Project
The High Street Experiment
Funding
Around £100,000 for three years from March 2012. Protege's main funders are Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, John Lyon's Charity and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Background
There are many reasons why young people can struggle at school and end up being excluded. "Many who are excluded are capable, sometimes the brightest kids, who just had a lot of other personal challenges and issues to negotiate," explains Sabita Kumari-Dass, founder of the charity Protege, which nurtures the untapped talents of young people through bespoke creative projects.
The charity works with between 45 and 50 14- to 24-year-olds each year in Brighton and Hove, Southampton, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and elsewhere in London. Its recent High Street Experiment scheme was designed to give young clients experience of working in a more business-like environment.
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