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“We believe passionately that those with the most potential are often the least able to pay for education, the least able to pull favours or access helpful networks, to work for free, or find shortcuts into paid creative and cultural work.”
Josie Long, Co-Founder
Arts Emergency helps young people flourish in higher education and the cultural industries.
creative and cultural opportunities shared in 2022
mentoring sessions in 2022
of mentees said they understood more about the world of work by the end of their mentoring year (2022)
Arts Emergency's Youth Collective release their latest creative endeavour: the Art Is Joy zine.
It's been 10 years since the first Arts Emergency pilot, and our 2023 Impact Report illustrates how vital and transformative our work empowering under-resourced young people still is.
Youth Collective member Amie and Young Community member Beth were asked to facilitate workshops for Liverpool Empire Theatre's Young Ambassadors programme. Here, Amie tells us about the experience.