CEMEX Charity Partnerships 2021 Achievements – PAN Intercultural Arts

We wanted to share the key achievements for these partnerships over the last 12 months and this week will look at PAN Intercultural Arts.

PAN’s commitment to developing confident members of society for asylum seekers and refugees saw them holding 1620 person hours of workshops working against a background of declining confidence as part of the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic and its effect on mental health. The 2021 sessions therefore focussed primarily on building trust and ensuring participants are confident in their ideas, developing self-expression both individually and as part of a group.

Workshops had to be adjusted to ensure the beneficiaries of the Fortune project gained the assistance they required. Some senior members of PAN moved into employment and successfully navigated the recruitment process outside the comfort of the group. With growing confidence, some individual participants led activities during the sessions. Small groups also worked collaboratively to create and present ideas through story-telling, role playing and video making.

Over the last year, PAN was able to complete 1,620 person hours of workshops with CEMEX’s support.

This included:

• Six taster sessions in refugee centres and ESOL colleges to recruit.
• 36 regular sessions held weekly.
• Provided creative sessions for 48 people.
• Received young people from Iran, Turkey, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Colombia, Peru and a few from Eastern European countries – group size 60-65% male (key young migrant demographic).
• Spin-off groups formed as a result of Fortune project.

To find out more about the PAN Intercultural Arts, visit: https://www.pan-arts.net/