ANNUAL REVIEW 2017
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CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
WE BELIEVE passionately in the power of theatre to transform young lives
WE AIM
to engage young people through theatre and drama, using it creatively to educate, challenge and inspire
WE SERVE
young people primarily from across London, focussing on those who experience disadvantage – whether economic, social, or through a learning or sensory disability
Looking back, we feel proud of all that Mousetrap Theatre Projects has accomplished in the past year. We helped nearly 13,000 young people attend theatre – many for the first time – and we also supported many of their visits with opportunities to learn new skills, be creative, take risks, broaden horizons and raise aspirations. Highlights of 2017 included a wonderful relaxed performance of Mamma Mia! which found children with special needs and their families dancing in the aisle! We launched a new theatre club, Theatrescene, to encourage 24 – 29 year olds to continue theatregoing with reduced priced tickets, but importantly asking them to give back by mentoring younger Mousetrappers and helping us raise funds to support young theatregoers. Of special note was a new initiative, the Youth Leadership in the Arts Conference, ably planned and run by our Youth Forum. This conference brought together young people from across London who serve on youth theatre and arts boards for a day of training on marketing, fundraising, public speaking and PR. It was a brilliant day and met our goal of providing leadership opportunities for young people wishing to embark on a career in the arts.
At the heart of our work is the desire to open the doors of London’s outstanding theatre to young people who would otherwise consider them closed.
With an aim to embed drama in boroughs that have limited arts provision, we chose Enfield and Croydon and offered schools and community groups ticket and programme discounts to engage with us. The project paid dividends as teachers took up multiple offers to bring their students to the theatre and signed up for a range of education projects that were offered to them for free. We plan to continue this project next year with the boroughs of Hillingdon and Redbridge. In closing, we want to thank the many trusts, foundations, corporations, theatre producers, theatre owners and individual donors, whose financial support made our goal to engage young people in the magic of theatre achievable in 2017.
Stephen Waley-Cohen Chairman
Susan Whiddington Director
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ACTIVITIES
SCHOOLS THEATREOPENERS
Brings students from mainstream secondary schools to the theatre with tickets at £8.
• 4,277 students and 478 teachers from 170 schools and 6th Form colleges attended 24 productions • 90-minute Insight sessions led by the cast and creative team were held for Alvin Ailey, The Barber of Seville, Chigger Foot Boys, Kinky Boots and The Wind in the Willows
ACTOUT
Brings practitioners into the classroom to help students hone their performing skills.
• 16 Year 10 students worked with a practitioner for three sessions focusing on non-naturalism and physical theatre. The students attended The Comedy About a Bank Robbery • 25 Year 9 students worked with a practitioner during three sessions, focused on devising, creating a narrative and developing characters. The students attended La Strada
DIRECTIT
Brings a director into the classroom to run a series of workshops.
For many of our students it was a completely mind-blowing experience - they did not know what the inside of a theatre looked like, they have such a culturally disadvantaged background that this alone was an important educational experience for them.” TEACHER
• 26 students attended The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and focused on the physical aspect of acting and storytelling in director-led workshops • 26 students attended Les Misérables and focused on the directorial choices of this musical and The Crucible in director-led workshops
PLAY THE CRITIC
Students learn how to analyse and write a critical review of a play using professional theatre critics as mentors. • 42 students attended King Lear at
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The Old Vic with a masterclass session led by Jamie Manton, Assistant Director, and theatre critics Fiona Mountford and John Nathan • 43 students attended An Inspector Calls at the Playhouse Theatre with a masterclass led by the production’s designer Ian MacNeil and theatre critics Lyn Gardner and Matt Trueman • Students went independently to see a play of their choice, wrote their review, and then met a critic at their school for one-to-one feedback
SKILLUP
A new project to encourage students to select Drama at GCSE. • 1 6 students in Years 7, 8 and 9 learned stage combat with a practitioner over four after-school sessions and attended The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
STAGESONG
Brings professional lyricists and composers into the classroom to teach music students how to compose for musical theatre.
• 3 0 pupils from three schools took part and attended Kinky Boots or Wicked • Composer-lyricists led six sessions in each school • A showcase at Leicester Square Theatre featured the students’ work, performed by professional singers. A panel comprised of leading producers and musicians critiqued the students’ work
POWERPLAY
An eight-week creative project for Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and other alternative provision settings. • Eight girls at The Limes College (PRU) took part in four sessions focused on tackling homophobia, racism, exploring gender issues
and increasing confidence. The girls attended Kinky Boots • Nine patients from the Oncology Unit at University College Hospital took part in eight sessions focused on devising, storytelling, reading and writing poetry
BOROUGH PARTNERSHIP SCHEME A new annual initiative with two London boroughs to support arts provision and embed our work in schools and the community.
• W e selected Meridian High and Oasis Academy in Croydon and St Andrew the Apostle in Enfield, offering them discounted theatre tickets and a range of Creative Learning projects • We also ran Stagexchange projects in the community and targeted the boroughs for our Family First Nights summer programme
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ACTIVITIES
FAMILIES
SPECIAL NEEDS ACCESSTHEATRE4£5
A new initiative to encourage deaf and hard of hearing young people to attend theatre independently. • 20 deaf and hard of hearing young people attended The Lion King • 17 deaf and hard of hearing young people attended Matilda the Musical
MAMMA MIA! RELAXED PERFORMANCE
A performance exclusively for families who have children with special needs.
FAMILY FIRST NIGHTS Brings families in challenging circumstances to the theatre for £6 a ticket.
• W e published the FFN Longitudinal Study and presented it at the Family Arts Conference in Bristol
• T he summer FFN programme involved 550 families, including 1,301 young people and 956 adults • Families came from 31 London boroughs and many from outside London • Families had a choice of 34 top West End shows, children’s shows and special events • 8 6 social service agencies, charities, community organisations and housing associations referred families to FFN • W e ran free workshops and ‘Meet and Greet’ sessions with the actors for a selection of productions • W e sent 85 families attending The Midnight Gang or Gangsta Granny a free David Walliams book, encouraging children to read before or after seeing the play • F amilies received 66 theatre, concert and event offers throughout the year 6 MOUSETRAP THEATRE PROJECTS ANNUAL REVIEW
• 2 55 families attended the Relaxed Performance. Out of 989 people, 464 were young people, and of those, 314 had special needs and 34 were wheelchair users • For the first time, we offered a free family workshop to some families prior to the performance
STAGESEEN
Theatre days for deaf and hard of hearing young people. • 76 young people attended two Stageseen days at The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time drama workshops and on• 90-minute stage tours took place before the shows
PLAYMAKERS
A literacy education project for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. • 4 4 children in Years 3 to 6 from the deaf units in four primary schools attended a BSL interpreted performance of Alice’s Adventures Underground • Two facilitators (1 hearing, 1 deaf) and a playwright worked with each group over six in-school sessions to create a 20-minute play • Each play was performed in a showcase at the Churchill Theatre Bromley by two deaf and two hearing actors, in front of the participants and other children from their schools
ENVISION
EXPLORE RESIDENCIES
• 5 8 students attended two Envision days at Wicked • 13 families with a visually impaired child attended a family Envision day at Half a Six Pence • 90-minute drama workshops and touch tours took place before both shows
• 16 students with MLD, physical disabilities, visual impairment and medical needs took part in a week-long residency and attended The Lion King • 30 students with ASD, Global Delay, MLD and ADHD took part in a week-long residency and attended The Lion King • 11 students with PMLD, autistic spectrum disorder and severe learning difficulties took part in a week-long residency and attended The Hunting Lodge
Theatre days for blind and partially sighted young people.
EXPLORE
A series of six weekly bespoke drama and music workshops for pupils with special needs.
• W e ran five Explore projects in special schools involving 62 students with varying needs including ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder), SLD (Severe Learning Disorder) and PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties) • Each group went on a theatre trip to one of the following productions: The Iron Man, School of Rock, Mad Hatter’s Tea Party and Double Double Act
A week-long project with two drama specialists in special schools.
THEATREJOURNEYS
Brings students from secondary special schools to the theatre with tickets at £8. • 746 students and 310 teachers/ carers from 57 schools attended eight productions • 17 in-school workshops took place in support of the theatre visits
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ACTIVITIES
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT THEATRELIVE4£5
Theatregoing club to encourage 15 -18 year olds to be independent theatregoers. • 1 ,347 theatre visits were made, with many including a pre- or post-show talk with cast and creatives
WESTEND4£10
Theatregoing club to enable 19 - 23 year olds to attend theatre at £10 a ticket. • 1 ,474 theatre visits were made, with many including a pre- or post-show talk • F or Theatrelive4£5 and Westend4£10 members, we offered 45 additional productions where the young person booked directly with the box office plus a huge range of talks, workshops, festivals and auditions
THEATRESCENE
A new theatregoing initiative for young adults (24 – 29 years of age). • The focus of this club is to support theatregoing and encourage these young adults to give back by mentoring younger Mousetrappers and helping raise money for Mousetrap
STAGEXCHANGE
Brings professional practitioners into the community to work directly with youth groups. • W e ran six projects involving 91 young people in various youth settings, using drama to build soft skills including confidence and communication skills
NEXTSTAGE
Brings practitioners into youth groups to support the development of employability skills. • W e ran two bespoke projects involving 24 young people: one project with
young carers, and another with young black men at risk of social exclusion. This helped to develop a positive attitude towards their future and increase motivation
SUMMERSTAGE
A two week performing arts summer school. • T he first week, 19 young people with high functioning ASD & ADHD, impaired memory, dyslexia and Asperger’s took part in drama, music and movement workshops and attended An American in Paris. The group presented their devised showcase to family and friends at the Soho Theatre • T he second week targeted young people with a serious interest in performing arts and 22 young people participated. Participants saw The Kite Runner or Hamlet. The week finished with a showcase for families and friends at the Soho Theatre
YOUTH CLUB THEATRE TRIPS • T he overwhelming demand for Stagexchange means we cannot accommodate all the groups that
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apply. To keep them engaged, we offered two theatre trips. 896 young people from 37 youth clubs attended Wicked over four dates and 300 young people from 16 youth clubs attended An American in Paris
YOUTH FORUM
Members organised a range of events including: • 6 th Annual Mousetrap Awards, held on 7th May at the Charing Cross Theatre. Over 200 young people attended • Youth Leadership in the Arts Conference, a first-time Youth Forum initiative to provide young arts leaders with training and opportunities to network. 75 delegates attended from various Youth Boards, Forums and Young Companies as well as students from Goldsmiths’ Masters Programme
THEATRECRAFT
An annual theatre careers fair, focusing on non-performance careers. • R un in partnership with the Society of London Theatre, The Royal Opera House and Masterclass. Approximately 1,000 young people, aged 16 – 25, attended
These sessions make you feel like you’re not alone. Some days you might be having a bad day, then you come here and it makes you happier.” STAGEXCHANGE PARTICIPANT
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FEATURE
PLAYMAKERS PLAYMAKERS is a playwriting project for Year 6 deaf and hard of hearing students designed to boost confidence, encourage creative expression and improve literacy skills.
Four primary school deaf units attended an immersive theatre production of Alice’s Adventures Underground and then took part in six workshops, using drama devising to generate ideas for characters, place and narrative.
A lot of the time for deaf children, making stories means dragging it out of them in their English work. But they were free just to have ideas and express them … to have them respected and accepted and then created into a piece of theatre is an amazing experience and so valuable.” TEACHER
Each group collaborated with a playwright to create a short play, designed to be fully accessible to deaf and hearing children. The plays were performed at the Churchill Theatre Bromley by two hearing and two deaf actors in front of the participants and other children from the schools.
IMPACT The students enjoyed working together and imagination and creative thinking as a result of building new relationships, and the teachers the project, and their attitude towards writing was involved all agreed that the children experienced greatly improved. a significant increase in self-confidence The project was even more impactful than during the course of the project. the previous year, which our Special We know Afterwards, Playmakers continued Needs Programme Manager, Jo now that [the to have a positive impact, with Pelly, attributed to having deaf children] think, ‘I could teachers reporting progress in practitioners delivering sessions in write when I grow up, participants’ communication skills, the schools. Their engagement with I could be an actor when class contribution and teamwork. the children made a big difference I grow up, I can do anything, it doesn’t matter that Children also displayed better to the outcomes of the project. you’re deaf’ and that’s amazing.” TEACHER
It’s a life-changing experience for the children, it’s just so amazing.” TEACHER
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FACTS & FIGURES
33
Summerstage participants achieved their Bronze Arts Award, a 100% pass-rate
224
mainstream students took part in an in-school Creative Learning project
464
young people attended the relaxed performance of Mamma Mia!, of which 314 had special needs
863
students with special needs went on a school theatre trip for 50% of them it was their first time in a theatre
For our first family Envison day, 5 out of 6 parents said it had significant benefits to family bonding, broadening horizons and raising their visually impaired child’s confidence
100%
of Southside Young Leaders that participated in Nextstage said it had increased their motivation to enter the world of work
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86
social service agencies, charities, community organisations and housing organisations referred a total of 550 low-income families to Family First Nights
12 , 930
% 100
of teachers said Envision had broadened the horizons of the visually impaired students attending
YOUNG PEOPLE PA R T I C I P A T E D in one of our
100%
of special school teachers said their Explore project met the aims set for their students
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170
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PHOTO © KWAME LESTRADE
FEATURE
FAMILY FIRST NIGHTS FAMILY FIRST NIGHTS (FFN) offers low-income families and those in challenging or vulnerable circumstances their first West End theatre experience. It opens up cultural opportunities to families who find the price of West End theatre unaffordable and believe theatregoing is ‘not for us’. It is the only scheme of its kind in the UK. You have given my boys a love Each summer we send 500 families to the theatre, referred to us by of theatre and they now social service agencies, charities, community organisations and housing both attend a drama club associations from across London. We offer a choice of over 30 West End which they adore. Both have and children’s shows at £6 a ticket, free drama workshops, Theatreland grown in confidence, pride walking tours, Q&A sessions with the casts and discounts in familyand self-esteem and have friendly restaurants. We book the tickets, send an information pack developed a love of and telephone every family before their visit. literature as an After families have participated in the summer scheme, we continue to extension of this.” offer them a year-round programme of exciting family theatre deals. PARENT
PHOTO © KWAME LESTRADE
IMPACT We recently commissioned a longitudinal study to look at the difference FFN made to families. Aside from price, one of the most pervasive barriers to theatregoing is the perception that it is for the white upper-middle classes. The study showed that FFN transformed this attitude fundamentally. After their first FFN visit, the majority of families went to the theatre more often, a third tried other kinds of performance for the first time and nearly half took up the year-round email ticket offers. Inspired by FFN, children had also taken up arts at school or in further education. Many disadvantaged families struggle to When my son spend social time together due to work saw Fame, he suddenly shift patterns, carer commitments and felt comfortable with the stressful lives. The study revealed that idea of a boy being involved families believed their relationships in dancing. It came out that were improved by the theatre visits he’d always really wanted to and that it was a bonding experience do that. Now he is training as for different generations. Families a professional also reported feeling less socially dancer.” isolated in general as a result of FFN.
“I used to have this view that the theatre was for a certain class... FFN is affordable and you experience it, and you see things differently.” PARENT
PARENT
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OUR PATRONS The work Mousetrap does in opening up theatre to disadvantaged young people is so important as we never know who will be our next great actors, playwrights, designers or stage technicians. My hat goes off to the invaluable work of this charity. DAVID SUCHET
Hugh Bonneville Beau Dermott Roy Williams
David Suchet
The excitement, passion and joy that the theatre brings to people including me is indescribable and it is so important that people get the chance to watch a theatre production and experience that same passion and excitement!
Roger Allam
Clive Rowe
Eddie Redmayne
Beau Dermott
Bonnie Greer Kenneth Branagh
Celia Imrie
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Jonathan Pryce
PHOTO © NICKY JOHNSON
PHOTO © JOHAN PERSSON
Jamie Lloyd
Alison Steadman
Sam West
Norma Dumezweni
PHOTO © THE MASONS
Matthew Bourne
PHOTO © PETE JONES
PHOTO © STEPHEN CUMMISKY
PHOTO © VENNI
BEAU DERMOTT
Adrian Lester
Janie Dee
(During my childhood) every play I saw taught me something about people I would never meet. Mousetrap encourages young people to do the same. Zoe Wannamaker
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FEATURE
YOUTH FORUM
All the hard work everyone puts into the Forum is amazing. It is easy to forget the impact you are making… but the Youth Forum really does [help] expose people to theatre who otherwise would not have been introduced to this world.”
Our YOUTH FORUM functions as an advisory board to help us reach out to more young people. In return for their help with activities such as creating new marketing materials, defining our outreach strategy and selecting theatre productions, Youth Forum members are provided with unique leadership training and development opportunities. They devise and run their own events, such as the Youth Leadership in the Arts DARCY, YOUTH FORUM MEMBER (YLA) Conference and ’The Mousetraps’ theatre awards, nominated and voted on exclusively by young people. They also help organise theatre visits and run after-show discussions. Members join to make a difference to other young people through engagement with the arts, as well as to develop their own skills.
IMPACT
Youth Forum members have an opportunity to see many West End productions and say that it helps reinforce their chosen career path into theatre. They find meeting actors and other industry professionals inspirational, and gain a greater appreciation of the breadth of opportunity in the theatre world. Through working on ‘The Mousetraps’ and the YLA Conference, members develop a sense of responsibility and purpose and gain an understanding of what it takes to organise events of this scale. Through each activity they engage in, they learn the value of teamwork, their communication skills “Working with improve, they have a a group of creative, purpose beyond their theatre-loving individuals own self and their selfon The Mousetrap Awards confidence increases. was incredible… I’ve learnt so many leadership and team-work skills through everything I’ve done with Mousetrap.”
“When you leave the Youth Forum, you will look back and say that the time you spent on it was truly incredible and something you will never forget. I genuinely love everything about it!” FARAH, YOUTH FORUM MEMBER
VINNY, YOUTH FORUM MEMBER
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THANK YOU We appreciate the generosity of everyone who supported us in 2016-17. We couldn’t have done all this without you! PRINCIPAL PARTNER Society of London Theatre through the Theatre Development Trust MAJOR SUPPORTERS Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust The Band Trust The Childhood Trust Colwinston Charitable Trust Elizabeth and Roderick Jack Lehman Brothers Foundation Europe The London Community Foundation National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund Raise Your Hands The Gerald Ronson Family Foundation St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation St Martin’s Theatre And a number of grant-makers who wish to remain anonymous
PROGRAMME SUPPORTERS Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd
Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp. Ernest Cook Trust
The Noël Coward Foundation The Holbeck Charitable Trust
Hyde Park Place Estate Charity Joe Allen
Kindergifts
Leathersellers’ Company
The Mackintosh Foundation
The Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust R&H Theatricals Europe RELX Group
The Sobell Foundation White Light Ltd And a number of grant-makers who wish to remain anonymous 20 MOUSETRAP THEATRE PROJECTS ANNUAL REVIEW
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THEATRE GUARDIANS CLASS GUARDIANS
GUARDIAN ANGELS Johansson Family Foundation
Michèle and Colin Burrows
YOUTH GROUP GUARDIANS
Lady Susan Chinn
Alan Leibowitz and Barbara Weiss Lawrence and Peggy Levy
Michelle and Adam Cedar
Heather Acton and Peter Williams
Lauren and Michael Clancy
Helen Lowe
Friends of Bicknacre Show
The Ruddock Foundation for the Arts
Michael and Alison Lurie
SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL GUARDIANS
Julie and Jonathan Punter
The John Horseman Trust
Fiona Cram and Nick Green
Chris de Pury
Rocco and Deborah Landesman
David and Victoria Coubrough
Beverley Lewis
Christopher and Tara Macleod Subita Mahtani Jeremy Miles
Laura Mosedale and Matthew Horgan Carole and Pedro Neuhaus Cecilia Nwobi-Jokisch
Lady Hannah Lowy Mitchell
Sarah Richardson Nancy Schmidt
Harold Sanditen and
Christopher and Rebecca Tabor
Thanasis Kalantzis
Judy Craymer MBE
Marjorie Simonds-Gooding
Nicolette and Paul Kirkby
The Ulrich Family
Edward and Marilyn Snape
FAMILY GUARDIANS
SCHOOL GUARDIANS
Natalie and Michiel Bakker
Mike and Pamela Thompson Hannah Tsatsonis
Ann Marie and Robert Starr
Georgina and Bernard David Phyllida Lloyd
Paul Walden on behalf of the Flying Music Company
STUDENT GUARDIANS
Sir John and Lady Fen Aird
Stacey Anderson Angela Bell
Roger Allam and Rebecca Saire
Tony Barber
Susan Gibson and Mark Bergman
Anneke and Simon Berrill
Sarah Havens and Gregg Sando
Peter Bryans
Melanie Johnson
Kathleen Crook and James Penturn
Simon and Midge Palley
Andrew and Adele Dunkley
Jill Stein
Lisa Forrell and Marcel Berlins
George and Patti White
Tibor Gold MBE
Fiona and Paul Cartwright
Tim and Clare Bennett
The Hon William and Lori Gibson
Robert and Gordana Bosman
Rosie and Richard Hytner
Mary Ellen Cetra & John Collett
Dan Mace
Liz and Simon Dingemans
Lyndsey Posner
Catherine and Edward Faulks
Andrea and Peter Sullivan
Betsy Garrett and Paul Sullivan
Judy Wise
Paul Greaves
Isabel and Jim Henniger Ashley Herman
Jo and Ross Hunter John Hyatt
Portia Kamons
Andrew Blankfield and Bernadette Hillman
Kristina Borsy and Nick Turdean Faye Brann
David Brownlee
Catherine Comerford Henry and Sue Dixon
Mary Fulton and Barry Turner Gay Huey Evans
Ingrid Jacobson and Cabot Brown Peter and Penny Marr Jenny Marshall
Katherine Neckenauer Sir Howard Panter and
Dame Rosemary Squire
Nigel and Jackie Sanctuary Douglas and Helen Shaw
Marla Rubin Productions Ltd Elizabeth Whiddington
And a number of Theatre Guardians who wish to remain anonymous
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FACTS & FIGURES
TRUSTEES & STAFF
WHERE OUR FUNDS CAME FROM Total Income £798,683
CHARITABLE PROJECT ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN
Grant making trusts
42%
Project & theatre ticket fees
19%
Corporate foundations
16%
Individual donors & Gift Aid
15%
Community fundraising & other 3% Lottery & Govt. grants
2%
Studio rental
2%
Fundraising events
1%
10%
20%
30%
40%
HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS
TRUSTEES
Chris de Pury
Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen Bt. (Chair) Sir William Atkinson
Raymond Gubbay CBE
Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL
Mathew Prichard CBE
Mary Hammond
Lady Jill Shaw Ruddock CBE
Ashley Herman
Edward Snape
Mainstream school students
Rosie Hytner
Lord Willoughby de Broke
Fawn James Phyllida Lloyd CBE Sarah Richardson
Students in Special Needs education
Jonathan Sayer Andrea Sullivan
HOW WE SPENT THEM
Young people and their families, low income and Special Needs
Total Income £844,221
Charitable project activity
70%
Overheads
14%
Fundraising
13%
Studio
2%
Governance
1%
Christopher Tabor
STAFF
Youth representative: Faye Guy
% of beneficiaries Youth groups
% of total spend
Independent engagers* Engaging in MTP projects without the involvement of teachers or parents
*
Susan Whiddington, Director
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITES
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Fund 2017
Total Funds 2016
Total Income
£394,824
£403,859
£798,683
£940,075
Total Expenditure
£501,181
£343,040
£844,221
£928,828
£(106,357)
£60,819
£(45,538)
£11,247
£316,762
£102,319
£421,081
£466,619
Net Movement in Funds Balances carried forward at 31 August 2017
Jennifer Ball, Youth Engagement Manager
June Basham, Bookkeeper
Gayle Bryans, Deputy Director
Tracy Burke, General Manager
Keara Fulton, Communications Manager
Elaine Grant, Head of Access Programmes
Patrick O’Sullivan, Creative Learning Manager
Jo Pelly, Special Needs Programme Manager
Emily Sanctuary, Development Manager
Ellie Shore, Audience Development Administrator
Free reserves declined due to a period of time with reduced fundraising staff and no major fundraising event in the year. In light of this, the Board planned for a budget deficit and budget cuts were made. A Development Manager has since been appointed and in 2018 there are major fundraising initiatives planned to mark the charity’s 21st anniversary. Over the next 3 years, budgets will be set to achieve a surplus to rebuild free reserves to the desired level of approximately 6 months budgeted operating costs, as per our reserves policy. Our full accounts are available on the Charity Commission website. 22 MOUSETRAP THEATRE PROJECTS ANNUAL REVIEW
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