Upswing
Upswing is an award winning contemporary circus company
which was founded in 2004. Upswing explores the potential of circus to tell stories relevant to our society today, which reflect and speak to the
communities we live in by bringing diverse artists and audiences together. These stories are told by combining highly physical work with the use of narrative.
www.upswing.org.uk PRIMARY PROJECT
FUNDER: Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Founded in 1987, Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-making organisations in the UK, providing funding to help people overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity, so that they can realise their
ce year eople’s ms and rojects, reative rum, ilding ared
potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives. The Foundation has a strong belief in the power of the arts.
www.phf.org.uk
LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT
Anchor With almost 40,000 customers
in 1,000 locations, Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care to older people. Anchor provides a range
Partners for Magic Me’s
Artists Residencies in Care Homes project include:
• Aerial & circus company Upswing.
abaret collective and purveyors of ‘progressive working class entertainment’ Duckie.
ve theatre company Punchdrunk Enrichment, who Greenhive Green, a village green in a care home.
eaver Performance artist/activist in character as ountry and western singer Tammy Whynot.
Me’s other work in care homes includes the
rd-winning Cocktails in Care Homes project ing 200+ volunteers hosting monthly cocktail s in 10 care homes across London, and Action oneliness, an innovative befriending scheme ching local residents in Tower Hamlets with solated care home residents with similar interests & backgrounds.
of services from rented and leasehold retirement properties to residential care homes, specialist dementia care homes and retirement villages.
This project involves 4 Anchor homes in London, in
Peckham, Surrey Quays, and Bethnal Green. Anchor was the winner of Best Care Home category in the National Care Awards 2015.
With nearly 50 years of experience providing quality forward thinking care, Happy Living
is not only Anchor’s strapline, but its reason for being.
www.anchor.org.uk
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