providers of high quality arts education since 1994

Eastside Educational Trust is a registered charity which delivers arts activities and creative learning projects to children and  young people through schools and community groups. We enable young people to work alongside professional artists and creative practitioners both in school time and out of school hours. Our aim is to inspire future generations to directly engage with creativity, culture and the arts, either as participants or as audience members.

Eastside has broken two Guinness World Records for literature, gained two quality assurance marks - 'Learning Outside the Classroom' and 'Investing in Volunteers', won the 'European Award for Languages' and in 2010 received 'The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service', the equivalent of an MBE for community based organisations.

We support children taking their first steps in the arts, through to helping young people begin professional arts training as young adults. Our workshops cover the entire spectrum of the creative arts including; drama and performance, dance and movement, literature and spoken word, visual arts and crafts, music and singing and film and media. We also give young people access to cutting edge technology including film editing, website production, blogging, social media and mobile applications. Our work introduces important life skills, such as leadership, responsibility, commitment and team work and our educational outreach programme actively targets disadvantaged and disaffected young people and those that have special educational needs, learning difficulties or disabilities.

At the heart of every Eastside project is the belief that all young people have the capacity to surpass expectations and surprise us with their resourcefulness, creativity and enterprise. Eastside encourages children of all ages and abilities to work together and to learn from one another, giving them the opportunity to build on what they learn at school, to acquire new skills and to have fun trying something new. By enabling students and teachers to work collaboratively and empowering the young people in the decision making process, we believe that we can help young people to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

further information about eastside educational trust:

our mission statement

our vision and strategy

our stakeholders

meet our celebrity patrons

share their eastside experiences

All of Eastside's celebrity patrons are fully committed to our vision and their endorsements and personal statements testify to the importance of supporting young people in their creative endeavours.

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eastside receives royal honour 

highest award given to charities 

In 2010, Eastside Educational Trust was honoured to receive The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for volunteer groups and the highest award given to volunteer groups and charities across the UK for outstanding work done in their local communities.

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