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About us
Who we are
Comedian Josie Long and campaigner Neil Griffiths founded Arts Emergency in 2011 as a way to do something meaningful for the young people most affected by rising tuition fees and cuts to the arts.
From a grassroots project in Hackney with eight students and a handful of volunteers, Arts Emergency is now a community of 7,000 professionals from the creative and cultural industries who have pledged to pass on opportunities and support to less privileged young people. Since 2013 we have provided expert mentors, work experience and free cultural activities to over 1,000 young people, with the vast majority going on to higher education, apprenticeships and employment in the cultural sector.
We currently work in London, Greater Manchester and Merseyside but we plan to sustainably expand our work across the country.
Our mission is to help young people overcome barriers to participation in higher education and the creative and cultural industriesw.
Our vision is of a society where every young person gets a fair chance to flourish and every opportunity to contribute to the culture in which they live.
