# LEADING PLAYERS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=1161385


## Contact

- **Address:** Downsway, Nuneaton Road, Mancetter, Atherstone
- **Postcode:** CV9 1NN
- **Phone:** 01827 717517
- **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



## Geography

- Coventry City
- Warwickshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **SHARON ANDREWS** | Chair | April 22, 2015 |
| DAWN TEAGLES |  | April 22, 2015 |
| Elizabeth Ratcliffe |  | April 24, 2017 |
| Lynda McKenzie |  | Oct. 19, 2020 |




