**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01 04 2022 Period start date To 31 03 2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Creative Collisions**
## **Charity registration number:** 1191198
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|‘To advance in life and help young
people in Great Yarmouth and the
surrounding areas through: (a) The
provision of recreational and leisure
time activities in the arts and heritage
provided in the interest of social
welfare, designed to improve their
conditions of life; (b) Providing support
and arts and heritage activities which
develop their skills, capacities and
capabilities to enable them to
participate in society as mature and
responsible individuals’|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Much of the activity during this period
was shaped by the involvement of
Creative Collisions in two major
projects as a consortium partner
organisation. The Norfolk – Kick the
Dust Project is funded by the National
Lottery Heritage fund (£745,500). It is
led by Norfolk Museums Service
working in partnership with Creative
Collisions, YMCA and Norfolk Libraries
and Information Service. This ambitious
project aims to transform and expand
the ways in which young people can
engage with their local heritage through
a structured programme of one-off
workshops, regular group activities,
work experience and participation in
museum exhibition and display|
|||development groups. Young people
shape the programme and are involved
in the project steering group. Finance
for the Kick the Dust project is handled
by Norfolk Museums Service so is not
included in the Creative Collisions
finance report for this period. Creative
Collisions has run regular groups as
part of this project including a National
Saturday Art & Design Club and Make
Yarmouth. We have supported the work
that Kick the Dust delivers with YMCA,
Young Consultants and the major youth
led Summer exhibition Retro Games at
Time and Tide Museum. We have
collaborated on the KTD funded Ledger
touring exhibition produced by arts
producers Forma and photographer
Oliver Chanerin.
This year Creative Collisions has
supported the Enjoy Cultural Education
Partnership, Let’s Enjoy project by
setting up a Young Communicators
Team. Let’s Enjoy commemorates the
10thanniversary of the founding of the
Enjoy-Great Yarmouth Cultural
Education Partnership (CEP) and
celebrates the achievements of the past
decade with an ambitious programme
of creative and cultural activities for
children, young people and teachers to
enjoy. Let’s Enjoy was an Arts Council
England funded project and funds are
managed by St Nicholas Priory CE VA
Primary school.
Creative collisions has delivered
consultation workshops with young
people helping to shape plans for two
major heritage development projects in
Great Yarmouth. The historic Winter
Gardens and Tide Museum
redevelopment project. Both projects
are subject to funding being awarded
by the National Lottery Heritage fund.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have|Para 1.18|In planning our activities for the year we
kept in mind theguidance issued bythe|
|had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit||Charity Commission on public benefit.
The main projects this year are detailed
above. Through participation in these
projects young people have benefited in
a number of ways. The have had
opportunities to get together and
create, to learn about their local
heritage, to work with artists and other
creative practitioners, to develop their
skills, confidence and aspirations.
Young people have also had
opportunities to showcase their work at
the Time and Tide Museum and found
out about careers in heritage and
creative industries. We welcome young
people from all backgrounds and work
with partner organisations to address
barriers to participation. We involve
young people in decision making and
have provide opportunities for young
people to develop into leadership roles
on projects.|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
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|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|Creative Collisions has continued its
work to provide opportunities for young
people from the Great Yarmouth area to
engage with heritage in innovative and
creative ways. Creative Collisions has
been involved as a core consortium
partner in Kick the Dust which secured
significant funding for activities with
young people.
We have continued to champion young
people’s rights to have access to high
quality creative and cultural activities
that support their personal development,
mental health and well-being. This work
is particularly important in an area of the
country where young people face
significant socio-economic issues and
barriers to participation.
The NLHF funded phase of the Kick the
Dust (Norfolk) ended in March 2023 with
evidence clearly demonstrating the
impact on young people and staff
engaging in activity. As the project
delivered activitythrough a blended|
offer of face-to-face activity and online engagement, this impact is increased further as more museum staff engaged in the co-delivery of activity and saw the benefits to their own development. This has been seen in the delivery of exhibitions, curation, the pre - traineeship programme and through collections. Kick the Dust projects have included: _**Retro Games**_ charted the rise of computer gaming through the boom of the 1980s to the present day. Starting with the early days of games arcades in the 70s, just like those found on the seafront of Great Yarmouth, the show moved through the decades of gaming development taking in the consoles and characters which have become household names. The show was the result of a creative collaboration between young people involved in the museum’s Kick the Dust youth engagement programme – funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, and the curatorial & exhibitions team at Great Yarmouth Museums. Veronica Abbasova from the Kick the Dust group explained: _“…Having had a part in the new exhibit has been one of the best experiences of my life and I have learnt so much from everyone who has helped to bring the original designs to life. From the first day I have felt encouraged to push the original concept to create something truly incredible and unique’._ Cllr. Margaret Dewsbury, Cabinet Member for Communities, Norfolk County Council said: “Retro Games _is a great example of a youth-led project in our Museums Service which will appeal to a broad range of people as well as attracting new audiences._
_Congratulations to all the young people and museum staff involved in the creation of such a vibrant immersive exhibition._ ” **Y Heritage** At the end of May, we were visited by Y Heritage on their ‘Norfolk Experience’ heritage trip. Seven heritage ambassadors from Leicester YMCA, Milton Keynes YMCA, Erdington YMCA and Sutton Coldfield YMCA joined us at the Time and Tide Museum to explore how the Norfolk Museums Service and the Kick the Dust project has used youth voices to help shape and direct the future of Norfolk Museums. Tricia Hall led a tour of the Time and Tide Museum. Great Yarmouth YMCA clients showcased the projects they have completed with Kick the Dust and Adam Hummel led an impressive drag makeup tutorial for the ambassadors. Adam also showcased his ‘Catch of the Day’ exhibits. Twenty-one-year-old Adam’s costumes are inspired by Great Yarmouth’s fishing industry and the LGBTQ+ community and have since been accessioned into the Time and Tide Museum collections. Their workshop inspired the ambassadors to explore how they could use their voices to direct their own museums to collect artwork created by young people and incorporated voices from communities that were previously hidden into their museum collections. Finally, we concluded the day with Fish and Chips on the beach which was particularly exciting for some of the clients who had never been to the beach before. **YMCA** Kick the Dust continued to work with the YMCA to create an engaging programme of positive activities for
young adults who struggle with their mental health and wellbeing. The sessions are held every Wednesday throughout the year. During weekly sessions, we used a range of creative practices to explore historical topics inspired by our museum collections and world history. This year the clients completed a Viking project which included their own version of the popular Viking game, Hnefatafl. In a Mythology project we explored world mythology and designed our own playing cards for the storytelling board game, Dixit. Three YMCA Yarmouth clients were Youth Ambassadors for the Kick the Dust project. As a Young Ambassador they were part of Kick the Dust’s project steering group which allowed them to help shape the future direction of Norfolk Museums Service and keep ‘youth voice’ at its heart. The role helped them to gain skills in communication and budget management as well as shaping a project that they are passionate about. **National Saturday Club** Our flagship Saturday offer continued to support underserved and disadvantaged young people, including young carers, young people on the autism and Asperger’s spectrums. The club offered artist-led workshops, national trips, Arts Award and two of our older members were promoted to Workshop Champions. Twenty local club members continued their success working on creative heritage projects in Great Yarmouth, contributing to significant High Street Heritage Action Zone projects; Ghost Signs and 3D Shop Signs, along with local artists Donna Thompson and Gabbi Minas. 50% of participants joined in 2022 and included young carers, young people
who are neuro divergent and one young person referred by a clinical therapist. As well as innovative multi-arts workshops led by leading artists, our group enjoyed a Masterclass with Jeremy Hutchison at Norwich University of the Arts, an exhibition of their work at Skippings Gallery in Great Yarmouth and a trip to Somerset House and the Institute of Engineering and Technology in London, where they took part in a Graduation Ceremony and saw their artworks on display at the NSC Summer Exhibition. Club Member, Sophie said: _“I thoroughly enjoyed each activity, in which I can safely say I have developed my confidence not only in my social life but also within my abilities to attempt new things! And thank you too for the experiences and memories I shall cherish! Hope to see everyone soon.”_ **Make Yarmouth** Make Yarmouth worked with The Shaw Trust to engage vulnerable teenagers in positive activities. We used a variety of creative arts approaches and the museum collections to investigate heritage. The session was delivered every Tuesday evening in term time. 36 sessions throughout the year were attended by approximately 12 young people each week. We hosted visiting artists from the Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) Ghost Signs project and participated in workshops for Ledger (below), Retro Games (above) and both Flavours and Out There Festivals in Great Yarmouth. **A Perfect Sentence** A Perfect Sentence is a contemporary art project by artist Oliver Chanarin, commissioned by Art producers Forma. Using photography as a tool for
investigation, dialogue and encounter, Chanarin travelled across the UK to explore questions of identity, belonging and nationality at a time of deep polarisation and introspection– following the turmoil of Brexit and Covid-19. In July, Chanerin delivered a photo negative workshop and a photoshoot with Make Yarmouth. Local young designer Adam Hummel and make-up artist Jessie Simmons delivered a theatrical/drag make up workshop for visual and performing arts students at East Coast College and the results were photographed by Chanarin. The project visited the youth group at St Georges Theatre. The exhibition will tour nationally in 2023 -24. - https://forma.org.uk/projects/oliver - - - chanarin a perfect sentence/ Former Kick the Dust trainee **Ricardo Fonseca** worked as assistant photographer for A Perfect Sentence. He achieved both a Bronze and Gold Arts Award for a site specific sound installation at Time and Tide and the production of a film with East Coast College Media students for the Retro Games exhibition. **Young Consultants** A monthly workshop for 16-25yr olds invited local young people to inform the day-to-day operations and long-term development of museums. Since March 2022, workshops have explored the Time and Tide redevelopment, Cromer Museum’s _Shaped By You_ exhibition, museum marketing and the design for _Retro Games._ Ten young people gained skills in exhibition planning, redisplays, communication, collection management and funding.
**Young Comms Yarmouth**
We set up a new team of Young Communicators for Great Yarmouth. In partnership with East Norfolk Sixth Form (ENSF) and the Enjoy Cultural Education Partnership (CEP) to work on the _Let’s Enjoy_ project. _Let’s Enjoy_ commemorated the 10[th] anniversary of the founding of the EnjoyGreat Yarmouth Cultural Education Partnership (CEP) and celebrated the achievements of the past decade with an ambitious programme of creative and cultural activities for children, young people and teachers to enjoy. Nine Level 4 Creative Enterprise students worked on a range of creative briefs, covering events across Great Yarmouth. Creative outputs included photography, journalism, social media, and film. Young Comms were recruited through a partnership with East Norfolk Sixth Form College (ENSF). They developed their skills and experience through specialist support from Creative Collisions and ENSF as well as industry professionals and CEP partners. **Winter Gardens Redevelopment** Creative Collisions consulted 100 local young people about the proposed re development of the iconic Wintergardens pavilion in Great Yarmouth. Participants from schools, colleges and youth groups took part in a range of site visits and practical workshops. Data collected was included in the Stage 1 funding application submitted to National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF). Additionally, 6 high schools and college teachers took part in a CPD and consultation workshop. Working alongside the Winter Gardens Partnership & Engagement Coordinator consulted students at Green Week
events at East Norfolk Sixth Form and conducted site visits and group workshops with YMCA (Great Yarmouth and Norwich), Norfolk Museums Kick the Dust project groups, East Coast College and Charter Academy. Year 10 GSCE photography students from Charter Academy were mentored by local professional photographer Debby Besford, who was herself a competitive roller skater at Wintergardens in 1980s. We also supported an extended ‘live brief’ project with visual arts students at East Coast College. They used a Winter Gardens site visit as primary research and this was followed up by an architecture workshop with tutors from the BA Architecture course at Norwich University of the Arts. **Time and Tide Re development** We’ve been talking to a wide range of young people about our proposals for the Time and Tide redevelopment. We’ve hosted a whole day consultation workshop with Level 4 students from East Norfolk Sixth Form, a site visit with Foundation Learners from East Coast College and creative sessions with our own National Saturday Club and Make Yarmouth groups. Participants have helped to inform and identify potential events and uses for a new covered courtyard space and given us feedback about proposed gallery changes. They’ve discussed access requirements for people with SEND and complex needs, environmental improvements and artistic interventions in the re imagined space.
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Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 We successfully applied for an Artfund grant of £40,880 to carry out _Not Made_
|Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41|_in Great Yarmouth_(NMGY) project in
2023-4.
The project will develop a new digital
gallery called_The Smokehouse Gallery_
within an industrial heritage space at
the Time and Tide Museum. This
atmospheric setting, in one of the
former herring smoking rooms offers a
unique opportunity to create a truly
multi-sensory experience. The
intervention will be transformative,
creating a world within a room without
changing the fabric of the walls.
Two artist residencies will be set up at
the museum, delivered by project teams
comprised of artists, museum staff,
teachers and young people tasked with
carrying out research into the
collections and archives which will
inform the development of digital
artworks.
The teams will create an inaugural
exhibition for the gallery; ‘_Not Made in_
_Great Yarmouth’_will take as its starting
point museum collections, people and
stories that did not originate in the town,
exploring historic and contemporary
international connections and reflecting
on legacies of colonialism and
migration.|
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|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in a good financial
position at the end of the period with
funds available to cover general
operating costs which are kept at a
minimal level. In kind support from
partners such as Norfolk Museums
Service enables the charity to operate
on this basis with the main expenditure
focussed on project work. In this period
the majority of project expenditure was
processed directly by lead partners in
the project consortiums that Creative
Collisions was part of.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Cash in our bank account is currently
**£2573.**This is held in reserve to cover
general operating expenses such as
bank charges and public liability
insurance.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£2573**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds
(including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our principle source of funds is grants
for projects. In this period we have
been acting as supporting consortium
partner with income and expenditure
processed by lead consortium partners
Norfolk Museums (Kick the Dust
Project) and Voluntary Norfolk (Freshly
Greated).
In 2021 -22 Creative Collisions received
partnershipfundingfor the Create|
|||Yarmouth project from Creative
Education Trust.|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|Trustees have not identified any risks
facing the charity.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||Charitable Incorporated Organisation
whose only voting members are its
charity trustees|
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|Type of governing
document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection
methods including details
of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to
post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the first charity trustees,
every trustee must be appointed [for a
term of [three] years] by a resolution
passed at a properly convened meeting
of the charity trustees. (2) In selecting
individuals for appointment as charity
trustees, the charity trustees must have
regard to the skills, knowledge and
experience needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|New trustees are inducted and trained
by existing trustees.|
|The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|Creative Collisions operates within a
wider network of high schools and
further education colleges in Great
Yarmouth along with Norfolk Museums
Service.|
The wider network within which Creative Collisions operates acts as a consultative forum and provides in kind support through staff time, sharing of Relationship with any specialist expertise, support to recruit related parties Para 1.51 young people to projects, use of venues and equipment for workshops and exhibiting young peoples work. In addition to the wider network described above Creative Collisions Other has also developed good working relationships with other Arts and Cultural Organisations operating in the Great Yarmouth area as well as with organisations supporting vulnerable young people.
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Creative Collisions|
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|Registered charity number|1191198|
|Charity’s principal address|Time and Tide Museum, Blackfriars Road, Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3BX|
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Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
- Reason for non disclosure of key personnel details
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**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
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## **Creative Collisions Accounts 2022-23**
|**Month/yeaDates**|**Month/yeaDates**||||||
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|**Balance going forward**||||**2563.37**|||
|**Income**|||**paid from**|**Amount**|**project**|**notes**|
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|Nov-21|7th Nov|NCC BACS||1200|Ledger|(Ricardo ass|
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||||total income|1200|||
|**Expenditure**|||**paid to**|**Amount**|**project**|**notes**|
|Apr-21|25th Apr||bank charges|5|||
|May-21|17th May||Ricardo Fonseca|200|Ledger|(invoiced N|
||20th May||Ricardo Fonseca|500|Ledger|(invoiced N|
||25th June Bank Charges|||5.8|||
|Jun-21|17th June||Ricardo Fonseca|500|Ledger|(invoiced N|
||25th June||Bank charges|5|||
|Jul-21|18th|CH 10034|Ricardo Fonseca|700|Ledger||
||28th|CH 10035|Ashley Page Insurance|
228.84|||
|Aug-21|25th Aug||bank charges|5.8|||
|Sep-21|25th Sep||bank charges|5.4|||
|Oct-21|25th Oct||bank charges|5|||
|Nov-21|25th Nov||bank charges|5|||
|Dec-21|25th Dec||bank charges|5|||
|Jan-22|26th Jan||bank charges|5|||
|Feb-22|25th Feb||bank charges|5|||
|Mar-22|25th March||bank charges|5|||
|**Total expenditure**||||2185.84|||
|**balance going forward**|||||||
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