The Superact ethos

Our work incorporates art forms, such as storytelling and drama, which complement and enrich the musical approach.

In most of the areas in which we work, the arts can make a significant contribution to people’s lives; breaking down barriers, building self-esteem, promoting social inclusion and employability, and providing strong channels of expression and communication where previously they were not well established or perhaps did not exist at all.

Our activities are all ‘bespoke’ in the sense that they are designed and adapted according to the particular needs of the group we’re working with, from educational workshops to participatory storytelling or more traditional concerts, this flexibility optimises the relevance of what we provide and is one of Superact’s key success factors in working with very different audiences and environments.

Financially, Superact has a ‘not-for-profit’ status so all monies are directed back to helping the communities it serves.

Opening doors

It is becoming increasingly well recognised that arts based tools can assist learning, understanding and expression for many types of audience, but particularly those for who more academic methods can prove difficult.

Superact exists to help audiences gain access to arts based projects and initiatives that deliver awareness, principally within the healthcare, education and criminal justice systems.

It might be helping a person with dementia maintain stronger links with a fading past, helping a young offender discover a sense of self-worth and expression that might prevent re-offending or giving children the chance to experience the creativity of other cultures.

Our workshops and performances are designed specifically to suit the needs of the recipient audience and to be exciting, informative and very hands on.

Superact uses many types of arts activities to reach its audiences including music (across a huge variety of genres and cultures), story telling and drama.

We work with audiences at a very local level as well on initiatives that are regional, national and international in nature. Whilst a number of our activities are based on delivering government policy, we are keenly aware that helping people is best done on a very personal level and we are very happy to respond to requests for our services from individual communities and establishments themselves.