# OPEN CLASP THEATRE COMPANY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1108000
- **Other names:** OPEN CLASP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05137687](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05137687)
- **Registered:** Feb. 8, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1108000


## Contact

- **Address:** OPEN CLASP THEATRE COMPANY, THE STEPHENSON BUILDING, 173 ELSWICK ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE4 6SQ
- **Phone:** 0191 272 4063
- **Email:** info@openclasp.org.uk
- **Website:** www.openclasp.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO OFFER OTHER ARTS EXPERIENCES WHICH ASSIST IN DEVELOPING SELF AND SOCIAL AWARENESS, SELF CONFIDENCE AND EMPOWERMENT, IN PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN (INCLUDING YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN 12 AND 18 YEARS OF AGE) WHO LIVE IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOCIAL INCLUSION, TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS THAT DENY COMMUNITIES ACCESS TO, AND PARTICIPATION IN, THE &quot;LIVE ARTS&quot;..

**Activities:** We run issue based drama workshops with women and girls groups, using drama as a tool to empower, increasing participants self-esteem and confidence. We also create touring theatre informing wider debate of the issues covered.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Jacqueline Kell** | Chair | April 25, 2022 |
| Charlotte Bennett |  | Oct. 11, 2022 |
| Diane Gates |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Dr Kate Sweeney |  | May 21, 2025 |
| Hayley Calvert |  | April 29, 2022 |
| Holly Gallagher |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Joanne Clough |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |
| Lara Jonah |  | Sept. 17, 2020 |
| Leanne Sutherland |  | Feb. 2, 2023 |
| Mary Brooks |  | Oct. 23, 2025 |




