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Critical Mass: Participant Case Study ‘That! Dance’

Background: That! Dance is an inclusive community dance group, based in Staffordshire. We formed following the end of Critical Mass 2022 and the desire from our participants to keep dancing, performing and creating. We run weekly sessions in Lichfield and Burton and take part in live performances, films, collaborations and exhibitions. Participant S joined the […]

Case Study: Stronger Together Festival

The Stronger Together Festival took place in the grounds of Queensbridge School on Thursday 4th July. The festival involved pupils, teachers and families from Queensbridge School as well as pupils and families from King Edwards VI Camphill School for Boys, Kings Norton Girls School and Wheeler’s Lane Technology College. Over 270 young people and teachers performed […]

Common Ground Case Study – Hipkiss & Graney at Dame Ellen Pinsent School

Common Ground Arts project received £60,000 from the Bring the Power Youth Programme to deliver high-quality artist residencies to 7 Birmingham Special Schools, engaging over 1100 students. Teachers and artists share their professional knowledge and practices in their respective disciplines to create meaningful and accessible artist residencies with meaningful student art outcomes. These artist residencies […]

Bring the Power Festival Day at Priory Community Centre, Dudley

Families trying archery outside on grass at the community day with clear blue skies

On 19th May, 2024, Priory Community Centre delivered one of these Festival Day’s in Dudley. The organisation was awarded £7,000 from United By 2022 to plan and deliver the event, and they worked closely with a youth panel consisting of NEET individuals between 10 and 15 years of age who were already engaged members at […]

Community Capacity Building Support provided for Wild Earth CIC

Wild Earth CIC are a social enterprise based in Coventry, set up in 2011 They work with young people and communities, connecting people with nature to improve mental health and wellbeing. They also focus on providing marginalized communities access to nature. Wild Earth CIC joined our United By 2022 Family, a network of local grassroots […]

Inclusive Communities Fund Case Study

Our role in the Inclusive Communities Fund was to empower communities to propose and implement solutions to real issues in their areas allowing local people to drive positive change. The fund was administered by Heart of England Community Foundation, who we worked alongside to engage and support community organisations.   We engaged with over 1,500 people […]

Ideas Made Real Case Study – Zeze Sohawon​

Zeze

From a young age, ZeZe was diagnosed with autism, psychosis and a personality disorder, and has lived experience as a care leaver. She started her organisation Emotional Dysregulation in Autism (EDA) to help other individuals like her that struggle with mental health, giving them a space to communicate and express emotions safely. Her charity offers […]

Gen22 Case Study: Gabriela from Gazebo Theatre

Gazebo Theatre is a ‘Theatre in Education’ company based in Wolverhampton. They tour professional theatre productions, run arts programmes in schools, and provide creative training and support around employability and development. As one of our Gen22 partners, Gazebo Theatre received funding to engage young people facing barriers in a 30-hour volunteering assignment. Each participant was […]