Arts Education Exchange (AEE) provides creative education, and therapeutic provision for young people, particularly those, who are strategically undervalued and excluded from mainstream culture and state funded institutions.
Since 2017, AEE has offered high-quality arts education as an alternative to mainstream schools, fostering learning, growth, and joy to help young people heal and envision a more equitable future.
The organisation works with young people aged 8-25 from Thanet facing significant life challenges. Our data shows that of the 137 young people we worked with last year:
- 75% had Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), compared to 10% of school-age children in the UK.
- 19% were NEET
- 38% attended a Pupil Referral Unit
- 26% were living in care
- 7% were young carers.