Please support us to pay the annual rent of £5500 due 1st June. This is for our main centre in Freetown where some wonderful art is created, music recorded, digital media taught and practiced, graffiti and other arts carried out and learnt, poetry and stories written and photographs taken. Most importantly- lives are changed. It is where marginalised, isolated young people can come and be accepted. It is where people come for help and support, a sense of belonging or just to gather and share ideas.

Many regard WAYout as their only family. This is the central building where visitors and teachers from other countries come and share their skills and friendship. We have had some extraordinary guests in this last year, all creating opportunities for WAYout members; from world famous graffiti artists to music producers. From DJs to photographers.

We have brought long term change to the lives of street youth and gangs. Reducing crime and violence to create safer communities.

Members have created some great art. Films in international festivals, photo exhibitions in UK and USA, Performers at Glastonbury, prize winning poets.

We have awarded over 1800 certificates to those who society had given up on.

We have funded more than 60 inspirational projects.

Our work has directly involved more than 6,000 young people, with more than 500,000 others who have benefited.

We have empowered women in remote villages through filmmaking and provided them with a well- giving them more time to get creative and better health from clean water.

We now have centres in Kono, Taiama, Ferry Junction, the prison and Bodurbu village as well as the main studio in Freetown.

WAYout is the Arts University of the Street, with a philosophy that insists on self-respect and confidence to enable people to express their creativity