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Access to Arts focused activities

Summary: Cardboard Citizens is committed to creating engaging opportunities for young people to explore the art industry.

Further Details:

Cardboard Citizens is a theatre and music company.  We create work for and with people who experience homelessness, poverty or inequity. We aim to increase access to the arts to make the industry more inclusive and reflective of wider society.

We are a proud signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant.  Our offer for care leavers provides a range of opportunities from:

  • Free music and live events courses with performance opportunities for 16-25 year olds. (Travel costs covered)
  • Free Theatre Making and Writing courses for those aged 18+. (Travel costs covered)
  • One off creative workshops led by specialists in the arts.
  • 1:1 artistic guidance and career advice sessions
  • Volunteering and paid ambassador opportunities
  • Free tickets for cultural events (whilst accessing programmes)

 

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This opportunity comes from an organisation that has gone the extra step of signing our Employer Charter and committed to our 5 programme outcomes to help support care leavers to thrive in their workplace. Look out for this symbol throughout the website.

Next Steps

Interested? Get in touch:

If you would like to take up this offer, please follow this link to our website to sign up:

https://cardboardcitizens.org.uk/get-involved/membership/

OR

Drop us an email at:

aliyah@cardboardcitizens.org.uk (Youth Engagement Manager)

OR

rachel@cardboardcitizens.org.uk (Membership Manager)

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