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The Right to be Heard is a core principle of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, yet children experiencing disadvantage and disability often go unheard. Every child’s ideas and dreams are hugely valuable to our society, and we will use inclusive theatre as a platform to share their voices.

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Categories

  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • People With Disabilities People With Disabilities

    Situation

    Many of Chickenshed’s Young Company are disadvantaged due to: disability; illness; mental ill-health; abuse; neglect; and socio-economic deprivation. Children experiencing disadvantage are rarely given platforms to communicate their ideas and perspectives about their world and the role they want to have within it. Without vehicles to genuinely listen to these children, they are not empowered to understand the value they can bring, and aren’t equipped to affect change within their communities.

    Solution

    We will provide an inclusive creative environment for 300+ children to work collaboratively with their peers to devise a new performance piece exploring their views. We will provide the accessible theatrical platform upon which these children can communicate their dreams for their world to their community. We will create tools to enable all participants to take the ideas they have formed into their schools so that they can become agents of change.

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    Categories

  • Arts/Culture/Heritage Arts/​Culture/​Heritage
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • People With Disabilities People With Disabilities