£1,000 towards Melody Loses Her Mojo. 20 Stories High creates challenging theatre and attracts new audiences with a mix of professional productions, youth theatre and community projects. PH Holt funded Masterclasses for 250 young people who had not engaged with…

Tmesis Theatre was founded in 2003 and creates, develops and shares world-class physical theatre through performance, participation and an international festival. Based in Liverpool the theatre company has received critical acclaim for the unique style of movement-based theatre and their…

£10,000 towards DaDaFest’s ‘Art of the Lived Experiment’. PH Holt funding is improving access for people with hearing loss at DaDaFest’s International Festival, ‘Art of the Lived Experiment’. The festival, first created in 2001 has grown substantially and attracts over…

Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest free celebration of African music and culture and takes place annually in Liverpool. Beginning in 1992 as a series of small gigs in the city centre, the event has gone from strength to strength, moving…

£1,000 supporting family activities at the Williamson Art Gallery. Targeting hard to reach families, Family Friendly Art Play at the Williamson Art Gallery offers local parents and preschool children accessible creative arts workshops inspired by artefacts from the Williamson Art…

£3,975 for young people with autism to explore society’s perceptions of disability. The Plaza Community Cinema works to meet the needs of young people on the autism spectrum and those with physical disabilities through Autism friendly film screenings and arts…

£3,646 for people with dementia. SOLA ARTS is grassroots community arts organisation based in Liverpool specialising in supporting refugees, asylum seekers and those most disadvantaged in society. SOLA ARTS is piloting arts engagement, art therapy and volunteering to address the…

£4,250 towards the Spring Heeled Jack project. Hope Street Ltd focuses its support on communities in Everton that have become fragmented and excluded from opportunities. The Spring Heeled Jack project comprised a carnival in Everton Park and a community-curated exhibition…

£5,950 for FACT’s Older People’s programme. FACT is a Liverpool-based cinema, art gallery and a leading organisation for the support & exhibition of film, art and new media. Fact’s Older People’s Programme is aimed at developing the digital skills of…

  £1,000 for widening access to performing arts for young people. Pull up a Chair Productions is a non-profit touring theatre company dedicated to using drama as a tool to inspire and engage Merseyside’s communities to create lasting change. Pull up…