Tim Burley at Art Depot works hard to support those in Barnet on the edge of London but a multi racial population who hardly go into London. Arts Depot is a totally inclusive venue, and Tim provides a creative work experience preparation and ultimately full work experience opportunities for youngsters from local special needs schools.
Ambitious about Autism now run pioneering and award-winning education provisions across London and Brighton – three schools; two further education colleges; and one residential provision in addition to national programmes of employability support, youth participation, family support services; online information and forums.
The project is currently using the working title Together We Grow, which will unite them by using their seasonal produce, foliage, and fresh flowers to create handmade products such as baked goods, lip balms, soaps, chutneys, tea blends, and seasonal decorations.
The Trustees are very pleased to present our 2024 annual report and accounts, including a list of all the organisations that have received a grant in the last financial year. Click HERE for a full copy.
Trustees were pleased to receive your application for funds to help with the costs of providing residential breaks for children with SEND. Trustees were sorry to learn that during 2023 you had to cancel a large number of breaks in the summer due to water damage in the accommodation, which led to only 23% occupancy.
Trustees heard from your monitoring trustee about the bespoke training WNO offers to members of the orchestra and chorus, designed and delivered by a specialist in music-making with people with PMLD. The artists were encouraged to be reflective in their practice. Opera Tutti has evolved as a result, leading to the expansion and breadth of the programme, so that it can now offer one-to-one music sessions for children and young people with PMLD and a relaxed concert for a broader needs group.
The grant provided by Trustees specifically provided free therapy sessions to children with disabilities and special needs, focusing on therapies which were not available to the children from the NHS or affordable from the private sector, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and remedial and neuromuscular massage, helping families from Coventry, Warwickshire, and the West Midlands.
Trustees welcomed your application for continuing funding for your groundbreaking work with young people and their communities, providing theatre therapeutically for those in need. Trustees would have wished to fund you to the extent requested, but the difficult financial environment means we are only able to offer a reduced grant this time.
