Goals: To build self-esteem and self-awareness and to increase interpersonal skills
Funding: Money comes from the Neighbourhood Support Fund. A bid is in place to secure funding to expand the project across the city.
Fine art and film-making could be one answer to social exclusion, following the success of a project in Leeds to prevent young people from being kicked out of school.
Arts for Life, run by Leeds Community School, uses a 10-week multimedia course to help 13 to 16-year-olds from inner-city housing estates look at how they relate to themselves and their world.
Themes such as truancy and violence are explored to help the participants understand how these issues impact on their lives.
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