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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£716.6K
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Spending
£677.0K
Public benefits
The benefits which flow from our purpose include improved access to arts and cultural activity and the enrichment that this provides. There are personal, social and physical development benefits for participants including improved confidence and self-esteem; better physical and mental health; improved interpersonal skills and development of
positive relationships; increased sense of well-being; improved community relations and better employment opportunities for young people and emerging artists. These benefits are demonstrated through a broad range of monitoring and evaluation activities undertaken as part of In Your Space's overall evaluation framework. This includes gathering details of participants; logging participants’ life journeys; completion of surveys and questionnaires by participants, parents, carers and tutors; in-depth evaluations for both internal and external use. The benefits have been clearly demonstrated over the 10 years since we were formally constituted. The purpose of our charity may lead to minor physical harm associated with low risk circus and performance activity. This risk is managed through thorough risk assessment and we have a track record of minimal injury over the past 10 years. This harm is outweighed by the benefits of improved quality of life through engagement in worthwhile community arts activity. The charity’s beneficiaries are the general public with emphasis on children and young people and those experiencing disadvantage through low income, disability and rural isolation. Local young emerging artists and facilitators also benefit from our purpose. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is the employment of the freelance artist and facilitation team who gain employment and raise their profile – which may lead to additional employment. These individuals are essential to the delivery of our purpose and their benefit is incidental. A private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training in good governance, finance etc. Through this training trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
In Your Space Circus Ltd delivers a range of long and short-terms workshops in circus, street theatre, movement and drama. We work both in our space in the Centre of Derry-Londonderry and peripatetically across Northern Ireland (mainly in the North West region). We work with approximately 110 people each week, around 80% of whom are children and
young people and approximately 75% of those are from disadvantaged backgrounds. We stage performances and create events which encourage appreciation of and participation in community arts, while promoting the value of circus and street theatre. These events attract new audiences of the broadest demographic. We offer training and development opportunities for local artists and circus tutors to improve skill and ensure best practice and artistic quality in delivery with beneficiaries from all backgrounds.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health
- Older people
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Arts
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Disability
- Education/training
- Heritage/historical
- Youth development
