Participation

Ovalhouse's participation department, Creative Youth, offers young Londoners a safe space to be creative, develop, experiment and explore who they are and who they want to be.

We specialise in working with some of the most isolated and marginalised young people in south London – those who are unlikely to access the arts independently.

Our range of activities include a thriving extra-curricular youth arts programme, projects specifically developed for young refugees and asylum seekers, programmes dealing with the complex issues of education and exclusion, Arts Award accreditation, training for teachers and arts professionals and an annual festival 33% London.

In 2010 Ovalhouse was chosen as The Co-operative Foundation’s south London partner for their £280,000 Truth about Youth project to challenge and change the perceptions of young people.