Helix Arts
Projects
Moving On

[Sunderland / South Tyneside] 2006 to present

An annual programme of work with the South of Tyne Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP) and the Sunderland Youth Offending Service, working with young people within the criminal justice system and those leaving custody.

The aims of the programme are to assist participants to change their attitudes, thinking and behaviour and to:

Moving On also aims to:

During the pilot phase of this programme, a digital artist was engaged to deliver a series of workshops for the young people coming into contact with the youth offending services in Sunderland. Since then the group have taken part in a series of combined graphic design, street dance and MCing workshops. This programme of taster workshops, to introduce the participants to a variety of art forms, is now complete and the group are working with a film-maker over the next few months.

NEW Opportunity for two visual artists - see CAN YOU FIX MY SPACE? on the opportunities page for details.

The project is jointly managed by South of Tyne ISSP and Helix Arts.

Drawing of one of the groupImage with pit heads in the background

Drawing: Moving On participant | Change the Rules: Aidan Moesby

Funded by the National Probation Service (Northumbria), Sunderland ISSP and Arts Council England North East