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At Carousel everything we do is inspired by the talents and ambitions of the peoplewe work with. Award-winning podcast? We've got it. Radical music festival?

For sure. An international festival of short films? Of course! In our partnerships,training and arts development Carousel is dedicated to making learning disabled

creativity a valued part of the cultural landscape. 

A N N U A L R E P O RT 2018-2019

HELLO READER!Thank you for opening up our AnnualReport for 2018-2019, celebratingCarousel’s 37th year.In here you will find out all about theamazing projects that have taken place andthe people doing them; about ourpartnerships and achievements. I’ve been busy with the Sharing Our Skillsgroup on making us the best publicspeakers and training providers we can be.This means we can help venues include andwelcome people with learning disabilities totheir events. We need to make the artsmore accessible for everyone – and we will.Our Report reflects how vibrant and action-packed Carousel is and I for one lookforward to being even more bold and reallysmashing it out there!Sarah WatsonChair of Trustees

CAROUSEL RADIO) In May 2018, Carousel Radio was awardedGold at the British Podcast Awards in theRepresent category, supported by Twitter. Franand Davot from the team went to London tocollect the award. They said: “We’re very happyand excited to have won! We’d like to thank all thelisteners of Carousel Radio.”

The British Podcast Awards Judging Panel said:“A podcast that platforms voices we genuinely feelhave been filtered out of UK media. Refreshing andtotally unpredictable, this is a highly original listen.”

YOUNG OSKA BRIGHT) Young Oska Bright won the Creative LearningGuild’s Cultural Charity Award in March 2019.Awards Judge Ben Sandbrook, Founder of WorldPencil said “Carousel's Young Oska Bright FilmFestival really champions, celebrates and, mostimportantly, empowers the creative work of youngpeople with learning difficulties. Their well thought-out approach delivers both impact and legacy on avery tight resource and their work deserves all therecognition it can get.”

THE ROCK HOUSE) The Rock House was shortlisted for anAttitude is Everything Award.

OSKA BRIGHT FILM FESTIVAL) Oska Bright Film Festival was shortlisted forthe Creative and Cultural Skills Awards.

YOUNG CAROUSEL) Our work with young people was selected byGlobal Make Some Noise as one of its supportedcharities. “Global’s Make Some Noise is proud tosupport ‘Young Carousel’ – a range of projects usingmusic, radio and film to provide a means ofcommunication and expression for young people withlearning disabilities to ‘make some noise’ of theirown.” A fundraising drive ran throughout the year.

MAGPIE) Drake Music Emergent Artist Award winnerLouis Walkden wrote, composed and recordedMagpie about his love of charity shops andbeing environmentally aware. “Come oneveryone show you care. Use it again don’t throwit away. Let’s have it another day.”The promotional video was made at SOLDcharity shop in Shoreham.

FACTS AND FIGURESIn 2018-2019 Carousel:) Ran 262 workshops for 1,396 people) Gave 12 presentations by learning disabled

speakers) Held 383 performances, screenings

and events) Reached a total audience of 17,949 people) Worked with 171 learning disabled artists

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SOCIAL MEDIAF 11,435 people like and follow our

Facebook pagesT 7,511 follow us on TwitterP 87,700 people watched us on YouTubeI 977 people follow us on InstagramD 34,637 visited our websites

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“Engaging and surprising, and a new favourite for me.”

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“I’m endlessly grateful for all theamazing opportunities that I’ve been

involved with at Carousel. We’ve got anace team, here’s to another fine year!”

Mark Benton, Music Facilitator

“Being part of such an energetic, creative andenthusiastic bunch of people is a huge buzz.

Volunteering with Carousel can be unpredictablebut whatever happens, I know I’m always going

to have the best fun.” Anna Dewis

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SAME SKY) We continued working with Same Sky to makeBrighton-wide celebratory events accessible tolearning disabled children, their families andcarers. Live feeds for the Children’s Parade inMay and Burning The Clocks in December, hostedby Jason Eade, were viewed more than 2,800times via Facebook.www.facebook.com/burningtheclocks/A collaboration between musician Shaun Moorand sound artist Jamie Sturrock resulted in anew piece of music performed for audiences atBurning The Clocks. Both artists are keen tocontinue to work together in the future.

STOPGAP DANCE COMPANY) A new collaboration with Stopgap DanceCompany began this year bringing togetherchoreographer Chris Pavia with Carouselartists Jason Eade and William Hanekomdesigning digital projections. The 20 minuteduet, The Journey Between tours in 2019-2020.

SCREEN ARCHIVE SOUTH EAST) Screen Archive South East were partnerson the Silver Screen project. Early Brightonand Hove films from the archive providedinspiration for young people to explore theirown creative ideas. The project was supportedby the Heritage Lottery Fund.

DIFFERENT PLANET ARTS) Carousel supported Ariane Hadjilias fromDifferent Planet Arts to develop her organisationand learn from Carousel’s experience. The company works with learning disabled childrenand their support groups in playful, accessible arts activities.

CO-CREATING CHANGE) Co-Creating Change is a network andprogramme which explores the role which artists,cultural organisations and communities can play to co-create change together around the UK andbeyond. Carousel is a partner in this nationalcampaign, ensuring learning disabled artists play a part in its future.

ST JOHN’S COLLEGE) School Of Rock House is a partnership with St John’s College comprising college leavers.Carousel worked with musicians to develop a band– The Black Bawlerz, that will join the roster ofCarousel talent playing at The Rock House.

) A core team of volunteers underpin much of our work. They are essential to our eventsmanagement and we are hugely grateful for theircontinued support. Carousel offers rewardingand worthwhile volunteer opportunities. Get in touch if you’d like to join the team!

2018-2019 VOLUNTEERS) Natasha Britton, Anna Dewis, Bex Dook,Belinda Ferretter, Ariane Hadjilias, ShahIsherwood, Jenny Linton, Ade Lawrence-Reddish, Darren Menezes, Clare Sheppeard,Sarah Saeed, Boo Vaughan, Kittie Vicious.Thanks also to Abbie Jones from the Universityof Brighton who worked with the radio team onthe production of the Scene One drama series inAutumn 2018.

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) Carousel supported 17 gigs in the UKand abroad, working with five newpromoters. One of these is the Frog AndFiddle in Cheltenham where SabienGator had a great reception and futuregigs are in the pipeline. Sabien Gator:Shaun Moor (guitar), Stevie Barnett(vocals), Fraser Caygill (drums).

) Dancing Rock Queens: Laura Malby(guitar & vocals), Katrina Duncan(keyboards & vocals), Gayle Driver(drums & vocals), Kiana Sasani,(keyboards & vocals) and FuzzbombFlash Band: Barnaby Smith (trombone),Taurean Tate-Bailey (keys and vocals),Jolene Wild (guitar & vocals), GeorgeJarman (drums) played a doubleheadline gig at the Blue Camel Club inMarch 2019. Fuzzbomb singer Taurean Tate-Baileywas featured in The Argus in June 2018.

) Beat Express had a very busy year.“A great Summer with performances atBarner 16 Festival in Hamburg, theLinden Lodge College graduation ball inLondon, The Rock House Festival andSummerFest in Worthing. Let's keepthe momentum of the Beat Expresstrain stoked!” says Ryan O'Donovan.The visit to the Barner 16 Festivalwas part of a British Councilsupported exchange betweenHamburg and Brighton, which sawthe German band playing The RockHouse in June 2019. Beat Express: Ryan O’Donovan(guitar & vocals), Chris Rider (drums& vocals), Lee Hubbard (guitar &vocals).

) Zombie Crash: Ryan O’Donovan(guitar & vocals), David Briggs(drums), Luc Eisenbarth (guitar &vocals), Alex Pentelow (bass), DarrelFarley (keyboards) and JamesBarnett (vocals) released ChristmasCrash in September 2018 and playedat new Brighton venue The Pipelineand February’s Rock House.

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event with really good music.”Akuwar, Germany, Rock House Festival, 28 July 2018

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T H E RO C K H O U S E F E S T I VA L) The second Rock House Festival took over Brighton’s GreenDoor Store for a full day of bands, some with and some withoutlearning disabilities. Around 200 people came to see FragileCreatures, Beat Express, Projector, Other States, Too Hot ForCandy, Electric Fire, Witching Waves, Grasshopper, Akuwar,Fuzzbomb Flashband and Louis Walkden.

“Haven’t had so much fun at a show in ages.”The Festival is an extended version of the monthly Rock Housegigs at the Green Door Store which this year gave the stage to 23 learning disabled bands from around the country to anaudience of over 1,000 people.

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Carousel offers opportunities forlearning disabled musicians at differentstages of their careers, from youngbeginners to established artists.

) This year we supported singer songwriterLouis Walkden to apply for and subsequentlyreceive an Emergent Artist Commission fromDrake Music. Between January and June,Carousel worked with Louis to write and record anew piece of music called Magpie about his loveof charity shops, and make a music video topromote it. We also offered a number of learning disabledartists bespoke support packages this yearincluding recording an EP for Worthing basedband The Revs, rehearsing a band to performwith Lee Hubbard’s Bubbaloo at two events andrecording a new EP for long-time Carouselperformer Richard Watson.We have been working in partnership with StJohn’s College to form a new band of collegeleavers. Initially called School of Rock House it ishoped the band will be independently successfulin the year to come.

THE DANIEL WAKEFORD EXPERIENCE) Following a hugely successful touring year,The Daniel Wakeford Experience (TDWE) washelped to develop independence from Carouseland now employs a manager and his band.Together they toured 25 venues from April toDecember 2018. TDWE’s second full length release, That’s How ISee It was released independently by Daniel andhis label Common Raven Records in September2018. An album launch in his hometown ofBrighton at the iconic BA i360 was live streamedto over 15,000 viewers.Daniel made national TV appearances to promotehis music on Good Morning Britain with presscoverage in The Daily Mirror.Find out what Daniel is up to next on Facebook@thedanielwakeford

CAROUSEL CHORUS) Over the course of the year, the group hasworked on individual technical singing, voicecontrol, harmony, group singing and mictechniques. There has also been an emphasison writing original material, exploring methodsof lyric writing, melody and harmony. TheChorus composed five songs across the yearand made their debut public performance atthe Brighton & Hove Mayor’s Variety Ball infront of 200 people.Members of the Chorus tracked their progressthrough an Arts Award Bronze Level.Carousel Chorus: Gus Reubens, FranReynolds, Ewan MacAdam, Susannah Hall-First and Ben Doehren.

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“I have improved my creativewriting and now do a lot of poetry.My voice has improved by practiceand by listening to others. I think

Simon Cowell would be impressed!”Susannah-Hall-First

CAROUSEL HOUSE BAND) The Carousel House Band is LauraMcGowan (keyboards), Oliver Tatum (vocals anddrums), Elliott Duffield (saxophone) and BethanBrown Ap-Evans (keyboards). It was a very busyyear for the band, making music with schools aspart of Silver Screen, performing live at TheAttenborough Centre for Creative Arts, andcollaborating with Figurenotes creatorsResonaari of Finland. A major project was Synthesise Me! Inspired bythe work of electronic music pioneers DaphneOram and Delia Derbyshire. The band exploredsample creation and sound manipulation,making instruments from objects andaccessible technology. The project was featuredin an article in Community Living Magazine and aseries of blogs for Youth Music who supportedthe project.

“It’s fun to play with the tablet and also to try and make different sounds,

so many sounds you can hear”Laura McGowan

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JUNE SILVER SCREEN LAUNCH ) Celebrating film old and new at TheAttenborough Centre for Creative Arts.

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AUGUSTMODERN MARVELS) We made a travelling film booth!

“These are awesome, creative, amusing, spooky takes on filmsof the past - Great work.”Laura, comments book

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“This is just what we have been needing. My son is a huge rockfan, and so am I. We'll be hereevery month from now on!”Audience comment

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MAYPODCAST AWARD WIN ) Carousel Radio wins GOLD in the Representcategory at the British Podcast Awards

"A podcast that platforms voices we genuinely feel havebeen filtered out of UK media.Refreshing and totallyunpredictable, this is a highlyoriginal listen." British Podcast Awards Judge

JULY ROCK HOUSE FESTIVAL “A fabulous event that breaks down the barriers for musicianswith and without learningdifficulties to play together infront of an enthusiastic,integrated audience.”Paul Mansfield, photographer

SEPTEMBERTDWE I360 LAUNCH) The Daniel Wakeford Experience launchesnew album That’s How I See It at the i360.

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FEBRUARYRADIO RECORDING ) Davot Irving interviews 2 Decks for theMeet The Artists series on Carousel Radio.

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DECEMBERBURNING THE CLOCKS) We teamed up with Same Sky to live-stream Burning The Clocks, making itaccessible to those who don’t like crowds orcan’t get to Brighton.

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OCTOBERMAYOR’S VARIETY SHOW ) Beat Express and Carousel Chorus performat the Mayor’s Variety Show.

NOVEMBERSTOPGAP PROJECT BEGINS) Carousel begins a collaboration with dancecompany Stopgap. Jason Eade creates digitalscenery.

JANUARYYOUNG OSKA BRIGHT) Workshops with the Young Oska Brightteam on skills development and film-makingget underway.

MARCHSARAH WATSONPHOTOSHOOT) Carousel Chair and artist Sarah Watsonphotographs Carousel staff and trustees.

INTERNATIONAL REACH) Oska Bright continues to influence attitudes tofilm festival programming and policy around theworld. This year we created a network withfestivals in Europe that are looking to increase thevisibility of and funding for disability filmproduction and presentation. Lead Programmer Matthew Hellett attended thefirst meeting of the International Accessible FilmFestivals group in Hamburg in March 2018 to planthe aims of the network. In October Becky Bruzas represented Oska Brightat a panel on women in film in Ankara, Turkey.

The international reach of Oska Brightstrengthens each year with a strong range of films entered for the 2019 Festival.

SPREADING THE WORD) To help venues and festivals diversify theirprogrammes and audiences we provide trainingand tools abut access and inclusion. Ourresources and case studies are available on theInclusive Cinema Website, managed by the BFI.Oska Bright was represented at the annualThis Way Up film exhibitors conference, withpresentations and panel discussions featuringMatthew Hellett and Sarah Watson from OskaBright.

MODERN MARVELS) This major Carousel project began life asSilver Screen, with funding from the HeritageLottery Fund in partnership with Screen ArchiveSouth East. Students from Downs Park School, DownsviewLifeskills Link College and Headstart Schoolworked with young learning disabled artists fromCarousel to re-imagine early films by some ofBrighton and Hove’s pioneer film-makers.

We ran workshops including film-making, Foleysound effects and soundtrack skills with artistsfrom Carousel’s film, music and radio teams. Thestudents also worked with the Carousel HouseBand to produce the music to their films.The University of Brighton also collaborated onthe project, offering a bursary prize to developwriting skills for learning disabled people.

Oska Bright Film Festival is the world’s biggest showcase forfilm made by and featuring people with learning disabilities,autism and Asperger’s. It takes place biennially and in nonfestival years tours the country and overseas to buildawareness, show films, network and advocate for learningdisability film. This year we launched a new website,oskabright.org, to bring all our work together and offer a one-stop shop for everything Oska Bright. The 2019 Festivalruns from 23-26 October at The Old Market.

SCREENINGS & EVENTS) This year Oska Bright held 216 screenings atvenues and festivals including the London ShortFilm Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, andBristol Encounters where we had a paneldiscussion with learning disabled LGBTQI film-makers about the barriers they face. We made new relationships with Bath FilmFestival and Leeds International Film Festivaland produced eight industry support events fororganisations including British Council, UKCinema Association and Mac Birmingham.

“Collaborations with Oska Bright recognisethe power of film to create change andhighlight injustices and inequalities within theindustry and society as a whole.” Rich Warren,Encounters Film Festival Director, Sept 2018Our events this year had a total audience of 3,895 people.

NEW PROJECT) The University of Brighton has partnered withOska Bright bringing media students togetherwith learning disabled film-makers to make newshort films for the 2019 Festival.

“Really enjoyed today, loved all the people thatcame in to work with us, and I benefittedmassively from this workshop.” University ofBrighton Student, participating in the Oska Brightand Film Hub South East Writers Lab, Jan 2019

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“Students were always very engaged andfully enjoyed the workshops. It was great tosee them interacting with each other and tocreate such a beautiful project. You alwaysshowed a great understanding of what theyneeded and your flexibility was essentialfor the workshops to happen successfully.”Raul Ortiz, Teacher, Downs View Lifeskills LinkCollege

A big event at The Attenborough Centre forCreative Arts launched the films with theCarousel House Band playing live, and lots ofactivities for visiting schools and groups toenjoy. It was also a celebration of Carousel’swork with learning disabled artists and ArtsAwards.The films then toured to nine locations in theregion in the specially designed ModernMarvels film booth, and were screened atHove Museum. 13,372 people saw the touringexhibition which was accompanied by anillustrated map by Helen Cann showing thelocations of film studios in the 1900s.

Creative Minds is a national campaignthat gives learning disabled artists andperformers a strong, collective voice. It originated as a national conferenceplatform in 2013 and now works from anetwork of regional hubs.

STATISTICS) A total of 967 people came to the fiveconferences from 2014- 2017, they were:

HUBS ORGANISATIONSThe Hubs share news through a privateFacebook page and newsletters. Their workfeeds into policy making at a national level,celebrating and advocating for the work oflearning disabled artists to take their rightfulplace in the wider arts world. Creative Minds isincorporated into the Carousel website. To get in touch or find out more contactcreativeminds@carousel.org.uk

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The Hubs organisations comprise:THE MIDLANDS:Spectra, Hubbub, Nottingham Playhouse,Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Rep,Midlands Arts Centre, Culture Coventry, TheLevel, DanceFest, Frontline Dance, OpenTheatre. THE NORTH: Prism, Mind the Gap, First Step,Venture Arts, Dark Horse, Tin Arts, DIY, TheBluecoat, Headway Arts, The Lawnmowers,More Music.LONDON: Spare Tyre, Action Space, Access AllAreas, Magpie Dance, Corali, Blink, Outside In.Further hubs, in the South/South East andSouth West are in the pipeline.Creative Minds participated in:• The European Outsider Arts Association Conference, Pallant House, Chichester

• The Forge Conference, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham

• Unlimited Symposium, Unicorn Theatre, London

• DIY/Curious Minds Leadership Conference, Hope University, Liverpool

• Things To Do Before You Die, access symposium, Lighthouse, Brighton

• Joining the Dots Conference, The Attenborough Centre, Leicester

• Corali Symposium, The Place, London

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DANIEL WAKEFORD) Daniel Wakeford and his band, The DanielWakeford Experience had the most busy andprogressive year of his career to date. Highlights include:• A total of 32 gigs around UK and Europe, playing to over 11,000 people• Support slots with The Go! Teamand Chain & The Gang• Record Store Day special release of Songs Of Gigsalbum produced by Republic Of Music and instore performance at Resident Records, Brighton• Independent recording at Brighton Electric Studios of second album That’s How I See It• Album launch party gig on British Airways i360in Brighton live streamed to 15,000 viewers• The music video for It’s A Wonderful City had over 191,000 views• 19 datemajor venue tour in Autumn 2018.Daniel moved to a more independent managementof his career this year, with Carousel providing keytour and online support.

Each year Carousel supports a range of artists in differentdisciplines to develop their skills and reach an audience fortheir work. Here are some of this year’s achievements.

RYAN O’DONOVAN) Alongside his work with Zombie Crash andBeat Express, Ryan O’Donovan has been buildinghis solo career at open mic spots around theregion and gigs in Brighton and Milton Keynes.

JASON EADE) Scene One Presents was a radio drama written,produced and directed by Jason Eade with script-writing mentorship by actor/writer Daniel Finlay.Jason led workshops to develop skills amongstseven participants and the end result was A MonthOf Detention, a 13 minute radio drama, performedby the cast with live Foley at Carousel’s 2018 AGM.

SARAH WATSON) Carousel’s Artists Advocates project pairsartists with people who can support or furthertheir career. Sarah Watson continued to workwith Claire Sheppeard and Figment Arts. ArtsCouncil England funded Figment Art's Level Up, aprogramme of mentoring and skills developmentthat will see Sarah exhibiting new work andleading workshops for other learning disabledartists.

MATTHEW HELLETT) In his role as Lead Programmer, Oska Bright’sMatthew Hellett wrote a series of blogs forDisability Arts Online, travelled the country talkingabout the Festival and successfully launched theCall for Submissions for this year’s Festival.

TINA DICKINSON) Tina Dickinson achieved her Gold Arts Awardin February 2019. In an interview on Arts AwardVoice Tina said “It’s a great award and good to get aqualification. I would like to help other people to dotheir Arts Award, be an adviser – be a mentor topeople like myself trying to do the awards.”

WILLIAM HANEKOM) William Hanekom continued his degreecourse at the University of Brighton and ran aworkshop with Sarah Watson there at the Intothe Arts conference in July 2018. Will is workingwith Jason Eade creating digital landscapes forStopgap and film stings for Oska Bright FilmFestival 2019.

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ELEANA RE) Visual artist Eleana Re was supported byCarousel to make her first film, a commission forBBC Ideas. What Is ‘Normal?’ Who Decides? hashad 13,000 views to date. Eleana is giving theKeynote speech at Oska Bright Film Festival 2019.

SHARING OUR SKILLS) Sharing Our Skills is a programme of workthat develops artists as trainers, advocates andpublic speakers comprising Ben Doehren,Danielle Garratt, Sarah Watson, Jason Eadeand Matthew Hellett. The SOS team offertraining to venues to improve accessibility forlearning disabled people. Matthew Hellettmade a ‘walk-through’ video at the BFI to helppeople navigate a complex building.

“We had a really great experience workingwith Carousel making this film, theycaptured our brief perfectly.” Jen Smith,Head of Inclusion, BFI

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REPRESENT GOLD) It was great year for Carousel Radio. Winning theBritish podcast Awards is a fantastic achievement forthe Carousel Radio team, Ewan MacAdam, FranReynolds, Claire Offley and Davot Irving whocommission, write, record and present the monthlyradio show and podcast. Ewan says: “It's a positive stepfor Carousel Radio. I hope that more people will listen nowand enjoy the show.”The Carousel Radio Show is a regular and popularfeature on Radio Reverb, Brighton’s communitylicensed radio station, which itself won a NationalDiversity Award for its diverse programming.

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CAROUSEL PROJECTSTATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (incorporating an income and expenditure account) For the year ended 31 MARCH 2019

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£ £ £ £INCOME & ENDOwMENTS FROMDonations and legacies 238,313 - 238,313 226,898Charitable activities 25,889 182,993 208,882 252,158Investment income - - - 27_________ _________ _________ _________Total 264,202 182,993 447,195 479,083 _________ _________ _________ _________EXpENDITURE ONRaising funds 8,627 11,474 20,101 34,230Charitable activities 226,468 186,569 413,037 488,278 _________ _________ _________ _________Total 235,095 198,043 433,138 522,508 _________ _________ _________ _________

NET INCOME/(EXpENDITURE) 29,107 (15,050) 14,057 (43,425) RECONCILIATION OF FUNDSTotal funds brought forward 21,562 26,069 47,631 91,056________ ________ ________ ________TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORwARD 50,669 11,019 61,688 47,631________ ________ ________ ________

The company has no recognised gains and losses other than those included in the results above and therefore noseparate statement of total recognised gains and losses has been presented.

The B V MacAndrew Trust, The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation, The Casey Trust, The Chalk Cliff Trust,The Charlotte Marshall Charitable Trust, The Clothworkers Foundation, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust,David Solomon’s Charitable Trust, Fitton Trust, Foyle Foundation, Jessie’s Fund, Ernest Kleinwort CharitableTrust, Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund , Lord Barnby’s Foundation, The Lynn Foundation, TheMargaret Dobson Further Education Trust, Marsh Christian Trust, Morrisons Foundation, The NicholasCharitable Trust, Pride Social Impact Fund, PRS Foundation, RTR Foundation, Santander Foundation, TheSobell Foundation, Souter Charitable Trust, St James’s Place Foundation, Sussex Masons, The WatesFoundation

B A L A N C E S H E E T AT 31 M A R C H 20192019 2018

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total FundsFund Funds

£ £ £ £FIXED ASSETSTangible Assets 445 - 445 3,673

CURRENT ASSETSStocks 613 - 613 613Debtors 6,123 - 6,123 6,142Cash at bank and in hand 54,194 11,019 65,213 78,510 _________ _________ _________ _________

60,930 11,019 71,949 85,265_________ _________ _________ _________CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year (10,706) - (10,706) (41,307)

NET CURRENT ASSETS 50,224 11,019 61,243 43,958_________ _________ _________ _________

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 50,669 11,019 61,688 47,631_________ _________ _________ _________

NET ASSETS 50,669 11,019 61,688 47,631

FUNDSUnrestricted funds 50,669 21,562Restricted funds 11,019 26,069

________ ________TOTAL FUNDS 61,688 47,631________ ________

The figures are an abridged version of the full Financial Statements on which the auditor gave anunqualified report. The Full Financial Statements were approved on 16 October 2019 and were submittedto the Charity Commission soon after. Copies of the financial statements are available on request fromCarousel, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG.

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Downloads of the radio show increased 141% on theprevious year to 13,524, with one of the new Meet TheArtist episodes featuring poet Jonny Schacter getting6,500 listens. It reached 51 countries including Brazil,South Africa and Saudi Arabia. 16 learning disabledartists featured on the radio show and the team wentout and about to interview guests such as singer LizzieEmeh and rapper 2Decks. Listen to Carousel Radio podcasts online or tune intoRadio Reverb, 97.2fm in Brighton, DAB and online.

SCENE ONE PRESENTS) Our radio drama Scene One Presents made a newradio drama A Month of Detention written, produced andperformed by learning disabled talent. Led by JasonEade as script-writer and workshop leader, it involvedseven participants across 10 workshops, learning allthe necessary skills to produce radio drama.

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“These are voices you just don’thear on the airwaves very often.”

Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 20 May 2018

P E O P L ECA RO U S E L

THANKS TO) Sandra Alland, Arty Party, Attenborough Centre for the CreativeArts, Brand Watch, British Council, Brighton Festival Chorus,Brighton & Hove Music and Arts, Andy Buchanan, Brighton GayMen’s Chorus, Helen Cann, Hannah Collinson, Robert Harding,Holler Boys, Mike Levy, Kate Leys, Loud Minority, Billy Mather, Noel Murphy, Radio Reverb, Republic of Music, Tom Rigg, Switch FM, 23rd Man Ltd, Helen Wright, Malcom Wright.

Community Base and everyone who hassupported our work in the past year.

We are grateful for the financial support of the following companies and organisations: Arts Council England, BFI, Brighton & Hove City Council, The National Lottery HeritageLottery Fund, Foyle Foundation, Youth Music

Patron: Lord Bassam of BrightonPresident: The Mayor of Brighton & HoveRegistered Charity No 297201. Company limited by guarantee Registered in England & Wales Company No 2137755

CAROUSEL ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19Written and compiled by Carousel; front cover Magpie byLouis Walkden; photos by Carousel, Jo Higgs, Paul Mansfieldand Chris Parkes; staff portraits by Sarah Watson; design by mashinc; printed by gemini-print.co.ukFor and easy to read version of this report, please call us.

www.carousel.org.uk/carouselartuk@carouselartuk@carouselartuk

01273 234 734enquiries@carousel.org.uk

Carousel, Community Base, 113 Queens RoadBrighton BN1 3XG

PROJECT PARTNERS) Same Sky (for artist development)) Drake Music (for Louis Walkden, Emergent: A Music Legacy commission)

) Screen Archive South East (for Silver Screen)) Different Planet Arts) Stopgap Dance Company) Resonaari) Figment Arts

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TRUSTEES) Sarah Watson (Chair), Derek Swindells (Secretary), Pauline Wild (Treasurer), Becky Bruzas (resigned May 2019)Diane Chandler, Jane Dickson (appt July 2018), Claire Offley,Robbie Powell (appt Nov 2018), Fran Reynolds and Jolene Wild

FREELANCE TEAM) Kaori Bell, Mark Benton, Andrew Cooper,

Gary Cunningham, Steve Tovell, Katie Windsor(MusicFacilitators)

) Belinda Ferretter (The Rock House Facilitator)) Katie Windsor (The Rock House Producer)) Hannah Dunster (Chorus Facilitator)) Paul Dutnall (Radio Producer) ) Shona Foster (Chorus Facilitator)) Paul Mansfield (Photographer)) Claire Mathews (House Band Facilitator)) Darren Menezes, Clare Sheppeard (Artist Advocates)) Sue Stevens (Book-keeper)) Kitty Wallace (Film & Digital Facilitator)) Lisa Wolfe (Marketing Manager)

STAFF TEAM) Lizzie Banks (Oska Bright Film Festival Producer)) Rosie Blackwell-Sutton (Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator)) Sam Dook (House Band Producer)) Gareth Evans (Senior Music Producer) ) Gus Garside (Creative Minds Co-ordinator)) Liz Hall (Director)) Hanneke Koekkoek (Office Co-ordinator)) Dave Lavis (Spoken Word Producer)) David Parker (Senior Film & Digital Art Producer)

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