# LEADING PLAYERS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1161385
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 22, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1161385


## Contact

- **Address:** Downsway, Nuneaton Road, Mancetter, Atherstone
- **Postcode:** CV9 1NN
- **Phone:** 01827717517
- **Website:** www.leadingplayers.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG ADULTS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY FROM ACROSS WARWICKSHIRE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF THEIR LEARNING DISABILITY BY;A)EXPLORING LEARNING DISABILITY ISSUES IN DRAMA WORKSHOPS;B)ENGAGING WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND ORGANISATIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LEARNING DISABILITY;C)HELPING THEM TO LEARN NEW SKILLS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS TO BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE AND RAISE THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND HELP PROMOTE THEIR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND INTERGRATION WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** To enable adults with a learning disability from across Warwickshire to explore learning disability issues in drama workshops at the Owen Street Community Arts Centre in Atherstone to include mine, role-play, improvisation and song. We work with professional sessional workers and volunteers from the world of theatre to devise and perform stage productions and community based theatre.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Coventry City
- Warwickshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | £11729 | £8157 | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | £6893 | £10530 | — | — |
| May 31, 2023 | £6752 | £4049 | — | — |
| May 31, 2022 | £2630 | £2411 | — | — |
| May 31, 2021 | £685 | £1021 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SHARON ANDREWS** (Chair) — appointed April 22, 2015
- DAWN TEAGLES — appointed April 22, 2015
- Elizabeth Ratcliffe — appointed April 24, 2017
- Lynda McKenzie — appointed Oct. 19, 2020