitoring returns on time and the quality of information submitted is satisfactory.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users. The total number of users is 154,048. This is an increase of
31% from the previous year.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £32,008
Half Moon Young People’s Theatre (HMYPT) promote, maintain and advance theatre and arts education and
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the production of professional theatre and workshops for young people. ALG funding aims to provide access for
young people to drama and professional theatre for communities traditionally excluded by race, disability, culture
and socio-economic backgrounds, through contribution towards core staff costs, youth theatre workers, an
Access Worker and running costs.
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
HMYPT delivered a full season of professional and community events, youth and related participatory
workshops with young people presented at base and in other art spaces (formal and informal) across London.
32,559 people attended 559 specific performances/events across 29 boroughs with a capacity attendance of
92%. Disabled attendance, which increased by 1% to 9% did not meet the yearly increase target, however the
increase in BME attendance, which was up 1.9% to 59.9%, exceeded the yearly target.
HMYPT provided an inclusive and accessible youth theatre program for 8 groups of 5-17 year olds. 586 youth
theatre members attended 280 sessions (695 hours) representing a retention rate of 89%. A further 10,921
young people participated in HMYPT’s fully integrated participatory and residency programme. 86 young people
with disabilities took part in its exclusive programme to allow disabled young people to participate fully in theatre
activities.
8 new plays-in-progress were produced with potential for full commissions as part of HMYPT’s programme to
develop work for young people. This included a new disabled play for early years and two new plays by artists
from a BME context.
Outcomes:
Self-reported and professionally observed self-esteem was shown to have increased in participants through end
of term evaluation and focus on peer sharings of work and self-evaluation forms countersigned by tutors. These
evaluations also indicated a change in attitude of non-disabled participants toward disabled participants.
The project facilitated increased take-up of the arts and cultural opportunities with increased attendance by BME
groups and disabled people. An increased attendance by young people in danger of being a victim of or
participating in anti-social behaviour, also lead to reduced anti-social behaviour.
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The HMYPT program also facilitated a greater celebration of diversity during the period.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project has
maintained consistency against the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Officers have examined the audited
accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Performing well: The project has increased levels of access and participation (as set out above) for young
people in theatre and has made good progress against the outputs and outcomes and borough spread outlined
in their funding agreement with ALG.
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Hampstead Theatre (1072)
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £12,500
Purpose of the grant:
Hampstead Theatre (HT) is a venue-based theatre that promotes new writings and plays in London. The new
theatre opened in January 2003 offers a 325-seat auditorium, a café bar and a studio space. The programme
focused on new writing, encompasses the presentation of plays, a comprehensive education programme,
individual personal development for writers and artists and an access policy for people with disabilities and
those on low income or at risk of social exclusion. The ALG funding contributes to its core costs focusing on the
education and outreach programme of Hampstead Theatre.
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
HT commissioned 11 new main-house productions which involved 286 performances over 250 days, as well as
27 reading/development performances to a total audience of 61,763 people. Their education and outreach
programme ran 34 projects over the year. 20 of the projects involved running 556 workshops involving
approximately 50 schools, and a further 10 projects were youth theatre productions. 13,168 people participated
in these projects from 10 different boroughs. They are continuing to attract and develop new writers with 808
scripts received and responded to during the year. HT commissioned 11 writers one of which was a BME writer
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and half were female, and continued their series of Writer’s Nights bringing writers together and providing
contact to the theatre’s artistic team. Their work with young people in schools in order to nurture would-be
writers from school-age allowed 21 emerging writers to showcase their work in front of an audience. In addition
to their education, outreach and production work HT are still providing accessible facilities for people with
disabilities, also offering a programme of sign language interpreted; close captioned and audio described
performances.
Outcomes:
HT have succeeded in increasing participation in the theatre and the cultural diversity of those engaged in the
theatre’s work, with over 50% of participants from a BME background. They have programmed more work from
BME artists than the previous year, and continued to provide award wining access for people disabilities. Their
education and outreach work also continues to attract the support of the boroughs and they have now worked
with 10 London boroughs.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Heart n Soul (1037)
Purpose of the grant:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 61,763 across 30 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £10,325
Heart’n’Soul (HnS) creates and facilitates a pan-London strategic network of participatory nightclub events.
These are run by and for people with learning disabilities. ALG funding is a contribution towards salary costs to a
freelance co-ordinator, crew and artist fees, new media and audience development, pan London networking and
travel costs.
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Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
HnS ran 10 club events during the period, reaching an audience of 3482. A further 3 clubs were run in
partnership with HnS. The project supported 2 other events, together reaching an additional 584 people. In total,
these events provided coverage of 15 boroughs. There were 344 places for disabled artists at these events and
24 people took up over 120 crew roles. One hundred people took up the opportunity to participate in ‘Open Mic’
performances.
This period also saw the widest range of art ever on offer at HnS events, including music, theatre, film, dance,
live art, DJing and digital art. Digital media and digital arts were offered at all events and recordings on DVD and
EP were available for sale at a number of events. Audience numbers were reported to have increased from
4006 to 5716.
Audience profiles showed a diverse audience with 52% from a BME background. Data was not recorded to
enable reporting on the diversity of artists and comparisons with the previous year, however this issue has been
addressed for future reporting.
Outcomes:
HnS have increased leadership skills for people with learning disabilities through in-house training and through
its policy to include people with learning disabilities on steering committees. This is evidenced in the steering
committee for The Beautiful Octopus Club, Croydon and the HnS management committee which includes two
trustees with learning disabilities. Learning disabled people also act as mentors to other artists, organisers and
organisations. In conjunction, HnS has promoted the good practice of employing people with learning
disabilities. These activities also served to reduce the social exclusion of people with learning disabilities.
Improved partnership working is evidenced this period through cooperative marketing with the Albany Theatre
as well as the provision of training sessions to support them to welcome audiences with learning disabilities.
Coaching and consultancy was also provided to a number of clients including East London Dance and Arts
Depot.
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HnS improved performances/activities through increased technical time and rehearsals for every ‘Beautiful
Octopus Club’.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and are confident the project is on
track to meet the proposed spread of service users. Officers have also examined the audited accounts for the
year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Organisation: Hi8us (1038)
Performing well: The project has maintained good progress towards achieving the outputs and outcomes in the
funding agreement with the ALG.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 (£): £16,117
Purpose of the grant:
Hi8tus develops participatory digital media projects with socially excluded young people. It aims to engage
young people, in both community and school settings on a range of innovative projects involving film, video and
web production. Participants in the project receive training; support and individual action plans to access
opportunities for further education or employment, this enables them to use project as a catalyst for change in
their own lives and in their communities. The ALG funding contributes towards the core costs, which underpins
all its activities but particularly its digital media projects with socially excluded young people.
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
Hi8us South has progressed well towards their agreed outputs and outcomes, and have further developed their
educational music and film projects with young people in different boroughs.
Outputs:
Their New Londoners project working with young refugees and asylum seekers involved 200 young people who
worked together towards a large event at the Albany in December. This opened up opportunities for young
refugees and asylum seekers to participate in art, dance and craft workshops, as well as performing on stage.
UK Sound TV is a youth led web channel, set up to teach young people about producing and preparing
broadcasts, as well as DVD design and digital animation. Beatz Camera Action is a film and music project to
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give young musicians in East London the opportunity to promote their music, this involved working with an
experienced music video director. Hi8us have continued to expand their successful L8r project, which is an
educational tool to inform young people about sexual health and have developed new partnerships with the
London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Hackney and Southwark as well as smaller pilots with Barnet and
Lewisham. Their work with London boroughs has meant they have exceeded their target of 50 young people
and 1152 young people have participated in the project throughout the year. The Popular Film School project
worked with around 130 young people from schools in Tower Hamlets to teach them film-making skills. The
young people made their own films working with professional film-makers, and two screenings took place at
Cineworld Canary Wharf in September and March. Finally Hi8us also worked with young Roma people on the
‘Be Roma or Die Tryin’ project, which saw the creation of a short film exploring Roma identity and launched at
the Genesis cinema as well as featuring in the International Gypsy Film Festival.
Outcomes:
Hi8us’s work with young people across all of these projects has seen positive outcomes for those who
participated, young people sited feeling more confident with greater aspirations, in many cases they felt they had
increased in technical skills particularly through learning film-making and producing techniques, they had
strengthened their communication skills feeling more able to listen to others and all explain their own views, and
many young people felt that involvement in these projects had opened up other either employment or
educational opportunities they were keen to explore. Officers are of the view that Hi8us is undertaking valuable
work with disadvantaged young people with a clear positive impact.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation: Index Arts
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes, and in some cases exceeded
them.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 1,374 across 12 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £23,141
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(1059)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
The Index Arts (formerly Union Chapel Project) project runs a year round programme of participatory and
performing arts events designed to implement the organisation’s policy of inclusion and access, building on
existing, and developing into new targeted socially excluded communities. ALG funding contributes towards the
core costs of the project.
Outputs:
During the period, Index Arts continued to develop the ‘Ten Feet Away’ homeless arts programme. Fifty creative
writing workshops, 50 visual arts workshops, 50 music sessions, and 12 video classes were conducted with a
combined attendance of 1610. Ten performance platforms were also delivered with 155 performers and an
audience of 1020. A skills weekend was also held during the period as part of the ten feet away homeless
programme. The event featured professional development workshops and taster and performance for and by
homeless and ex-homeless people. There were 80 participants and 45 performers involved in the event which
reached an audience of 220 from across London. The ten feet away programme also included a summer festival
and exhibition. The exhibition held in Bethnal Green featured the multi-media work, sculptures, installations and
videos of 11 exhibitors. Three thousand people attended the exhibition over the month. The summer festival
featured the work of the major homeless performing arts organisations based in London with all performing art
forms as well as film. 167 people participated in workshops during the festival, and there were 97 performers
and 475 people in the audience. Planning was also undertaken during the period for future events.
The ‘Imagine Art After’ refugee arts programme also progressed during the period with a six-week online
exhibition and dialogue between artists. This involved the work of 8 London based refugee artists. Fifty-seven
thousand visits to the website were received. The programme of under-represented music, which was put on
hold during relocation of Index Arts, has now moved into the first stages of development.
Outcomes:
Index Arts increased participation in arts and cultural productions during the period through the ‘Ten Feet Away’
programme (workshops and events) and the ‘Imagine Art After’ refugee arts programme. Feedback obtained
through one-to-one discussion, video and written appraisals, also indicated that the programmes increased
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artistic confidence among participants. The ‘Imagine Art After’ programme improved access to and raised the
profile of the arts for refugee and migrant communities.
Following the organisational problems experienced in previous years, the 05/06 period has seen Index Arts
develop into a more secure and strategic organisation. Index Arts has developed relationships with key
stakeholders, including funders and potential partners, as well the steering group and participants to develop a
three year development plan and funding strategy to build on its current position.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation: Jacksons
Lane Community Centre
Association (1238)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 7,215 across the London Boroughs of Camden, Ealing, Hackney,
Harringey, Islington, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Officers have examined the accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 (£): £36,666
Jacksons Lane is a fully accessible venue based arts centre that provides a diverse range of activities including
live music, theatre, cinema, classes, courses, children’s programme, exhibitions and an extensive disability
programme. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs.
Outputs:
Jacksons Lane have continued to progress well against their agreet outputs and have undertaken a wide range
of activities over the past year. They provided on average 50 classes and courses per week covering a range of
arts from Acrobatics to Writing for the stage. These courses have benefited 23,670 people over the past year.
Their weekly term-time participatory projecs for young people and older people have included the Lunch Club for
older peole which had 3,120 attendees, the After School Club for for children aged 5 – 11 which had 4,680
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children attend over the year and the Parents and Toddlers Group for under 5s 3 days per week and had 4,680
attendees. Jacksons lane has provided 30 volunteers one-off and longe-term placement opportunities across all
their centre departments and remains committed to the involvement and support of volunteers. They also ran
their annual disability arts festival called Xposure06 with 51 disabled artists for 20,000 peolple in November
2005. Finally Jacksons Lane provided 9 culturally diverse children’s shows reaching an audience of 400, 21
culturally diverse adult shows reaching 1,457 people and 22 performances featering disabled artists reaching an
audience of 1,058 people.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Outcomes:
The impact of this work has been very positive, 60% of services users reported feeling that their physical and
mental health had improved through attending Jacksons Lane’s courses, and 70% of users reported feeling
increased confidence and self esteem through attending Jacksons Lane’s courses. Jacksons Lane volunteers
have benefited from improved job skills with 1 in 12 volunteers going on to employment at Jacksons lane.
Through their work with disabled artists 75% have reported improvements in reduced isolation and experience
of social exclusion. Finally through providing culturally diverse performance and disability theatre events,
Jacksons Lane have increased knowledged of cultures and traditions among participants and attendees.
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 56,842 across 26 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Kazzum Arts Project Ltd
(1041)
Purpose of the grant:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £8,436
Kazzum develops culturally diverse participative arts activities with Refugee and Asylum communities, including
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arts workshops for children and young people. ALG funding is towards salaries and running costs.
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
490 children aged 5-14 participated in 87 workshops across 9 boroughs in video, shadow-puppetry, and drama.
This represents an increase of 103% in the number of workshops delivered, and an increase in the range of
programmes provided.
Kazzum’s production ‘Ten Suitcases’ continued to tour during the period, visiting schools and theatres in 7
London boroughs reaching 12,500 children. The production was supported by and education pack and refugee
awareness workshop programme. Kazzum targeted audiences with no previous refugee awareness or
understanding.
Kazzum also began to develop a new play ‘The Tunnel’ which celebrates diversity by looking at the life of a
refugee child relocated to London and his interaction with children who can’t contemplate the challenging
circumstances of being a child of war.
Of total service users (25,000), 60% were from minority ethnic communities and 5% described themselves as
having a disability. Kazzum also employed two refugee artists during the period.
Outcomes:
During the period, Kazzum increased take-up of arts and cultural opportunities and reduced social exclusion
through a range of culturally diverse participatory arts activities for refugee children.
Teacher feedback on the ‘Ten Suitcases’ production, which portrays a family’s passage towards asylum with the
aim of raising awareness and empathy for the circumstances of refugees and asylum seekers, indicated that the
programme reduced discrimination as students learnt to empathise more with peers who are new to the UK.
Kazzum provided a series of one day workshops during the period for refugee groups to raise awareness of
Kazzum and its work. As a result, Kazzum was able to extend its activities across 9 London boroughs and
increase take-up of arts and cultural opportunities.
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Kazzum improved access to arts activities for disabled/children/older people/BME/refugees and migrant
communities during the period. Kazzum undertook to remove cultural, physical and attitudinal barriers to
increase access to cultural activities by providing supplementary services including transport for groups with
limited capacity to travel to workshops, delivering workshops at other venues, and providing accessible venues.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant. Kazzum has indicated an intention to
address the lack of activity in the target borough of Havering in the next period. Officers have also examined the
audited accounts for the year end March 2005 and have met with Kazzum to discuss concerns regarding the
organisation’s deficit of £16,522. The organisation has initiated a deficit reduction plan to reduce its deficit by
25% per year. Officers will be keeping the situation under review and will report back to Committee if necessary.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Performing well: The project has generally maintained good progress towards achieving the outputs and
outcomes agreed in their funding agreement with the ALG.
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Kith and Kids
Purpose of the grant:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £19 081
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
The project has achieved its outputs for the monitoring period:16 weekend sessions were run during term time
with an average of 30 participants and 19 sessions were run during the main school holidays with an average of
41 participants. Sessions included cultural activities including art, music, dance, visits to theatres, yoga and
Kith & Kids is a charity that supports children and young adults who have learning and/or physical disabilities.
The project itself is supported by a volunteer force, which includes people from disadvantaged and excluded
groups. It does this by offering access to participation in wide-ranging cultural activities through workshops,
participatory activities and travel to arts venues and leisure activities. The ALG funding contributes towards
salaries and running costs underpinning all activities, specifically the fees for the various workshop leaders and
the salaries of the 2 co-ordinators who run the project.
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photography. The volunteer training and induction sessions included 15 short induction courses, 3 three-day
courses, 1 two-day course and 6 three evening courses with 270 volunteers receiving training during the
monitoring period. The project is providing ongoing work with other organisations including with an increase of
culture activities within 3 new organisations. The project has continued through the last monitoring period to
increase diversity of the beneficiaries with 45% of the participants from BME communities.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes: 43 participants have been able to participate in
group activities resulting in 18 of these participants seeing a good and clear increase in their overall
communication skills and 10 forging friendships (which has previously not been seen). Independence skills has
increased with 21 participants visiting places which were new to them and 2 more participants supported to start
travelling independently increasing the participants of this to 10. The development of individual support skills
and leadership skills for volunteers has meant that over 40 people have gone on to paid employment in
psychology, special education and social and care work fields with seven becoming trainers of other volunteers
and 4 becoming creative workshop leaders. The project has enabled greater social inclusion through regular
access to a range of cultural activities with the number of cultural activities remaining at 35 in the monitoring
period. The number of disabled participants with volunteer friends went up from 23 to 27 and the number of
regular participants with a disability had gone up to 48 in the last year. Greater cohesion and capacity building
for inclusion between North London organisations aiming to enable improved access to cultural activities for
clients currently excluded has been achieved with regular interaction with over 8 organisations. This has
included running training courses, the co-hosting of networking meeting and 1:1 networking with smaller
organisations.
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation submits timely and
accountable monitoring returns, and the information provided is considered satisfactory.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users. In total 48 individuals benefited from this service.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend continuation of funding at the current level.
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Organisation:
London Bubble Theatre
Company (2127)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £36,896
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the period, LBTC delivered 59 performances across London, touring 11 boroughs. The Company
engaged in partnerships with 6 community organisations and groups to deliver 4 partnership projects.
London Bubble Theatre Company (LBTC) is a touring arts company that produces large-scale theatres in parks.
Its original remit was to take professional performance work to outer London boroughs, where arts provision was
scarce. The company utilises a promenade style theatre allowing for a more integrated development of
professional performance and participatory projects. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running
costs, which underpin all its activities.
LBTC delivered productions in non-traditional spaces. The Company’s summer production, entitled ‘The Crock
of Gold’, was performed in 8 London parks. The production was aimed at a more intimate aesthetic, taking
advantage of the park at night, with the show starting at sunset. Seven of the venues were also wheelchair
friendly to further increase accessibility.
The alternative to the Christmas production, ‘My Home’, toured to 4 houses/flats across 4 London boroughs. ‘My
Home’ was a verbatim theatre production that took the words of people who had been born and spent formative
years living outside the UK before moving to London to make it their home. The production sold 683 tickets.
Fifty-three percent (3049 people) of audiences of professional productions were first-time Bubble attendees and
12 percent (690 people) had not attended theatre in the last 12 months.
239 participatory theatre sessions were delivered at the London Bubble base and 333 in schools. A total of 1549
people participated in these workshops.
Outcomes:
LBTC increased accessibility of the theatre to people who do not normally have access for geographical or
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cultural reasons. An audience development scheme was piloted in conjunction with the summer tour to actively
encourage first-time attendees.
LBTC also increased access to forms of participatory theatre that demonstrate and celebrate the abilities of
those taking part. Participation numbers and frequency, borough spread, and number of sessions delivered
exceeded the targets for the period.
Other information:
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and are of the opinion that the project
has maintained consistency with the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Officers have also examined the audited
accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Performing well: The project has maintained a good progress towards achieving the outputs and outcomes
agreed in their funding agreement with the ALG.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation: London
Notting Hill Carnival Limited
(2769)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 (£): £18,750
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
London Notting Hill Carnival Limited (LNHCL) aims to promote and develop the arts of the Carnival and present
one of the biggest street festivals in London. Carnival, which dates back to the 1950s was first started by the
West Indian community who came to London during that period. The ALG grant contributes to the core costs of
the organisation.
LNHCL’s outputs and outcomes are mainly focused on organisational developments and preparations for the
Notting Hill Carnival 2006.
Outputs:
During the Notting Hill Carnival period 2005 a number of events took place in the lead up to the Notting Hill
Carnival itself including: a launch of the 2005 London Calypso Tent, Trafalgar Square Steelband Jamboree,
Lime in de Park, August Grand Carnival Costume Splash, Calypso Morarch Finals, 2005 National Panorama
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Championship, J’Overt, Children’s Day and the 2005 Notting Hill Carnival. The past year has also been one of
wide ranging organisational change with the appointment of a new CEO, Finance and Office Manager, Event
and Public Safety Manager as well as a number of new board members. Since the appointment of the new CEO
there have been a number of meetings with funders to build and in some cases repair relationships, these have
involved meetings with the ALG, GLA, Arts Council, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) and
Westminster City Council (WCC). There have also been meetings with Ignition who have agreed to assist
LNHCL in developing a sponsorship approach and strategy, in order to diversify funding streams and become
less reliant on public funding. The new CEO has implemented an 18 month planning cycle to bring planning in
line with other organisations lead in times, there has been a complete review of financial and operating
procedures resulting in new procedures being implemented and the organisation is currently developing a
business plan which will be discussed at the next ALG funders group meeting.
Outcomes: In relation to Carnival itself LNHCL have enhanced the profile of carnival and participating
communities through developing a carnival website as well as working with Midnight Communications and the
WCC to promote and market the event. They have progressed towards their aim to reduce the potential for
major incidents at the Carnival by increasing the number of professionally qualified stewards now standing at
360 and joint working with the Metropolitan Police. LNHCL have also succeeded in increasing access to carnival
arts as well a showcasing African Caribbean art for over a million Londoners from a wide range of communities
and backgrounds. Organisationally the LNHCL is committed to leadership and capacity building within the
organisation starting with employees, and has introduced a Staff Appraisal scheme based on the Big Lottery
Fund.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Organisation:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes. The new CEO’s commitment to
building and repairing relationships with funders is encouraging as is his commitment to implementing new
procedures and a business plan within the organisation.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is over 1 million across all London boroughs.
Officers have examined the accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £15,917
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London Playing Fields
Foundation (834)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
LPFS is responsible for the protection, provision and promotion of playing fields in London. It has 7 playing fields
with extensive facilities and is dedicated to improve participation in sports for all social groups. ALG funding
contributes towards salaries and running costs in delivering its “All Communities Football League” programme
which aims to improve the physical and mental health of refugees and other disadvantaged groups through
participation in sport.
Outputs:
The project has achieved its outputs for the monitoring period. The project has established 36 under 16 years
old football teams – 16 teams in Summer 2005 league, 8 teams in Autumn 2005 league and 6 under 18 years
old and 6 under 16 years old in Spring 2006; 10 new referees were qualified in conjunction with the London
Football Association and 19 young people gained Level 1 qualifications as coaches in July 2005 and October
2005 courses. The project also provided courses in Effective Football Club Administration, Club Development
and a Small Grants Scheme workshop in conjunction with London Football Association. 3 teams were supported
in the transition to playing in mainstream affiliated leagues such as the London Communities League. Also
recruitment is underway for 16 new teams for under 16 and under 18 year old groups to start in July. In total,
720 refugees and other disadvantaged young people participated from London Boroughs of Barking &
Dagenham, Barnet, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Newham, Redbridge, Waltham
Forest and Westminster.
Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
100% of the team questionnaires reported that the Spring, Summer and Autumn leagues helped build team
spirit and a sense of belonging, contributing to an increase in self esteem and reduction of social exclusion. The
physical and mental health of refugee and disadvantaged groups has been improved through regular and
organised leagues. The adult teams in the All Nations and London Communities are encouraged to develop
youth sections. Through regular weekly training sessions, adult members of the community have more contact
with the youth and develop a stronger relationship. There has been an increased take up of sport opportunities
and improved access to sports activities for BME/refugee communities. The project has been used as an
example of good practice by the Football Association as a means of demonstrating how access to sporting
opportunities can be widened. 9 teams that played in the leagues were affiliated to the London Football
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Association. There has been an increased take-up of leadership skills. 10 people from the Jul and November
2005 referees courses qualified. 10 people qualified as coaches from the July and October 2005 level 1
courses. 6 managers successfully completed the Club Development workshop.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits
monitoring returns on time and the quality of information submitted is satisfactory.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users.
The project links with organisations such as Refugee Council, Local Authorities, All Nations Football Festival,
London Community Sports Network, Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme, and Positive Futures with the
aim to promote sports98 as a means to address other social exclusion issues.
Recommendation:
Organisation:
London Sports Forum (1276)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £39,583
LSF promotes sporting interests for disabled young people and adults in the Greater London area. It provides a
“first stop shop” advice and information service; a network of individuals, clubs, voluntary organisations, local
authority representatives and sports and disability bodies; projects that supports young disabled people to
participate in school and community sports; projects and focus groups for specific sports; publications, including
listings, directories and guidelines. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs, which
underpins all areas of its activities.
Outputs:
LSF has worked with eight organisations during the period to represent the strategic needs of disabled people to
key sport and physical activity organisations. This work included obtaining approval to include other impairments
into the London Youth Games 2007 football competition, planning with Cricket Development to enable deaf
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children to participate in mainstream competitions, running the ‘Easy Access to Sport and Exercise’ conference
with Active London Project partners.
During the period, LSF worked with a range of stakeholders as part of the capacity building programme for
strategic, community sport and disability organisations. This work included funding advice to local authorities
and community organisations, support for eight Active Community sport and disability projects, and established
a self-assessment progress package for clubs using the Club Health Check, plus accreditation and certification.
LSF provided support services to special and mainstream school networks, including a quarterly schools
newsletter, biannual sports calendar for young VI people, training to 11 boroughs to enable more
coaches/teachers to deliver Panathon Challenges, and staging the Inclusive PE and School Sport Conference
with 11 different workshops for 82 delegates.
During the period, LSF provided support for the provision of coaching and competitive sport and physical activity
programmes for disabled people. This included support of the London Deaf Sports Day, seven inter-school
sportshall athletics festivals, training events for VI athletes, and a basketball skills day for moderate learning
disability schools in west London.
LSF handled 483 specific individual or organisational enquiries through its provision of a public information,
advisory and referral service.
Outcomes:
Over eighty—four percent of partner organisations indicated that their confidence in planning or providing for
disabled people had increased.
One hundred percent of educational professionals involved in the project indicated that they felt they had been
supported. Eighty percent of these educational professionals indicated they had attained a high level of
confidence and enhance knowledge through the project, and sixty percent reported having enhanced skills.
Over eighty-two percent of respondents indicated that the project has delivered more community sports
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programs and improved access to sports activities.
As a result of LSF’s project, links were created between organisations, groups and networks committed to sport
and physical activity for disabled people. Over eighty-two percent of organisations and schools involved in the
project indicated that they had improved networking.
As a result of the project, the level of participation for disabled people within programmes of sports organisations
was found to increase. Over seventy-five percent of respondents reported an increased take up of sports
opportunities.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the period and can confirm that the project has generally
maintained consisted with the proposed borough spread. Officers have examined the audited accounts for the
year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Excellent: LSF has met and in some cases exceeded the agreed outputs and outcomes for the period.
Organisation:
London Youth Games (1561)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level subject to the receipt of satisfactory finalised
audited accounts for 2005/06.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £31,250
London Youth Games (LYG) provides an annual programme of competitive games for young Londoners. Held in
various locations across London, LYG offers 28 different sports activities for school children aged 6 to 17. LYG
also implements sports plans to encourage greater participation in sports and to improve the way young people
engage in sports in London. The ALG funding contributes to salaries and running costs of their activities.
In March 2006, the ALG Elected Officers recommended an additional grant of £50,000 to LYG for the period 1
April 2006 to 31 March 2007. This funding is for additional sporting activities for young Londoners and to
improve the organisation infrastructure, be more strategic lead and more accountable.
Outputs:
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under review:
The project has achieved its output targets: LYG has provided a competitive framework based on the delivery of
multi-sports events, made accessible to all 32 London boroughs and the Corporation of London. 27,703 young
Londoners have participated in the Games. LYG has made progress in developing its organisation
infrastructure. A consultant report was produced and the report’s recommendations have been ratified and
adopted by the Executive Board. A new post was recruited (Company Officer); The attendance rate of boys and
girls participating is 52% and 48% respectively. LYG has also strengthened its Disability Sports Steering group
through increased borough participation leading to improved opportunities across more impairment groups.
Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
LYG has improved better awareness of sports opportunities through various meetings. All 33 London boroughs
attended and LYG has improved its relationship with other sporting organisations such as the Panathlon and
Street Games. There has been an increased take up of sports opportunities and greater celebration of diversity.
13% of young Londoners participating are registered with a disability. During the monitoring period, 82% of the
1,307 teams who entered the Games received training before they competed and 75% were offered the
opportunity to continue playing after the Games. The Games also provided an increased take up of volunteering
opportunities where 1,024 or 65% of team coaches acted in a voluntary capacity and 2,186 individuals
volunteered in the actual Games events in various capacities.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The project excellent in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits monitoring
returns on time and the quality of information submitted is satisfactory.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users. In total, 25,703 benefited from this service.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007) (£): £24,000
Recommendation:
Organisation: Orange Tree
Theatre (2573)
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Purpose of the grant:
Orange Tree Theatre produces and presents high quality plays at reasonable prices in informal surroundings. It
also offers a major education and community programme to complement its work in the theatre. It also offers
concert party tours to residential and day centres. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running
costs but specifically for its education and community programme. Orange Tree offers a major Shakespeare
programme in all three terms of the school year, playing to different age groups.
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
Orange Tree Theatre have achieved and in some cases exceeded in its agreed outputs.
Outputs:
Orange Tree’s work with school children saw the continuation of their Shakespeare project, which involved
4,193 primary pupils and 28 performances in theatre as well as 157 actor-led workshops in school. They also
undertook the Shakespeare project for year 7’s and year 9’s respectively which involved 9160 pupils in 96
interactive workshops. Orange Tree also undertook work with two youth theatre groups with young people aged
13 – 15 in one group and 16 -18 in the other group, which ran over the academic year. Finally they undertook a
programme of work targeting elderly people who are unable to attend the theatre by visiting 17 homes and day
centres playing to an estimated 400 people, they also held 17 mid-week matinees with post show discussion
groups with an estimated 770 elderly people participating.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Outcomes:
Through undertaking this working Orange Tree have had the following impact: A greater awareness of arts and
cultural opportunities for primary school children, teachers of year 7 participants in the Shakespeare project
reported that they felt enthused, excited and inspired by the workshops and similarly teachers of year 9
participants reported that the workshops helped to improve the publis’ knowledge and understanding of the key
Shakepearean texts. The work of the two youth theatre groups also had a very positive outcome with youth
theatre leaders feeling satisfied that memebers skills were greatly improved and that they were enthusiastic
about whaty they had learnt. Finally their performances targeting elderly people in homes and day centres and
special rate matinees received excellent feedback. This work is valuable in addressing the isolation many elderly
people experience and improves their quality of life.
The organisation is excellently against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
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Other information:
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 53,888 across 19 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation: Oval House
Theatre (1071)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 Grant Amount: £23,517
Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
Outputs:
Oval house have continued to provide a range of services for young people in schools, young refugees and
young people outside of school hours. Their schools programme included the development of an anti-bullying
programme for primary schools with Southwark Agency Supporting Schools Project which involved 57 sessions,
10 performances to peers and 70 student participants. It also includes the Living Here project which is a threeyear project working with newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers in schools, so far there have been 10
sessions with 13 students. Their work with young people outside of school hours includes the Youth Arts
programme for 11-21 year olds, offering Street Dance, Drama & Oval Voices involving 97 sessions and 174
young people. They have also partnered with Kennington Park in holding the annual Youth Arts Summer
School, last year they performed Peter Pan in the park and drew in audiences some of whom were new to the
work of Oval House. Oval House have continued to participate in the London Youth Arts Festival hosting a week
of activities, workshops and performaces during the event last April. Their work with young people at risk
includes the Back on Track project with young people excluded from, or at risk of exclusion from maintream
Oval House is a venue based arts centre that includes two theatres, café, gallery, and studio space. It provides
a programme of performances, education work and youth arts activities. The ALG funding contributes towards
salaries and running costs with a special interest in its Participatory and Educational Arts programme. The Arts
in Education programme provides a comprehensive range of drama and performing arts within schools,
educational organisations and in leisure time.
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education, this work involved 70 sessions with 67 young people. It also includes work with unemployed people
in Lambeth through the Creative Connections training programme, this has so far involved 25 sessions with up
to 30 participants. Finally Oval House continue to use their knowledge and expertise to educate and train others
and have delivered 2 sessions in voice and creative learning for 54 newly qualified teachers in Wandsworth, as
well as 3 sessions for 16 teachers as part of the Southward Theatre and Education Partnership Drama
Champions Scheme.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Pan Centre for Intercultural
Arts (1044)
Outcomes:
These are: increased social interaction and confidence in speaking and listening among young participants in
schools, with young people reporting greater self-esteem in one-to-one feedback sessions. Their Back on Track
programme has resulted in a reduction in levels of truancy and potential exclusions among young participants,
as well as many who had been excluded returning to mainstream education. Oval House’s aim to improve life
and artistic/performance skills has been sucessful with several young people taking up drama as a career
choice, and setting up their own theatre companies. They have increased access to arts and culture for both
young and older people through their Arts in Education workshops, their Youth Arts activities and the Festival of
Youth Arts. Finally Oval House’s Youth Arts Drama Company won the annual Shell Connections Festival
‘Raising Voices’ award from brining young peopled issues to a wider audience.
The organisation is performing excellently against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 1,254 across 5 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £10,605
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Purpose of the grant:
Pan Centre for Intercultural Arts (PCIA) delivers a wide range of cultural activities celebrating London’s diversity,
addressing the needs of those experiencing race based violence and refugee victims of torture. ALG funding
contributes towards the salary costs of the General Manager.
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the period, PCIA worked with more young people than before, employed more artists than before (117),
and increased its staff to two full-time posts and five part-time posts. This was the result of gaining three
additional grants from the Big Lottery Fund, BBC Children in Need and the Baring Foundation.
‘Arts Against Race Violence’ workshops were conducted with 20 groups of young people across London,
culminating in a performance at Stratford Circus. A record number of 1338 young people participated in the
project this year, supported by 21 volunteers. The creative work generated by the young people was published
in a book which was then distributed to 5,000 targeted young people.
During the period, PCIA delivered 27 lectures at universities and 15 Gamelon classes at schools. In total, 913
students attended these lectures/classes. PCIA also organised the UK’s first mini-festival of performance by
mixed race people in a week-long Intercultural Symposium at Rose Bruford College. The symposium is to
become an annual event.
Pan Centre obtained a grant of £25,000 from the Electoral Commission to work with two schools on their
citizenship programme to encourage young people to vote. Pan devised three plays for the project, entitled Your
Choice Your Voice, which reflected burning concerns for young people and showing the consequences of not
getting involved in the democratic process. 129 young people participated in the performances, with support
from 31 volunteers.
Pan provided drama classes (42 sessions) for 213 refugees (49 children and 164 young adults) from the
Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture to reduce social exclusion and increase self-confidence.
The younger group ‘Future’ had many workshops including mask making, making musical soundtracks and
videos, and also performed to an audience of parents and friends. The older group attended workshops with
invited artists and worked towards writing, performing and singing in a unique production of the play ‘Fragments
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of Fortune’.
Outcomes:
During the year PCIA has again increased awareness of racism amongst young people through the ‘Arts
Against Race Violence’ project. The project involved engaging young people in a range of performance and
music styles, including writing, graffiti, rapping and DJ’ing, around the theme of racism. Questionnaire feedback
showed that young people responded extremely positively to the workshops and felt they were more prepared to
stand up and ‘say something’ against racism or racist behaviour.
PCIA promoted cultural diversity through lectures at universities and Gamelon classes at schools. The classes
introduced students to cultural understanding of London’s diversity and how they can work together.
A range of evaluation techniques including, evaluation forms, videos, questionnaires, discussions with teachers,
parents and psychotherapists and diaries were used to assess the impact of the refugee project’s activities.
Psychotherapists reported that the young people are functioning very well working as a group and remarked at
the change in self-confidence levels. Questionnaires and written work indicated that participants became more
willing to more willing to communicate and express their feelings. Their performance skills were also observed to
have improved considerably and attendance levels were high.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project is on
target to meet the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Officers have also examined the audited accounts for the
year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Performing well: The project has maintained a high level of work in line with the outputs and outcomes agreed in
their funding agreement with the ALG.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
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Organisation:
Pegasus Opera Company
(1972)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £21,247
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the period, POC worked with 374 children aged between 9 and 13. POC introduced over 100 new
audience members from minority ethnic and excluded communities to opera through the ‘Pagliacci’ programme.
Pegasus Opera Company (POC) is a multi-cultural opera company that creates opportunities for BME opera
singers, stages operas and runs a community education programme. ALG funding contributes to the salary of
London Programme Co-ordinator (and associated costs) to increase community/education work in schools and
community groups for excluded people and people from BME communities, and to promote access to the opera.
The Koanga project has been delayed. POC secured the interest and involvement of Sadler’s Wells Theatre
which meant that the project cannot take place until April 2007. The production will focus on the bicentenary of
the abolition of the slave trade in Great Britain and will provide extra curricula activities for the school children
and provide them with a richer experience to bring to their work on their own opera. Pegasus will specifically aim
to involve young black boys in this project and promote positive role models and enhanced self esteem.
In order that the project can benefit schools and children not directly involved, teaching materials will be
produced as a reference that can be used as a basis for projects within the curriculum. This will include
information about the project, the opera and the composer, as well as dealing more generally with slavery and
other issues within black history. This information will also be placed on a website devoted to the project. A CD
of the performance is to be recorded for the benefit of everyone involved – both professionals and nonprofessionals – to provide a lasting record of this rarely performed opera. Pegasus is currently in discussions
with BBC, seeking to have the entire project of KOANGA preserved in a recording to further mark the 200th
anniversary of the abolition of slavery.
Outcomes:
POC worked with an increased number of schools and children, as well as an increased number of ethnic and
minority groups, experiencing wider areas of the performing arts.
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Feedback from teachers during the period indicated that the self-confidence of the children participating in the
programme improved through the foster of their own artistic expression. POC has developed links with schools
and other agencies working in support of ethnic minorities. Projects are being developed with organisations such
as Barnardo’s and the community/charity work of the Royal Bank of Scotland however pressure of work for
these partners has prevent these projects from progressing with any speed.
Other information:
POC’s activity this period provided coverage of 4 London boroughs, bringing the total borough coverage since
the start of the project to 12. Officers have examined the audited accounts for the period ending 31st March
2005 and have no concerns to report to committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Performing well: Despite delays in some areas of the work programme, Pegasus has made good progress
towards achieving outputs and outcomes in the funding agreement.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation: Polka
Theatre for Children (1069)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £35,417
Progress made in the year
under review:
Polka Theatre is a venue-based theatre providing plays for children and educational workshops in drama, music
and crafts. Working specially through schools and other community networks, the company attracts a high
proportion of children with little or no previous experience of theatre or drama and enhances such visits through
an extensive programme of educational support and participatory activities. The company has well-established
schemes of offering free access to schools and families from disadvantaged communities. The ALG funding
contributes towards salaries and running costs, which underpins all its activities with particular focus on its
marketing and education activities.
Outputs:
Polka Theatre have continued to provide a wide range of programmes for children as well as opportunities for
artists. They have held 7 home productions including 32 performances of Hospitalworks which explored the
world of hospitals for the under-5s and was performed in a redundant ward at the Mayday Hospital in Croydon.
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They have staged 666 performances during the monitoring period including 328 main house performances and
276 Adventure theatre performances. They have undertaken 746 participatory activities including 385 AfterSchool and Holiday Clubs and 353 School and Community Workshops. Polka theatre have also continued to
work towards a more diverse management board and staff and now have 23 Black or Asian Practitioners.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Outcomes:
Through undertaking these activities Polka Theatre has achieved its aim to develop new writers, directors and
other practitioners, and has worked with 5 emerging writers which culminated in a festival where their plays were
performed. They also worked with 10 final year students from Central School of Speech and Drama giving them
the chance to work in a professional theatre with experienced directors, supported by their technical department.
Polka Theatre have also increased audiences at their events through the Curtain Up! Scheme where they offer
free tickets, workshops and transport for school parties; also through outreach and community work involving
young people with little or no access to cultural activities. 29% of this year’s theatre audiences were first- time
attendees, and participants in Curtain Up increased from 1,168 to 2,232. Through providing more opportunities
for young people to participate in ongoing drama courses and their Youth Theatre Polka have improved artistic
and performance skills amongst participants. Finally they have continued to maintain and develop new
partnerships with other organisations which have enabled them to extend the life and the audience reach of their
work.
The organisation is performing excellently against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation (less than 5%) in the borough spread of service users compared to the
anticipated figures in the application. Total number of service users is 96,531 across 30 London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
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Organisation: Queens
Theatre (Havering Theatre
Trust) (1068)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £29,166
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
Queens Theatre’s main house programme delivered 46 guest performances, 8 main house productions
including one pantomime, 2 dance performances and 18 performances for young people. In total, 192,489
people attended/participated in events at the Queen’s during the period. Backstage tours and internal and
external talks were also used to increase take-up of arts and cultural opportunities. The Education and Outreach
Department continued to develop the extended programme of activities introduced in 2003. During the period
the programme extended to reach between 150-180 young people over 3 terms from the London boroughs of
Havering, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham. Each term the 5 groups explored different styles of dance
and drama, leading to a performance for sharing at the Youth Showcases. Workshops were also conducted with
students and focused on basic drama and performance techniques, social and team building skills, exploring
cultural diversity, and bullying. Queens Theatre’s theatre in education programme toured 2 productions to
primary schools, including the new production ‘Muriel’s Diary’. Together the two productions reached 6,680
students at 58 schools. ‘Missing Dan Nolan’ also toured to 10 secondary schools during the period, involving
887 students. The period included 90 performances by community groups of all ages. The QT facilitated a
number of writers’ groups for adults and beginners as well as writers’ group socials and a work sharing event.
As part of the organisation’s foyer programming activities, 8 unplugged sessions, 6 comedy club sessions, 40
Sunday jazz sessions, 29 art exhibitions and 46 professional piano sessions took place.
Queens Theatre (QT) is a producing theatre and a cultural centre serving people of Havering and outer east
London area. Working with a permanent company of actor/musicians and a core creative team of designers and
directors, the Queen’s produces and presents a culturally diverse programme of theatre. It also has a wide and
varied education, outreach programme targeted primarily at young people, to provide opportunities for
performances. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs, which underpins all its
activities with a particular focus on its education, outreach work.
Outcomes:
QT facilitated access to performances for disabled people through 10 sign language interpreted and audio
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described performances. Physical accessibility was also enhanced through redevelopment of the building,
including the front-of-house facilities and the marketing office. There was an increased take-up of arts and
cultural opportunities through its low costs subscription scheme, free carer tickets, the Matinee Club scheme,
and Freedom Pass Re-issue sessions. A number of productions delivered during the period increased
knowledge of cultures and traditions, including a performance from Srishti (Women are from Venus) which
demonstrated classical Indian dance, and the Henri Oguike Dance Company, which presented new
choreography accompanied by traditional Japanese Taiko drums and scared music with excerpts from Handel’s
Messiah.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is approximately 163,586 across the London boroughs of Barking,
Bexley, Bromely, Enfield, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Officers have examined the accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation:
Refugee Council (1048)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £7,124
Refugee Week aims to deliver positive messages that counter fear, ignorance and negative stereotypes of
refugees. It achieves this through arts, cultural and educational events that celebrate the positive contribution of
refugees to the UK and promote understanding about why people become refugees. ALG funding is for the
provision of funds for small grants through its Community Chest programme to promote local cultural events in
London as part of national Refugee Week.
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Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
Refugee Week received over 160 applications from Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) and other
agencies. Of these, 65 of these (representing around 50 different refugee communities) were awarded a grant
between £200 and £300 to organise local events during Refugee Week. This represents the largest number of
organisations funded through this scheme in any one year.
Refugee Week organised a media training workshop in London to support organisations receiving a grant. This
workshop covered the main aspects of media work, including press releases and dealing with journalists, and
was attended by 20 representatives of different organisations. In addition, Refugee Week set up a free media
helpline from May-June operated by a freelance media worker with extensive experience of supporting RCOs in
their media work prior to and during Refugee Week.
All RCOs that were funded provided details of their events to the Refugee Week team, and 39 submitted an
evaluation of their event. This was supplemented through evaluation by Refugee Week volunteers visiting and
monitoring 25 events.
Outcomes:
The events supported through the Community Chest helped to raise awareness and understanding amongst the
London public of the reasons why people become refugees. Clear messages/themes of persecution (2005
theme) and global causes of conflict were presented to audiences at 90 percent of events through a variety of
media including verbal presentations, displays and printed materials.
All events were open to the public and attracted different audiences with various degrees of success. According
to the evaluation forms received, over 10,000 people attend the events, with approximately 250 visitors per
event. Sixty-five percent of attendees at events were refugees, and the remainder were from host communities.
Sixteen event organisers were also successful in receiving media coverage of their events, further raising the
awareness of the issues relating to refugees and their communities in the UK.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project is on
target to meet the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Officers have also examined the audited accounts for the
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year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Excellent: The project has met and in some cases exceeded the outputs and outcomes set out in the funding
agreement with the ALG.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation:
Scarlet Theatre Company
(1975)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £10,417
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the period, STC produced a theatre production entitled ‘Love and Other Fairy Tales’. A national tour of
this production commenced in March 2006, with further performances planned in North Westminster, Croydon
and artsdepot (Finchley) in May 2006. This partnership has enabled artsdepot to enrich its artistic and
educational programme. Research and development also occurred on four new productions including work with
four ensemble actors and 12 MA students of Contemporary Theatre Practice.
Scarlet Theatre Company (STC) produces touring theatre in different venues and runs an education and
community related programme. ALG funding is a contribution towards salaries and running costs for the
purposes of producing a touring programme and providing cultural activities for students and teachers, young
people outside formal education, refugee groups and other excluded groups, working with partner organisations.
STC continued the process of developing ‘Children of Lir’, an extensive education programme. In October 2005,
workshops were conducted with 457 pupils, 36 teachers and 6 head teachers from two schools with coverage of
the London boroughs of Redbridge, Barnet and Brent.
Outcomes:
Through involvement in workshops and the development of productions, STC have contributed to an
improvement in communication skills, confidence, team working and decision making skills of young people.
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In the ‘Children of Lir’ workshops, children were introduced to the Lir myth, involved in dramatisations of this
myth, and wrote scripts and stories based on this myth. Teachers reported that the project developed the
students’ communication skills and ability to work in a team. Students also demonstrated an increase in
enthusiasm to the arts, producing a considerable volume of creative work.
STC developed its working practice in multi-media over the period. A training film, ‘Team Edith’, was made for
NHS undergraduate care workers in late 2005. The film concentrated on an elderly woman’s experiences with
different branches of the medical profession and enabled the company to access more diverse service users.
During the period, STC has worked with a number of partner organisations. Through a range of support, such as
audience development, raising awareness and advice, the project has been able to add value to the services
provided by their partner organisations including Left Foot Yellow and Tricycle, and established new
relationships with oh!Art and Trestle Arts.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project is on
target to meet the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Nine percent of beneficiaries were reported to have been
from a BME group, and 5 percent declared themselves to be disabled. Officers have also examined the audited
accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Organisation: Shape
(2850)
Purpose of the grant:
Performing well: Outcomes and outputs agreed with the ALG have largely been met.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended for the period 1 November 2006 – 31 March 2007 Grant Amount: £36,111
Shape is a charity which opens up access to the arts, enabling greater participation by disabled and older
people. It offers a discounted ticket scheme, offers training, provides local arts development projects in the
boroughs and offers an educational programme in schools. The ALG grant contributes to core costs to support
its ticketing scheme and its various support services in London.
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Progress made in the year
ended 31 March 2006:
Shape has furthered its work making arts and culture more accessible for deaf and disabled people, and have
progressed well against their outputs.
Outputs:
They have worked with over 120 London venues over the last year to promote their preformances through the
Shape ticket scheme to a deaf and disabled membership of over 185 groups comprising approximately 2000
people. This scheme is also being further developed to reach even larger audiences. Shape continue to provide
fully accessible, accredited training, professional advice and capacity to individuals and groups from the deaf
and disabled sector. Training has included: the Access Auditor training to train individuals to undertake disabled
access audits at venues, Art Signs in partnership with Tate Modern which is a programme for Deaf British Sign
Language users to train as gallery guides and Future Leaders which is training for disabled people who are
interested in becoming trustees/directors of Arts Organisations. They have developed and delivered 120
accessible and participatory arts and cultural activities such as Citizenship, which is a project in schools across
Greater London where young people create a DVD resource pack to look at the theme of slavery and
empowerment with a disabled writer, poet and film maker. Shape have also delivered disability awareness
training to a wide range of arts and culture organisations across London to enable them to meet their legal
obligation and have held 4 conferences in order to share information and models of good practice about the role
of the deaf and disabled sector in subsidised and commercial arts for individuals and organisations.
Outcomes:
The impact of this work has been very positive with more deaf and disabled people reporting feeling more able
to access arts and culture through Shape’s ticket scheme. By actively involving Deaf and disabled people in
learning opportunities such as the National Deaf Theatre Academy (15 people), Arts Signs (5 people) and
Future Leaders (20 people), individuals were able to see the tangible results of their involvement, and Shape
have been able to start to break down the negative self image some Deaf and disabled people have of
themselves. Deaf and disabled artisits have also reported feeling more confident as professionals through
attending Shape’s professional development courses. Through changing from providing only in-house training
and auditing services to also providing open access courses for individuals Shape trained 240 individuals
through the open access training in 06/07, compared to no individuals in 05/06. Shape’s networking role has
resulted in a number of new venues undertaking work to promote their productions and make their venue more
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accessible to deaf and disabled people.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is performing well against its agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is 6,494 across all London boroughs.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Organisation:
Spare Tyre Theatre
Company (1051)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £14,069
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the period, STTC has delivered three projects: ’SCAT’ (Seniors Combating Alienation through Theatre),
‘Thinking Pink’: schools tour and INSET training focusing on issues around homophobia and ‘The Inc Theatre’:
drama and music workshops for young adults with learning disabilities.
Spare Tyre Theatre Company (STTC) involves marginalized and economically disadvantaged communities,
including isolated older people, people at risk of exclusion from school, people with learning disabilities and
women at risk, in a range of arts activities. ALG funding contributes to the following four posts: Artistic Director,
Administrative Director, Associate Director and Administrator; as well as running costs.
SCAT delivered weekly music, drama, storytelling and design workshops to thirty older people in 5 day centres
in Camden, Islington and Barnet. The work culminated in 4 performances of a musical show ‘Hot Locations’ to
an audience of 170, and sharings to an audience of 100.
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The SCAT programme also delivered a training programme in hospital and social care settings that was run by
the older people. Twelve performances/training workshops of ‘Turnaround’ were conducted in Camden hospitals
and one at the Capital Age Festival at City Hall which challenged ageism and bad practice. The ‘What Did You
Say?’ training piece, which tackled bad practice and poor communication between hospital staff and older
patients, delivered 13 performances in Camden and Islington. 411 health service staff experienced the hospital
sessions and over 300 people attended the Capital Age Festival.
The Thinking Pink programme toured Burning, a schools show about homophobia (for ages 11 – 14 year olds)
which explores identity, sexuality and challenges homophobic behaviour especially amongst young people.
Fifty-seven shows were delivered in London. The performance was accompanied by a workshop run by the
actors and a teachers’ pack for pre and post show follow up in the PSHE and Citizenship curriculum Key Stage
3 and GCSE Drama. Dealing with Difference workshops were conducted for 57 teachers in 2 Camden
secondary schools and 1 primary school.
The inc.Theatre programme provided a year long accredited drama/music course for adults with learning
disabilities based in Redbridge. During the period, 13 participants worked with artists to produce a film of ‘The
Art Room’ (04/05 production) which was screened in Dec 2005 in Redbridge. The students also devised and
toured a new production ‘Arabian Nights and Days’ delivering 11 performances to 450 people, 50% of whom
were disabled and did not normally attend theatre. Most students were from the boroughs of Waltham Forest,
Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham.
Six ex-inc. Theatre participants attended a 2 day workshop as part of the Inc.spots programme. The aim of the
workshops was to empower participants to create their own 10min performance for a tour in March 2006. Four
members produced a 10 minute piece and performed for 1 night at Chat’s Palace to an audience of 60. Three
ex-inc.Theatre participants were also employed during the period.
Outcomes:
The programme demonstrated improved artistic/performance skills, reduced social exclusion, and increased
motivation and take-up of further training.
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Ninety percent of hospital workers who booked the ‘What Did You Say?’ show said they would take the issues
raised to their senior managers.
Although outputs for the inc.Theatre project were slightly below target, all course members were hugely
committed to the course and produced innovative work. Participants also demonstrated reduced social exclusion
and increased motivation.
STTC has met and exceeded the target outputs in most cases, and have demonstrated improved self-esteem,
confidence and positive outlook of its beneficiaries, as well as reduced isolation and social exclusion. Through
drama pieces and workshops the project has also been able to influence policy and promote best practice in
health professionals/ education professionals.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and are can confirm that the project is
on target to meet the proposed spread of beneficiaries by the end of the grant. Officers have also examined the
audited accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Organisation:
Sports Aid London (1056)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £12,260
Progress made in the year
under review:
Sport Aid provides financial assistance to talented young sports people (both able-bodied and disabled) who
have to overcome financial disadvantages in order to fulfil their potential. The money helps to offset the high
costs of training, travel, and equipment. Awards are given to disabled competitors up to the age of 25 who are
new to sport and showing strong potential. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs to
enable the project to focus on addressing the needs of the deprived areas and communities within 11 targeted
boroughs.
Outputs:
The project has made some progress in achieving its output targets:
The project has organised various meetings with the 11 target local authorities (9 sport development meetings in
Camden, Haringey, Islington, Richmond, Lewisham, Hounslow and Southwark) 7 meetings with other sporting
organisations such as London Sports Forum for Disabled People; working towards identifying individuals in each
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targeted local authority to become a Sports Aid London mentor, to provide local and act as conduit for
applications; have confirmed dates to deliver a road-show at 3 events in London to raise the profile of the
organisations and to promote the services to young Londoners. Confirmed dates are at the 10km run in
Kensington & Chelsea/Hammersmith & Fulham, London Youth Games and Mayor’s Event in May; have
awarded 40 team grants to children with disabilities.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Studio 3 Arts (1978)
Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
Improved access to sports activities for children/young people/BME groups has increased in the monitoring
period. Contact has been made with more boroughs and 298 applications were received, with a total of 276
grants awarded for young people and BME groups. Sports opportunities have improved for young people by
promoting through local authorities mentors to attract new applications and individuals who haven’t received a
grant previously. 173 new grant applications were made and 103 grant recipients who have previously received
support have demonstrated good continuity of performance. There has been a particular emphasis on sports
people with a disability through partnership work with London Sports Forum for Disabled People. 63 recipients
with a disability (22%) received a grant. 104 female recipients were awarded with a grant (38%) and the project
is looking to increase this figure in the next monitoring period to reduce social exclusion.
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits
monitoring returns on time and the quality of information submitted is satisfactory.
The project has targeted users from London Boroughs as anticipated in the original application and there is no
significant variation in the borough spread of users. In total, 276 benefited from this service.
Audited accounts for the period 2004/05 will be available at the end of June. Officers have assessed all other
financial information and have no serious concerns to report to the committee.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level subject to receiving satisfactory audited
accounts for 2004/05
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £12,765
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Purpose of the grant:
Studio 3 Arts (S3A) promote the use of quality participatory arts addressing social issues. ALG funding is to
further the development and capacity of the organisation and to increase participation in, access to and the
profile of the arts in North East London through a contribution to core costs, including salaries, programme and
running costs.
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
The project has effectively increased participation and access to the arts in North London through 40 projects of
various sizes. Participation in these projects totalled 6366, an increase of 20 percent from the previous year. Of
these service users, 2.2% (139) were people with disabilities and 26.8% (1707) were from BME groups. All
projects were accessible to people with disabilities and BME groups.
Audience figures for 2005/06 totalled 3672, a 0.08% increase from last year's figures.
Over the last 12 months new partnerships have been developed with 12 organisations including Abbey Nursery,
Melting Pot (group for Caribbean elders), Poise (group for mixed aged adults with learning disabilities) and
Sacred Heart School. These new partner organisations are representative of the four boroughs.
Outcomes:
Studio 3 Arts' work increased audiences at arts and culture events in areas of poor arts provision and with
participants with little or no experience of the arts.
Workshops, performances, exhibitions and screenings were delivered in a diverse range of traditional and nontraditional spaces, including theatres, recording studios, schools, an allotment and the River Rodding. 'The Plot'
was a year long allotment project which produced a series of artwork that was temporarily housed on the Keats
Avenue Allotment in Havering. This project generated increased participant motivation with attendance at every
workshop and event that took place.
Through participatory cultural activities S3A addressed social issues and increased levels of participation from
socially excluded groups. The United Youth Drama Project, for example, worked with a group of young
Albanian-Kosovan refugees. Working with a drama facilitator, the young people devised a performance that
explored issues such as cultural and social barriers, methods of integration and building self-confidence and
relationships with those outside their own culture. Also, through the Big Deal Havering Schools Drug Project,
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participants developed a greater understanding of both the process of creating factually correct art work and the
issues surrounding drug and alcohol misuse.
Partnership work forms a strong part of the delivery of S3A projects in terms of outreach and delivery of projects.
The project works with a wide range of voluntary and statutory agencies and organisations utilising their
expertise in working with various target groups (i.e. pupil referral units, youth offending teams, drug actions
teams).
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project is on
target to meet the proposed spread of beneficiaries. This year the project delivered its services to fewer
Redbridge residents than anticipated in the original application, however, combined with last year's figures they
are would appear to be only slightly below target to meet their anticipated coverage of Redbridge. Officers have
also examined the audited accounts for the year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Performing well: The project has met and in some cases exceeded outcomes set out in their funding agreement.
An extensive range of cultural activities has been delivered to a wide range of beneficiaries in often nontraditional spaces, promoting participation and inclusion and raising awareness around a range of relevant social
issues.
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Tamasha Theatre Company
(1054)
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £13,138
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Purpose of the grant:
Tamasha Theatre Company (TTC) is a London-based theatre company committed to disclosing the untold
stories of Asian and diasporic communities. The organisation commissions and creates new theatre works that
tour nationally and internationally using drama to facilitate cultural confidence and understanding within British
schools and run professional development initiatives for emerging theatre artists. ALG funding is for the purpose
of three programmes; developing new audiences; a Positive Action Artist Development programme addressing
the lack of artists from Asian backgrounds in the arts and working with London schools of culturally diverse
backgrounds.
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Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
During the monitoring period, TTC created three new productions, and continued to tour an existing production,
celebrating intercultural diversity. Forty-four performances took place throughout London with 8747 people in
attendance. Three of these venues booked a TTC production for the first time. Fifty-six new members were
gained during the period, bringing programme membership to 120.
Thirty-four artists received training during the year and nine undertook observation placements on TTC
productions which enabled them to gain skills to further their professional careers.
TTC is on target to meet equalities targets with 77% of beneficiaries during the period identifying themselves as
from a BME group and 4% described as having a disability. TTC offered captioned performances at productions
during the period and conducted a British Sign Language performance for the first time. TTC also enhanced its
engagement with young people with 2 groups of students, totalling 160, attending productions and receiving
talks relating to their studies from artistic directors.
Outcomes:
Artists reported their artistic confidence had improved ‘a lot’ and six gained professional employment as a result
of their training.
Access to theatre productions has been enhanced through audience development and outreach work. A
marketing consultant was appointed to work with TTC’s administrator to develop the organisation’s outreach
strategy to build new relationships with disadvantaged and socially excluded communities. In North Finchley,
TTC worked with artsdepot to develop Asian audiences and ran targeted campaigns and initiatives alongside
the three new production tours to encourage new audiences and community groups to the theatre.
To inform its outreach activity for its children’s play, TTC held a reading at Polka Theatre to obtain feedback
from teachers and young people. Fifty-four percent of audiences this period were first time bookers and over 30
other venues expressed interest in booking a TTC production as a result of seeing performances in London
during the period.
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Other information:
Officers assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Theatre Centre (1064)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project is on
target to meet the proposed spread of service users. Officers have also examined the audited accounts for the
year end March 2005 and have no concerns to report to Committee.
Excellent. Outputs and outcomes set out in their funding agreement with the ALG have been met and in some
cases exceeded.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £22,278
Theatre Centre aims to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly through the production
of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts. ALG funding is a contribution towards salaries and
running costs and the commissioning of plays to allow more London children to see Theatre Centre productions
in their schools.
Outputs:
During the period, Theatre Centre completed three new productions for young audiences and commissioned a
further three new pieces of theatre. ‘Trashed’, a play set in London in the wake of 9/11, inspired by the voices of
young people from London, delivered 11 performances in 10 schools (audience totalling 632) and 4
performances in theatres (audience totalling 257). A further 49 performances of ‘Journey to the River Sea’ were
conducted for a combined audience of 11,363. An additional project ‘Walking on Water’ toured within the period
reaching 1080 children.
The ‘Authentic Voices Festival’ held at Bethnal Green in partnership with Oxford House was a 3-day festival
showcasing the work of 29 young writers. Theatre Centre’s continued work with an advanced member of the
young writers programme lead to the professional production of her play ‘Brides and Basketballs’ (2
performances).
Theatrical practice and methodology was shared with young people and their teachers through intensive
engagement with theatre professionals. 89 children and 5 teachers from 4 schools were involved in intensive
work, and 3 sets of educational resources were produced and disseminated.
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Sign language interpreted performances were provided for every tour and performances were booked with
schools serving children with special needs. Writing, directing, and choreography opportunities were provided to
6 BME artists, and over 50% of casting was from BME groups.
Outcomes:
The ‘Authentic Voices Festival’ event raised the confidence of the young people and enabled exchange of ideas
and skills between the writers and young people visiting the festival.
Fewer children were reached than anticipated through intensive engagement as the nature of the project meant
it had to be refocused to be more intensive. This project increased participants’ appreciation of artistic works and
artists.
The activities outlined above also improved access to and participation in arts and culture for disabled people
and BME groups. A major success was the employment of an actress with Downs Syndrome in the play Walking
on Water.
Other information:
Theatre Centre performances visited schools and theatres in 7 London boroughs during the period, with
beneficiaries spread across a larger number of boroughs than proposed in the funding agreement. There was a
large number of users with unknown origin. As a touring company, Theatre Centre has experienced great
difficulty in obtaining data on service users, despite having taken significant steps to obtain this information.
Officers have examined the audited accounts for the year end March 2005. For the year 03/04 the project had a
deficit of £41,863. The deficit has been addressed and the project has moved to a surplus of £7,819. It appears
from the above that the organisation is addressing the deficit issue through significant reductions in expenditure.
Officers assessment of
performance:
Performing well: Theatre Centre has met, and in some cases exceeded the outcomes and outputs outlined in
their funding agreement with the ALG.
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Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level subject to the receipt of satisfactory finalised
audited accounts for 2006/07.
Organisation: Tricycle
Theatre (1063)
Purpose of the grant:
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £22,917
Progress made in the year
under review:
Outputs:
The Theatre, Cinema, Art Gallery, Education and Social Inclusion Programmes continued during the period
offering high quality work and achieving good attendances, including innovative work. The total number of
service users for the period was approximately 180,000, of which approximately 45% were from BME groups.
Accessibility to the programmes was increased through reduced price tickets (23,630 tickets sold) and disability
access (653 tickets). The Theatre Programme delivered an average of seven performances per week during the
period for adults, a total of 78 shows for children, and 18 performances for school groups. The Cinema
continued to show an average of 14 main film screenings per week, plus a family film on Saturdays, two matinee
slots and two world films per week, as well as a series of one-off screenings. Twelve exhibitions were held
during the period as part of the Art Gallery Programme. Entrance to these was free of charge. The Education
Programme delivered 11 different arts-based workshops each week for different age groups. The average
number of attendances per week was 267, an increase from 255 the previous year. The programme also
delivered a series of performances and visual arts sessions. The Jewish Muslim Theatre Group also performed
an extract of their production at the “Mapping Positive Contacts Between British Muslims and Jews” Conference
at Westminster. The Social Inclusion Programme, targeted at young people excluded from school or society,
delivered an average of fourteen different sessions a week taking place in The Creative Space. The average
number of attendances per week in the year was 218, an increase from 178 per week the previous year. Fortyeight percent of the participants in the programme were from refugee and migrant communities.
The Tricycle building in Kilburn comprises a theatre, a cinema, an art gallery, an art studio, a rehearsal room, a
community space and a creative space in which a unique programme of multi-cultural artistic, educational and
socially inclusive work takes place. The ALG grant contributes to the core costs of the programme and in
particular to the Education and Social Inclusion Programme.
Outcomes:
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The Theatre programmes offered work that attracts, celebrates, reflects and stimulates London’s culturally
diverse communities. Feedback received from users and observations by the professionals working with tem
indicated that the Education programme increased confidence, self awareness and sense of social responsibility
in the young people attending. Feedback indicated that the Social Inclusion programme increased confidence,
self awareness and sense of social responsibility in the young people attending. The communication skills,
literacy skills and attitude towards education were also reported to have greatly improved.
Officers assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Warehouse Theatre (1169)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
The organisation is performing well against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
There is no significant variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the
application. Total number of service users is approximately 180,000 across all London boroughs except the
London borough of Sutton.
Officers have examined the accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £14,583
Warehouse Theatre is a play-writing theatre offering high quality plays and a range of educational outreach
programmes for children and young people. Its education and outreach work comprises school’s workshops,
writers’ workshops, work experience placements, discussion nights, talks and specific programming for children
and young people. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs, which underpins all its
activities with a particular emphasis on its education outreach work, designed to attract more culturally diverse
audience and to engage disaffected young people into a learning environment.
Outputs:
During the period, WT’s programme of work include four productions in partnership with other theatre
companies/authors, weekly children’s shows, four visiting productions, and an International Playwriting Festival.
A total of 261 performances were given during the period, reaching an audience of 14,350.
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Visiting productions involved 48 performances with a total audience of 2,100 and the children’s programme
involved 56 performances with a total audience of 3,270. Sixteen asylum seekers aged 14-16 took part in the
Loud&Clear project. Thirteen play readings were delivered during the International Playwriting Festival which
reached a total audience of 240.
Outcomes:
There was a small increase in the number of refugees participating in Loud&Clear and no major increase in
general audience attending performances.
WT productions dealt with social issues including living with learning disabilities, national and religious identities.
Observation and self-assessment indicated that participants gain life-learning skills and the ability to speak in
public in English as their second language. It was also reported that young refugees gained increased
awareness of cultural differences and community issues.
Links with education establishments (BRIT School, Croydon College and the Link Group) were strengthened
during the period through the Loud&Clear project and the Festival.
Other information:
Officers have examined the borough spread over the duration of the grant and can confirm that the project has
generally maintained consistency against the proposed spread of beneficiaries. Officers have examined the
audited accounts for the year end March 2005 which indicate a deficit of £85,516 principally due to a withdrawal
of Arts Council funding. Officers will be monitoring the progress of the organisation towards reducing this deficit.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Recommendation:
Performing well: The organisation has met targets outlined in their funding agreement with ALG.
Organisation:
Watermans Arts Centre
(1057)
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £29,167
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
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Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
Watermans is a multipurpose art centre in west London. It provides a comprehensive programme of dance,
music, theatre, exhibitions, workshops and children’s events. Watermans places special emphasis on Asian arts
development to build up a regional profile and in response to the community interest in west London. The Asian
arts programme has grown steadily throughout the year which has allowed Watermans to work on a national
seminar on new Asian Theatre and a show of best Asian new media arts graduates. ALG funding contributes
towards salaries and running costs.
Outputs:
The project has produced 11 Asian theatre productions, 4 Asian exhibitions, 1 Asian conference/seminar, 8
workshops and 7 Asian film screenings. The organisation has developed new media arts including organising 8
exhibitions/installations including one major commission and one project that is touring internationally and 3
workshops for young people aged 11 to 15 years on new media and music. Watermans has increased
participative arts activity including 7 workshops for young people in dance, learning disabled arts group and 5-9
years old drama workshops, 17 special courses including puppetry, storytelling and mask-making for deaf and
hearing children and 11 community arts projects including DJ training courses and performing in club nights and
visual arts for people with learning disabilities and photography courses for people with mental health problems.
Outcomes:
The project has made good progress in achieving its outcomes:
Service users have gained an increase in confidence and motivation and emerging artists and artists who are
developing their work further have been supported throughout the monitoring period. This includes co-producing
7 new productions with developing Asian theatre companies, provided writers workshops, provided 4 new Asian
artists 1:1 support and commissioned a new play from an emerging artist. The programme has developed
significantly, supporting 250 Asian artists and 50 new media artists were promoted. Audiences increased by
13% and 8 projects were developed to increase opportunities for artists to enter mainstream venues. A wide
range of workshops and courses have been provided to develop artistic/creative skills at all levels, from
children/young people through to students, emerging artists etc in a wide range of art forms. (70 projects, 220
artists and 50,000 attendees) The programme has also included work reflecting a range of cultures, particularly
South Asian but also the work of a wide range of additional communities through the refugee arts programme.
70% of Watermans’ programme was developed to directly celebrate diversity or reduce social exclusion. It is
estimated that approximately 50,000 people attended or participated in these projects.
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Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
Recommendation:
Organisation:
Young Vic Theatre Company
(1073)
Purpose of the grant:
Progress made in the year
under review:
The project is performing well in meeting its outputs and outcomes. The organisation consistently submits
monitoring returns on time and the quality of information submitted is satisfactory.
The total number of service users is 80,985, an increase of 13% from the previous year. There is no significant
variation in the borough spread of service users compared to the anticipated figures in the application.
Officers have examined audited accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Grant recommended (1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007) Grant Amount: £12,500
Young Vic is a venue based arts centre that presents seasons of classic plays – old and new to create a
theatrical event that embraces young people, children and adults in a single experience. An extensive education
programme of teaching, participation and research aimed at schools and colleges supports the theatre’s work. It
offers on-stage workshops, an annual Schools’ Theatre Festival and packs of resource material for every
production. The ALG funding contributes towards salaries and running costs, which underpins all its activities
with particular interest in its education and community programme.
Outputs:
During the period a total of 19 in-school and on-stage workshops with theatre artists were conducted, engaging
454 students in high quality cultural activity in a professional theatre context. Three teachers’ forums were
conducted during the period involving a total of 57 teachers to assist them through previewing performances,
preparing classroom based work related to the show, workshops, Q&A sessions and networking. 251 local
young people were engaged in 5 theatre projects including theatre productions, after schools workshops, preand post- show discussions, and Q&A sessions. Free tickets were provided to 150 residents from Lambeth and
Southwark to two productions: As You Like It and Lion and the Jewel. Five work placements were provided to
Lambeth and Southwark residents during the period.
Outcomes:
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Feedback from teachers, young people and their parents highlighted the increase in confidence, self-esteem
and motivation gained by the young people through their participation in theatre making projects. Monitoring of
attendance also showed a low drop-out ratio of people who sign up to activities and projects. Increased take-up
of the arts and cultural opportunities was facilitated through YVTC’s free ticket scheme. Thirty-two percent of
tickets taken up through this scheme were new users and a number of users went on to take part in community
projects. The young people’s project also facilitated an increase in take-up of arts and cultural opportunities with
38% taking part in their first project. Feedback obtained from teachers participating in the teachers’ forums
underlined the increasing importance of these activities. Comments received by YVTC indicated the education
professionals found them relevant and valuable to their professional development. The take up of these
activities also continued to grow throughout the period. YVTC provided opportunities for young people to
develop key life skills by undertaking work placements which specifically aim to enabled them to gain an
understanding of how theatre works and to explore potential career paths which may be available to them. For
each placement an individual programme of activity was created to reflect the specific interest and needs of the
students. Monitoring attendance, qualitative and quantitative feedback, and take-up of further opportunities at
YVTC indicated participants improved their artistic/performance skills during the period.
Officers’ assessment of
performance:
Other information:
The organisation is performing excellently against their agreed outputs and outcomes.
Recommendation:
Officers recommend the continuation of funding at the current level.
Officers have examined the borough spread over the period which is in accordance with their funding agreement
predominantly focused on the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, however activity in some boroughs
identified in their funding agreement has been low. Officer’s will therefore raise this with the organisation and
monitor the situation over the coming year. Total number of service users is approximately 927 across the
London boroughs of Camden, Croydon, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Wandsworth and
Westminster.
Officers have examined the accounts for 2004/05 and other financial information submitted, which are
satisfactory. There are no issues to report.
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