These disparate enterprises are connected by creativity, energy and a passion for the communities they work with.
Residents
Our building is home to more than 20 resident organisations that work in a wide variety of fields, from theatre production and contemporary art to charities, music education and lighting design.
Irene Taylor Trust
Creating Music. Transforming Futures: The Irene Taylor Trust uses the creation of new music to inspire prisoners, ex-prisoners and young people in challenging circumstances to achieve their potential.
www.irenetaylortrust.com
Sound Connections
Sound Connections believes every child and young person in London should have the opportunity to experience music-making, and works in partnership to deliver landmark music programmes.
sound-connections.org.uk
Streetwise Opera
Streetwise Opera is an award-winning performing arts charity that uses singing and creativity to inspire and empower people recovering from homelessness. It runs workshops in homeless centres and arts venues across England, and produces critically-acclaimed operas working alongside world-class professional artists.
streetwiseopera.orgAFFORD
The African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) was established in 1994 with a mission to expand and enhance the contributions Africans in the diaspora make to African development.
afford-uk.orgCreative Diversity Network
Creative Diversity Network is an organisation set up by the major UK broadcasters to share, discuss and profile the work that they are doing around the diversity agenda.
www.creativediversitynetwork.comDeaf Rave CIC
Deaf Rave CIC provide workshops in Event Management, DJing, VJing and British Sign Language (BSL) as well as Deaf Awareness taster workshops for government and council organisations and festivals. They have also collaborated with numerous artists across the music, theatre and performance spectrum, working with charities, organisations and collaborators oversea.
www.deafrave.comDrake Music
Drake Music are leaders in music, disability and technology. We are innovators, educators, curators and advocates. They believe everyone has the right to express themselves creatively through music, and use new technologies and ideas to open up access to music for all. Their vision is a world where disabled and non-disabled musicians work together as equal.
www.drakemusic.orgEscape Plan
Escape Plan is an ingenious ‘live escape’ experience set against the fascinating backdrop of World War II. Pitted against the clock, you and your team must find and solve clues, decipher codes and use critical thinking and teamwork to keep calm and get out.
www.richmix.org.uk/escape-plan-the-adventure-beginsFACE
For over ten years FACE have been creating unique and iconic experiences for people in every live setting imaginable. From orchestras on the river, to creating London’s largest outdoor cinema, to a football pitch in Trafalgar Square to the most creative fireworks spectacular.
www.facevents.co.ukFawcett Society
The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights at work, at home and in public life.
www.fawcettsociety.org.ukGood Chance Theatre
Through theatre and art, Good Chance Theatre creates new kinds of communities, collaborating with artists from across the world and connecting people, stories and cultures. We create radical spaces of welcome, togetherness and respect.
www.goodchance.org.ukHands Up Foundation
Hands Up is a small and innovative charity that funds health and education programmes in Syria and neighbouring countries.
handsupfoundation.orgHear Me Out
Hear Me Out run music and arts workshops with people in UK immigration detention centres and asylum hotels to release the words, music, and life stories of the people held inside.
hearmeoutmusic.org.ukIrene Taylor Trust
Creating Music. Transforming Futures: The Irene Taylor Trust uses the creation of new music to inspire prisoners, ex-prisoners and young people in challenging circumstances to achieve their potential.
www.irenetaylortrust.comKids in Museums
Kids in Museums is a charity dedicated to making museums open and welcoming to all children, young people and families. They champion family friendly organisations through wide-ranging initiatives, including the Family Friendly Museum Award and Takeover Day. They invite cultural and heritage organisations to sign up to our Manifesto, which sets out simple guidelines for making museums easy to reach for all ages.
Kids in MuseumsLondon Youth Choirs
London Youth Choirs is a family of ten weekly choirs for young people aged 7-23 in the capital, with around 450 members and over 750 alumni. Their citywide vision has always promised two things – to deliver musical excellence and social change. They work to remove barriers to access to ensure that everyone can take part.
London Youth ChoirsMaurice Brill Lighting Design
Maurice Brill Lighting Design is a leading lighting design consultancy that aims to maximise the impact of the space around us in hotels, shopping centres, museums or outdoor environments.
mbld.co.ukNew Contemporaries
New Contemporaries is the leading organisation supporting emergent art practice from UK art schools, and has provided a critical platform for new and recent fine art graduates since 1949.
newcontemporaries.org.ukOne World Media
Through the One World Media Awards, the OWM Fellowship, the Global Short Docs Forum (GSDF), and a year-round series of events, One World Media encourage and celebrate quality reporting from the global south.
oneworldmedia.org.ukPhrased Differently
Phrased Differently are an independent music publishing, production and artist development company that has managed over 1,500 song placements since 2006 – including over 60 number-ones and 50 platinum records.
phraseddifferently.comRestart
Restart's aim is to support people overcoming the challenges of life on the streets by assisting them to secure accommodation, find employment/income, improve social relationships, mental health and well-being. Many of its guests have come from, or are currently living in, vulnerable situations (including sleeping on the street or in temporary accommodation).
restartlives.orgRunway
Runway is an international music booking agency representing touring artists from across the world. Formed in 2020 amidst the disruption of the pandemic the company now represents over 100 artists from hip-hop to hard-rock.
runwayartists.comScreen Talent
Screen Talent represents directors of photography, production designers, costume and makeup designers, editors, assistant directors and other specialists in film and TV drama, commercials, corporates and music promo production.
screen-talent.comSound Connections
Sound Connections believes every child and young person in London should have the opportunity to experience music-making, and works in partnership to deliver landmark music programmes.
sound-connections.org.ukStreetwise Opera
Streetwise Opera is an award-winning performing arts charity that uses singing and creativity to inspire and empower people recovering from homelessness. It runs workshops in homeless centres and arts venues across England, and produces critically-acclaimed operas working alongside world-class professional artists.
streetwiseopera.orgThe Hands Up Foundation
Hands Up is a small and innovative charity that funds health and education programmes in Syria and neighbouring countries. Their aim is to make a positive difference to Syrians in need. They work directly with local organisations who know the needs and context of their local communities better than anyone.
handsupfoundation.orgThe New Humanitarian
The New Humanitarian is an independent, non-profit newsroom reporting from the heart of conflict, disasters and other crises. They put quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world.
thenewhumanitarian.orgTroi Lee
Troi Lee is a London based Deaf DJ, performer, festival curator and events organiser, putting on raves and producing online streamed showcases in signsongs, dance, comedy, VV (Visual Vernacular) and other visual performances made by and for Deaf communities worldwide.
instagram.com/deafraveWild Arts
Wild Arts makes great music fresh and enjoyable, performed in intimate venues, for everyone. Environmentally sustainable performing and touring, and top quality, lie at the heart of Wild Arts. They take risks, playing opera and symphonic repertoire as chamber music, collaboratively, and in unusual locations.
wildarts.org.ukUpRising
UpRising is a UK-wide youth leadership development organisation. Our important work provides routes to leadership and employment for 16-25 year olds who have talent, but lack opportunity. The mission is to break the cycle of unrepresentative power in the UK, by developing new, community-minded and socially-conscious leaders; so that our future decision-makers truly represent our diverse communities. They want to change the face of power in this country - quite literally.
uprising.org.ukUpswing
Upswing is an award-winning company that uses circus to create performances that interact playfully with theatre, dance, text and multimedia and create fresh, exhilarating experiences.
upswing.org.uk