CHAIN REACTION THEATRE COMPANY

‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’

Covid response

The funding will be used to deliver a youth led social action project for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project aims support confidence new skills and relationships.

Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs

The funding will be used to deliver a social action project through drama and arts workshops for young people who are living with disadvantage. The project aims to help develop communication self esteem and key life skills.

towards core funding for yearend March 2021 including support of certain activity and measures during the lockdown period providing support and stability critical for vulnerable users (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)

Towards core costs.

Chain Reaction - Core funding

Action 4 Gascoigne

Action4Gasgoigne will support young people to plan and deliver youth social action events for their peers to overcome problems theyve identified on their local estate.

Girls Support Girls works in line with the Tampon Tax objectives of Improving Health and Well-being and Building Skills and Confidence. Well begin GSG sessions with a variety of drama games where everybody has an equal opportunity to participate, ....more

Girls Support Girls works in line with the Tampon Tax objectives of Improving Health and Well-being and Building Skills and Confidence. Well begin GSG sessions with a variety of drama games where everybody has an equal opportunity to participate, these encourage participants to relax and work as a group. Well then use thought-provoking discussions to gauge their existing knowledge ofsexual health and relationships. Well work through a number oftheatre based activities and techniques to help the participants identify the symptoms of STIs, methods of contraception and the indicators of unhealthy relationships. GSG will also provide the young women with a number of vital life skills; -Communication skills. -Team-work, social interaction and acceptance. -Key social skills (from basic eye contact and posture to presentation). Our tangible project outcomes will be; -5 schools will engage with the Girls Support Girls programme, each receiving 4.5 hours of creative workshops. -100 of the most at risk young women aged 13-16 (school years 9, 10 and 11) will engage in GSG. -80% of participants will indicate they have: -Greater understanding of the risks of unsafe sex. -Increased confidence. -Improved their knowledge of and ability to, recognise negative relationships. -Learnt new ways to support other girls. -Have greater self-belief and worth. Chain Reaction was initially started as a peer education group by 7 young women from East London, who were using theatre as a means to educate others. Sarah Smit (one of the Founders and our Artistic Director) has continued to lead the organisation ever since. Our core office based team consists of an all-female workforce and we are proud to champion women in all aspects of our work. The GSG delivery team will consist of trained and experienced female only facilitators to ensure the programme really is girls supporting girls.

Action4Gasgoigne will support young people to plan and deliver youth social action events for their peers to overcome problems theyve identified on their local estate.

"Action4Gasgoigne" will support young people to plan and deliver youth social action events for their peers to overcome problems they've identified on their local estate.

This project will deliver a young people-led action group for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The young people will work together to develop and deliver community events. They will also receive tailored mentoring which will enable them ....more

This project will deliver a young people-led action group for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The young people will work together to develop and deliver community events. They will also receive tailored mentoring which will enable them to transform their behaviours, bringing the wider community together whilst empowering them to fulfil their potential.

For core costs of the issue-based interactive theatre and media workshop for young people.

Towards the costs of “Totally Together”, a community cohesion project which will be taken schools during the November 2015 Anti-Bullying Week.

towards three years' running costs of a theatre company providing issue based education programmes for disadvantaged young people in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and surrounding areas

Towards Totally Together (Celebrating & Understanding Diversity) – project promoting community cohesion, celebrating difference and tackling racism in East London and Essex.

the costs of the delivery staff including management, training, refreshments, venue, travel, marketing, admin, project management and full cost recovery

Towards the "Know Your Mind" drugs and alcohol awareness project.