Young people who are experiencing challenging life circumstances, including financial/social disadvantages and individual vulnerabilities, and who struggle to engage with mainstream education, often find it difficult to access the arts and creative opportunities outside of school. Around one third of young people living in some neighbourhoods close to Pegasus are growing up in poverty.

We provide creative opportunities with in-depth pastoral support through two free referral projects: Looking Forward and Acting Out. These engage young people with a range of disadvantages including mental health issues, ADHD and ASD, young women at risk of sexual exploitation, young people who self-harm, young carers, young people in or on the edge of care and young people at risk of school refusal or exclusion.