The Ragdoll Foundation
Open Grants Scheme

A three-year project to enable children to devise their own drama and multi-media performances in different locations on Bute with support from experienced arts practitioners.

A new project for young people in Peterlee linking both to the 50th birthday of the Apollo Pavilion in Peterlee and the 2019 Lumiere Festival in Durham.

A new project to create opportunities for expression, peer support, social skill development and physical play for disabled and challenged young people undergoing transitions, especially in and between schools.

A pilot programme of family drama workshops to inspire children, develop their imaginative thinking, and strengthen relationships within the family unit.

A new youth theatre for 12-18 year olds in Knowsley Borough, targeting areas of low arts engagement.

A programme of arts activities and interventions to support children living in kinship care to express feelings and come to terms with earlier, often traumatic, life experiences.

A dance project to cultivate the learning independence and attainment of primary school pupils across South Bristol and northeast Somerset through music, movement and dance, as well as talking therapy.

A pilot project in partnership with two local hospices to explore whether and how drama interventions can support young children to come to terms with recent bereavement.

A new opera created by and for 3-5 year olds based on Jill Murphy’s popular book, to be developed through a series of workshops with children from Gallions Primary School in Newham.

A new multi-schools project to develop an inclusive, interactive production for children aged 3-6 and their families, in partnership with the Northcott Theatre. Workshops with 5 diverse schools informed development of the new play and participants also created their own performances to share with each other at a showcase event at the theatre.

A new programme for talented Black and Minority Ethnic children and young people in Leicestershire that focuses on the transition points where young people are likely to give up playing an instrument.

A new children’s dance company for 5-11 year-olds in Stoke-on-Trent, focusing on creative, child-led dance supported by professional dance artists as well as artists working in other disciplines.

An ambitious project that supports Soundart’s vision that every child in Totnes should have the opportunity to participate in community radio throughout their childhood. This project introduces broadcasting to children in reception year through fun and creative workshops, followed by a visit to Soundart’s studio to broadcast their work.

A new weekly choir for children 3-6 years old and their parents or carers to encourage and develop creative imagination, musical skills and enjoyment from an early age, and to support adults to enjoy music with younger children.

A term of writing workshops led by professional playwrights for key stage two children from schools in neighbouring Elephant and Castle, South London. The project developed language and creative writing skills and culminated in the pupils’ work being performed by actors on stage at Southwark Playhouse.

To support 2020 Vision, a broad programme of participatory arts activity for children and young people leading to a range of artistic outcomes in the year 2020.

A new outdoor arts project in which pre-school age children, their parents or carers and artists create new artworks, environments and exhibitions in and around the Saltburn Valley Woodlands Centre.