Our Work

  • Young People Making Better Decisions

    Support from The National Lottery Community Fund, distributed by the Blagrave Trust, has helped us to give them a recognised and valid Project qualification to support their longer-term progression. Thanks to National Lottery players for making this possible.

  • Act On It Toolkit in Sierra Leone

    We worked with 18 schools in Sierra Leone and supported a new youth organisation (The Change Drivers) to become our implementation partner. This project was funded by UK aid from the UK government through a Small Charities Challenge Fund grant.

  • Talk to Me & Inclusion

    These projects were funded by The Ragdoll Foundation.

    Working with Time2Shine group, we used drama to support their presentation to student nurses on how to best interact with young people with learning disabilities.

  • Online Youth Theatre

    Inclusive fun, friendly and creative drama sessions for young people. Sessions are held online and are free. Get in touch for more info or to refer a young person to join us online from your setting or their own home. These sessions are funded by Children In Need.

  • Get Out Monologues

    We have piloted our exiting new performance project supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. A collection of seven original monologues capturing the lived experience and authentic voices of marginalised young people. 

    Arts Council England

  • Moneywise

    Young people have been working hard with us to create a new drama-based learning resource about managing money.

    This project was originally funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and National Lottery Players. A LocalGiving Foundation grant supported the production of online resources.

    Local Giving Foundation & National Lottery

  • Stop Loan Sharks

    We are working in partnership with the Stop Loan Sharks Team, using money taken from loan sharks under the Proceeds Of Crime Act to raise awareness of the dangers of borrowing from illegal lenders. To access specialist advice and support please visit www.stoploansharks.co.uk or call 0300 555 2222.

    Stop Loan Sharks

  • The MSE Charity

    The MSE Charity is funding our current work with young people to create additional content for the Moneywise financial literacy resource. This grant is also funding training for teachers and support staff to Moneywise in their setting.

    The MSE Charity

  • Act On It Monologues

    UnLtd provide funding and support for third sector organisations, and we are delighted to be supported by them to develop and refine our product for the market. This has a huge influence on the impact of our work.

    UnLtd

  • Scaling Act On It Employability Training

    ‘At the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), we feel proud of the people we support on our programmes. Gaining a place on Scale+innovative is competitive. It marks you out as a leader with the potential to create lasting and meaningful change on some of society’s biggest problems.’

    School for Social Entrepreneurs

  • Artsmark Partners

    Act On It puts drama in everyday settings to engage, improve communication, creativity and confidence. In schools we can take a whole school/whole class approach and provide quality CPD for teachers.

  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation

    Act On It has created and refined an accredited project-based approach that improves achievement for young people not currently in mainstream education. Act On It uses drama to nurture creativity and build the skills needed for social connection.

Act On It & Electrical Safety First E-Book

With an alarming rise in deaths and injuries as a result of fires caused by electrical chargers, e-bikes and e-scooters, we partnered with Electrical Safety First to create a FREE E-Book. It’s a teaching resource for KS3 and up that explores how to Act On It and stay safe in your home. 

Download the Free E-Book

Your Best Friend

This project, was created in partnership with Your Best Friend #FriendsCanTell. We worked with young people to create a drama-based resource to educate others on unhealthy and toxic relationships.

The monologues have been developed with young people from The Workplace, Sabden Multi-Academy Trust and Peacehaven Young Women's Group.  The work has been performed by students from Claremont Senior School, Montsaye Academy, Myddelton Academy and ActII. We’d like to thank all those involved for their help and support.