Bristol theatre company awarded £182,000 funding boost

Bristol theatre company awarded £182,000 funding boost

Posted on: 20 Sep 2017

Barton Hill-based theatre company Travelling Light are set to receive over £182,000 to help support and expand their programme for young people. 

 

Travelling Light Theatre Company have received a massive funding boost for their community projects

 

Also running as a registered charity, Travelling Light have been running regular youth groups in the heart of the Barton Hill community for over 16 years. This fresh investment will allow the team to improve and extend their work, allowing them to reach even more young people across Bristol. 

 

The investment was funded equally by the Big Lottery Fund's and Department for Culture, Media and Sport's Youth Investment Fund. 

 

Georgina Densley, Participation Director at Travelling Light, believes that the funding will provide extra security for their regular well-loved services. "Travelling Light Youth Theatre and Louder Than Words, our free drama group for young people with additional needs, both will continue to run for the next three years and thanks to the Youth Investment Fund we can offer increased Youth Theatre bursaries for those facing financial hardship" she said.

 

As well as this, the company have got underway on an exciting new programme of work which aims to allow children of all backgrounds to access resources involving the creative arts. ActionSpeak, another company supported by the Youth Investment Fund for disabled young people aged 16-25, will offer weekly supported workshops as well as providing opportunities to get into employment in the creative arts.

 

The support group will be led in partnership with the West of England Centre For Inclusive Living (WECIL). The company are also offering free monthly drop-in work shops in the local community for those who want to go along. The activities are completely open access, anyone and everyone aged 10-18 can get involved, all they need is a registration form.

 

For more information on Travelling Light, WECIL or ActionSpeak, visit their websites listed below:

http://www.travellinglighttheatre.org.uk/

https://www.actionspeak.com/

http://www.wecil.co.uk/

 

To find out more about Travelling Light Youth Theatre, Louder Than Words, ActionSpeak, The Free theatre trip scheme or the monthly drop in sessions, contact Giulia, Youth Theatre Coordinator on giulia@travellinglighttheatre.org.uk or call/text 0117 9031 649 or 07724534375.


Article by:

Matt Robson

 

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