Sunderland Empire's award-winning Creative Learning team enrich the lives of a variety of different communities. With demand increasing, the team need a bigger physical space to grow and have a positive impact on even more lives. Their current learning space isn't big enough, and these are ambitious plans to grow and increase it's learning programme with a development costing upwards of £2 million. Here are some testimonials from current / past participants of different projects which the department has provided:

"I feel at home here (at the theatre) and comfortable like I belong and I am a part of it.”

“Being here gives me a purpose. I feel cared about. I want to thank everyone for what they have done for his group."

“Jaz only speaks and communicates when attending this group. She gets so much from it. At school she won’t speak to anyone but at the theatre I can’t believe how much she changes.”

"To know my son is in such a safe, caring environment with wonderful people is heart warming and reassuring during the upsetting and difficult times we’ve lived through."

To contact Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust, please email sunderlandcustomerservice@theambassadors.com