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	MAYHEM, LONDON PAVAROTTI MUSIC CENTRE Recordings, Mostar SUPPORTING THE CATU TRIBE IN VIETNAM PROJECT TRUST - Peru. ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, SKOPJE, MACEDONIA See also 'About Future Trust' for further information.

	MAYHEM, LONDON For anyone interested in real theatre for real young people working towards a real future, Mayhem is necessary. David Lan - Artistic Director, Young Vic - 2006. Mayhem has really helped my acting skills and even though it is only one a week it has given me something to do otherwise I think I would just be ‘jamming on road’. Mayhem Member - 2007. The Mayhem Company work with young people in London using the process of drama and the production of theatre to understand themselves and the world in which we live. We enable young people to: Explore issues and themes that are relevant to their lives in a safe and secure environment Develop their social and artistic skills in a consistent and creative atmosphere Work with professional theatre makers both in rehearsal and production Raise and challenge their personal and professional expectations through performing in professional venues Access further artistic environments such as theatre trips, festivals and film work The Mayhem Company was set up in 2002 with young people from Geoffrey Chaucer Technology College as an after school drama activity. Since our inception we have worked with a diverse range of young people and professional theatre artists, reflecting both the diverse class and cultural heritage of South London. Previous productions include: Hamelyn Heights - Young Vic Studio 2003 100° Fahrenheit - Southwark Playhouse 2004 100° Fahrenheit - Schools tour to Arch Bishop Michael Ramsay Camberwell London, Collyers Sixth From Horsham Sussex and Bluecoats Secondary Walsaw-Birmingham 2005 Deluxe - Southwark Playhouse 2007 The Butterfly Club – Southwark Playhouse 2008 Real Life Sex Makes Baby - Royal Festival Hall 2009 Funders have included North Southwark Education Action Zone, Geoffrey Chaucer Technology College, Metropolitan Police, SE1 United, The London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lambeth, Southwark Playhouse, Mountview Drama School, Pool of London Authority and the JJ Charitable Trust. We are currently developing our next production looking at how young people develop and explore their sexuality in the age of mass media. The work will be performed in October 2008 at a venue in South London. Our Funders have included North Southwark Education Action Zone, Geoffrey Chaucer Technology College, Metropolitain Police, SE1 United, The London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Lambeth, Southwark Playhouse, Mountview Drama School, Pool of London Authority and the JJ Charitable Trust. Further information from Fiona McRae at Future Trust.
	MAYHEM - ELEPHANT 21 The evolution and regeneration of London has been a constant theme and reality for its peoples since its inception in the early first Millennium. ‘Elephant 21’ (Elephant refers to Elephant and Castle and 21 to the 21st Century in which we live) will focus on the geographical area of Elephant and Castle in South London currently undergoing enormous building regeneration. Elephant 21 seeks to conserve for future generations the experiences and expectations of those peoples who have lived and worked there since its rebuilding after the Blitz to the present day as a document that will enable us to understand, reflect and interpret how notions of personal identity, family and community, culture an heritage and been effected by the economics, politics and geography of London and the nation at large. As the Elephant and Castle undergoes this rapid change it is vital to capture the many layers of history, experiences and perspectives on this heritage theme that will disappear as social housing units and shops are demolished (in some cases refurbished) and re-developed over the coming year. Working with local community organisations (SE1 United, Globe Academy, Age Concern, Latin American Association and Tenants Associations) and heritage organisations (Cuming Museum and Local History Library – currently located in Peckham Library) will enable project participants and the people’s of the area to engage collectively in what it has meant to live, work and study in the area. What will we do? The Elephant 21 will train and then work with the local people of Elephant and Castle (TMC members, community volunteers) to gather, record and interpret the experiences of people in and around the Elephant and Castle area in conjunction with the Cuming Museum. These newly trained oral historians will also work along side the Local History Library (their temporary Peckham home) to access archives about the history of the area in the last 70 years. The information with be interpreted, collated and documented into a script/book with the aid of a writer and be accompanied by a series of live performances (TMC) in Elephant as a way to share the vanishing local heritage with peoples of London. This will be accompanied by a video documentary of the process. Both the DVD and the book will be conserved through out the boroughs public lending resources and archives. We also hope to produce either within in the context of the script/book or as a discreet document, a learning resource enabling local community groups and arts organisations to have a step-by-step guide to regeneration/heritage work of this nature. Further information from Fiona McRae at Future Trust.

	PAVAROTTI MUSIC CENTRE, MOSTAR Future Trust have previously funded a series of recordings in the Pavarotti music centre in Mostar, to give the underprivileged youth and children a valuable and fun experience of being a professional recording artist. This year, we returned to Mostar for the 2010 "Recording Star" event scheduled to take place on the same evening as a pop concert of famous BiH band 'Dubioza Kolektiv' and in the same week of the iconic international bridge jumping competition. The event was intended to promote local talent in a positive and fun way, and to give one winning participant a memorable professional recording studio experience at the PAVAROTTI MUSIC CENTRE. Further information from Fiona McRae at Future Trust.

	POWER GENERATOR FOR THE "CATU" TRIBE IN VIETNAM Future Trust are proud to be supporting an Indigenous Tribe in Vietnam, the "Catu" in Zara village. To preserve their heritage and avoid the need to move to inner cities and work in factories, the Catu’s livelihood is reliant on the production of traditional cloths to sell to passing tourist trade. Their workshops and homes are almost constantly interrupted by power cuts, making their livelihood more threatened by severely limiting potential progress or prosperity. Therefore, we felt the best help we could offer would we be to donate an electricity power generator to power their community, and fuel to run it for a year. The agreement will continue for year by year until the support is no longer required. Future Trust are supporting the Catu through a Japanese NGO, 'Foundation for International Development & Relief'. Further information from Fiona McRae at Future Trust.

	PROJECT TRUST, PERU Future Trust is supporting brave student Jenny Culverwell in her year abroad working for a Peruvian orphanage through Project Trust. Jenny is working extremely hard with some of the most vulnerable children and challenging conditions in Peru. Further information from Fiona McRae at Future Trust.

	ART FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, SKOPJE, MACEDONIA Performing Arts Centre MULTIMEDIA in partnership with FOSI Macedonia, European Cultural Foundation and Future Trust. The 'Art for Social Change' programme uses drama and theatre in education as a tool to help young people from all ethnic groups (Slavs, Albanians, Roma and Turks) throughout Macedonia understand who they are and the world in which they live. The aim is to aid self-confidence, self-exploration, cultural expression and aid in conflict resolution. The programme is targeted at children and young people between the ages of 6 and 18 years who are confronted by the many kinds of violence that affect their lives: military, environmental and domestic. The programme is led by artists, social workers, pedagogues and psychologists. Face to face work with the children and young people is carried out in working groups consisting of 20-25 children, meeting a minimum of twice per week for a duration of two hours. Facilitators-artists lead the workshops, and each team of artists has a group that supports them. Each session of workshops ends with a final product (theatre play, exhibition, performance etc . . . that is shown to the public. However, it must be emphasised that this product must not be a goal for itself. It must be the outcome of the work of the participating children themselves. 400 children a week are benefitting from this project. Presently there are five projects co-ordinated by PAC MULTIMEDIA. These are based in Skopje at '11 October Orphanage', in Kumanovo, in Ohrid and nearby Resen, and at Debar and Ljubanci. The Art for Social Change programme for the period 2002-2004 is structured to cover more than 400 children with 40 facilitators. It includes the active involvement of the childrens' parents in this project. Special working sessions are organised with the children and parents. Future Trust is supporting this work alongside the Macedonia Education Ministry and the European Cultural Fund. Our supervisor, Benjamin May, visits and reports back on the work of this project three times a year. This support is possible thanks to a grant received from the JJ Charitable Trust. Further information from Fiona McRae at Future Trust, or directly from PAC MULTIMEDIA: Violeta Simjanovska, Executive Director, PAC MULTIMEDIA Mihail Cokov, 4 1000 Skopje Macedonia tel : + 389 2 111 570 fax : + 389 2 109 303 e-mail vsimjan@osi.net.mk info@multimedia.org.mk Web http://multimedia.org.mk
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