Advancing Culture Equity (ACE)
This project is designed to improve equity access to arts and cultural activities (e.g. theatres, museums, dancing, singing, sewing & knitting) by creating cultural opportunities for individuals with less advantaged backgrounds or those living in more deprived areas in London.
Project Goals:
- To encourage regular engagement in arts & culture
- To improve mental health and wellbeing (loneliness, depression, anxiety) among young people (aged16-24) from deprived neighbourhoods, as well as strengthening personal & social identities and sense of community belonging
- To enhance employability, either through widening social network with people from wide-ranging backgrounds, or through showing careers paths in arts & culture sector - equip with tools and space for creative and personal expression - how arts skills can be translated to other career industries
- To increase awareness of the importance of arts by highlighting UK cultural economy & the benefits of engagement
- To empower arts practitioners