This grant supports a range of activities for young people who have a range of disabilities and/or learning difficulties. It will increase their confidence and independence, and reduce incidences of ....more

This grant supports a range of activities for young people who have a range of disabilities and/or learning difficulties. It will increase their confidence and independence, and reduce incidences of challenging behaviour.

This funding will be used to deliver inclusive weekly theatre workshops to children and young people with a specific focus to those special educational needs in the Watford Stevenage Borehamwood and ....more

This funding will be used to deliver inclusive weekly theatre workshops to children and young people with a specific focus to those special educational needs in the Watford Stevenage Borehamwood and Hemel Hempstead area. The project aims to build confidence increase social skills and breakdown the barriers of children and young people with a disability.

towards the costs of delivering weekly community drama and performing arts session for adults with learning disabilities in Hertford and Ware

We wish to pay for creative practitioners to provide weekly theatre workshops for children and young people in Borehamwood to build their confidence and improve social and communication skills.

Herts Inclusive Theatre

towards recruiting a Development and Volunteer Manager to deliver a new Inclusion Training Programme across Hertfordshire

Core Funding

Grant to Herts Inclusive Theatre

Grant to Herts Inclusive Theatre

Social isolation is a huge problem for families with children, and adults, with a disability. People with a learning disability face many issues, from the persistent challenge of trying to ‘fit ....more

Social isolation is a huge problem for families with children, and adults, with a disability. People with a learning disability face many issues, from the persistent challenge of trying to ‘fit in’, to frustration at not being able to express how they feel, to daily crippling anxiety because they cannot make sense of what is happening around them. They commonly develop stress-reducing behaviours that can make them appear strange or unruly, evoking disapproving responses from the public. Loneliness, lack of friends, few social activities, and little support are among the most common problems that they and their families face, only being further compounded by the pandemic and lockdowns.

The funding will be used to deliver a range of activities during the school holidays for children living with physical and learning disabilities. The project aims to reduce isolation improve ....more

The funding will be used to deliver a range of activities during the school holidays for children living with physical and learning disabilities. The project aims to reduce isolation improve confidence and mental health wellbeing during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

The arts builds confidence, develops skills, promotes wellbeing, and gives participants life experience. Everyone is welcome.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Grant to Herts Inclusive Theatre

Herts Inclusive Theatre

Grant to Herts Inclusive Theatre

We are seeking funding for a project which addresses social isolation and the mental wellbeing impact on adults with learning disabilities. We will do this by providing 64 x 2 hour arts and theatre ....more

We are seeking funding for a project which addresses social isolation and the mental wellbeing impact on adults with learning disabilities. We will do this by providing 64 x 2 hour arts and theatre sessions weekly from September 2020 through to April 2022. The project would be run in partnership with the Aspire Leisure Centre in Stanmore who provide us with the use of a fully accessible studio theatre. We are the only organisation in Harrow offering this service for adults with learning disabilities. We have been providing similar arts activities for adults with learning disabilities in Harrow since 2010. We have 18 participants taking part in a current project which ends in July, and we aim that some of those will transfer to the new project as well as attracting new participants. The project will provide an accessible opportunity for adults with learning disabilities to explore cultural and social activities, which has been proven to increase their mental wellbeing. Increasing their social skills, including confidence, friendship, team work as well as learning new skills. Our project will break down barriers in society, showing the abilities of adults with learning disabilities, we aim the skills they learn will feel confident to attend other activities including mainstream arts activities, and look for volunteering opportunities. During the funding period our project will be broken down into three themes, the first would run from September until December 2020, and look at music and movement concluding with a short performance at the Harrow Disability Arts Festival. The second theme would run over two ‘terms’ from January until July 2021, creating a large scale piece of theatre looking at themes relevant to the day to day life of adults with a learning disability. These themes would include Hate Crime, Money management, Work and Healthy Living. The aim would be to provide the adults with support to be self-advocates on these issues, whilst also creating a piece to perform to other adults with learning disabilities. The third theme would run again over two terms from September 2021 until the end of April 2022, we aim to be involved with activities celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. If not, we will be looking at the work of William Shakespeare. All of the content of our themes are person centred, so we go in with a theme but let the participants help us decide and shape the content.

To provide affordable activities for learning and physical disabled people, and those from deprived areas of the community, where isolation or lack of provision can lead to anti-social behaviour.

Grant to Herts Inclusive Theatre

The organisation will use the funding to run activity sessions leading to a performance involving children and young people with disabilities in order to improve wellbeing and social opportunities.

Herts Inclusive Theatre