Odd Arts deliver issue-based creative programmes with vulnerable and excluded groups. We work within: Criminal Justice; Education; Community; Mental Health Odd Arts Aims: Reduce-risk of (re) offending Build more cohesive and safer communities Improve mental well-being including increased confidence and self-worth Improve work-based skills through accreditation, communication-skills and therapeutic learning Increase access and engagement to arts and culture for disadvantaged groups Values: Empowerment and enrichment for all Passion for arts and social justice Freedom to explore new ideas and create Equality of expression for all staff and stakeholders Learning from and within everything we do A restorative and strengths-based approach Outputs: Issue-based drama and creative social-action projects (film, creative writing, theatre, visual arts) - responding to the needs of the people we are working with Therapeutic theatre programmes (usually in prisons and other secure institutions) Interactive, issue-based theatre performances (including radicalisation, exploitation, domestic abuse, self-harm, sexual assault) All of our theatre programmes are underpinned by non-violent communication, restorative approaches and are trauma informed. Key focus areas: Mental Health Violence Reduction Community Cohesion Our programmes are delivered in schools, communities, hospitals and prisons, in the health, education and predominantly criminal justice sector.