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The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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This was our twelfth year of trading as Growtheatre CIC. We continue to run our outdoor youth theatre and it has expanded to run twice weekly during each school term. Participants are aged between 7 and 18 years and are drawn from Sheffield and North Derbyshire. In July 2024, at the end of the Youth Theatre year, we decided to reduce the age range to 16 years, this is because the age range of Senior Group 13 – 18 years was not working well for the younger members. We offered older members the opportunity to volunteer with us next year. We have continued our volunteering scheme with students from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University working with us all year. We continued to sit on Sheffield Community Makers Steering Group, which has been set up to provide volunteering opportunities in the cultural sector for marginalised people and, as such, have expanded our pool of volunteers. This was extremely rewarding and we worked with 6 new volunteers through this scheme. In addition, we participated in a range of projects aimed at children, young people and families: - Creative Family Adventures that we run in partnership with the J.G. Graves Woodland Discovery Centre are run in Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield in most school holidays. - We delivered HAF holiday activities across Sheffield. - We have continued to deliver creative projects in schools across South and West Yorkshire. All these projects offered local children, young people and families in Sheffield and beyond access to creative opportunities in different places and spaces. We ensure that in all our work, adult volunteers, children and young people have a voice and have the opportunity to steer the direction of our work. Student volunteers involved in the youth theatre have been consulted and mentored so that they feel that they have the opportunity to develop and learn about facilitation skills.
The stakeholders are the youth theatre members aged 7-18 who meet weekly on Tuesday or Thursday evenings in term time. We also create opportunities to involve their families and have an open-door policy for parents and carers to develop a dialogue with us about their child’s involvement. We also work with volunteers as well as the staff and Rangers at the Woodland Discovery Centre site. We discuss and consult with them all about ongoing plans, in a variety of ways: - The youth theatre is run in a democratic manner, and we respond to the young peo-ple's needs and interests. They have been consulted about what they most want out of youth theatre, and we have shaped the sessions and term's focus according to these requests. - We listen to parents and carers wishes and concerns and respond accordingly - We consult with parents about things as they arise. -We have met with the Discovery Centre staff and responded to discussions about fu-ture plans for the site. -We work closely with the Sheffield Hallam University to ensure volunteering is mutu-ally beneficial to their students and us. - We liaise with University of Sheffield Volunteering Bureau to ensure that student vol-unteers are well-chosen and empowered to work with us. - We sit on Sheffield Community Makers steering group and work to make volunteering in the cultural an equitable process with access for all. Volunteers from this pro-gramme are supported and empowered to work with us. -We check in with all volunteers and ensure they feel supported and their training needs and other needs are met. Youth Theatre members are consulted regularly about their sessions and their future ambitions and we work hard to listen and respond. We incorporate their ideas into our planning, undertake training to ensure our skills are current and bring additional practitioners into occasional sessions and terms to teach new skills. The university students have to actively participate in sessions with us, so we share our planning with them, and include them in conversations about medium-term planning. We are continuing to collaborate on work with and develop work for the Discovery Centre site, including the Creative Family Adventures Programme. We have collaborated on several ventures and are looking for opportunities to develop this further. With our work in schools and with other community or creative organisations, we have developed our practice to ensure that children and young people (of all ages) can work outside and that we can offer opportunities for pupil voice and child-led learning. We have had a positive response to this.
The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £17,553. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
13 January 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Rachel Newman
Status: Director