Mission
"To promote equality and cultural diversity, economic, health and social wellbeing of individuals and communities through the arts, education and inter- cultural activities within the North East of England and beyond."
Vision
Our work is based on the belief that the artist is in everyone and that everyone is creative or has the potential for creativity within themselves. We value and encourage individuality, collaborative endeavour and participation.
Aims and Objectives:
- Develop young people and adults as imaginative, creative being with a lifelong interest in the arts.
- Develop skills and confidence of potential artists in using the arts to communicate ideas that make positive differences in their lives.
- Support artists by helping them develop professional competences linked to increasing their chances and opportunities for employment.
- Develop awareness and appreciation of the rich cultural diversity of the arts.
- Encourage partnership working through developing the skills of collaborative endeavour.
- Continue to work with professional artists and qualified practitioners in order to deliver high quality work.
- Develop our educational strand to provide workshops and activities for young people (youth service).
- Develop our educational creative projects / activities to build capacity of women for their physical, emotional and spiritural well-being.
- Develop and provide consultancy work in the region through our expert professionals to help, guide and advice our clients as well as ensure economic sustainability for our organisation.