Welcome to CAST

CAST works in areas that have suffered as a result of conflict and  inspires creativity in vulnerable young people , helping them find their voice and produce their own projects.

We run 5 day workshops for 11- 17 year olds and intensive teacher training courses that use a range of arts techniques to integrate creative learning into schools that have no space or resources to  support them outside of the classroom.

In working with teachers we reach more children and the work becomes more sustainable, a key part of CAST.

Like a creative scaffold, we provide structure and support to projects until they are capable of sustaining themselves.

CAST is unique in the way we work with global communities. We look at local governments and at communities’ cultural and education needs. We then create workshops that fill the gaps in techniques and resources with exciting and inspirational projects for young people and their teachers.

Our training projects enable local teachers to integrate creative learning into their teaching practice without disrupting their timetables and can be adapted for both mainstream and special needs classes. Our Artist’s Network encourages artists from within the communities we work in to be part of our teams, meaning that the methods we pass on stay within the local area rather than leaving at the end of our projects.

Our main project is based in Lebanon where we are working with UNRWA to provide solutions to some of their education issues in the Palestinian refugee camps. For more information on CAST in Lebanon please click here.

Please take a look around our site to see more about what we do…

CAST NEWS: The Launch of the CAST  at the BFI Southbank.

On September the 30th CAST had its public launch at the BFI Southbank. It was a great night with the Palestinian Ambassador Professor Hassassian, Richard Curtis, Alison Steadman and Bill Nighy along with many other showing their support for our work. Many thanks to all those who came along and to those who have given so generously towards our projects since.

Photographs © Brian Roberts.

CAST projects for 2011.

We’re very excited to be planning our next round of projects in Lebanon, starting with the next Teacher’s project in early Spring and the Youth Project soon afterwards. Our continuing relationship with UNWRA and the British Embassy in Beirut ensures our work reaches those that most need it.

It would be an enormous help if you were able to help with these next project; the cost of running the Youth Drama Workshops per child is only £270…anything you can do to help by way of a donation would be appreciated.

You can now donate through the Just Giving website – please click here to send us a gift

Thank You.

How did CAST begin?

Actor/Director David Morrissey set up CAST after visiting the Palestinian camps in 2009 and realising there was something he could do to help the children there. To read about how the project came about click here.

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