ActOne ArtsBase is an inclusive arts organization delivering a wide range of performing and visual arts activities in Hertfordshire. We are proud to be a fully inclusive organisation. Inclusion means welcoming individuals at all skill levels, with and without disabilities - without exception

The Actor's Charitable Trust provides grants and support for actors' children with special needs, up to the age of 21.

We deliver flexible and responsive events, projects and support activities to further a vibrant and inclusive high quality arts environment for everyone: artists, participants and audiences. We aim to support high profile activity in East Anglia both by engaging rural communities and by developing activities for young people and families.

Almeida Projects is the Almeida Theatre's community and learning programme. Projects delivers a range of high quality, innovative activities to young people, making the theatre accessible to all ages and abilities and celebrating the cultural diversity within Islington and beyond.

ALRA (The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts ) is recognised in the acting industry for producing highly professional actors who are passionate about their craft, and although we teach all aspects of live and recorded performance we are known for offering an exemplary training in screen acting. ALRA is an established member of the Conference of Drama Schools and it is our policy to nurture the students' strengths and individual qualities. The main source of funding for ALRA students is the Dance and Drama Award. These grants dramatically reduce tuition fees but are only available to 60% of the students. Those not in receipt of a DaDa are expected to find their tuition fees and living expenses independently, which can often make the course unaffordable. Another financial difficulty is that none of our students is eligible for student loans. As a result, most work at weekends and during holidays in an attempt to supplement their income. As it is extremely difficult to meet the costs of living in London they inevitably resort to taking out substantial bank loans. Financial pressure is an unwelcome distraction which causes students' work to suffer. You can help ALRA students to fulfil their dreams by making a donation today!

Artichoke is a creative company that produces extraordinary live events in streets, public spaces or in the countryside. The trust is motivated by the belief that the arts should not take place only behind the closed doors of our theatres and art galleries, but should speak to the widest possible audience.

A charity providing pastoral support to Christians working in the Media, Arts and Fashion industries. This is through the distribution of publications, events in different cities and one to one meetings.

Arts Express is a visual arts education charity committed to making available to all ages/communities the adventure and delight of the hands on experience of making their own art. It achieves this by bringing materials and equipment into community settings. It also undertakes public art commissions involving communities.

The Arts Guild Theatre Greenock is the primary arts venue in and for the Inverclyde area. Hosting a range of arts events from all disciplines including music, drama, dance, comedy, festivals and visual arts events. The Guild will build a new world class venue for Inverclyde in 2010. This is your chance to make one of the most exciting cultural developments in Scotland happen.

Bristol Old Vic is recognised as the oldest continuously working theatre in the United Kingdom. Producing and receiving some of the finest theatrical experiences since 1766, the grade one listed Theatre Royal Complex is in desperate need of refurbishment so that it can continue to support the very best regional, national and young people’s theatre.

The Bush is a world-famous home for new plays and an internationally renowned champion of playwrights. We discover, nurture and produce the best new playwrights from the widest range of backgrounds, and present their work to the highest possible standards.

The Charlie Harthill Special Reserve Fund was established in 2004 in memory of Charlie Hartill. The Fund’s purpose is to provide a financial investment so that groups of theatre makers (actors, writers, directors, designers, technicians), within five years of full-time education, can hone their talents through staging productions.

Chickenshed has a simple aim - to produce original and exciting theatre, working from the premise that the performing arts belong to everyone who wishes to get involved.

Community Focus is a charitable arts centre for people of all abilities based at the artsdepot, North Finchley. Our accessible facilities feature a fully equipped photographic studio and darkroom, computer suite and multi-purpose art/craft studio. Community Focus holds weekly workshops for people with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, mental health problems.

The Company is an independent, exciting new venture in youth music theatre which engages young people as if they were a professional company. The Award-winning team engages performers, aspiring technicians and musicians, who work with professionals to produce shows to West End standard.

Contact offers young people the opportunity to explore new ideas with support from staff and creative and business professionals helping emerging young artists to create new and thought provoking performances as well as showing a brilliant programme of local, national and international performers.

Cove Park runs a series of residencies for artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual and literary disciplines. The residencies give artists the time, space and freedom to focus on the creative process in a supportive environment and without the pressure of production or presentation.

Dance UK is the national voice for the dance profession, aiming to improve the conditions in which dance is created, performed and experienced. Its Healthier Dancer Programme has been working with the world's leading dance and sports medics and scientists for the last 20 years, resulting in the development of the Dancers' Health Pilot Scheme research project.

Deafway’s vision is that all deaf people, wherever they live, get the same chances in life as everybody else. Deafway aims to identify and remove the barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their true potential and from participating fully in all aspects of life.

Dramatic Need's core mission is to bring the creative arts to underprivileged children in the poorest parts of South Africa and Rwanda.

Organises the annual National Eisteddfod of Wales. In 2008, the Eisteddfod will be held in the centre of Cardiff (2nd to the 9th of August 2008). In 2009, the Eisteddfod will visit Bala.

The purpose of Equal People is to build a theatre which will promote the inclusion of children, young people and adults with special needs into the performing arts, providing a safe environment for disadvantaged children and young people to participate along side able performers as Equal People.

To use the power of film to promote health, strengthen communities, and enrich the lives of the world's vulnerable and uprooted.

First Light provides young people with opportunities of filmmaking and media creation. Enabling them to stretch their creativity and develop their skills in a practical and focused way, following a model of best practice and professional filmmaking standards. First Light works with a diverse range of young people from wide social and economic backgrounds with varying abilities. Since launching in May 2001, First Light has enabled almost 12,000 young people between the ages of five and 19 to write, act, shoot, produce, edit and screen more than 900 films with National Lottery cash through UK Film Council funding. The films, ranging from documentaries to animations, are made under the guidance of professional filmmakers with youth agencies, schools, colleges and film clubs across all the UK regions. First Light inspires and facilitates young people from all backgrounds to make films and media projects to ensure that their stories, views and experiences are seen and heard whilst providing professional industry support to encourage creativity, quality of content and future opportunity.

Foundation for Community Dance is the UK organisation for community dance; their vision is for a world where dance matters to everyone. Their mission to make participation in dance vital to society, people's lives and their communities. Providing information, support and training for the network of community dance professionals in the UK and internationally.

Friends of Sunera Foundation is a registered UK charity which aims to raise awareness of the work of Sunera Foundation in Sri Lanka which works with disabled, marginalised and traumatised people, helping them to gain dignity, confidence and self-respect by taking part in creative activities using music, drama and art.

It maintains and develops the village hall and recreation ground.

The Hackney Empire is a leading London theatre dedicated to the widest range of popular entertainment which affordable and accessible diverse communities within some of the most deprived areas in country. Through its business and redevelopment of the theatre complex, it has brought prosperity and a sense of pride to the area and continues to bolster its social and economic regeneration. It supports and natures new talent and champions the achievements of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to enable them to make positive choices about the directions their lives should take and that of their communities.

The Hackney Harlem Theatre Company is group of 16 young people from different locations around London, who wish to unite and create a pioneering new international performance group. The company are under the umbrella of the Hackney Empire theatres audience development and participation and learning department.

Hampstead Theatre is a not-for-profit producing theatre which develops new writers and presents new writing on a main stage. It also has a thriving creative learning programme centred around nurturing new creative talent in all areas of theatre.

Hayes Village Hall is for local people to use for recreation, sport and entertainment; for clubs and enthusiasts' groups to meet; for children's parties; and for plays, flower shows and quiz nights. More than 20 local groups meet there regularly and the Hall is in use very day.

Heart n Soul is a multi-disciplinary arts organisation led by artists with learning disabilities. It makes music, theatre, dance, visual art, digital art, films and participatory cultural events. Heart n Soul is renowned as the creator of The Beautiful Octopus Club and The Squidz Club, which is for young people.

To strengthen our community in Highgate and beyond To gather regularly for Christian worship To minister to the needs of the congretation and wider community To provide Christian education and nurture to children and adults To provide an affordable venue available for use by the wider community To work in conjunction with other local communities

Wales’ leading smallscale theatre company- high quality touring productions for communities including adults with learning disabilities.Odyssey Theatre- mixed ability community group – National Lottery Awards- Best Arts Project Finalist. Hijinx Outreach- delivers projects & annual Unity Festival

iceandfire create compelling theatre that makes real and relevant the impact of human rights issues on our everyday lives. High quality production is supported by innovative education, outreach and participation projects. www.iceandfire.co.uk

The Kathmandu Arts Centre is a project to create a world-class arts centre in Kathmandu. It is a unique opportunity to help contemporary artists in Nepal who, over decades, have become isolated by politics and geography. The charity (reg. no. 1121118) was founded in October 2007 to fund-raise for the project. Please visit www.kathmanduarts.org for further information.

Kestrel Theatre Company is a registered charity dedicated to working creatively with drama within the criminal justice system. Kestrel projects involve groups of inmate and ex-inmate actors using structured improvisation to create new and original dramas for filmed or live performance.

<p>Kneehigh is celebrated as a brilliant, big-hearted and groundbreaking theatre company.</p> <p>The Kneehigh Asylum will be a jaw-dropping, spirit-lifting nomadic space. It's a flexible structure with the potential to range from a 200-seater that would be perfect for a village green or a school playing field, to a 1000-seat auditorium that could command London's South Bank, Watergate Bay or Sydney Harbour.</p> <p>We want to create brilliant, witty and moving work and show it in the most beautiful tent in the world! We want to whoop and dance, cry and gasp, show films, art, host ear-tickling gigs, eat excellent food and drink and celebrate our delicious time on the planet.</p> <p>What pleasures we will find - the limits are only as small as our imaginations!</p>

Ladder to the Moon use an innovative arts based approach to improve quality of life for older people with dementia, restoring self expression and offering pathways for carers and relatives to (re)connect with individuals. Helping to build care communities that people enjoy being in.

The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is one of the most prestigious drama schools in the world. Widely recognised for providing high quality training for young actors, stage managers and theatre technicians, its success derives from the ability to create an environment that nurtures each student's individual skills and talents.

It was set up in 2003 following the tragic accident involving Laura. The aim of the fund is to provide practical and financial support to young aspiring actors and actresses to help them achieve their dreams.

LIFT, the London international Festival of Theatre, is one of Europe's most adventurous and influential producers of international contemporary theatre, creating extraordinary festivals and programmes of work that transform London into a stage and inspire everyone to participate in the stories of the world.

Live Theatre, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a new writing producing theatre with a national reputation for the way it finds and develops local talent. Work with young people is a central activity and the company is proud to deliver the largest free drama education programme in the city.

Lodestar Theatre Company is a professional arts oragnisation formed to establish The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival. The Festival is an annual event for the city with a strong focus on local recruitment and clear, stylish story telling designed bring classic texts to life in a manner accesible to all.

mac is the most visited arts centre in the Midlands, with over 500,000 visitors a year who come to enjoy theatre performances, music, comedy, plays for children, literature and poetry events, courses, magical family shows, films and free exhibitions.

MediCinema enriches the quality of life for patients young and old, including those in beds and wheelchairs, by installing state-of-the-art cinemas in hospitals to bring the magic of the movies to them, their families and carers.

In 2011, the curtain rises on a new landmark theatre for East Kent, within the historic City of Canterbury. The New Marlowe Theatre Development Trust, aims to raise £6m towards the complete re-build of the existing theatre and a new performance space to develop and nurture the talent of tomorrow.

It is a touring classical ballet company which together with Phoenix Dance Theatre is raising funding for a purpose built dance centre in Leeds to house both charities. This will be a centre of dance excellence in the north of England.

Formed in 1992 by Artistic Director Barrie Rutter, Northern Broadsides is a multi-award winning touring company based in the historic Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Over the years, the company has gone from strength to strength, becoming one of the most inventive and consistently popular touring companies in the UK.

Northern Stage is the largest producing theatre in the north east of England. It aims to engage and inspire by creating opportunities for the widest audience to participate in the performing arts. The company presents ambitious, imaginative theatre through its own productions and through collaboration with national and international partners.

The <strong> One Song Foundation Fund</strong> is designed to harness the power of music and use it to create a wave of positive change in our communities. The Fund has been set up by <strong>Eliot Kennedy</strong>, a Sheffield-based music producer and composer, to deliver projects that support disadvantage. The Fund is being delivered by <strong>South Yorkshire Community Foundation</strong>, a registered charity set up in 1986 to encourage philanthropy through linking people who care to causes that matter most to them. Through the release of music singles, albums and DVDs, and through concerts and associated merchandise, Eliot hopes to deliver the change that he wishes to see in this world by empowering donors to give their hearts to the causes that mean the most to them.

Only Connect UK is creative arts company using theatre to reach prisoners, ex-offenders and young people at risk of crime and exclusion.

Oska Bright is the only award winning short film festival that is managed by learning disabled people, showing films made by learning disabled people. Administrative and financial support for Oska Bright is delivered by Carousel Project.

Oval House Theatre is a lively theatre and arts centre. We provide respect and support for anyone who wants to participate in the performing arts, whether as an audience member, practitioner, or workshop member, with a dedicated programme of youth theatre, education, and full-scale professional productions.

Peckham Shed is an Inclusive Youth and children's theatre company. We lead inspiring, innovative theatre projects with 7 -17 year olds of all abilities living in and around Peckham. <p> <a href="http://www.peckhamshed.com">www.peckhamshed.com </a>

At Pegasus, we use the performing arts to encourage young people to discover more about themselves. We create work that promotes greater respect for the world we live in. Every piece brings out the skills and abilities in people.<p> With Create for Change Pegasus aims to raise the additional £200,000 that we will need in the first year after re-opening the new building to take full advantage of the redevelopment, and help create an exciting future for more young people. Isn't that what Pegasus is all about?

UK's oldest purpose-built cinema showing films from across the world, delivering education work through and about film and preserving our Grade II listed building.

The Place is the UK's premier centre for contemporary dance, uniting training, creation and performance in one building in central London. The Place&#8217;s activities, unmatched in their quality and range, include London Contemporary Dance School, Richard Alston Dance Company and the Robin Howard Dance Theatre, together with pioneering education, outreach and professional development projects.

Community Arts Centre comprising of a 192 seater theatre, dance studio, gallery, resource centre, workshop spaces, education 7 outreach dept and hope to several cultural/arts based tenants

Polka is the UK's first theatre building exclusively devoted to work for and with children and young people. The company creates and presents a year-round programme of theatre productions, other theatre and arts related events and a wide range of educational and participatory activities.

It raises awareness of and assists in traditional and dying crafts in poor regions. Currently in Galle in Sri Lanka concentrating on training lace and other craft workers.

Red dreams is a living memorial to our son Kyle McManus. It works with young people within the creative arts. It also has a facility with rehearsal and recording facilities for bands and musicians, editing suite for filmmakers and photographers and a performance area. Best of all it's all FREE!

Rhema Theatre Company seeks to bring the Bible to life today! By writing and performing our own plays, we seek to be a useful action-packed resource for Primary Education for Key Stages 1&amp;2 and for adults we hope to encourage, challenge and entertain through theatre with a moral heart.

Riding Lights Theatre Company has provided vibrant professional theatre for 30 years. Its one of the most productive independent theatre companies in the UK.

This campaign is run by The RISE Foundation, a UK charity that helps people in the developing world. 'Rough Aunties' is a film following the incredible women of Bobbi Bear - a grassroots group dedicated to protecting children in South Africa. Make a donation and help the Rough Aunties fight child abuse.

Royal & Derngate is the main arts and entertainment venue in Northampton. The theatre offers two auditoria and a creativity centre that's home to a wide range of workshops and projects for the local community. This year is a big year for us as we celebrate 125 years of The Royal. As we look back over its history, we also look forward to the future with Challenge 125. <p> Our big challenge during our anniversary year is to raise £125,000 of funds for our future artistic programme. All of the money raised during the year will go directly back into the work you see on stage, giving us the chance to develop the ambition and the range of produced work that we do here.

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a founding affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. It was established in 1904 and has a worldwide reputation for the quality of its training. It runs an ongoing fundraising appeal to Trusts, Foundations and philanthropic individuals in order to provide awards for students who need additional financial assistance in order to complete the training on the full time courses. Students work in excess of 36 hours per week which precludes their undertaking regular part time employment to supplement their income during term time. Students who are relocating to London are in a particularly vulnerable financial position as the full student loan does not cover the real costs of living in London. So too are students with a first degree who are ineligible for loans to pay the mandatory student fee or their term time living costs. <p> All donations made to the Student Scholarship/Bursary fund at RADA are allocated to students in genuine financial need. Donors should also note that the Gift Aid element of any donation paid through an appeal page for an individual RADA student is paid to the Academy's Student Hardship Fund from which any student applying for financial support through the Academy may benefit. In this way, sponsors donating through JustGiving by supporting an individual RADA student, also indirectly assist all other RADA students who apply for support through the Academy Student Hardship Fund.

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Connect with Sadler's Wells is a long-established programme working to make Sadler's Wells and the companies performing on its stages more accessible to everyone. It successfully enables dance to be practised and enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities including the elderly, deaf children, aspiring dance professionals and those simply seeking a rewarding leisure activity.

Sandblast is a London-based arts and human rights charity. It works with the Saharawis of Western Sahara, empowering them to tell their own story, promote their own culture and earn a living through the arts. The Saharawis have lived in refugee camps in Algeria ever since Morocco occupied their country, Western Sahara, in 1975.

Shed@ThePark is a charitable organisation, formed in 2005 as an outreach branch of Chickenshed Theatre Company, London. It provides an exciting, innovative and inclusive Theatre Company for the participation of children, young people and adults in the Chilterns and South Bucks, regardless of health, social development or ethnic diversity.

Sherman Cymru is raising funds to refurbish and redevelop the theatre building. We have already achieved 74% of the total cost, leaving us with only £1.5 million to raise. The redevelopment will include a complete refurbishment of the foyer area including toilets, new seating and new heating and cooling systems.

Speakup is a Charity employing people with learning disabilities. Services include film and media production, DVD+CD duplication, training, consultancy, advice on legislation, accessible information and resources, EasyRead documents and design service.

S.A.F.E. uses theatre to deliver life-saving information about HIV/AIDS in the most under-served areas in Kenya. S.A.F.E.'s performances challenge the stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS, and promote compassion, honesty and open discussion. S.A.F.E. has performed before over 400,000 people, and encouraged hundreds to come forward for testing and treatment.

Springs Dance Company performs and teaches across the UK and internationally. Now in its 30th year, this Christian organisation is committed to harnessing dance to see positive change in society. The Company tours inspiring productions and workshops to theatres, churches, schools and festivals.

Stagecoach Charitable Trust runs a project called InterAct - an inclusive performance centre where anyone aged between 10 and 18 is welcome to explore acting, singing and dancing. There is no charge to students and InterAct includes young people with special physical, educational and financial needs. It runs after school, one day a week during term time. There are five centres in Birmingham, Bournemouth, Hampton, Hounslow and Walton-On-Thames.

Established in 1999, Synergy Theatre Project works towards the rehabilitation of prisoners, ex-offenders and youths at risk, through theatre and related activities, whilst placing the wider issues surrounding imprisonment in the public arena. The company has four strands of activity: theatre productions, new writing, crime prevention and film and radio.

The Theatre appeal is raising £3m for a new theatre in Shoreditch on the site of Shakespeare's original theatre. It will offer performance, exhibition and rehearsal space for arts projects in central London and provide a home for one of London's leading non-professional theatre companies, the Tower Theatre.

RAISE &#8211; Theatre Resource&#8217;s Capital Appeal is raising money for the National Centre for Disability Arts and Social Inclusion, to open in 2011. A place dedicated to education, innovation and excellence in the arts, it will provide courses, programmes and vocational training schemes for disabled and disadvantaged people from across the UK.

To purchase, restore and reopen the Grade II Listed Theatre Royal Hyde, for the people of Hyde and the nation as a whole for use of professional and amateur theatre, cinema, youth, sport, education and other various community uses. Also for the heritage, historic and architectural benefit to the country.

Three Rivers is a community partnership which simply put means that it aims to bring the communities in and around Gillingham together to plan for the future and to make that plan happen. Three Rivers aims to help define the needs of the community, to develop solutions to these needs, establish projects and source funding for them.

Tiata Fahodzi creates African theatre for the British stage. Its mission is to celebrate the cultural experiences of Africans in the UK and produces both new plays as well as African interpretations of classic texts.

Unicorn Theatre produces theatre by professional adults for children and their families, presenting challenging and exciting work year round. We involve the community through education workshops, our Youth Theatre and subsidised performances, offering an opportunity to many children who might not otherwise get to experience live theatre.

University of the Arts London is a diverse and creative community that draws together five of the world's most innovative art and design colleges. Proudly associated with many original thinkers and practitioners in the arts and creative industries, the University is committed to challenging convention, generating new ideas and nurturing exceptional talent.

V-Day is a global movement working to end violence against women. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalise the spirit of existing anti-violence organisations and campaigns. V-Day in the UK promotes and coordinates events, as well as campaigning for change nationally and internationally.

Wales Millennium Centre is Wales' number one visitor attraction and home to 9 of Wales's leading arts organisations. A world-class theatre and arts Centre, it is a place for people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences to explore the arts through learning and participation. As a charity every donation received, large or small, makes a huge difference and helps to make great things happen.

WebPlay is an international arts education charity that combines drama and online technology to enhance children’s creativity and skills for the 21st century. We provide schools cross-curricular programmes that facilitate communication and collaboration between children across communities and around the world, raise children's aspirations and achievement, and make learning fun and imaginative.

It organises an annual two week cultural festival in Glasgow in June. WEF is now the biggest community event in the west of Scotland, giving a platform for over 100 organisations and individuals to reach a wide public. Highlights include huge community Opening Parade, gala days and outdoor music and theatre.

Wilton's Music Hall is the oldest and last surviving music hall in the world. • To secure the heritage of Wilton’s Music Hall as a building of unique historic interest and as a venue for community activity, heritage education and the performing arts - to reflect the history Wilton’s.

The centre provides a venue for local clubs and societies to meet, and for local residents to hold social functions. Funding has been received from the Big Lottery and other sources for the refurbishment of the Centre, but further funds are needed to enable work to begin.