Pan Intercultural Arts is a leading force in using the arts to inspire social change. We do this by sparking the power of imagination and creativity in those whose circumstances have led to it being diminished.
Annually, we run around 10 different weekly workshop projects using playful games and exercises which allow participants to develop themes and ideas of their own in a safe space where they can flourish. We work with:
- young refugees
- unaccompanied minor asylum seekers
- survivors of trafficking
- young people at risk of entering crime
We use drama, song, storytelling, puppetry, video-making, creative writing and more to give them fun pathways to confident self and group expression.
Due to their backgrounds and personal histories, many of our participants experience anxiety and the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Our projects are very effective in coping with those and in imagining ways to more fulfilling futures. We invest in our participants over long periods of time so that they can become strong, independent individuals and leave us because they are ready to, not because the project ends.
Each year we deliver over 25,000 participant hours of workshops, engaging approximately 250 young people in creative development and leadership programmes and over 5000 audience members through performances. Currently, over 70% of our paid artist facilitators were previous participants.
Pan works mainly in London but also seeds projects in other towns and cities through its expansion programme. We have founded several Theatre for Development projects overseas.