Arts, Culture & Heritage Education & Young People 2025
Artswork

Artswork NPO Impact 2023–2025

Artswork is a South East England arts organisation and National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England, delivering youth-led creative changemaking, employability and violence reduction programmes across communities including Arun, Dover, Gosport, the Isle of Wight, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor and Slough. Across 2023–25 it worked with 21,008 young people, positively impacted 80,301 community members, and issued 4,996 qualifications. 90% of young people felt heard, and 91% of Portsmouth Creative Skills participants felt more positive about education, training and employment. The RISE micro-investment programme and Breakthrough Starter Jobs supported young people into creative careers and entrepreneurship.

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Youth-led community changemaking through creative commissions and consultations; Portsmouth Creative Skills employability programme; RISE micro-investment programme for young entrepreneurs; Breakthrough Starter Jobs; apprenticeships; practice-based support for young people improving career prospects; Violence Reduction work; safeguarding training for creative, cultural and heritage practitioners; St Radigunds Community Garden Sculpture Project (Dover); MOD Aldershot Youth Voice project Custom geography from upload: South East England, UK (Arun, Dover, Gosport, Isle of Wight, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Slough)

📊Key Metrics

21,008 young people worked with across the 2023–2025 NPO period; 80,301 community members positively impacted by youth-led changemaking work Key Metric 1
12,505 young people made active change in their communities through consultations and creative commissions; 6,948 young people impacted through violence reduction work Key Metric 2
90% of young people felt 'heard'; 91% of participants on Portsmouth Creative Skills programme reported feeling more positive about education, training and employment Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 4,996 qualifications issued across the period; 4,544 people undertook learning with Artswork; 157 young people improved their career prospects through in-depth work or practice-based support
  • 82% of people worked with across all programmes felt their confidence had improved; RISE participant launched a business with Artswork support as an 18-year-old
  • A Portsmouth Creative Skills participant secured a job in sales directly attributing the programme with boosting confidence and enabling them to express themselves creatively

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