Valley Community Theatre, Netherley & Valley

The Valley Community Theatre was established Netherley, Liverpool in 1994, it is a registered charity and takes pride in its inclusion and free provision. Our aims are to support the regeneration of the area through the use of arts and culture, investing in the creative and personal development of all the people who come into contact with the organisation.

We have become recognised as an invaluable arts venue and community resource, which facilitates the educational, social and creative development of the Netherley and wider Merseyside communities. The Valley is the only dedicated arts resource in the area and the only one to tackle social exclusion using the arts on such a grand scale. Over the past fourteen years work has been focused on children and young people.

VCT has provided our community with:

Ambitious, experimental and high quality arts activities

Positive change and enhanced community cohesion & engagement

Positive diversionary activities for young people ‘at risk’ often linked to accreditation.

Some of our achievements include:

Winning a First Light National Film Award

Running courses accredited by the National Open College

Network with over 125 young people gaining qualifications

Performing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lance at a Princes Trust conference

Being recognised by the Centre of Applied Theatre Research as one of the top ten youth theatre resources in the country

Writing and performing a play which featured on BBC Radio Merseyside

Awarded by Liverpool City Council for contribution to road safety awareness

Ensuring that arts provision is accessible to everyone in the area irrespective of their socioeconomic status.

Who Are We?

The Valley Community Theatre was reopened in June 2000 as part of the regeneration of Netherley & Valley. Its aim was to become an arts focal point for the local community with specific reference to young people.

We employ professional freelance artists, theatre and film workers and the organisation currently employs the following core staff:

Director :
Martin Ball
martin@valleytheatre.co.uk

"This is, without a doubt, the best place to work! Innovative to the core, our young people serve as a constant reminder of the purpose of this organisation and how vital a resource this is for the community, beneficiaries and staff"
Martin Ball
Director

Cleaner:
Sheila Brown