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Playback Theatre South West

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1161665
Status
Registered
Registered
May 14, 2015
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
23
Denys Road
Totnes
TQ9 5TJ

Activities

Playback Theatre South West creates opportunities for communities of people to engage with issues that affect their lives in workshops and performances. Creative theatre activities support refugees; young carers; people with learning difficulties or mental health issues; women who have experienced domestic abuse; and women's organisations in the South West of England.

Objects: 1.to Promote Social Inclusion By Supporting Those Who Are, Or At Risk Of Becoming, Socially Excluded, Relieving The Needs Of Those People Who Are Socially Excluded And Assisting Them In Integrating Into Society, To Include But Not Be Limited To, Children And Young People, Asylum Seekers And Refugees, People Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence, People Affected By Mental Health Issues And People With Learning Difficulties;2.to Promote Equality And Diversity By Undertaking Activities To Foster Understanding Between People From Diverse Backgrounds And Enabling People Of All Genders To Engage With Issues Of Gender Difference And Inequality.in Particular But Not Exclusively By Providing The Opportunity And Environment For People To Share Their Enlightening Stories, Ideas, Emotions And Experiences, Principally Through The Medium Of Playback Theatre, For The Public Benefit In Devon And Beyond. Playback Theatre Is A Participatory Improvisational Theatre Form Designed To Strengthen Communities, Build Resilience And Enable Positive Change.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
What
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who
Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Plymouth City, Somerset, Torbay

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
April 5, 2025 £132,661 £74,442
April 5, 2024 £43,538 £83,168
April 5, 2023 £91,648 £82,910
April 5, 2022 £59,546 £41,829
April 5, 2021 £2,500 £23,122

Trustees

Name Appointed
Francis John Porter Ba Hons April 29, 2015
Jet Greta Kamphuis April 29, 2015
Jill Lewis April 29, 2015
Katie Elizabeth Chaplin April 29, 2015