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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£90.8K
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Spending
£91.4K
Public benefits
The direct benefits which flow from our purposes To advance education for the public benefit include: PURPOSE 1a - organising and delivering arts-based workshops, projects and training programmes to institutions, universities, prisons, schools, and community and youth groups; Depending on the participants, ESC’s projects lead to reductions in:
social exclusion, negative attitudes, levels of risk of participants, crime, re-offending and numbers of resultant victims. The projects improve people’s ability to work in a team and with others, people’s own learning and performance, problem solving skills while providing people with a purposeful activity. PURPOSE 1b - producing and using films and other media to document lives, foster change and facilitate personal development; The making and usage of our films lead to improved mental health, greater self esteem, a reduction in stress levels, improved familial relationships and a development of insight, all the while increasing the capacity and capabilities of the participants. PURPOSE 1c - delivering literacy/numeracy and other employability-related skills training. Some of our training is ASDAN accredited so participants can achieve educational qualifications and acquire the capacity for life-long learning. We equip people with the capacity to understand and operate successfully in society. The direct benefits which flow from our purposes to promote arts and culture include: PURPOSE 2a - providing instruction and tuition in various art forms, including film and digital media, drama, performance, music, and literature; Providing opportunities for people who do not access the arts to actively participate, improvement in well-being through involvement in the arts and contributing to the creation of a skilled workforce. PURPOSE 2b - organising, promoting and presenting screenings, performances, readings, exhibitions and other events and encouraging and facilitating participation in arts activities. BENEFITS: making culture and the arts more accessible, locally, nationally and globally, providing opportunities for people to see work to which they would not normally have access, challenging beliefs and stereotypes, creating discussion around sensitive topics and the broader public benefit of increased understanding of mental health issues. These benefits are demonstrated through: Our SROI (Social Return on Investment) report. See Creating Change Document – www.lloydstsbfoundationni.org/sites/default/files/CC%20report%20spreads%20web.pdf The use of different recognised ratings / scales e.g. Rosenberg Self-esteem rating scale, Social Functioning scale, Beck Anxiety inventory, Beck Depression Inventory Feedback from participants and associated professionals (verbal, written & filmed) Official statistics (comparison with annual rates e.g. recidivism figures) Feedback from film screenings and events from the public / audience Being recognised as good practice within the UK and internationally, e.g. by the Department of Work and Pensions and the UK Department of Education highlighting our work on the Social Justice section of their website. https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-to-reduce-poverty-and-improve-social-justice and ESC being the UK partner on a European partnership project Partners in Crime (Prevention) 2013-15. We do not feel that the purposes of our charity lead to any harm. All of our projects are run in partnership with other agencies (Health Trusts etc) and we adhere to all risk assessment strategies and governance procedures that they have in place. The charity’s beneficiaries are largely people marginalised within society, primarily in Northern Ireland, including; people suffering from mental ill health, addicts, prisoners, ex-prisoners, homeless people, survivors of sexual abuse, victims, young people amongst others. [As our work is project based, the exact beneficiaries depend on the specific live project]. We
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
ESC is an award-winning culture and arts education charity working with storytelling, drama and film in Northern Ireland. Our Vision: To create radical transformation among those most disadvantaged by society. Our Mission: To use drama and film to change lives, challenge perceptions, tackle social exclusion, stigma and discrimination. HOW IT
WORKS: ESC reacts to the changing environment around it in NI. It is project-driven and responsive to need. Over the past 15 years ESC has grown from a community arts organisation working primarily in drama with young disadvantaged people, often on cross-community interfaces within Belfast into film-making with a wide range of marginalized and disadvantaged individuals. We produced a world first award-winning film, Mickey B, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth made within NI’s maximum security prison, with prisoners as cast. This has now been translated into seven languages. We have maintained a strong focus on criminal justice and on mental health within our short film projects all of which are based around therapeutic and educational elements. ESC provides educational qualifications (ASDAN Expressive Arts and Community Volunteering awards) and both creative and therapeutic engagement to extremely disadvantaged and/or socially excluded people, in particular those who fall through the gaps in service provision within criminal justice and mental health. ESC values first-hand experience. It is non-judgmental and practices honesty, respect, trust and openness. ESC provides opportunities for disadvantaged or socially-excluded people to experience creative interventions through drama and film. The overall aim of the organisation is to encourage marginalised people to understand and transform their lives by turning their unique experiences into films and documentaries. We do this across a wide range of short film-making projects.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Adult training
- Community safety/crime prevention
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- Homelessness
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Sexual orientation
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Unemployed/low income
- Victim support
- Voluntary and community sector
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Education/training
