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executive summary
18th February 2013
our unique service dot to dot active arts is a community interest company – a social enterprise driven to build new networks for participation in the arts so that people of all ages can benefit and learn from taking part in arts activities that are better integrated into our day to day lives. Our members are artist practitioners, arts and volunteering specialists, technicians, educators, project managers and health and children’s care specialists. We are focused on supporting and collaborating with partners to stimulate change and innovative new ways of delivering participatory arts workshops, projects and support to schools, community groups, local councils, commissioning agencies, businesses and other partners. Our artistic approach is process based and crosses all art forms from visual arts to theatre, music to textiles, and writing to film – we work in urban and rural environments and like to bring our contemporary artistic practises to projects, creating fresh ways of looking at culture, community, environments and heritage. Our collective strength of experience and diverse approaches to creative innovation ensures we create exciting new participatory arts interventions together with our forward-thinking partners. As a community interest company, we are firmly focused on ensuring all our activities benefit the communities we are part of. Our work is financed by a mix of revenue from paid for services and commissions, grant funding and money from trusts and foundations. By keeping our overheads low and our focus on delivering excellence cost-effectively, we offer maximum financial and social value to as many people as possible. As members, all our artist practitioners are committed to this community-driven approach to arts participation. We guarantee that all of our financial surpluses will be reinvested into our communities by offering free or discounted workshops to disadvantaged groups most in need and without adequate resources.
07949 776566
dot to dot active arts CIC 5 Allen Mill Cottages, Allendale, Northumberland, NE47 9EQ [email protected] www.dottodotactivearts.org Company registration number: 8346024
executive summary
18th February 2013
about our work There are five key areas our work focuses on:
Engaging people from diverse backgrounds and abilities participation in arts Promoting and celebrating the many positive benefits of participatory arts Offering artists and other people fairly paid employment through our work Supporting volunteering in the arts, culture, heritage and community Developing other art and community organisations through partnerships
We exist to deliver excellent experiences for participants, challenging and rewarding employment for artists and arts professionals, and high quality, cost effective services to our customers. We believe the advantages of working with dot to dot active arts are: Excellent artist practitioners – Carefully recruited and peer and customer reviewed on an ongoing basis. We ensure they are paid a fair rate for their excellent creative skills. Strong community participation ethos – All our work stems from a deep belief in helping our community express itself through art and creativity. We have excellent participatory project management experience and exceptionally innovative volunteering project development models that ensure everyone involved benefits from our work. Cost effective projects – Designed and delivered from start to finish in collaboration with customers, practitioners and participants to ensure excellent experiences and great artistic outcomes that always exceed expectations. We have low overheads and flexible financing designed to fit available resources. Membership focused adhocratic model – Our membership help drive our projects and decide on our direction this ensures we are flexible and highly responsive to ever changing customer needs and working environments. A broad membership offers new ways of thinking and creating because our many minds work together towards a common goal. Social enterprise – We are the only community interest company driven to deliver participatory arts to every area of society – from schools to the boardroom, empty shops to wild moorlands. We reinvest our profits made from those who can pay for our services to help those who cannot afford arts projects. Excellent exhibition and events reputation – Our artists and management teams have extensive experience of curating and installing exhibitions in galleries, empty shops, outdoors and in other unusual places. This means we always create highly professional exhibitions and events that effectively showcase the great work of our participants and engage broad audiences. 07949 776566
dot to dot active arts CIC 5 Allen Mill Cottages, Allendale, Northumberland, NE47 9EQ [email protected] www.dottodotactivearts.org Company registration number: 8346024