NICOLA NICOLA (New International Company of Live Arts) Annual Review: 1st April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024 (New International Company of Live Arts) ANNUAL REVIEW 2023-2024 NICOLA (New International Company of Live Arts) Vanston Community Centre Samuel Lewis Trust SW6 1BU Mobile: 079 7648 3977 E-mail: contact@nicolaarts.org A Company limited by guarantee, number 7871152 A registered Charity, number 1148529 www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 ## **Board of Management** ## **Staff** All the staffs at NICOLA are volunteers and interns. Based on projects we have free-lances. Michela Ferrara Chair Volunteer Creative Director: Michela Ferrara Kevin Sylvester Treasurer Volunteer Music Mentor: Kevin Sylvester Benijah Howell Volunteer Music Producer: Benijah Howell Roxana Roksana Elzbiera Adamczyk Volunteer Administrator: Roxana Roksana Elzbiera Adamczyk ## **Mission Statement** ## **Bank:** Metro Bank Unit 3, Fulham Retail Centre, SW6 1BW London **NICOLA** (New International Company of Live Arts) is a youth lead charity which promote positive interaction within and between youth communities through creative opportunities and projects, particularly in areas of high crime and low provision of extracurricular and arts activities. ## **Our Vision** To be recognised as a place of support and opportunity for young artists nationwide. ## **Our Mission** NICOLA offers free arts training and support for inner-city youths to promote confidence and social inclusion, to popularise the arts and to create opportunities for young people who don’t always have access to professional training. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 ## **Creative Director and Chair’s Report** I am delighted to report that the year 2023-2024, despite Brexit, was a year of solid performance at NICOLA. Our main activity has continued to be training and development of young people in music, dance, arts and arts job skills, concentrating mainly in helping them to prepare plans in running and create Solo Trader or Company business, media communication and brand promotion. The quality of our services has remained high; helping young people to improve their lives, providing a supportive environment to allow them to develop their personalities, their talents, preparing and helping them to build their self confidence, to find suitable education and/or employment both in the artistic field and outside or to run their own business or Social Enterprise. Keeping their mind busy, on positive initiatives, has also helped them to recover from COVID restriction's crisis. The support from the European Commission through the British Council and Ecorys has run through this year assuring us projects till summer 2023. Our relationship with Housing Associations, local Youth Clubs, Youth Hostels, The K&C Foundation, Chelsea Football Club Foundation and Volunteering Centres has increased as we supported each other through online interaction in those hard times. In addition, we have also received private donors funding supports and were offered two free POP-UP shops in Embankment and in Putney; the local support was amazing, we received a great deal of donations, which enable us to set the shops in less than a week, creating artist innovative shops where artisans were selling their creation while recycling and up-cycling was highly promoted. We believe that this is NICOLA future way to generate income to support artists and youth people. At NICOLA centre, we still have a fully equipped recording studio for the young people personal and professional growing/development, which we started to reuse it. As always, we put particular effort into working with young people with socio/economic obstacles who cannot afford professional training. We engage and facilitate learning in a non-formal way and prepare young people for life after their interaction with NICOLA. In order to achieve this, we make sure we work closely with our local community, youth clubs, Housing Associations and like-minded Organisations. NICOLA engages young people aged between 13 to 25 and up to 30 years old through the Erasmus+ projects. Due to the fact that our young people plan and deliver the projects, it enable them to be in charge of those projects, give the chance to many of them to progress further education or employment, becoming mentors to other young people and/or start their own freelance work or Company. We are very grateful to our young interns and volunteers for their dedication and commitment to NICOLA and are very happy that many of them gained paid jobs as result of practice and growing in confidence while at the Charity. Our strong relationship with Universities in London and Europe has enabled us to accommodate just graduated students giving them the chance to explore the professional work through a friendly environment. We still keep a creative connection between disadvantage youths from London and Leeds, with the endorsement of celebrity dancer "Sadie Flower"; In London, our young people continue to plan and apply for funding and always look at ways to improve and develop positive initiatives. They are meetings on a regular basis. Our work would not have been possible without the professionalism and dedication of our volunteers and free-lances. Good working relationships and practices have been developed with the British Youth Council, Ecorys, Schools, Youth Clubs, Arts groups and Municipalities all around Europe. NICOLA through the Erasmus+ projects has also developed strong relation with likeminded Youth Organisations and Institutions around the globe; we cannot directly get involved, but we love to keep the connection. Form September 2023, we accommodate a Spanish young person, in London, through the Young Entrepreneur program; we also had many self-funded interns. Our members were 100% involved in the planning of the projects. We helped 3 young people to set up their Solo Trader and help one artist to produce a music album. NICOLA is still very young, but we are looking at ways to improve our financial and structural methods and look at ways to grow bigger and better and serve further young people. Special thanks will go to our Trustees who are investing their time to assure that NICOLA reaches the best practise possible. ## **Michela Ferrara (NICOLA Creative Director)** www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 ## **PROJECTS** **Project:** “Ministry of Arts” **When:** From March 2023 to April 2023 **Where:** 30 – 32 Fleet Street **Funded by:** Spring4 **Description:** Ministry of Arts is an art/hub shop with a difference. Offering unique designs, up cycled clothing and painted clothing by a number of artists. We will also sell art, paintings, photos, arts and crafts to help talented artists make a living. You can come with your own clothing or accessories to be customised or you can buy ready made designs from the shop. The art/hub shop aim is to combat the surplus stock sent to countries like Africa, having a negative impact on their textile industry. **Project:** La Negra “Impossible Only Costs a bit More” Album Release Concert **When:** 22[nd] April, 2023 at 8PM **Where:** Hoxton Underbelly, 11 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU **Funded by:** GOfund and NICOLA **Description:** La Negra, an amazing Jazz singer and self-taught dancehall and street dancer. Her album "Impossible Only Costs a Bit More" came out in May 2023, on 22[nd] April she launched her album. Next performing dates were: 12 May @ Sala Radar in Vigo (Spain) 20 May @ Sala Juglar in Madrid (Spain) The funding provided by the charity shop will help fund arts projects with disadvantaged young people in the UK. Future Aims of the charity shop is to also provide funding to set up social enterprises to young entrepeneurs. We also had a lovely coffee area, so come in, have a coffee and a browse of our collections. https://www.facebook.com/marco.colombo.london/videos/10165179159390305 www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **Project:** EVOLve Sustainability (Advance Planning Visit) **When:** 24[th] – 27[th] April 2023 ## **Where:** London ## **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** EVOLve Sustainability was a two phases Youth Exchange in London and Armenia between UK, Italy, Spain, Armenia which was about the notion of ‘’sustainable society’’. Over the quarter century there has been a growing recognition of harmful effects caused by humans. The latter is a global problem which is ongoing every day and may lead to fatal consequences for humanity. We need to consider the social causes and impacts of the human activities that underlie them. This event was the advance planning visit where we discussed and finalised the two youth exchanges in London and Armenia. The first Youth Exchange was about raising awareness, informative and reflective, where we found out and learned more about the notion of ‘’sustainable society’’ while creating original songs and music videos. The second Youth Exchange was more practical, here we used our competences and artistic skills to create a ‘’sustainable camp’’ that gave us the chance to put into practice all we learnt. We shared our ideas in form of art pieces, music and dance shows. **Project:** Film Connection **When:** 9[th] – 17[th] May 2023 ## **Where:** London ## **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program **) Description:** FILM CONNECTION was a Youth Exchange between UK, Italy and Turkey, that want to raise awareness about human rights issues using various performative art (such as painting, music, photo and video-producing, theatre and media production) to stimulate transformative action and social change. Our vision was to create a multiple-phased youth exchange, where each phase created a comfortable atmosphere to exchange ideas, practices, experiences, live and work together to become more active democratic www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 citizens. The first phase was in Naples in 2022, this was the second phase and the third phase took place in Eskisehir in July 2023. **Project:** Art Expression (Flash Mob) **When:** 15[th] May 2023 **Where:** Trafalgar Square, London ## **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) ## **Description:** From 8th to 27[th] May 2023, we implemented one of the phases of the project Film Connection with the aim of discussing and creating materials to help towards the Human Rights issues. Young people from 3 countries (UK, Italy and Turkey) came together to challenge those issues. On Monday 15th May in collaboration with "Speaker Box" we were in Trafalgar Square from 6PM, to present: Art Exhibition - Dance - Painting - Fashion and music performances. **Project:** Evolve Sustainability” **When:** 21[st] – 28[th] May 2023 ## **Where:** London **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** Evolve Sustainability was a three phases project: In the first phase, representative from UK, Italy, Spain, Ukraine and Armenia met in London from the 24th - 27th April 2023, to discuss the project's preparations. This was the second phase, where 30 young people met from the 21st to the 28th May 2023 in London; this Youth Exchange was more about raising awareness, informative and reflective, we found out and learnt more about the notion of ’’sustainable society’’. We learnt more about destructive human activities, their social and environmental impacts as well as causes that underlie them. We created music and music videos on the topic as well as a brochure that was outcome of different working groups (writing, interviewing and designing). The third phase happened in Dilijan, Armenia, late in the year. The third phase turned into a camp of artists, musician, singers, dancers, actors/actresses, hand stuff makers who worked with materials that people www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 don’t use any more, we created art works that symbolised the possibility of reusing goods. This part crowned the whole project by organising a big event ‘’ FAIR’’ to exhibit our works and meet the locals. **Project:** NICOLA Ministry of Arts **When:** from May 2023 to June 2024 **Where:** 22 Putney High Street, SW15 1SL **Funded by:** Jarvis Keller Proprieties **Description:** We deliver workshops, Fashion Shows and Artistic Events. Ministry of Arts is an art/hub shop with a difference. Offering unique designs, up cycled clothing and painted clothing by a number of artists. We will also sell art, paintings, photos, arts and crafts to help talented artists make a living. You can come with your own clothing or accessories to be customised or you can buy ready-made designs from the shop. The art/hub shop aim is to combat the surplus stock sent to countries like Africa, having a negative impact on their textile industry. The funding provided by the charity shop helped to fund arts projects with disadvantaged young people in the UK. Future Aims of the charity shop is to also provide funding to set up social enterprises to help young entrepreneurs. **Project:** Create and work with your heART **When:** 28[th] May – 6[th] June 2023 **Where:** Nabeul, Tunisia www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 ## **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** Our organisation collaborates with talented and creative young people, who want to create a career within the fields of Art. Artists find very hard to generate a living from what they love to do: ARTS (music, dance, painting and MUCH MORE). From the 28th may to the 6th June 2023, young artists from different countries (Bulgaria, UK, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Morocco) met to spend un unforgettable week together creating international networking with peer with the same interest, while preparing a day Festival for the local community and themselves. During the week, we combined different art form, we prepared a day event, which reflected different cultures, arts form and art works, while we looked on how Companies and self-employment ‘s operates in different countries. **Project:** Open Mic **When:** 2[nd] June 2023 **Where:** Nabeul, Tunisia **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** On Friday 2nd June and Saturday 3rd June 2023, we presented two nights open mic from 11PM to 12AM, hosted by the amazing MC lounge Bar, in Nabeul, Tunisia. This was part of the project ""Create and Work with your heART" from the 28th may to the 6th June 2023, where young artists from different countries (Bulgaria, UK, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Morocco) spent un unforgettable week together creating international networking with peer with the same interest, while preparing a day Festival for the local community and themselves. **Project:** Cultural Cocktail Festival **When:** 4[th] June 2023 **Where:** Nabeul, Tunisia **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** On the 4th June 2023 from 18:00 we were hosted by the beautiful garden of MC Lounge Bar in Nabeul, Tunisia. There were 39 young people from Tunisia, Bulgaria, UK, Italy, Morocco and Spain that presented culture from their countries, arts workshops were available, and of course MUSIC, DANCE on stage from 20:00 and an arts exhibition from Tunisian ARTISTS! www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 This was part of the project ""Create and Work with your heART" from the 28th may to the 6th June 2023, where young artists from different countries (Bulgaria, UK, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Morocco) spent un unforgettable week together creating international networking with peer with the same interest, while preparing this day Festival, for the local community and themselves. **Project:** Film Connection (Turkey) **When:** 9[th] to 17[th] July 2023 **Where:** Eskisehir, Turkey **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** FILM CONNECTION was a Youth Exchange between UK, Italy and Turkey, that want to raise awareness about human rights issues using various performative art (such as painting, music, photo and video-producing, theatre and media production) to stimulate transformative action and social change. Our vision was to create a multiple-phased youth exchange, where each phase created a comfortable atmosphere to exchange ideas, practices, experiences, live and work together to become more active democratic citizens. The first phase was in Naples in 2022, the second phase was in London in May 2023; this was the third and final phase. During this week participants collaborated in mix groups to create original songs and then shot the music videos for the songs created. We also organised a live performance. **Project:** Film Connection (Turkey) **When:** 15[th] July 2023 **Where:** Eskisehir, Turkey **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** From 9 to 18 July 30 young people from Turkey, Italy and UK met to create original songs to short films with Human rights messages raising awareness about human rights issues. On Saturday 15th July at 19:00 those young people were live at Social Casual. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 ## **Project:** **When:** Every Tuesdays from 25[th] July 2023 to 28[th] May 2024 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-Funded ## **Description:** ART CLASS with Tracy Ferriss in our Ministry of Arts Shop. Learn proportion, tonal value, perspective, figure drawing and drawing animals!!! Fun with collage, scrapbooks and up-cycling!! **Project:** Portrait Live Painting Workshop **When:** 17th October 2023 from 15:00 - 17:00 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-Funded **Description:** Portrait Live Painting Workshop with Tracy Ferriss in our Ministry of Arts Shop. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **Project:** Lingerouche Catwalk Workshop **When:** 16[th] September 2023, 11:00 – 13:00 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-funded **Description:** Lingerouche presented a lingerie Fashion Show, accompanied by Blanca Jeweller, on the 16th September from 3PM to 6PM at NICOLA Ministry of Arts @ 22 Putney High Street, SW15 1SL. In the morning from 11:00 to 13:00 all age had the opportunity to participate to the Catwalk Workshop delivered by professional model and fashion industry experts. **Project:** Lingerouche Fashion Show **When:** 16[th] September 2023, 15:00 – 18:00 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-funded ## **Description:** Lingerouche presented a lingerie Fashion Show, accompanied by Blanca Jeweller, on the 16th September from 3PM to 6PM at NICOLA Ministry of Arts @ 22 Putney High Street, SW15 1SL. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **Project:** Paint N’ Sip **When:** 30[th] September 2023, 17:00 – 20:00 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-Funded **Description:** On Saturday 30th September from 5PM to 8PM at Ministry of Arts we presented "Paint and Sip" and event full of fun and surprises. Nigerian Food, Live music, painting workshop, create your painting while meeting new friends and appreciate recycling fashion in the shop. **Project:** DGear POP-UP Event **When:** 13[th] October 2023 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-Funded **Description:** Streetwear brand and media outlet DGEAR collaborated with us to host their first ever pop-up event! This event was full of good vibes, great art and live music! Brushes, Bites and Beverages: An Artistic Social Extravaganza!!! www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **Project:** Evolve Sustainability **When:** 19[th] to 27[th] October 2023 **Where:** Tsaghkadzor, Armenia **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) **Description:** Evolve Sustainability was a three phases project: In the first phase, representative from UK, Italy, Spain, Ukraine and Armenia met in London from the 24th - 27th April 2023, to discuss the project's preparations. In the second phase, 30 young people met from the 21st to the 28th May 2023 in London; this Youth Exchange raised awareness, informative and reflective, while we learned more about the notion of ‘’sustainable society’’. We also learned more about destructive human activities, their social and environmental impacts as well as causes that underlie them. We created music and music videos on the topic, as well as a brochure that show the outcome of different working groups (writing, interviewing and designing). This was the third phase, which happened in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia. This phase turned into a camp of artists, musician, singers, dancers, actors/actresses, hand stuff makers who work with materials that people don’t use any more, where we created art works that symbolise the possibility of reusing goods. This part crowned the whole project by a big event ‘’ FAIR’’ where we exhibited our works and met the locals. **Project:** Evolve Sustainability Exhibition **When:** 26[th] October 2023 ## **Where:** Tsaghkadzor, Armenia ## **Funded by:** European Commission (Erasmus+ Program) On the 26th October 2023 we had a Recycling Exhibition in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia as part of the three phases project "Evolving Sustainability". This exhibition was the event that crowned the whole project as the young people works and the project was presented to the local community. The message was to create art works with materials that people don’t use any more symbolising the possibility of reusing goods. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **Project:** TRANSFORM: Art into IMPACT! **When:** 3[rd] December 2023 **Where:** Sound Latino Radio **Funded by:** Erasmus+ for Young Entrepreneur **Description:** We were live on the Sound Latino UK Radio at 10:00 AM on Sunday 3[rd] December; we were giving out information and opportunities about NICOLA Arts. Our Spanish entrepreneur intern from the Erasmus+ program, Young Entrepreneur, Carola Choque presented NICOLA Arts and answered to a variety of questions. She was at NICOLA for three months from October 2023 with the Erasmus+ for Young Entrepreneur Program. **Project:** Berber (Amazigh) Music Workshops **When:** 2[nd] December 2023 **Where:** Vanston Community Centre, Fulham, London **Funded by:** Art Council funded the artist and we supported with the venue **Description:** Learn to hear the gallop of ancient North African horses in the rhythms of Berber music. In this workshop, we discovered how to tune our ear to Berber music, and learned the techniques of Berber drumming, call-andresponse and dancing, as well as hearing some stories of its origins and what makes this living tradition so unique. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **Project:** Berber (Amazigh) Music Workshops **When:** 9[th] December 2023 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Art Council funded the artist and we supported with the venue **Description:** Learn to hear the gallop of ancient North African horses in the rhythms of Berber music. In this workshop, we discovered how to tune our ear to Berber music, and learned the techniques of Berber drumming, call-andresponse and dancing, as well as hearing some stories of its origins and what makes this living tradition so unique. **Project:** Abstract Realities **When:** 15[th] to 21[st] December 2023 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-Funded **Description:** A memory is not simply an image produced by time traveling back to the original event — it can be an image that is somewhat distorted because of the prior times you remembered it,”—Donna Bridge, Journal of Neuroscience. To see is to collect, congregate. We each have a unique memory bank of images that is irreplaceable, that consists of the happenings and events that we choose to participate, so in part, we choose what we bank every day. As artists we not only bank our images, but we purposefully take them out, reuse them, draw them, and in turn, altering our memories. Abstract Realities was a contemporary art show consisting of five young artists with different nationalities, working across diverse mediums, with their art, they decompose, digest and rebuild their surroundings like worms in the soil. Exhibiting Artists: Bianco Tsai, Christine Chua, Wenyi Shi, Qing Yang, Zachery Talbot. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **Project:** “The Distance of The Other” **When:** 12[th] March 2024 **Where:** Ministry of NICOLA Arts (Putney) **Funded by:** Self-Funded **Description:** Distance, difference. The artists came together to discuss the meaning of distance. The distance/difference between people, objects and time. A thread intertwines and seam through, and at the end, the scent of longing enlightens us. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **TALENT FACTORY ARTS HUB IS VERY ACTIVE. WE PRODUCE MUSIC AND MUSIC VIDEOS WEEKLY. WE ALSO DELIVER WORKSHOPS IN SCHOOLS, YOUTH CLUBS AND COMMUNITY CENTRES.** **NICOLA (New International Company of Live Arts) Background** NICOLA started in 2008 as an Unincorporated Organisation by a group of young people and arts professionals. **https://soundcloud.com/nicolaarts** **https://www.youtube.com/user/NICOLAArtsOfficial https://artists.spotify.com/c/artist/6nAOY7HGy5GUNhx1Fi1Bp0/ home** **NICOLA IS REGISTERED TO THE EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM, WHICH IT RUNNED TILL DECEMBER 2024. THEREFORE WE HOSTEDS ENTREPRENUER FROM EUROPE FOR WORK EXPERIENCE FROM TWO TO SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR.** **Our work methodology is participatory and interactive. Teamwork is encouraged, learning and acquiring skills happens through the implementation and exchange of ideas.** **Young people are encouraged to think of ways to bring different culture and style together creating a more unified community, while acquiring skills that can enhance their job opportunity. Moving away from formal learning methods, we discuss various role models and explore a vast selection of working methods.** **The informal nature of the activities, the different methodologies used, the need to constantly analyze new information help young people to assimilate knowledge in a fun way, developing skills, understand what/how they learned and how to apply those skills to the everyday life and work environment. Meeting and working with people in the same age category, but from different backgrounds is exciting and a challenging while helps them to learn from each other opinions.** NICOLA was registered with the Charity Commission on 13[th] August 2012. It is also established as a company limited by guarantee. We are grateful to Southern Housing Group in Fulham for provision of inkind of Vanston Community Centre where we can deliver dance and music workshops, international Exchanges and project’s administration. **Objectives and activities** The objectives of the charity are to promote positive interaction within and between youth communities through creative opportunities and projects, particularly in areas of high crime and low provision of extracurricular. • We provide music, dance, media and mentoring sessions; • We deliver Youth Exchanges, Youth Initiatives and Study visits through the Erasmus+ program (till the end of 2023); • We support artists by allowing them to sell their artwork in our “Ministry of Arts” shop/art hub and allowing them to collaborate with other artists, while creating innovative work; • We implement and develop a full key working and action planning service to our members by training our volunteers and interns; • We organise music, dance and arts event to allow young artists to perform and build confidence. www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 ## **Achievements and performance in 2022 – 2023** ## Key achievements in the year: - We created and or strengthened working relationship with Youth Clubs, Schools, Housing Associations, Universities, Youth or Arts Organisations, Chelsea Theatre, Chelsea Football Club Foundation, Kensington and Chelsea Foundation and Municipalities creating regular meeting to review methods of work and structures; - We are creating strong relationship with Estate Agents and landlords receiving rent-free shops to develop our “Ministry of Arts” shop/art hub project. - We kept in touch with all the participants and partners of the Erasmus+ Program to find ways for us to be still involved with the program/projects. - We provided an effective key working programme and a lively programme - of activities for our members; - We helped five UK young person to open her own music/arts business; - 30% of our interns get a job through the experiences and references gained by working with the Charity; - We strengthened our relationship with the British Council, Ecorys and secured funding to provide training, mentoring and the opportunity for young people to deliver their own projects till the end of 2023; - We have created strong links with like minded Organisations around Europe opening to our young members further opportunities for work and experiences; - Many young people have gain paid work through engaging with us; - Our young people are fully involved within our projects from the application to the evaluation stage; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czUm79JPrMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-nOjDQ07q4 www.nicolaarts.org / contact@nicolaarts.org / 0796 748 3977 Vanston Community Centre, Samuel Lewis Trust London SW6 1BU Registered Charity Number 1148529 **For more info, music, videos, photos and updates check our web and our social networks:** **Please Like Us on Facebook! 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ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31MARCH 2023 Trustees Ms Michela Ferrara Mr Roxana Adamcryk Mr Kevin Sylvester Mr 8enjamin Howell Company registered nvmber 07871152 Charity registered number 1148529 Registered office Community Centre Vanston Place Samuel Lewis Trust Estate London SW6 IBU 8ankers Metro Bank One Southampton Row London WCIB SHA Accountants Tom 8ora Management Accountants Ltd Chartered Management Accountants 111 Watling Gate 297-303 Edgware Road London NW9 6NB Page I IACompw Lknlted by Guarantsel FOR TNE YEAR ENts￿lI PAAICHX24 yearended 31 M¥th 2024 PRIMOPAL ACTnW espeualty b¢rtnot exclusithtlwh leisu￿ ¥t 104StOLk¥ttrJpth•Tcap•bth￿thrt Ihry thay for thetr peetÉrw5. Tmstee Chair Truste Tiust¥e WrySyP•*sier ac¢ura¢y at *rytimÈtheftfta￿l11 orthe tW¥andtotfiatrlethan toen5w• that xcwTrts GJ(o 28.01.25 NEW INTERNATIONAL COMPANY OF UVE ARTS IA Company Umlted by Guarantee) INDEPENDEf4T EXAMINER'S REPORT TO ThE MEMBERS OF NEW IP4YERNAnoNAL COMPANY OF LIVE ARTS We report on the accounts ol New Inl•rnatlonal Company of Uve Arts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Respeclfve re4>onslbllltl•s of trust••s al￿ examlner The trustees are resporisible for the preparation of the accovnts. The tharity's trustees consider that an audit is not required fc* this year under section 144121 of the charities Act 2011 and that an independent examlnatiw is needed. Having been satisfied that the charty is not subjett to audit under company law and 15 eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to.. Examine the accounts under sectior¢ 145 of the 2011 Art To follow the procedure5 laid down in General Dirertion given by the Charity commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act and To state whether partlcular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent eumlnees report My examinatlon was carried out in accordance with General DifertJ"on$ given by the Charitv Commission. An examination inclvdes a rewew of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those record5.lt a150 include5 consideration of any unusual items or disclosure5 in the accounts and seeking explanation from you a5 trustees ¢oncernSng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and report is limted to those Matters set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's ststement In connection with our examination. no matter has come to our attention: (alto keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Art and Iblto prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with accounting requirement5 of theAct have not been met 12lto which in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper Mr Tom Bora CGMA ACMA Tom Bora Management Accountants Date: 15JO2024 14 . 0 i. J(JlS Page 3 •Tf4 15324 PIEW IrirERNATIONAL COMPANY OF UVE ARIS IA ¢ompan¥ Umlted by Guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024 2024 Total 202a Totsl FIMed Assets: Tan8ible Fixed Assets Curreni Assèts:. Debtor5 Bank & Cash in H3nd 119.307 169,477 Total Current Assets 119.307 169.477 Cf*dltors:arnountsfallln¢ dut wlthln one year ii.coji Net Current Assets 118.307 168,477 Net Assets 118307 168N77 FUNOS Unrestricted Funds Aestricted funds Totsl Funds 88,422 29,885 118.307 82.876 85.601 168,477 accounting records and preparation of financial statements. The financial statements have been prepared in acc¢ydance with the prov6sfjons applicable to entities 5ubjectto the small cornpanies regime. No memberlsl have requiied the cLKnpany to obtain an audit ol its aCc￿nts for the year ended 31 March 2024 in accordance section 476 of the companles Act 2tK6. The financial statements were approved and aUth￿l$ed for issue by the Trustees on _ signed on thèir behall bv= .and Ms Mlchela Ferrara The notes on pages 6 forni part of these financial ststeml￿ts. Page 5 P4EW114TERNATIONAI COMPANY OF UVE ARTS {A Cornpany Limited by Guarantee) NOTESTO THE Accoupirs FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2024 ACCOLINTING POLICIES 1.1 Basls of accourtlng These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historical cost in accordance with 'Accounting and Rew)rtin8 by Charities- Statemertt of RecommerKled Prartice ISORP 2TrJS1 nd with Accountin8 Standards,. and with the Charities Act 1993. 1.2 Chany In basls of attounfjr4 These has been no change to the accounting polioeslvaluaD"M rules and methods ol accountin8 since last year. 1.3 Chanzes to prevlous ac¢our4ts No changes have been made to accounts fty Pr￿Qu$ years 1.4 Incomlns Resourtes Incomin8 Resources represent grants. awards, donations. self-8enerated income due in the year 1.5 Tanglble Flxed Assets There were no tan￿ble Assets in theyear In￿rne 2024 2023 fvnds Income Unre5trithed Others Film Connection Vitality Artual START Improve by Move Tunisia 43,275 22,939.rxi 23,070 16.917 4.736.IXI 13,721.29 11,264.73 3,932 87,194 Total 52,661 2023 REDIT A£ciued Expenses- Independent Eyam Totsl ANK Current A¢¢ount p￿PaI Cash in Hand 97,978 21,329 145.397 23.603 477 169.478 119,307 Page 6 L99692 8.259.24 ,2S9.24 ILOI8.61 9A02 17 2914LbJ Acrwl st•BT 3SIOZ47 UJ49 7Q IL231 >J 3U27.35 L70Y 30 I.1￿76 as.(￿1 .9￿56 i.l•Q76 15J26 15.316riJ 29W5 .413 4117571 69 U7J Company Rqlstered Number: 07871152 Charlty number. 1148529 NEW INTERNATIONAL COMPANY OF UVE ARTS (A Company Limited by Guarantee) TRU5TEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 NEW INTERNATIONAL COMPANY OF UVE ARTS IA Company Umlted by Guarantee) CONTE Page Reference and Administrative Details of the charity.lts Trustee5 and Advisors Trustees, Report Independent Examiner's Rep)rt Staternent of Financial Artivities Balance sheet Notes to the Accounts NEW INTERNATIONAL COMPANYOF UVE ARTS IA Company Limlted by Guarantee) REFERENCE AND ADMINisfRATTVE DETAILS OF THE CHARITY. ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31MARCH 2023 Trustees Ms Michela Ferrara Mr Roxana Adamcryk Mr Kevin Sylvester Mr 8enjamin Howell Company registered nvmber 07871152 Charity registered number 1148529 Registered office Community Centre Vanston Place Samuel Lewis Trust Estate London SW6 IBU 8ankers Metro Bank One Southampton Row London WCIB SHA Accountants Tom 8ora Management Accountants Ltd Chartered Management Accountants 111 Watling Gate 297-303 Edgware Road London NW9 6NB Page I IACompw Lknlted by Guarantsel FOR TNE YEAR ENts￿lI PAAICHX24 yearended 31 M¥th 2024 PRIMOPAL ACTnW espeualty b¢rtnot exclusithtlwh leisu￿ ¥t 104StOLk¥ttrJpth•Tcap•bth￿thrt Ihry thay for thetr peetÉrw5. Tmstee Chair Truste Tiust¥e WrySyP•*sier ac¢ura¢y at *rytimÈtheftfta￿l11 orthe tW¥andtotfiatrlethan toen5w• that xcwTrts GJ(o 28.01.25 NEW INTERNATIONAL COMPANY OF UVE ARTS IA Company Umlted by Guarantee) INDEPENDEf4T EXAMINER'S REPORT TO ThE MEMBERS OF NEW IP4YERNAnoNAL COMPANY OF LIVE ARTS We report on the accounts ol New Inl•rnatlonal Company of Uve Arts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Respeclfve re4>onslbllltl•s of trust••s al￿ examlner The trustees are resporisible for the preparation of the accovnts. The tharity's trustees consider that an audit is not required fc* this year under section 144121 of the charities Act 2011 and that an independent examlnatiw is needed. Having been satisfied that the charty is not subjett to audit under company law and 15 eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to.. Examine the accounts under sectior¢ 145 of the 2011 Art To follow the procedure5 laid down in General Dirertion given by the Charity commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act and To state whether partlcular matters have come to my attention. Basls of Independent eumlnees report My examinatlon was carried out in accordance with General DifertJ"on$ given by the Charitv Commission. An examination inclvdes a rewew of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those record5.lt a150 include5 consideration of any unusual items or disclosure5 in the accounts and seeking explanation from you a5 trustees ¢oncernSng any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and report is limted to those Matters set out in the statement below. Independent examlner's ststement In connection with our examination. no matter has come to our attention: (alto keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Art and Iblto prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with accounting requirement5 of theAct have not been met 12lto which in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper Mr Tom Bora CGMA ACMA Tom Bora Management Accountants Date: 15JO2024 14 . 0 i. J(JlS Page 3 •Tf4 15324 PIEW IrirERNATIONAL COMPANY OF UVE ARIS IA ¢ompan¥ Umlted by Guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024 2024 Total 202a Totsl FIMed Assets: Tan8ible Fixed Assets Curreni Assèts:. Debtor5 Bank & Cash in H3nd 119.307 169,477 Total Current Assets 119.307 169.477 Cf*dltors:arnountsfallln¢ dut wlthln one year ii.coji Net Current Assets 118.307 168,477 Net Assets 118307 168N77 FUNOS Unrestricted Funds Aestricted funds Totsl Funds 88,422 29,885 118.307 82.876 85.601 168,477 accounting records and preparation of financial statements. The financial statements have been prepared in acc¢ydance with the prov6sfjons applicable to entities 5ubjectto the small cornpanies regime. No memberlsl have requiied the cLKnpany to obtain an audit ol its aCc￿nts for the year ended 31 March 2024 in accordance section 476 of the companles Act 2tK6. The financial statements were approved and aUth￿l$ed for issue by the Trustees on _ signed on thèir behall bv= .and Ms Mlchela Ferrara The notes on pages 6 forni part of these financial ststeml￿ts. Page 5 P4EW114TERNATIONAI COMPANY OF UVE ARTS {A Cornpany Limited by Guarantee) NOTESTO THE Accoupirs FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 MARCH 2024 ACCOLINTING POLICIES 1.1 Basls of accourtlng These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historical cost in accordance with 'Accounting and Rew)rtin8 by Charities- Statemertt of RecommerKled Prartice ISORP 2TrJS1 nd with Accountin8 Standards,. and with the Charities Act 1993. 1.2 Chany In basls of attounfjr4 These has been no change to the accounting polioeslvaluaD"M rules and methods ol accountin8 since last year. 1.3 Chanzes to prevlous ac¢our4ts No changes have been made to accounts fty Pr￿Qu$ years 1.4 Incomlns Resourtes Incomin8 Resources represent grants. awards, donations. self-8enerated income due in the year 1.5 Tanglble Flxed Assets There were no tan￿ble Assets in theyear In￿rne 2024 2023 fvnds Income Unre5trithed Others Film Connection Vitality Artual START Improve by Move Tunisia 43,275 22,939.rxi 23,070 16.917 4.736.IXI 13,721.29 11,264.73 3,932 87,194 Total 52,661 2023 REDIT A£ciued Expenses- Independent Eyam Totsl ANK Current A¢¢ount p￿PaI Cash in Hand 97,978 21,329 145.397 23.603 477 169.478 119,307 Page 6 L99692 8.259.24 ,2S9.24 ILOI8.61 9A02 17 2914LbJ Acrwl st•BT 3SIOZ47 UJ49 7Q IL231 >J 3U27.35 L70Y 30 I.1￿76 as.(￿1 .9￿56 i.l•Q76 15J26 15.316riJ 29W5 .413 4117571 69 U7J