Raw Material Annual Review 2015-16

“RAW MATERIAL HAS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE LEARNING & PARTICIPATION COURSES AND PERFORMANCE PLATFORMS OF HIGH QUALITY THAT NOT ONLY GIVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP ARTISTICALLY BUT ALSO LEARN NEW LIFE SKILLS”.

Arts Council England

PROMOTING ACCESS & OPPORTUNITY IN THE ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16

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CHAIR’S REPORT ‘OUR TEAM AT RAW MATERIAL HAS CONTINUED THROUGH 2015/16 TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE AFFECTED BY MENTAL ILL HEALTH WITH ENORMOUS CREATIVITY AND ENERGY, BEING MINDFUL OF THE EVER-CHANGING FACE OF FINANCE AND FUNDING.’

Our staff team, our dedicated and inspiring volunteers, and our Trustees are drawn from the communities in which we work.

Diverse cultures and talents ensure that the unique service we provide remains engaging and relevant to our service users.

We work with our service users through words, images, song and music to build confidence, resilience and hope to enable them to construct the lives they want to live.

We have fruitful working relationships and partnerships with a large number of organisations, both locally, the London region, across the UK and internationally, all of which serves to enhance and enrich the service we offer.

Through our national touring work we have broadened our reach to work with organisations in Peterborough, Nottingham, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Folkestone, Southend and Ramsgate and internationally with groups from Italy, Croatia, France,

Netherlands, India, Senegal, the Gambia and USA, bringing young people, artists and organisations into closer and more meaningful understanding and interaction.

All charitable organisations spend an extraordinary amount of time working on funding and Raw Material is no different, but we have considerable expertise in this area and a CEO who does not take no for an answer. We strive to future-proof the organisation at all levels.

During the year we have carried out a strategic review, developed our long term strategic plans, re organised our staffing structure, increased our productivity, improved our performance monitoring and enhanced the fabric of our building with a major capital investment from Arts Council England and other donors.

We believe our staff and built environment, coupled with our ethos and method of service delivery will sustain our organisation through the challenging times ahead.

Sue Balmer, Chair

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FROM “WHEN I SEE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DETAINED FOR TREATMENT ON MY UNIT PERFORMING AT RAW MATERIAL’S RAW SOUNDS EVENTS, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE AS I SEE A VERY DIFFERENT SIDE OF THEIR LIVES: THROUGH THEIR PERFORMANCES, THEIR POSSIBILITIES. It also breaks down barriers back on the ward when we chat about the triumph of Raw Sounds gigs, and their pride I saw them perform. I talked about Raw Material’s Raw Sounds project in an interview on Community

Channel TV, which led to the filming of the March gig – see www.youtube.com/ watch?v=U5igrr6zKTQ As I was leaving the director said to me, “Were some of the musicians really patients from your ward? I could not see any difference from anybody else here”. I replied, “That’s rather the point”.

I was touched and proud to be asked to be patron for an organisation for which I have the highest regard. It is a delight to find people to work alongside who believe in the possibilities of those with lived experience, the power of creativity and our collective humanity.”

Dr David O’Flynn, Consultant Psychiatrist at Lambeth and Maudsley Hospitals and Chair of the Adamson Collection

CEO REPORT Clearly targeting specific groups in our local community, we have had a significant impact through an active programme, now for over twenty years.

We provide a very wide range of music and other arts related services and products, especially considering our limited resources and small number of staff. Although the main

focus is the Brixton and Lambeth area, we have also delivered considerable outreach both in the UK and internationally.

“As if possessed with a will of its own Raw Material has refused to be processed, packaged, or standardised. Instead it thrives on spontaneity, variety, collective strengths and individualism – something the staff and our members exhibit in abundance and which is a vital ingredient of our methods…” Annual report 2014-15

3 We carried out an extensive and thorough review of the organisation with the experienced consultant Rose Challies – and have developed our strategic plans for the next period with clarity and vision, yet at the same time we aware of the challenges that lie ahead for our sector. Going forward it is important that the organisation builds on our past experiences, capturing our methods for others to use and be inspired, and driving forward with a clear focus on what we do best.

“Experiment is the only means of knowledge at our disposal. Everything else is poetry, imagination” Max Planck

We continue as an ACE National Portfolio Organisation and we have had considerable success in raising additional funds and support from our major funders, providing the stability and investment required to enable us to grow and develop.

This strategic period has a strong emphasis on consolidation, focus and people. The organisation has had considerable change over the past few years, yet despite this it has had impressive results; now is the time to build “IN A POLITICAL on these results and ENVIRONMENT WHICH TOO secure the organisation OFTEN OVERLOOKS THE as a force to be reckoned FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE with in the future.

OF THE ARTS, ITS Investment in people ORGANISATIONS LIKE YOURS and our community is WHICH REALLY DO GIVE ME key to this.

Our programmes – with vulnerable children GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM and young people, IN DEMONSTRATING THE addressing youth People are the heart and TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER unemployment, training soul of the organisation OF MUSIC AND CREATIVITY” and career progression and the catalyst for David Warburton MP Arts and Culture Fellowship and in mental health the social needs initiative delivered by ACE in partnership with and wellbeing in hospital being addressed. This the Industry and Parliament Trust and the community – cannot be understated aim to directly address or undervalued the needs of our participants and community, going forward, and it is important that all whilst our governance and reporting satisfy stakeholders understand this and can easily many of the organisation’s obligations see the expertise as well as the care of the and responsibilities. Our organisational organisation’s people and those we work with. management and development, information, knowledge and stakeholder management, The core programmes to be delivered will resource planning, communications, marketing build on previous achievements and learning and risk management underpin both the social in delivery. In this strategic needs and the obligations and responsibilities period it will be important that of the organisation. these programmes are focused and clearly contributing to the Key to our work is in measuring impact and aims of the organisation and building a legacy to enable the organisation are able to respond to and to show whether the programmes and related contribute to society in a way actions have effectively addressed the need, that has real impact. and enabled the work to inspire and influence others in the long-term.

Tim Brown, Founder and CEO

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Organisational Culture We have a strong organisational culture, which needs to continue to be nurtured and led by its new and young management staff. Our pedagogy programme and its development will help to strengthen this going forward as the culture becomes more tangible. This is vital for the organisation to sustain its culture in the long-term, particularly taking into account new staff roles and recruitment required.

People

People with great spirit and empathy are at the heart of the organisation, so strategically it is vital that this resource is highly valued, supported and kept in abundance. For the next five years the organisation needs to reinvigorate this resource through training and development and new recruitment.

Currently there are not enough people to operate sustainably for the long term, at least not in a way that ensures the best support for this valuable resource.

There is a lot of knowledge and wisdom held in the organisation but not captured for easy accessibility, not only to share with other people/organisations and inspire similar work in the wider world, but also to ensure the long-term understanding by future governors and managers of how important the ‘people’ resource is to the organisation. The Pedagogy programme is key to this and it is important that within this programme there are a range of resources produced to help sustain the heart of the organisation in the long-term.

As people are so important to the organisation’s success, it is vital that Raw Material’s people are regularly recognised and celebrated for the work they have achieved.

This already occurs so going forward this needs to be maintained and ensured it is a priority within the organisation.

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Space/Building/ Environment Raw Material has a wonderful space for delivering the majority of its work. The building is well located for those in need, provides multiple spaces for a range of programme delivery, and has been well maintained.

During the year we undertook a major ÂŁ300,000 refurbishment, funded by ACE Strategic capital fund, Biffa award and the Clothworkers Foundation. Following consultation with users, staff and a development plan with Southbank Architects, the whole building was re-designed, re built in sections and re equipped, to provide an enhanced facility, more office space for individual teams and greater flexibility of workspaces and resources, all powered by solar panels on our roof.

The strategic priority for this building is continuation of its maintenance, ensuring everyone involved in the organisation understands its importance and looks after it accordingly.

In 2018/19 it will be necessary to carry out a review of the building to inform decisions on its use in the long-term (10 years+). It is important that with the change of status of the building at this time that it is not simply a given to continue in the same form, but rather critically reviewed against the aim of the organisation and how well it is enabling needs to be addressed.

The programmes to be delivered over the next five years also require a number of offsite spaces, most of which require partnership support to use. A consolidated overview of all of the spaces required is needed, and then regularly reviewed in terms of their environmental impact and effectiveness of addressing need.

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Performance Management

Key people resource actions:

Raw Material has a values based performance management system, i.e. it does not only look at the quantitative results of people’s work, it looks at the behaviour and quality of people’s delivery, and how they fit and enjoy their work in the organisation. It means more mainstream management systems are not appropriate for capturing the full performance of its staff and volunteers.

Over the next five years the performance management system will be reviewed to ensure it continues to fulfil the needs of its staff and new recruits and is appropriate to effectively addressing the aims of the organisation. The current performance management cycle is set out below:

• Full review of people needs in the organisation including identifying key responsibility roles, writing job descriptions • Increased recruitment, particularly of key responsibility roles and a deeper pool of deliverers • Increased salary support of staff • Capturing the spirit and methodology of the organisation in a range of formats (e.g. publications, RM stories/storytelling, videos/ presentations) • Continued regular recognition of the work of the people in the organisation and that support the organisation.

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Impact Assessment Our current strategy will need to be assessed by 2019 so that the following fiveyear strategy is well informed and there is evidence to support decision-making.

The strategic impact assessment will look specifically at how well the organisation is achieving its mission in the strategic period, including how it has addressed the needs of young people in the Brixton and wider Lambeth area, and how it has addressed the needs of people with mental health issues. In particular it will need to ascertain how well it has delivered against the strategic actions it has agreed.

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Organisational Impact Raw Material has achieved a lot over the past and its impact has been significant. Their impact framework will demonstrate recognisable and easily shareable resources to show the impact.

An impact framework will ensure that the organisation collates information and knowledge in an appropriate way for an analysis of the difference made by the organisation. This insight can then also be utilised and structured so that stakeholders can see elements of the impact being made at any point in time. Key to this will be a Raw Material ‘virtual shop’, where not only people can see products and services but also the difference being made by the organisation. The structure will also allow segments of information to be easily shared with stakeholders, e.g. within funding applications or at corporate meetings.

At the end of the strategic period a full impact report will be required in the next strategic period. This will bring together research reports into specific elements of its impact e.g. the way in which it addresses mental health needs and coincide with the publication of the pedagogy resource. It will provide an emphatic statement on what the organisation has achieved and the potential for impact in the long-term.

Key organisational impact actions: • Full impact report produced in year five (to coincide with the publication of the pedagogy resource) • Specific reports to highlight particular areas of impact e.g. mental health • A Raw Material ‘virtual shop’ to actively showcase and communicate impact at any point in time.

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We have achieved significant results over the last twenty years and have learnt a lot from our experiences as well. Our diligent delivery and uncharted discovery of music as an effective means of addressing critical needs, means we are well placed to share our experiences, methodology, and our learning as an organisation. We are also in a good place to inspire others to experience music and to adopt similar practices in their communities.

A legacy for a socially driven organisation is not about telling everyone about how great you are or have been. Its about taking responsibility to share effective ways of addressing need so people and the environment live a healthier more enjoyable life. A legacy is successful if it influences people in this way and as a result widens its impact.

Our legacy needs to be built through our commitment to capture what we do and what we learn in an accessible form. This means not only the sharing of our impact in a simple way but also enabling our methodologies to be understood and implemented.

The Pedagogy Programme is key to this in this strategic period. It not only will enable us to capture the its approach and methodologies internally but also allow its wider legacy to be spread effectively.

The UK and International Touring Programme and the Chief Executive’s public engagements will also be important to ensuring our legacy begins to take shape and influence wider audiences. These organised and professional public performances are not only effective means to ensure our legacy it is also an efficient way, as they are already necessary for delivery to address need.

Once a tangible resource has been published through the Pedagogy Programme, supported by research and other evaluation and impact reports, it will be possible to really develop the legacy and build on its influence. The Chief Executive will need to support this by taking a much stronger championing role for the organisation, supported designated Board members and Senior Staff.

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MAKING & PLAYING MUSIC

This multi faceted programme promotes an aspirational approach to music, related arts and living day-to-day. The programme gives access to a whole range of music styles and experiences, including not just learning to play instruments, singing and performing but also developing music in a studio environment, managing the music production process and much more. It also gives young people experience at a professional level so they can see what opportunities might be available in an area they love to do, within the context of a healthy understanding of the realities of work and employment. We have seen large numbers of young people progress through these experiences and develop both creatively and professionally, moving on with their careers.

“RAW MATERIAL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LEADING FACTORS THAT MAKE ME THE ARTIST I AM TODAY, CREATING AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES IS NOT A NEW THING FOR THEM, SO FAR I’VE BEEN TO NEW ORLEANS TO PERFORM AND HIT THE STAGE AT BRIXTON SPLASH AS WELL AS MANY OTHER STAGES ACROSS LONDON AS A PART OF THE RAW COLLECTIVE/FAMILY.” Terrell Gayle- ‘Paradox’ trainee leader

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DEVELOPING & This programme provides access for the Raw Material beneficiaries to an artistic programme of excellence and innovation.

It enables people to gain professional skills and experience quality music development and production. Where relevant, opportunities to take professional steps forward are encouraged and supported, in conjunction with partners.

“The current crop of young emerging artists are showing real dedication to the craft in regards to writing, live, and visuals. There are a few individuals I am excited about simply because of the quality of their voice and ability. Nazmul Hoque, one of our other main presences in the studio, will be missed now he has left to move on with his career, as we were heading down a more visual path, to better showcase our work with a more visible online presence. However we are seeking the skills of our Raw Material members to continue with the visual aspect in photography, film making and design. The live rehearsals are starting to click in gear and working with musicians in a live setting is becoming a key ingredient in developing singers.

I’m looking forward to developing Raw Sounds members again as we get a different vibe from that specific area of talent. We had a few hiccups this summer but overall there has definitely been progress throughout”.

JB Bristol-Smith, Studio Producer

“Through attending the ‘Big Local Production House’ workshop at Raw Material earlier this year (2016), I gained basic production, radio and graphic designing knowledge. The workshop helped me with my confidence which then lead me to use the facilities at Raw Material such as the recording and rehearsal studios to create my very first EP ‘T.R.U.T.H’ (The Raw Understanding To Honesty) which was distributed on 07/10/16.

During this time I was also able to rehearse for performances, Open Mic nights and events such as IITS, Lyrically Gifted, LinkUp TV Talent Takeover and many more throughout summer 2016. I am now currently studying a degree in ‘Creative Musicianship’ at ICMPKilburn. I plan to perform at many more events and venues and I will also be back in the studio to create many more projects.”

Shallise, Project Participant

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Music & Raw Sounds Mental Health Programme

This programme brings music and performing arts to hospital wards and our community base, enabling people needing high levels of support to access our services independently and develop positive agency.

It is about enabling people with mental health issues to enjoy music and related arts, and significantly, it is about people gaining therapeutic benefits and mechanisms to manage their issues through music, when delivered by the Raw Material experts.

‘Every week I look forward to coming back to a Raw Sounds session, it keeps me motivated for the week ahead.’

‘I get to learn in a fun and safe way, and now I don’t feel so alone as I’m able to go to college cause I’ve learnt how to work with others.’

‘Raw Sounds is a uniquely creative collective with the client’s vision at the forefront of everything.’

‘I’m into putting the Danger back into music.’

Raw Sounds participants

Over the past 12 months the model of our mental health programme, Raw Sounds, has developed significantly in response to the change in needs of our client group. As this year NHS cuts have acutely hit our local Lambeth hospital, we’ve seen the closure of a ward and

bed shortages leading to patients with first episode of psychosis being sent to hospitals as far as Norfolk and Manchester as the hospital has been at capacity all summer. Social and creative activities both on wards and in the community have been decimated this year; patients are being discharged from supportive services with increasing rapidity, leaving a teeming gap in provision for vulnerable young people and adults with high levels of need.

In response, we have conducted a series of focus groups with our existing client group resulting in the delivery of 48 weekly workshops (additional to the 66 sessions we committed to deliver to this client group this year) to hone skills and increase access to support. This has added significantly to the existing offer of weekly creative exchange sessions that form the core of the Raw Sounds programme. We have focused on pathways through and beyond our service, setting up a progression group for longstanding participants to form an independent and self-facilitated group, delivered training to volunteers and music mentors and delivered focused workshops which have enabled young people to gain a qualification (both Arts Award and AQA). We have also developed our partnership work, working this year with Young Peoples’ Programmes at the Tate Gallery, The Amy Winehouse Foundation, outreach teams at Photofusion and CoolTan Arts, and education and employment support workers at the Creative Society and Mosaic Clubhouse.

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Mental Health The volume of referrals we have been receiving from care teams throughout South London and Maudsley NHS Trust has increased, and the levels of support needs are much higher. This year, 161 participants (74% BAME, 27% women and 38% young people) have engaged with our mental health programmes regularly, and we have reached 174 people living on hospital wards through our outreach work.

Responding to the additional support needs of participants has been a particular challenge. These needs have included support with housing, navigating changes to the benefits system including cuts to DLA, and a harsh crackdown on immigration. We are also campaigning for transparency around the implementation of Personal Budgets in Lambeth, as legislated in the Care Act, finding that those with high needs are not aware they are eligible and not supported in making applications to be able to access these budgets and therefore purchase the mental health services which have now lost their block funding to deliver. Our work this Autumn will focus on these issues, aiming to respond through our programmes in January 2017.

Hannah Kemp-Welch, Raw Sounds Mental Health Programme Manager

“I first came in contact with the Raw Sounds project at Raw Material through my work with young people in the Early Intervention inpatient service.

Part of my job is to help the young people we work with to find meaningful and fulfilling activities in their own communities, that they can pursue on discharge, and that help them during their recovery journey.

Raw Sounds has become a solid favourite of the young people who use our service, and is one of the few resources that people actively request to be referred to. In a world where it is difficult to get people to engage in services and attend appointments, this service is unique in the fact that people readily attend, without needing reminders!�

Hannah Nice, Occupational Therapist, Early Intervention Unit

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& TOURING AND ADVOCACY This programme consists of a number of cooperation projects, where artistic and creative skills, expertise, resources and good practice, are shared and showcased.

It enables people participating in the other programmes to be involved in music and related arts to experience tours and running of events, it enables partners to see the benefits of the Raw Material approach and methodologies, and it enables the organisation to showcase both its work and its beneficiaries.

Through ACE supported Strategic touring we ran projects in four UK cities.

“FOR ALL OF US IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO HAVE RAW MATERIAL IN CHAMOIS AND HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE SO HAPPY AND MUSICALLY INVOLVED. YES, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR TWO DAYS OF MUSIC AND FRIENDSHIP AND HOPE THAT THIS WILL GENERATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY A PERSON. YOUR PROJECTS REALLY SUCCEED IN DEVELOPING NEW CONNECTIONS FOR EVERYONE, IN EVERY FIELD... IT’S MARVELLOUS! Laura Strocchi, MusicAbilmente festival organizer, Italy

Our national tour ‘Invisible’ visited four cities and culminated in a performance in Brixton’s POW club. Funded by ACE Strategic touring, this was the second tour undertaken by our Raw Roads touring project, bringing new work and experiences to young people across the country.

On the international stage we worked with mental health projects in Italy, from Turin and Aosta and were invited to a music festival in Chamois, in the mountains above Aosta.

Participants from Raw Sounds performed over two days with their Italian colleagues, distinguished jazz musicians and music specialists, culminating in a mental health conference. We hosted rap artist Balvada from Dakar Senegal, with whom we had worked during our four visits to the annual Festa2H hip festival in Senegal, plus Tank and the Bangers, an exceptional band from New Orleans and rap artist Tony Wilson also from New Orleans, building on our own work there in 2014.

During their stay they all gave master classes, worked with all our groups and performed at our live events. Through our own independent and European funds we worked in France and the Netherlands and developed a new EU initiative with Croatia.

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NATIONAL TOURING

Raw Roads THE FACTS

THE THE EXPERIENCE FUTURE

Between April and August 2015, we ran the national touring project Raw Roads: INVISIBLE in Folkestone, Portsmouth, Peterborough, Nottingham and Lambeth.

This combined arts residencies programme offered bespoke street performances, workshops and showcase events to 13-25 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds, in areas of low arts provision and free of charge. Each residency began with a street performance of Invisible, a commissioned immersive theatre piece written

by Potent Whisper (with dramaturgy and direction

by Shir Freibach). It was followed by a week of skills and devising workshops, delivered by Raw Material’s team of artists/facilitators.

The week then culminated in a showcase event, open to the public and presenting the young people performing their newly devised creations.

It was extremely successful and inspiring. We met and worked with incredible young talent, and knowledgeable and supportive partners.

Our participants shattered all expectations, created thought provoking, soulful and artful songs, raps, films and drama pieces. We had some real challenges, it wasn’t all smooth. Yet the project delivered everything we set out to do and more, and proved that there is a need for the work we do, and that our unique model is highly effective.

We are now working on Raw Roads: IMAGINE, an ambitious two-year project that build on from the learning, experience and capacity gained through INVISIBLE. We look forward to working with new artistic partners Talawa Theatre Company and Ovalhouse, as well as all our partners and venues across eight cities.

Shir Freibach, Raw Roads’ Artistic Director & Project Manager

“THE WAYS OF WORKING EMPLOYED BY YOU AND YOUR TEAM, WITNESSED DURING THE INVISIBLE PROJECT, WERE FUNDAMENTALLY AND HOLISTICALLY BASED ON EMPOWERING AND ENABLING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN AND IMPROVE ON THE SKILLS NEEDED TO WRITE, AND TO PERFORM WITH LOVE, PRIDE, AND EMPATHY FOR OTHERS. GIVEN THE CHALLENGING NATURE OF SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THE FRINGE WORKS WITH, THIS WAS A REFRESHING CHANGE FROM PROJECTS OUTPUTS THAT USE LESS AMBITIOUS METHODOLOGIES IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.” Diane Dever, Director Folkestone Fringe

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PEDAGOGY & SHARING Through analysing our work this programme aims to capture the approach, expertise and methodologies of Raw Material in accessible formats so the organisation can strengthen its education, training and progression of young people through provision of learning opportunities for the long-term, and so others (outside of the organisation in the UK and internationally) can be inspired by and adopt to help more people.

“RAW MATERIAL HAS HELPED ME SHAPE MY FUTURE IN MUSIC AND GIVEN ME THE CHANCE TO HELP OTHERS SHAPE THEIRS” – Sacha Denton, volunteer and Trustee

“RAW MATERIAL HAS HELPED ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL SO MUCH. MY CONFIDENCE HAS IMPROVED, I’M GAINING MORE CONFIDENCE TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE, AND HAVE DONE A FEW EVENTS WITH RAW MATERIAL THIS YEAR. I HAVE RECENTLY STARTED TO RECORD SOME SONGS TOO! THE STAFF HAVE HELPED ME DEVELOP MY SOUND AND HOW TO WRITE AND STRUCTURE SONGS” Faith, artist development member

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FEATURES & MEDIA BBC RADIO 4 ALL IN THE MIND COMMUNITY CHANNEL The community Channel filmed a Raw Sounds event this year, highlighting how music helps aid mental health recovery in WONDERLAND SEARCH for ’Wonderland – Episode 1’ on YouTube VICE MAGAZINE Vice UK filmed a documentary on different ‘perspectives on Mental Health’, which included our mental health project Raw Sounds. A participant of Raw Sounds talks about his journey and how accessing our music project at Raw Material has helped him in his recovery. vice.com/en_uk/video/giffgaffperspectives-mental-health-film PUBLICATIONS Brixton Buzz, Brixton Blog, Lambeth Weekender and South London Press.

UPDATED POLICIES 2015-16 Raw Material Safeguarding Raw Sounds Safeguarding Child protection and vulnerable adults policy and procedure Environmental policy and action plan Health & Safety Raw Material staff handbook

FINANCE Raw Material has maintained a strong and sustainable income, bank balance, and healthy reserves, year on year to 2016.

In the year to 2015 we received a large ACE Capital Investment of £270,000 towards the refurbishment of the building. A 100% cut in Local Authority funding occurred in 2015 also.

Positively, Earned Income has risen by £19314 in the year to 2016 attributed to a significant increase in educational contracts that we deliver. Directors are continuing to work hard to identify new revenue streams.

Raw Material has acknowledged there is still progress to be made in diversifying its income; 70% come from statutory sources. The organisation has considered income diversification approaches and are developing plans for future years, which include the development of new programmes, partnerships and commercial activities. These further include building a compelling value proposition around its expertise within disability, arts and education to attract individual donors as well as statutory, corporate and commercial. We will continue to monitor our progress and developments in this area.

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NEED & A short summary of the key strategic questions and answers: Who are in need?

Young People

People with mental health issues

What are the needs?

What does the organisation believe will address and/or eliminate the need?

1. Young people in Brixton being able to enjoy music in a positive environment and being supported through their adolescence and beyond

The provision of appropriate resources and expertise. Music (and related arts) delivered by people who know and love music, and understand and support the needs of the young people in an appropriate way.

2. Young people in Brixton having opportunities to pursue what they love and to develop avenues for sustainability in the future e.g. jobs, enterprise

3. People with a mental health issue/s having an opportunity to manage and improve their health through music and related arts

Understanding of music and related arts business Appropriate level of expertise and adequate resources to deliver professional opportunities Access to professional development and placement opportunities

Music and related arts can provide mechanisms and/or be a catalyst to help effectively manage mental health issues if delivered with specialist expertise in music and education, including therapeutic benefit

Why is the organisation best placed to address this need?

Local knowledge Expertise in music (performance and teaching) Great care and support for the young people in the local area

High level of expertise in music (and related arts) Professional music spaces and instruments/equipment Local knowledge Connections to people in the business

Understanding and expertise in the ability of music and related arts to help people with their mental health Expertise in specialist music and health teaching, partnerships with mental health experts Quality, professional resources

Young people and people with a mental health issue

A depth of expertise 4. Wider understanding of the depth of impact on people’s lives through music taught by Raw Material

Increased understanding of the way in which music and related arts can, if delivered effectively, significantly help young people and people with mental health issues in their day to day life

Many years of experience An understanding of what works and what does not Quality resources accessible through professional programmes Years of results, testimonials

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What actions will the organisation take?

RM will address the need by providing an appropriate space and activities for music, instruments, specialist teaching, and support and care for the young people in their local area Provision of accredited courses Specific opportunities to access professional resources as part of music (and related arts programmes) Provision of education and accredited courses Direct support to access training/ employment/enterprise opportunities, including career advisory Specialist teaching in conducive environments Opportunities to access and pursue music, including for training, employment/enterprise Access to quality instruments/ equipment

What impact does the organisation believe the actions will make?

What else needs to happen to address the need fully?

Young people enjoying music, expressing themselves effectively, gaining confidence and growing up in a caring environment.

Partnerships and strong links with organisations that can assist or provide opportunities to make money and develop young people’s career

Young people gaining key life values and skills that will set them well in adulthood Increased participation in professional/quality music and arts related activities Young people getting into training/ employment/enterprise positions Young people making informed decisions about professional performance and the music business

Increased participation in professional/ quality music and arts related activities by people with mental health issues Increased number of people effectively managing their mental health issues through music and related arts

Recognised research

Partnerships and strong links with professional musicians and music businesses, in the UK and internationally

Partnerships and strong links with mental health care professionals, agencies and institutions Academic research

Provision of accredited courses

Capturing its specialist expertise and experience into a shareable resource Partnership work within the UK and Internationally Professional events and performances

A much wider understanding of the depth of impact that music and related arts can make to young people and people with mental health issues A resource that people can use and be inspired by to help others through music

Partnerships with publishing and marketing organisations Strong links with endorsing organisations and potential distributors Research

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KEY FACTS 2015-16

350 PEOPLE ARE ENROLLED ON OUR PROJECTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS

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105 154

400+

ARE UNDER 16

REFERRALS

ARE OVER 16

TO OUR RAW SOUNDS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMME

people aged 16–60 yrs attend weekly Raw Sounds and Raw Basics sessions

OF MEMBERS 80%

LIVE IN THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

60% OF MEMBERS ARE MALE

ARE FROM BAME COMMUNITY

40% OF MEMBERS ARE FEMALE

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SESSIONS ARE DELIVERED EACH YEAR

HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN

AND PERFORMED AT LIVE EVENTS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS.

OUR WORK

YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE PERFORMED AT LONDON REGIONAL LIVE EVENTS

IN THE UK WE WORKED WITH 250 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM CITIES OTHER THAN LONDON

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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CITIES & FESTIVALS WERE VISITED BY RAW MATERIAL TO DELIVER PROJECTS, PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES & SEMINARS.

Industry professionals have led our sessions in music, DJing, music theory, music production, studio recording, radio podcasting, photography and video, radio and graphic design, marketing and event management, impact evaluation, mentoring, working in SEN and mental health settings, music industry and creative industry careers.

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OR A MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS JOINING OUR PROJECTS AND WORKSHOPS HAVE SHOWED IMPROVED SKILLS, COMPETENCIES AND CONFIDENCE.

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ACHIEVED AN ARTS AWARD OR AN AQA AWARD.

5 YOUNG PEOPLE GOT THEIR MUSIC SIGNED TO A RECORD LABEL.

INTERNATIONALLY WE WORKED WITH 50 ARTISTS & PRESENTED TO AUDIENCES OF MANY THOUSANDS.

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HAVE IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR RAW SOUNDS PROJECT THERE IS A MARKED REDUCTION IN MENTAL HEALTH RELAPSE.

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young people who regularly attend have started University this year, 3 of them studying music.

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1 FROM CROATIA, 1 FROM SENEGAL, 1 FROM FRANCE, 3 FROM THE GAMBIA, 7 FROM USA

HAVE PROGRESSED TO GAINING PART TIME EMPLOYMENT

10 10 HAVE FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT

ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES

LOCAL & REGIONAL NETWORK PARTNERSHIPS

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NATIONAL PARTNERS GLOBAL PARTNERS: US, France, Italy, Holland, Croatia, Senegal.

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INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS HOSTED

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PROJECTS

PRODUCTION HOUSE A series of training projects in music production, radio, graphic design, marketing and event management.

ALWAYZ KREATIVE A community interest company based in south London. They connect with young social entrepreneurs through their platform to empower, build confidence and to generate opportunities.

INSTRUMENTAL ZONE Every week live instrumental session run for young people between the ages of 8-14 to create music in a group, developing confidence and performance skills.

YOUTHSAYERS A weekly session after school for over 20 children and young people aged from 11-16, who come to learn about and perform Afrobeat, dub and reggae music as an ensemble.

AXE EQ Weekly sessions took place with blind, sight impaired and disabled musicians working alongside other musicians to compose, create and record their own music. Guide dogs in attendance! The project culminated in recording sessions and AXE EQ featured in live shows during the year.

ARTIST DEVELOPMENT/ RECORDING EXPERIENCE Our artist development programme provides 400 hours of 1:1 studio session time each year. We have developed 25+ young people to build confidence in their writing, singing, recording and live performance.

100% of participants created a 3-song EP 4 participants gained a record deal 1 participant had music signed to Island Records.

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FACTORY Raw Material partnered in this ambitious pilot project which took place at Photofusion’s studios in Brixton market, to test run the concept of an entrepreneurial hub for Brixton.

SUMMER SCHOOL 2015 Throughout August 2015, Raw Material ran The Factory Summer School alongside 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning and Photofusion. We offered a range of music, design and photography workshops throughout a 3-week period with a showcase event in the final week for family and friends to attend.

CENTREPOINT Raw Material and Centrepoint collaborated on a series of music production and live sessions weekly at Raw Material.

I – DREAM ALLIANCE A specialised programme that addresses issues of drug and alcohol use by young people in Lambeth.

“THAT THE VERY BEST IN YOUTH SERVICES BRING OUT THE VERY BEST IN YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH GROWING, CONNECTING AND LEARNING.” LB Lambeth

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STREET SCHOOL Provides a programme of integrated activities targeting 60 Children and Young people annually who are vulnerable and at risk and who struggle to access formal education and employment opportunities ENO BAYLIS – ‘MILLIONS OF YEARS’ The project with the ENO involved over 150 adults and young singers, actors, writers, designers and makers from across London in a week-long creative project. They worked together as a company of performers and designers to create a new music theatre piece with a professional director, composer, writer and designer from ENO and Raw Material musicians. Millions of Years was inspired by ENO’s production of Akhnaten, an opera by Philip Glass and performed at the British Museum Great Hall. As part of the project participants watched the main ENO production of Akhnaten at the Colliseum, worked with professional artists and developed their creative skills.

SCHOOL GROUND SOUNDS AND THE GRIT SCHOOL School Ground Sounds run weekly studio sessions at Raw Material in collaboration with local secondary schools, providing 1:1 recording time. Each week a cover track is recorded and the session is filmed to create a video to showcase the individuals singing or rapping talent.

The second strand of School Ground Sounds is The Grit School a 6-week music industry course for young musicians aged 16-24. Run in collaboration with Raw Material, a series of workshops and industry professional sessions gave a chance to build valuable insight, skills and contacts. This will be launching again in 2017.

Mentoring opportunities are also available to both SGS’s and Raw Material members with a range of professional guidance for those

pursuing a career in the music industry. www.schoolgroundsounds.org

“RAW MATERIAL IS A VITAL PART OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING MUSICIANS AT ALL LEVELS. THEY OFFER A WELCOMING, SAFE AND CREATIVE SPACE FOR ALL AND TRULY CHANGE LIVES THROUGH THEIR WORK. THEIR PROJECTS DELIVER REAL IMPACT AND FOCUS ON TARGETING THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST. THEY HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR OWN PROGRAMME (SCHOOL GROUND SOUNDS) AND HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH THEIR STAFF AND RESOURCES.” Tom Scott, Founder of SGS

MUSIC POTENTIAL Raw Material worked in collaboration with Capital Xtra’s and Music Potential to facilitate a music industry course with over 100 young people between the ages of 18-24 in radio, music production, songwriting and business.

CROSSTRAX CROSSTRAX was a fusion of West African, Southern French, London UK and New Orleans U.S.artists and musicians collaborating at Raw Material.

RAW SOUNDS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMME Music projects in hospitals and the community, weekly sessions covering music production, instrumental tuition, studio recording, live performance and DJ’ ing and Touring UK and international.

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NEW PARTNERS YOUTH OFFENDING SERVICE (YOS) Through our partnership with Photofusion we have been running music sessions with the YOS after school delivering small group sessions in our studios.

CASE STUDY A young lady who was attending our YOS project came back a few months later to do work experience with us. She was involved in a gang and had been in trouble with the police on numerous occasions being kicked out of many local schools. On her work experience she worked really well with the team and we were really pleased with her time with us. She is now a regular participant.

She has now been discharged from the YOS and started a new school in the local area.

PARK CAMPUS Through our Street School project we have been able to gain a great partnership with Park Campus and have been working closely with staff to run creative music sessions with them.

“YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING YOUNG PEOPLE IN LAMBETH AND YOU MANAGED TO ENGAGE WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN A POSITIVE AND CREATIVE WAY. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT YOUR PROJECT IN BRIEFING AND THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL MR BLACKER IS VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT RAW MATERIAL ARE DOING” Marion Schoberth, Senior Learning Mentor/ Transition Co-Coordinator, Park Campus

PLATANOS SCHOOL/COLLEGE Platanos school have been supporting our Street School project and referring students. So far this year we have been working closely with three students, providing daytime provision for them.

“Thank you for all your support with our students” Dee Eden, Platanos College LAMBETH COLLEGE This year we have provided 5 students from Lambeth College work experience at Raw Material.

“Thanks for all the work that you and the team put into helping them! They had a REALLY good time there” Dora Pavlou, Teacher at Lambeth College

LIVITY

Raw Material and Livity are partnering up on a series of music industry and beat making/ recording workshops alongside a wellknown music platform Reload Sessions.

PROGRESSION CASE STUDY Billy has been a long-standing member at Raw Material who lives in the local estate. He was also referred to our Raw Sounds mental health project and has been attending every week for the last two years. After many years of accessing our facilities, he was offered a one-year internship at Raw Material, assisting the office staff as well as working on our projects. After his year experience he secured a job in another music studio in central London and also pursing his own music career.

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EUROPEAN, AFRICAN & U.S. PARTNERSHIPS ITALY A staff team were invited to Turin, Aosta and Chamois, northern Italy, to plan a collaboration with the ‘Musicabilemente’ summer Festival.

The team visited three mental health projects and presented our own work with Raw Sounds.

We returned three months later with musicians and artists from Raw Sounds for the festival, working with over 50 other performers, putting on two concerts and engaged in freestyle jams in the evenings and discussion groups.

EU ERASMUS Following several visits and joint projects, a new partnership with Croatia, Italy and the Netherlands was set up to make an application to the EU Erasmus programme for ‘Creative Lab’, to share best practice and to develop a strategic partnership. This then increased to include Slovenia and Portugal. Although the application was not successful, the contacts are there and work is continuing with Croatia and Italy, alongside the existing strong connections in France.

FRANCE, GAMBIA, INDIA Ongoing connections with French musicians from Carcassonne continued with visits to London for a collaborative production with African and Indian artists. Visa restrictions came into force and our Indian guest was unable to reach the UK. The project later developed into

the SAMPLED project that explored the notion of ‘what is world music’, produced and directed by musician and DJ Wulu.

USA Early in 2015 we carried out an international exchange with partners in New Orleans, firstly spending ten days as guests of Team Vision Entertainment, collaborating with local artists, putting on shows in community centres, music venues, clubs and at the University of New Orleans. This was followed by a return visit to London in the summer by six US artists and musicians. ‘Tank and the Bangers’ who provided workshops, masterclasses and performed at several Raw Material events, culminating at the Brixton Splash festival. Connections are now being made with Building Beats, a New York based project, for collaborations in 2017.

SENEGAL Our by now well known music team were back in Dakar and Pikine for Festa2H, the international music and hip hop festival. They joined old friends and new from across the African continent, the US and Europe, for concerts, workshops, poetry slams, dance and skate acrobatics. We were pleased to host an artist from Africulturban Association back in London during the winter.

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NETWORK FRANCE Carcassonne Festival du Carcassonne Limoux Feria, Toques et Clochers, Sieur d’Arques Calais Help4 Refugee Children

USA New Orleans Team Vision Entertainment, Takrema Arts Centre, RAE House, Gasa Gasa venue, University of New Orleans New York Building Beats

NETHERLANDS Nijmegen New Arts, De Lindberg

ITALY Aosta Fulmine in Linea Retta Turin CLG Chamois Musicabilmente festival

CROATIA Labin Alfa Albona Youth Association

INDIA Mumbai Imran Khan

JAMAICA Kingston Big Ship (Freddie Macgreggor) studios, Walk and Talk project

COLOMBIA Buenaventura Associazione Folklorico Buenaventura

BRAZIL Salvador Gruppo Culturel Olodum

SUDAN Khartoum National Museum, British Council THE GAMBIA Serrekunda Alliance Francais Bakau AfroManding group

SOUTH AFRICA KCAP Kwamashu Community Advancement Project

SENEGAL Dakar Institute Francais, Goethe Institute, British Council Pikine Association Africulturban

AUSTRALIA Alice Springs /Mbantua-CAAMA Studios, Australasian Aboriginal Arts and Education Association, Macdonnel shire youth service, Red Hot Arts, Bush Bands Bash festival Ntaria /Hermannsberg Macdonnel shire youth service

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NOTTINGHAM Stone Soup Academy, College Street centre SEND Project

PETERBOROUGH Chime studios, John Clare Theatre, Beat This, Galleries of Justice BIRMINGHAM MAC - Midlands Arts Centre, City of Birmingham school SOUTHEND Cliffdown Theatre and studios

OXFORD Elder Stubbs festival

PORTSMOUTH Brook club, Groundlings Theatre

RAMSGATE Ramsgate Music Hall

LONDON

FOLKESTONE

Jamm, POW, Electric Social, Photofusion, 198 Contemporary Arts and Culture, English National Opera, Southbank centre, Lambeth Music Network, South London and Maudesley NHS Foundation Trust, Lambeth hospital, Livity, SE1 United, Alford House, Alwayz Kreative, Park Campus, Young Lambeth Cooperative, Platanos college, Sound Connections, Lambeth Youth Offending Service, Centrepoint, Music in Prisons, Big Creative Education, Industry on the Streets, Rich Mix

Quarterhouse Theatre Folkestone Fringe

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RAW STAFF CEO and Founder Tim Brown

International Artists

Patron Dr David O’ Flynn

Bada Dieng, Senegal

Trustees Sue Balmer, Tessa Read, Anna Terry, Robin Hopcraft, Sacha Denton, Cyroy Morgan

Sura Susso, Pa Fam, Njega Sohna, Gambia

Finance Jennifer Gaskin

Tavia Osbey (Tank and the Bangers) Tony Wilson, USA

Head of Operations Emily Falconer

Jelena Batelic, Croatia

Raw Sounds programme managers Hannah Kemp–Welch, Indra Khera

Bernard Margarit, Alain Richou, France

Creative team Nazmul Hoque, Chavez Shillingford, Alexis Adimora Hospital Inreach Louise Beer, Lara Lee Music leaders Joe Cribbin, Robin Hopcraft, Lara Lee, Collin Hills Live music team Collin Hills, Michele Strocchi, James Hill, JB Bristol Smith, Chavez Shillingford, Rhoda Dakar, Donald Hayden, Tagz Chambers Music production JB Bristol–Smith, David Henry, Miles Romans Hopcraft- Louise Beer, Will Horrocks, Hector Plimmer Project support Kheron Kenardo Visual arts Laila Brown UK Touring director Shir Freibach Touring team Tagz Chambers, Jesse Lee Norville, Michael Swatton, Miles Romans Hopcraft, Marc Brown, Anna Francis International team Miles Romans Hopcraft, Nanci Correia, Lucy Brown, Terell Gayle, Tagz Chambers, Billy McVey, James Hill, Lara Lee, Joe Cribbin, Donald Hayden, Michele Strocchi Apprentices Billy McVey, Terell Gayle Volunteers There are 10 volunteers and mentors

“IN THE REVIEW YEAR, RAW MATERIAL CONTINUED ITS COMMITMENT IN PURSUIT OF SOCIAL CHANGE, COMMUNITY COHESION AND PARTICIPATION. THIS WAS EVIDENCED THROUGH THE ORGANISATION’S SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK, PROVIDING BETTER LIFE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AND PRESENTING OUTCOMES OF WORK BY MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS TO WIDER AUDIENCES THROUGH PERFORMANCES, THEREBY ATTEMPTING TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND DISCRIMINATION”.

Victor Redwood-Sawyer, Music department, Arts Council England

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PARTNERS LOCAL PARTNERS

Centrepoint

Young Lambeth Cooperative

Brixton Youth Theatre

Youthsayers

Industry on the Streets and Itspiration BBC 1Xtra

The Comedy School

Milestone Agency Passion Project

Girls without Gangs

Oxjam Festival

Photofusion

CoolTan Arts

Alford House

The Creative Society

ENO Baylis (English National Opera)

SE1 United

Mosaic Clubhouse

Streatham Youth Centre

Alwayz Kreative

198 Contemporary Arts and Learning

I-Dream Alliance Lambeth Music Network

Programmed Perception Arts

Lambeth Music Services

LONDON REGIONAL PARTNERS

Norwood School

Southbank centre

Dunraven School

Tate Modern and Tate Britain, Tate Collective

Park Campus Platanos college Livity London Community Foundation and Big Local School Grounds Sounds and the Grit School

Roundhouse Call2Create London School of Business Think Jam agency British Council London Urban Development

SLaM NHS Foundation Trust

London Underground

Lambeth Hospital

Music Potential

LEO (Lambeth Early Onset) mental health services

Emergence and Voice Collective

Music in Prisons, Irene Taylor Trust

Mind in Camden

Brixton Splash Brixton Live Lambeth IMPACT group Factory project

Small Green Shoots

Hackney Mind Institute of Psychiatry and Kings College The Princes Trust Big Creative Education Capital Xtra

Amy Winehouse Foundation and Amy’s Yard Sound Connections Brixton POW

UK TOURING PROGRAMME pARTNERS Nottingham Stone Soup Academy, College Street centre, SEND Project Peterborough Chime studios, John Clare Theatre, Beat This, Galleries of Justice Birmingham MAC- Midlands Arts Centre, City of Birmingham school Portsmouth Brook club, Groundlings Theatre Folkestone Quarterhouse Theatre, Folkestone Fringe Ramsgate Ramsgate Music Hall Southend Cliffdown Theatre and studios Oxford Elder Stubbs festival

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS Africulturban Association Pikine, Senegal AAAEA (Australasian Aboriginal Arts and Educations Assn) Macdonnel Youth Development Red Hot Arts Alice Springs, Australia Music NT Alice Springs CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Arts and Media Assn) Comite Feria de Limoux, Sieur d’Arques France Carcassonne Music Festival France Insieme Solidarieta Valle d’Aosta, Italy Musicabilmente festival Chamois, Italy CLG Turin, Italy Fulmini in Linea Retta Aosta, Italy Alfa Albona Youth Association, Croatia Team Vision Entertainment, New Orleans, USA Building Beats New York, USA Imran Khan, Mumbai, India British Council, National Museum Khartoum, Sudan

MAJOR FUNDERS

“QUALITY PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN WELL EMBEDDED WITHIN RAW MATERIAL’S WORK. IT CONTINUES TO DELIVER A GOOD RANGE OF HIGH QUALITY WORK FOR AND WITH A FULL RANGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA. THIS IS PARTICULARLY EVIDENT IN ITS IDREAM COURSE AND BIG LOCAL PRODUCTION HOUSE PROGRAMME, OFFERING 16+ A CHANCE TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN MUSIC.” Annual feedback, Arts Council England

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