Working with Looked After Children is immensely important to us. It is the cornerstone of our work and has been since the company began. We have over twenty-five years pioneering experience in this field. The approach is multi-disciplinary; but our main medium is music.
We have worked in partnership with Social Services, Children’s Services, Foster Carers, LACE teams, NCH Action for Children, Barnardo’s, the Foster Care Associates.

We are especially proud of our relationship with Calderdale Social Services which ran from 1997 to 2006. CSS now allocates funds specifically for music and other creative arts work with Looked After Children

Finding the Key Conference
In May 2008 over ninety people from all over the country attended our conference, a memorable day with looked after children playing a major role throughout.
Click here to read the Final Report on the pilot project, and for more information about the conference.

As a result of our recent pilot project, “Embedding Creativity” in partnership with Arts Council England, Creative Partnerships and National Children’s Bureau, we have developed an exciting new partnership with Cumbria Children's Services, and are planning a series of new projects with looked after children in Cumbria:

• “Be My Sunshine”, Foster DVD – new recruitment DVD made with looked after children working with the company. This film will dovetail with a new Foster Care recruitment campaign that Cumbria Children's Services will run in 2009.
• West Coast Media Project – digital media, music and filmmaking with looked after children on the West Coast of Cumbria in partnership with the county LACES service.
• Born Survivor – working in partnership with the Media Trust UK we plan to create ten short films for broadcast on Charge TV.