The company’s activities benefit children, youth, adults, families, and communities in Greater Manchester and surrounding areas, particularly those experiencing poverty, disability, ill health, mental health challenges, or other forms of disadvantage. This includes vulnerable groups such as refugees, asylum seekers, carers, care-experienced individuals, and those from underrepresented, culturally diverse, or marginalised backgrounds. Creativity Box CIC provides inclusive access to arts, sports, recreational, and educational programmes that promote wellbeing, confidence, and community connection. Activities are designed to be culturally sensitive, empowering, and responsive to local needs supporting participants to build skills, improve educational outcomes, express themselves creatively, and engage in positive, healthy lifestyles. In 2025, Creativity Box CIC delivered a wide range of programmes and projects, including: 1. Bedtime Stopties – promoting literacy and storytelling for children. 2. Family Nature Walking Club – encouraging outdoor activity, family bonding, and wellbeing. 3. United by Art Cultural Programme for Girls – fostering creative expression and cultural engagement. 4. Cultural Community Exhibitions and Events – celebrating diversity and local talent. 5. Refugee Food Kitchen Art Club – providing creative opportunities alongside community support. 6. Too Great for Hate Women’s Art Workshop – empowering women through creative workshops. 7. Community Creativity – inclusive arts activities open to all community members. 8. Girl Gamechangers Programme – supporting girls to develop leadership, confidence, and life skills. 9. MMA Self-Defence Classes for Girls – promoting physical confidence, safety, and resilience. 10. Community Leadership Programme for Youth – nurturing young people’s leadership skills and civic engagement. Through creative and constructive engagement, including youth-led social action projects, the company also aims to reduce anti-social behaviour, foster safer, more connected communities, and empower children, youth, and adults to take an active role in shaping and improving their local areas.

Creativity Box CIC’s stakeholders include children and young people, parents and carers, women and girls, refugees and asylum seekers, community members, volunteers, local artists and facilitators, partner organisations, schools, community centres, local support services, and the company’s four directors, who provide governance, strategic oversight, and community representation. Stakeholders are based across Greater Manchester and surrounding areas. Stakeholders have been consulted through a combination of formal and informal methods, including: 1. Participant feedback forms and surveys following activities and programmes 2. Group discussions and creative reflection sessions with children, young people, families, and women 3. Youth voice sessions and youth-led planning activities within leadership and social action programmes 4. Informal feedback gathered during sessions, community events, and outreach activities 5. Ongoing consultation with partner organisations, community leaders, artists, and facilitators 6. Regular discussions and planning meetings involving the four directors to review feedback, assess impact, and guide decision-making 7. Observation of participation, engagement, and outcomes during programme delivery Feedback gathered through consultation has directly influenced the company’s activities and development. Actions taken in response to stakeholder feedback include: 8. Designing girl-focused programmes such as the Girl Gamechangers Programme and MMA self-defence classes for girls in response to identified needs for safe, empowering spaces 9. Expanding culturally responsive and inclusive activities, including the United by Art Cultural Programme, cultural community exhibitions and events, and the Refugee Food Kitchen Art Club, following feedback from culturally diverse communities 10. Introducing wellbeing, literacy, and family-focused initiatives such as the Family Nature Walking Club and Bedtime Stopties, responding to feedback around mental health, physical activity, and family engagement 11. Creating women-led creative spaces, including the Too Great for Hate Women’s Art Workshop, based on feedback highlighting the need for confidence-building, peer support, and creative expression 12. Strengthening youth voice and leadership through the Community Leadership Programme for Youth, ensuring young people are actively involved in shaping activities and community initiatives Creativity Box CIC is committed to ongoing consultation and continuous improvement. Feedback from stakeholders, including the directors, is reviewed regularly and used to adapt existing programmes and develop new initiatives, ensuring activities remain inclusive, accessible, culturally sensitive, and responsive to the needs of the communities served.

£8,300 was paid to the directors in freelance payments for work done during the year.

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