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12. Sept 2011 Community Arts Services is becoming Social Arts Services. This website is currently being edited to reflect the change of name and the change in the service's direction. More information will be coming soon. In the meantime, if you are interested in our services, please contact Christine Cellier (christine@escapeartists.co.uk).


A video introduction to our services

 

NEWS

12 Sep 2011 - 'Play's the Thing: Creative Approaches to Wellbeing'.

London conference. November 21-24. Booking details to be announced shortly.

15 Apr 2010 - Escape Artists featured on the Prisoners' Education Trust's website

Read the article by Simon Webb here

17 Feb 2010 - SALT Course now Available

SALT stands for Social And Life skills Training and is an intensive six-week programme aimed at using drama to tackle issues faced by socially disengaged young people. The programme uses drama-based soft skills to develop learners‘ engagement with issues of social responsibility, enhance emotional intelligence, and encourage a forward-thinking understanding of consequences.

In unaccredited form the programme, written by practitioner and Prison Reform Trust media spokesman Chris Streeks, has been successfully piloted at George Green School (Isle of Dogs, London); at this time it was featured on This Morning with Phillip and Fern. Escape Artists have worked with Chris to accredit The SALT Project, embedding OCN unit 'An Introduction to Understanding Young People, Law and Order' at E3 and Level 1. More...

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We think you will find this website useful if:

  • You are a contractor that works with marginalised or 'at risk' groups of people and you are looking for highly engaging, structured education and training services that provide accredited progression routes to further education or employment
  • You are an arts practitioner wishing to work in partnership with an organisation that can provide support in the areas of professional development, project management, course creation and accreditation
  • You are a funder committed to developing sustainable approaches to social inclusion and building meaningful relationships between service providers.

Using this Website

The main menu runs along the top of this website. Within the sub menus on the left you will find summary information. More information, if it is available, can be found in our other websites and is linked to from here.


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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Our next open day will in September, 2010 at the Arts Alliance Annual Conference at the Southbank Centre. Please join our mailing list to stay informed about the open day and other Escape Artists events.


How to find us



Our 2009 Prospectus is now available. It can be downloaded as a pdf file (13mb), or you can order a free copy by calling 0207 655 0909.

Our London office, the main office, is situated in the inner London borough of Tower Hamlets, between Whitechapel and Aldgate, at the edge of the City of London, off Whitechapel High Street and just round the corner from Brick Lane. The nearest tube stations are Aldgate East and Aldgate. The office is a short walk from Liverpool Street Station (about 15 minutes) and there is parking in the streets nearby, but it is expensive.

Map with directions from Liverpool Street Station

If you are walking up Greatorex Street from Whitechapel High Street we are on the left. Look for the blue Business Development Centre Sign. There's a bell on the left hand side to get you in. When you get to the reception desk, take the doors on your left to the courtyard, at the end of the courtyard it's the door on your left and our buzzer is marked with our logo.

If you have any trouble finding us please call on 0207 655 0909.

Contact Details

t: 020 7655 0909
e: admin @ escapeartists.co..uk

Studio 24
7-15 Greatorex St.
London
E1 5NF

For information on our accredited education and training programmes for clients, please call Sophie Carlin at our London office.

If you are interested in our practitioner training programmes or internships, then please follow these links:

Practitioner Training

Internships

 

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the social arts network SANe, the Social Arts Network, exists to facilitate communication between people who are interested in the development of socially inclusive arts practice, services and productions. The network is managed by Escape Artists but it is open to everyone.

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what people say...

I think this was a great course and gave me a good boost with my confidence in applying for work and interviews.

Prisoner - HMP Cardiff

If all Youth Offending
Team sessions were like this, I would go every day.

Young Offender - Barking and Dagenham YOT

 

contact us
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e: admin@
    escapeartists.co..uk

    Studio 24
    7-15 Greatorex St.
    London
    E1 5NF

 

 

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