This begins with some principles which inspire us:

• Everyone should have opportunity
• Everyone should be respected as a human being
• Everyone has potential
• People benefit from being in community with others
• People will grow by being creative

These principles are foundational to our projects which are:

• Our Main Projects
• Our Outreach Projects
• Our Education Projects

Anyone and everyone is welcome, especially those with past or present experience of homelessness. No experience of acting is necessary.

Main Projects

These are our flagship projects where we accomplish the most. They comprise:

• A carefully designed programme of around 13 acting workshops lead by trained professionals. They are intended to:
• make participation easy
• develop acting skills
• encourage creativity
• develop a supportive community

Each project is tailored to match the project theme. So there is always something new for those who’ve been with us for several years.

The workshop sessions lead to the making of a film often about 20 minutes long – sometimes longer.

The films are made to exacting production standards with a professional film crew. They are either filmed in a film studio or on location in the Manchester area.

The films are premiered at a significant city centre venue and are open to the general public to attend. In recent years we have used ‘Home’ Arts Cinema and Theatre complex in their largest cinema auditorium. This is an important moment of recognition of the actors achievements.

The films are then placed on line so they can be viewed by a wider worldwide audience.

We celebrate our actor’s achievements at a BBQ where they receive certificates and copies of the film DVD. Another moment of recognition for the actors.

Outreach Projects

These are best described as taster sessions which we run at other agencies. They are run on a smaller scale, but they do have real value in their own right. And they are run with the same underlying principals as our main projects. So they are intended to:

• make participation easy
• develop acting skills
• encourage creativity
• develop a supportive community

Projects run for 3 sessions with the final one dedicated to making a short film.

But our ambition is also to align the outcomes for these projects with the outcomes of the agencies that host them.

We also attract the participants of these projects to join our main workshop projects.

Interested in booking a project?  Contact us to discuss outreach possibilities.

Outreach Project Films

You will be amazed at what can be achieved after just 2 workshop sessions. The ideas come from the actors. They may reflect their own life experiences, or they may dream up something whacky – it’s up to them to express what they want in a film. These are very low budget affairs but they express beautifully the latent talent the actors have, both in the ideas they have and in the performances they give.