Moving Fowards

LEARNING TO THRIVE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

In order to drive the ongoing success of our Three Pillar approach, through 2020/21 we maintained financial rigour & discipline, but we had to adapt and stay agile considering the evolving challenges presented by the pandemic. Of particular note: • Three year plan – we paused work on our new Three Year Plan, instead adopting a more short-term plan to allow for flexible reactions to the pandemic, with a focus on securing a new home for Peer postpandemic. This was achieved in early summer 2021 with Peer moving into Peer

Place in Woking in August 2021. • Funding model transition - ongoing successful funding through trust & foundation applications and very successful pandemic support funding, including significant support from the

Arts Council. Significant focus on ensuring ongoing funding resulted in Peer joining the

Surrey Wellbeing Partnership which was announced in January 2021 (see next page).

EXTERNAL RECOGNITION:

• Award-winning recognition – Peer’s work received external recognition at the Children and Young People Now Awards, with

Generation Girls winning the The Young

Relationship award and Digital Hidden being shortlisted for the PSHE Award. • Artistic recognition – Peer was invited to participate in the 2021 DISRUPT Festival as a brand new digital arts festival created in response to the pandemic. • Funders recognition - Pre-eminent external funders continue to recognise and support

Peer for its work.

GOVERNANCE & BOARD

Well established annual rhythm of key review of risks, policies & procedures and ongoing commitment to expand Board with open recruitment following key skills-gap analysis. Successfully adopted new Articles of Association allowing future expansion of Peer Productions in line with future ambitions. • In post-pandemic environment we will now prepare & approve next 3 year Strategic Plan (should have been 2021-2024 but delayed due to pandemic), including evolution of Peer

Production’s plans utilising opportunities presented by new dedicated space, Peer

Place, and building on digital media skills and reach achieved during pandemic. • Governance & Board – ongoing open recruitment for skills gaps as Peer

Productions builds for the future. • Branding & marketing focus – ongoing work to evolve a clear articulation for potential young actors & potential funders of each of Peer Productions’ products & brands.

Peer Productions has a compelling and proven track record and we will focus on articulating this and having a clearer brand. • Growth strategy – Peer Productions is proud of its products and the proven success of the Three Pillar Strategy, but we seek to make our work accessible to a much wider audience. We are working to develop the strategy for this including considering the viability of expanding our actor development programme for additional cohorts and projects working internationally (with India as our current prototype).