
This brings the total GIVE AWAY tantalising near to the famous £2 million standing currently at £1,990,183!!
Just a few months before starting UK Youth’s Social Action Programme Sarah, 24 years old, was discharged from a year and half in hospital. Prior to that she had been homeless for two years and had been dealing with severe mental health problems following a traumatic family crisis.
Her circumstances had forced her to stop drama school training. Sarah became involved in UK Youth’s Social Action Programme in the hope of being able to make her way in the creative industry despite not having formal qualifications. Through the programme, she had the opportunity to deliver National Theatre Connections- a local project bringing theatre to deprived communities. She learnt a huge amount by taking part in the project, undertaking funding applications, venue bookings, budget management, marketing and theatre production. The project also gave Sarah the opportunity to contribute to her community by enabling other young people who faced similar challenges to herself to overcome these and pursue their talents.
She built critical emotional and social capabilities such as confidence and responsibility and now feels empowered to build a bright future for herself. In Sarah’s own words: “having had no confidence whatsoever in the strength of my ideas or in my ability to bring them about, I now know so much more about the ins and outs of creative production, and through putting it into practice have seen my creative output have an overwhelming effect.”
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This brings the total GIVE AWAY tantalising near to the famous £2 million standing currently at £1,990,183!!