## **Safari (SCIO) Chairpersons Annual Report 2024 - 2025** ## **Introduction to Safari** Safari (SCIO) is a small Scottish charity based in Dundee, working with vulnerable groups including adults with learning disabilities and autism. We use creative and leisure activities to enable participants to develop skills, experience success, and take part in community-based opportunities where they can enjoy empowered roles and gain recognition for their positive contributions. Our focus on the arts reflects the unique opportunities creative activities offer for self-expression, confidence building, and inclusion. In art, there is no right or wrong — difference is celebrated as a strength. Our activities bring diverse art forms together and support individuals to engage meaningfully, regardless of cognitive or physical ability. Through this work we: - Increase public exposure to, and appreciation of, the arts. - Provide opportunities for participation by people who might otherwise be excluded. - Encourage high standards by nurturing talent and raising artistic skills. - Develop a hub of recognised artists within Dundee and surrounding areas. - Preserve and promote traditional crafts and skills, including storytelling and oral history. Safari’s community activities also support experiential learning and pre-vocational skills such as communication, teamwork, timekeeping, problem-solving, and confidence building. These skills help participants move forward on their life journeys, with creativity as the starting point for adventure. ## **Trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Registered Office** Wallace White 2nd Floor, 22–24 Blythswood Square Glasgow G2 4BG ## **Structure, Governance & Management** Safari is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO), registered on 7 November 2019. It has a two-tier constitution based on the SCVO model, giving members important rights including the appointment of trustees at the AGM. The management committee, which normally meets monthly, are the charity’s trustees. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in advancing Safari’s purposes. Trustees are elected annually, with a minimum of three and maximum of seven serving at any time. ## **Charitable Purposes** Our purposes are to: - Promote Scottish heritage, culture, and the arts through storytelling, theatre, visual arts, dance, music, and creative writing. - Provide recreational activities that improve wellbeing and reduce social isolation. - Support education by offering inclusive learning and skills development opportunities, including horticultural and nature-based creative activities. ## **Financial Review** Safari’s activities during 2024–25 were supported by partnership funding and community contributions. Funding enabled us to deliver workshops, performances, and social events, while maintaining our commitment to inclusion and wellbeing. ## **Chairperson’s Report Annual General Meeting** Over the past twelve months, our members have taken part in a wide range of workshops and performances, each designed to encourage self-expression, build confidence, and support wellbeing. ## **ACTIVITIES** 2024–25 has been a year of growth, creativity, and connection. Highlights include: - **Dance workshops** led by , encouraging fun, movement, and creative self-expression. These sessions also included drama games, improvisations, and preparations for our own version of _Hansel and Gretel_ , planned as a pantomime for Christmas 2025. - **Scottish Learning Disability Week (Sept 2025):** Safari hosted a workshop with artist from Lung Ha Theatre Company, Edinburgh. This inclusive taster - session was shared widely across social media and NHS Tayside partner channels as part of the _Across Scotland_ initiative. - **Performance project (May–July 2025):** _Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Visit Dundee V&A_ , facilitated by Abigail Underwood, was a highly successful creative venture. - **Visiting facilitators:** We welcomed (Jan 2025) and (Oct 2025), Occupational Therapy students from Robert Gordon University. Their workshops explored creative engagement with nature, using natural materials, storytelling, and nature themed drama games to highlight the health benefits of connecting with our environment. - **Wellbeing block:** An eight-week summer programme led by external facilitator focused on diet, activity, and social connection, using creativity to explore - ways of looking after health and wellbeing. - **Social highlights:** Halloween and Christmas party nights, complete with games, treats, and karaoke, were popular events that strengthened friendships and community spirit. Highlights included dance workshops led by , a special taster session with Lung Ha Theatre Company during Scottish Learning Disability Week, and our successful performance of _Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Visit Dundee V&A_ . We also welcomed visiting facilitators who explored creative ways of engaging with nature and ran an eight-week wellbeing block with external facilitator . Alongside these creative opportunities, our social events — Halloween and Christmas parties with games, treats, and karaoke — were much-loved highlights, strengthening friendships and community spirit. At our AGM members expressed strong positive feedback for the year’s work and a unanimous commitment to continue developing our range of creative opportunities. We are proud of the progress made since our last AGM in October 2024 and look forward to building on this momentum in the year ahead. ## **Signed** Chairperson ## **Plans for Future Activities** Looking ahead, Safari will continue to expand its creative programme, with a particular focus on: - Delivering our pantomime _Hansel and Gretel_ in Christmas 2025. - Strengthening partnerships with NHS Tayside and national organisations to promote inclusion. - Offering more nature-based creative opportunities to support health and wellbeing. - Building on our reputation as a hub for accessible arts in Dundee. 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