East-Side Educational Trust

Background

East-Side Educational Trust is a registered children’s and young people’s charity, which was established in 1994, and whose mission is to encourage and empower children and young people from underprivileged backgrounds to realise their potential and to raise their aspirations, levels of achievement and self esteem through the use of creative arts and drama. Each and every one of our projects – after-school clubs; in-school projects; summer schools and master classes – are designed to meet the specific needs and requirements of the participating children and the communities in which they are organised.

East-Side recognises the importance of enabling young people to have direct access to professional artists, and our workshops are all delivered by influential arts practitioners; including performers, dancers, singers, writers, comedians, directors, visual artists and choreographers, all of whom have a genuine interest in and commitment to working with children and young people. In addition, East-Side always aims to reflect the areas in which we work by actively recruiting children from a wide variety of ethnic, religious and social backgrounds and children who have a wide range of educational and emotional needs.

Activities Offered

After-school clubs in creative arts and drama. East-Side’s projects are all designed to meet the needs of young people at key stages of their school careers and link to the National Curriculum and National Literacy Strategy.

We continually expand the range of projects available and will tailormake projects to suit your school’s specific needs and requirements. Currently running Out of School Hours Learning activities include: african dance, african drums & warrior dance, acting for camera, bollywood & bhangra dance, citizenship through drama, comedy club, creative writing, dance choreography, Dj:ing, drama club, drama & puppets, drama & storytelling, film making, mask-making, music production, performance poetry, physical theatre, radio drama, screen printing, shadow puppet art club, singing, and visual art.

For more details please contact us for a free consultation.

East-Side projects in Tower Hamlets, spring 2004:

• Guardian Angels Primary - Shadow Puppet and Drama show with KS1 pupils, Dance Club
  
• Woolmore Primary - Bollywood Dance Club back by popular demand after a successful pilot run with girls only group with expert Bollywood dancer Kiran Akthar
  
• Arnhem Wharf Primary - Masks & Drama with both KS1 & KS2 with actor Olivia Armstrong and director Andre Pink.
  
• Dance Synergy -  Long-standing Youth Dance project supported by Chisenhale Dance Space, Tower Hamlets Excellence in Cities, Arts Council England and Lloyds TSB Foundation where talented teenagers meet on Saturday mornings for expert dance tuition

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