DIFFERENT PLANET ARTS

Registered charity 1180547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We produce sensory theatre and immersive arts experiences for children and young people with complex disabilities. We work in theatres, arts centers, schools, hospitals, and community settings to create events and experiences in which we facilitate participants to co-create and play. We are an artist-led charity that promotes inclusion and empowerment through imagination and participation.

Objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF A DISABILITY, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL) OR POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PERFORMING AND CULTURAL ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO HELP THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ASSIST THEM IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS FULL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE PERFORMING AND CULTURAL ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITH PERSONS WHO MAY REQUIRE HELP BECAUSE OF A DISABILITY, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL) OR POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£12k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
2018

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Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£12k£47k
31/03/2024£56k£59k
31/03/2023£52k£41k
31/03/2022£37k£60k
31/03/2021£37k£22k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2025£18kUnrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£12kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2022£9kInteractive Multisensory Programme for neurodiverse children and their families
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2020£10kInclusive Play Skills Training Programme