Supporters & Funders
Directory
Our work is made possible by the generous support of funders, partners and allies who share our commitment to social change through the arts.
Over the years Changing Relations has been supported by an inspiring community of schools, businesses, funders and partner organisations who share our commitment to creating space for bold, meaningful conversations. This directory recognises all those who have played a part in our journey so far.
3M
3M staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
3MAgenda Alliance
We were invited to be a contributing organisation to Agenda Alliance’s Transforming Together network, which brought together commissioners and policy-makers with VCSE sector organisations to consider how to transform services for women with unmet needs.
Agenda AllianceAioi Nissay Dowa
Aioi Nissay Dowa staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
AND-EArts Centre Washington
Arts Centre Washington hosted a segment of our Stepping Out Of the Box exhibition content as part of their Celebrate Different youth co-produced event.
Arts Centre WashingtonArts Council England
Arts Council England has provided significant funds to almost every project we have run as an organisation.
Arts Council EnglandAuckland Youth and Community Centre
Auckland Youth and Community Centre were a partner organisation in the development of our original A is for Amy stage play, with their young people contributing to script and soundscape development.
Auckland Youth & Community CentreBarbour Foundation
The Barbour Foundation contributed funds towards the development of our A is for Amy film and learning programme.
Barbour FoundationBarnard Castle School
We delivered an art-making project with Barnard Castle School students, inspired by our Make Do and Mend film, with the staff additionally participating in our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace training.
Barnard Castle SchoolBarnardo’s
Participants of Barnado’s Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme took part in print-making workshops as part of our Men’s Voices project.
Barnardo’sBelieve Housing
Believe Housing staff participated in both the Demystifying Domestic Abuse training and train-the-trainer variant.
Believe HousingBishop Auckland College
Bishop Auckland College have participated in a number of our projects, including recruiting young men to contribute positive stories of masculinity to our Lads, lads, lads zine and hosting a workshop as part of our Let’s Talk about Sex project that led to one of their young people joining our Student Social Action Group.
Bishop Auckland CollegeBishop Auckland Town Hall
Bishop Auckland Town Hall hosted Make Do and Mend when it was a stage play, as well as the Invisible Visible exhibition we support associate artist Hope Caitlin with.
Bishop Auckland Town HallBishop Barrington Academy
Bishop Barrington Academy staff participated in training around using our sexting-themed What Would You Do? film.
Bishop Barrington AcademyBlackhall Community Centre
Blackhall Community Centre hosted an artist-in-residence as part of the consultation phase for our Don’t Look Away project.
Blackhall Community CentreBridge Creative
Bridge Creative staff and volunteers attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training, hosting the event for other local organisations to attend.
Bridge CreativeBurnside College
Burnside College staff attended some of our teacher CPD sessions hosted by North Tyneside Education.
Burnside CollegeCIPD Tees Valley
CIPD Tees Valley commissioned us to deliver our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness event for their members.
CIPD Tees ValleyCLR Law
CLR Law staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
CLR LawChanging Lives
Changing Lives commissioned us to develop creative resources to support work they planned to deliver with male residents, as well as participating in our Demystifying Domestic Abuse staff training.
Changing LivesChoysez
Choysez commissioned us to deliver a workshop based around our A is for Amy play and partnered with us on the learning programme development around the filmed version.
ChoysezChurchill Community College
Churchill Community College staff attended some of our teacher CPD sessions hosted by North Tyneside Education.
Churchill Community CollegeCity St Geroge’s University of London
City St Geroge’s University of London contributed funds towards our Weaving Stories of Peer Sexual Abuse project as part of their VISION research, which was focused on gathering evidence of what works to reduce the incidence and impact of violence in society.
City St Geroge’s University of LondonCobweb Orchestra
The Cobweb Orchestra collaborated together with the lead sound artist on our Us Too project, developing a soundscape to accompany testimonies demonstrating the diversity of people affected by domestic abuse.
Cobweb OrchestraColne Housing
Prior to the merger that saw them being renamed as Eastlight Homes, Colne Housing booked us to deliver our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training for their staff.
Colne HousingCopeland Road Primary School
Copeland Road Primary School have been an active partner organisation for a number of years, beginning with the Rabbits in Headlights project which saw Deputy Head Joanne Murray speak at our conference.
Copeland Road Primary SchoolCornforth Partnership
Cornforth Partnership staff have attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
Cornforth PartnershipCreate North
Create North funded the development of our Lads, lads, lads zine through their Creativity Works programme.
Create NorthCreative UK
We were given the opportunity to participate in Creative UK’s Create Growth North East programme, through which our MD and Board were assigned a mentor to support the development of our business operational plan.
Creative UKCreative Youth Opportunities
Creative Youth Opportunities have partnered with us on a number of projects over the years, including developing our Sometimes it Hurts story series and the play script and then film set of A is for Amy.
Creative Youth OpportunitiesCurious 12
Curious 12 have designed a number of our publications over the years, including our Sometimes it Hurts story series.
Curious 12Daisy Arts
Daisy Arts collaborated with us on a number of projects, including a group of their young people engaging in our Us Too and Sometimes it Hurts content, as well as a group developing and performing poetry as part of our gender stereotype-busting project Stepping Out Of the Box.
Daisy ArtsDance City
Dance City hosted the rehearsals and live performance of our work-in-progress dance piece, Honour Shame.
Dance CityDarlington Dolphin Centre
Darlington Dolphin Centre hosted a live production of our Make Do and Mend play as part of a North East theatre tour.
Darlington Dolphin CentreDeerbolt Young Offenders Institution
Young men from Deerbolt Young Offenders Institution took part in art-making workshops as part of our Men’s Voices project.
Deerbolt Young Offenders InstitutionDurham Book Festival
Durham Book Festival featured a talk we had co-commissioned with New Writing North, from award-winning author, Ross Raisin, whose written piece was linked to our Men’s Voices Project and featured in the Guardian.
Durham Book FestivalDurham Business Growth Fund
We were granted funds via the Durham Business Growth programme, through which we were able to redesign our company website.
Durham Business Growth FundDurham County Council
Various of our projects have been supported over the years by local authority networks (formerly known as Area Action Partnerships), including in Weardale, Teesdale, East Durham, Stanley, Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe and Ferryhill.
Durham County CouncilDurham Johnston Comprehensive School
Durham Johnston School commissioned the Girls, Bodies and Belief workshop series, as well as booking us to deliver sessions for their students on our Men’s Voices exhibition and What Would You Do? sexting-focused film.
Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolDurham Sixth Form Centre
Durham Sixth Form Centre staff attended teacher training on Positive RSHE and ‘Toxic’ Masculinity, commissioning us to support their pastoral team with programme development. They kindly hosted our 10th birthday art auction event in their Dead Dog Gallery space.
Durham Sixth Form CentreDurham University
Durham University have supported us on a range of projects over the years, both in terms of collaborations with academic researchers, hosting events, commissions to work with some of the colleges, and funds contributed to develop our work.
Durham UniversityEDF Renewables
EDF Renewables booked us to deliver our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace training to their staff, as well as commissioning a webinar focused on loneliness and isolation for Mental Health Week.
EDF RenewablesEmpty Shop
Empty Shop hosted our Men’s Voices exhibition in their TESTT Space gallery above the bus station in Durham City.
Empty ShopFerryhill School
Ferryhill School partnered with us on our very first project, in which we co-produced our sexting-themed film, What Would You Do? with a group of their students. We collaborated again on the Stepping Out Of the Box project, engaging their GCSE art students in gender stereotype-busting art-making.
Ferryhill SchoolFrancis C Scotto Charitable Trust
The Scotto Trust contributed funds towards the development of our A is for Amy play and workshop.
Francis C Scotto Charitable TrustGateshead College
Gateshead College have brought young people to a number of our productions, as well as booking us to deliver creative careers-focused workshops for their young people.
Gateshead CollegeGaunless Gateway
Gaunless Gateway have funded numerous of our South West Durham-focused projects over the years.
Gaunless GatewayGentoo
Gentoo hosted a live performance of Make Do and Mend as a play, and once the filmed version was available, commissioned us to deliver both our Demystifying Domestic Abuse training and the train-the-trainer variant.
GentooGeorge Stephenson High School
George Stephenson High School brought a group of young people to see A is for Amy as a play and went on to partner with us in the film and learning programme development as a pilot school.
George Stephenson High SchoolGo the Distance CIC
Go the Distance CIC brought a group of young people from their Alternative Education provision to see A is for Amy as a stage play.
Go the Distance CICGreenfield Academy
Greenfield Academy were one of the partner schools in our Rabbits in Headlights project, with a group of their students participating in our Youth Creative Action Group.
Greenfield AcademyGreenhills Community Centre
The Greenhills Community Centre hosted our Demystifying Domestic Abuse training for community workers in South Durham.
Greenhills Community CentreGreggs Foundation
The Greggs Foundation contributed funds towards our Honour Shame project.
Greggs FoundationGroundwork NE and Cumbria
Groundwork NE and Cumbria commissioned our Demystifying Domestic Abuse training for their staff, as well as commissioning us to collaborate with them on a project to enhance the understanding and resources of their youth workers to address harmful behaviours.
Groundwork NE and CumbriaHR Alchemy
HR Alchemy staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
Hammersmith Lyric Theatre
Hammersmith Lyric Theatre hosted a screening of our film Make Do and Mend, followed by a Q&A in which our MD, Lisa Charlotte Davis, participated.
Hammersmith Lyric TheatreHarbour Support Services
Harbour have supported several of our domestic abuse-themed projects, including sitting on the Steering Group of our A is for Amy project to support the development of the script from the safeguarding perspective.
Harbour Support ServicesHarrogate and District NHS Foundation
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust attended several of our youth worker CPD sessions on a range of themes to support their work with young people.
Harrogate and District NHS FoundationHebburn School
Hebburn School staff attended some of our teacher CPD sessions.
Hebburn SchoolHelix Arts
Helix Arts provided mentoring to us as an organisation in the early days to support us develop an understanding of how to approach creative project management.
Helix ArtsHumankind
Humankind staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
HumankindJack Drum Arts
Jack Drum Arts supported us when we were very first setting out as an organisation, applying for funds on our behalf that enabled us to create our sexting-themed film What Would You Do?
Jack Drum ArtsJohn Spence Community High School
John Spence Community High School staff some of our teacher CPD sessions.
John Spence Community High SchoolJust for Women Centre
The Just for Women Centre was a partner in the creation of our original stage-to-screen film, Make Do and Mend, with service users contributed testimony to the verbatim script and helping design the set and props.
Just for Women CentreKarbon Homes
Karbon Homes staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse training.
Karbon HomesKillhope Lead Mining Museum
Killhope Lead Mining Museum hosted our Men’s Voices exhibition as well as a panel talk themed around North East industrial heritage.
Killhope Lead Mining MuseumKing James I Academy
King James I Academy have collaborated with us on many of our projects over the years, from A is for Amy, to Rabbits in Headlights and our Lads and the MAG workshop exploring masculinity in the Mining Art Gallery.
King James I AcademyKing’s Priory School
King’s Priory School attended our workshop on Creative Tools exploring ‘Toxic’ Masculinity and went on to use our Lads, lads, lads publication with their students.
King’s Priory SchoolLancaster University
Lancaster University provided us with a series of fantastic interns who supported several of our projects with graphic design and illustration.
Lancaster UniversityLearning a New Way CIC
Learning a New Way youth workers supported Youth Creative Action Group session delivery as part of our Rabbits in Headlights project.
Learning a New Way CICLittle Theatre Gateshead
The Little Theatre Gateshead hosted the rehearsals and performance of our original A is for Amy stage play.
Little Theatre GatesheadLocomotion
Locomotion hosted our Men’s Voices and Stepping Out of the Box exhibitions, as well as a panel talk on gender and regeneration and a gender stereotype-themed night of performance poetry.
LocomotionMiddlesbrough Council
Middlesbrough Council staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
Middlesbrough CouncilNelson Tomlinson School
Nelson Tomlinson School commissioned us to deliver a carousel day themed around healthy relationships and a session introducing our resources to their staff.
Nelson Tomlinson SchoolNew College Durham
New College Durham have attended and hosted a number of our CPD sessions, including Demystifying Domestic Abuse and our Creative Exploration of ‘Toxic’ Masculinity.
New College DurhamNew Writing North
New Writing North collaborated with us to commission award-winning author, Ross Raisin, to contribute a written piece and reading linked to our Men’s Voices Project as part of Durham Book Festival.
New Writing NorthNo More Nowt
No More Nowt contributed funds to enable us to undertake an artist-in-residence at Blackhall Community Centre as part of the consultation informing our Don’t Look Away project concept.
No More NowtNorham Academy
Norham Academy staff have attended a number of our teacher CPD sessions.
Norham AcademyNorth East Chamber of Commerce
North East Chamber of Commerce commissioned us to deliver our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness webinar for their members.
North East Chamber of CommerceNorth East Mayoral Strategic Authority
The Mayoral Strategic Authority contributed funds towards the development and testing of a schools learning programme based around our film A is for Amy.
North East Mayoral Strategic AuthorityNorth East Youth Alliance
The North East Youth Alliance booked us to deliver our Creative Tools to Support Safeguarding training for their member organisations, as well as a workshop on our Lads, lads, lads booklet for their conference on engaging boys.
North East Youth AllianceNorth Gosforth Academy
North Gosforth Academy staff have attended a number of our teacher CPD sessions over the years.
North Gosforth AcademyNorth Tyneside Authority
North Tyneside Authority commissioned us to deliver CPD sessions for the schools in their area, focused on ‘Toxic’ Masculinity and Positive and Inclusive Relationships and Sex Education.
North Tyneside AuthorityNorth Tyneside Carers
North Tyneside Carers brought a group of young people to our stage play A is for Amy at the Little Theatre, Gateshead.
North Tyneside CarersNorthern Heartlands
The Northern Heartlands funded our Stepping Out Of the Box project, enabling us to involve schools across Weardale and Teesdale in visiting our Men’s Voices exhibition and co-producing artworks to extend its gender stereotype-busting scope.
Northern HeartlandsNorthern School of Art
The Northern School of Art were a partner organisation in our Let’s Talk About Sex project, hosting a creative workshop resulting in a group of their students commissioning artists as part of our Student Social Action Group.
Northern School of ArtNorthern Stage
Northern Stage hosted both the rehearsals and filming of A is for Amy, as we transformed it from stage-to-screen.
Northern StageNorthumberland County Council
Northumberland County Council commissioned us to run a community engagement event around our film, Make Do and Mend and to present the outcomes of our Rabbits in Headlights project at an educator conference.
Northumberland County CouncilNorthumbria University
Northumbria University commissioned us to run a creative workshop for young men to explore what works in engaging them in the issue of violence against women and girls.
Northumbria UniversityPark View School
Park View School partnered with us on our Weaving Stories project, in which a group of their young people co-produced an animation exploring their perspectives on peer sexual abuse.
Park View SchoolParkside Academy
Parkside Academy was a partner school on our Stepping Out Of the Box project, co-producing a series of artworks themed around children’s toys to feature in our gender stereotype-challenging exhibition at Locomotion.
Parkside AcademyPink Collar Gallery
Pink Collar Gallery invited us to present at their International Women’s Day event, 2025, following which we collaborated on a podcast series for early career artists, called Unlocking the Gates.
Pink Collar GalleryPoint North
Under their previous name of County Durham Community Foundation, Point North have funded a number of our projects over the years.
Point NorthPostcode Neighbourhood Trust
The Postcode Neighbourhood Trust have contributed funds towards a number of our projects.
Postcode Neighbourhood TrustPower of Women
Power of Women commissioned our MD to deliver a strategy day, resetting their mission and purpose.
Power of WomenQuorum Business Park
Quorum Business Park hosted one of our Demystifying Domestic Abuse training sessions for businesses within the park.
Quorum Business ParkRSACC
RSACC partnered with us on our Weaving Stories project, providing support on the ground in Park View School, as well as guidance via our project Steering Group.
RSACCRosa
Rosa contributed funds towards our Honour Shame project.
RosaSacriston Youth and Community Project
Sacriston Youth and Community Project brought a group of young people to A is for Amy at the Little Theatre and then opted to partner with us on the film and learning programme development project.
Sacriston Youth and Community ProjectSafety Net
Safety Net attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace training and booked us to present at a practitioner conference focused on a trauma-informed approach to working with survivors.
Safety NetSchool for Social Entrepreneurs
The School for Social Entrepreneurs contributed funds towards Changing Relations’ business development as part of their Scale Up programme of professional development.
School for Social EntrepreneursSex Education Forum
As a Sex Education Forum member organisation, we were invited to deliver a workshop at their inaugural North East educator conference.
Sex Education ForumShelborn Asset Management
Shelborn Asset Management staff participated in our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace training.
Shelborn Asset ManagementShotton Community Centre
Shotton Community Centre were a partner organisation in our Honour Shame project.
Shotton Community CentreSilverdale School
Silverdale School brought a group of young people to see A is for Amy at the Little Theatre and then booked us to deliver two follow-up workshops to support learning on the theme of domestic abuse and healthy relationships.
Silverdale SchoolSouthlands School
Southlands School staff participated in some of our teacher CPD sessions hosted by North Tyneside Education.
Southlands SchoolSt John’s Catholic School and Sixth Form
St John’s Catholic School and Sixth Form have participated in a range of our projects over the years, including an A is for Amy workshop, our Rabbits in Headlights project and the development of our masculinity-themed workbook, Lads, lads, lads.
St John’s Catholic School and Sixth FormSt John’s Primary School, Shildon
St John’s Primary School took part in our Youth Creative Action Group, helping to shape the illustrations for – and creative activities linked to – our Sometimes it Hurts stories.
St John’s Primary School, ShildonSt Thomas More Catholic High School
Staff from the St Thomas More Catholic High School attended teacher CPD we delivered on ‘toxic’ masculinity and positive and inclusive Relationships and Sex Education.
St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolStiller
Stiller staff participated in our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
StillerStockton Arc
Stockton Arc invited us to talk to their emerging young artists about what it is like to sustain a career in the culture sector. their previous Artistic Director, Annabel Turpin was our mentor for many years.
Stockton ArcSunderland Culture
Sunderland Culture commissioned us to contribute some of our Stepping Out Of the Box artwork to their youth co-produced Celebrate Different exhibition in Arts Centre Washington.
Sunderland CultureTCR The Hub
TCR The Hub hosted the youth residential as part of the co-production of our A is for Amy script and stage play.
TCR The HubTeesdale School
Teesdale School was one of our partners on the Stepping Out Of the Box project, visiting our Men’s Voices exhibition at The Witham and co-producing a new set of artworks exploring gender identity and aspirations.
Teesdale SchoolTeesside University
Teesside University hosted our Demystifying Domestic Abuse training for professionals in their area.
Teesside UniversityThe Academy at Shotton Hall
We ran an art-making project themed around our film Make Do and Mend at the Academy at Shotton Hall.
The Academy at Shotton HallThe Auckland Project
The Auckland Project was our studio base for a number of years, providing a venue for some of our workshops and projects, as well as collaborating with us on a masculinity-focused workshop in the Mining Art Gallery.
The Auckland ProjectThe Bowes Museum
The Bowes Museum hosted our Us Too soundscape, with a headphone installation alongside their Guido Reni exhibition.
The Bowes MuseumThe Fore
The Fore provided funds to support our organisational development.
The ForeThe Grange Learning Centre
The Grange brought a group of young people to see A is for Amy as a stage play and commissioned a workshop on the theme of domestic abuse and healthy relationships in their facility.
The Grange Learning CentreThe Halo Project
The Halo Project were a partner organisation on our Honour Shame project, bringing a group to Dance City and participating in a workshop.
The Halo ProjectThe National Lottery Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund has supported numerous of our projects over the years.
The National Lottery Community FundThe Witham
The Witham hosted our Men’s Voices exhibition, with a panel talk on male mental health, as well the filming of our Make Do and Mend play.
The WithamThe Woodlands School
The Woodlands School have participated in a number of our projects, including our Men’s Voices project and the Stepping Out Of the Box development.
The Woodlands SchoolTow Law Community Centre
We delivered an art-making project with young people from Tow Law Community Centre, inspired by our Make Do and Mend film.
Tow Law Community CentreUnltd
Unltd provided funds to support our business development in the early years of Changing Relations. Our MD, Lisa Charlotte Davis, now sits on their awarding panel considering applications from up and coming new social entrepreneurs.
UnltdUshaw Historic House
Ushaw Historic House is where our studio is based.
Ushaw Historic HouseVane Road Primary School
Vane Road Primary School participated in our Rabbits in Headlights project, with staff attending our teacher development day and going on to trial our Sometimes it Hurts resources with their children.
Vane Road Primary SchoolVida Creative
Vida Creative designed both our Sometimes it Hurts and main company websites.
Vida CreativeVon Fox Promotions
Von Fox Promotions have supported us with photo and video documentation at a number of our events, including the Let’s Talk About Sex pop-up exhibition and our A is for Amy play at the Little Theatre.
Von Fox PromotionsWalworth Primary School
Walworth Primary School participated in our Creative Tools for Safeguarding training to empower their staff to use our Sometimes it Hurts stories and resources with their young people, going on to write it into their schemes of work.
Walworth Primary SchoolWest Auckland Hall
West Auckland Hall hosted a screening of our film Make Do and Mend for local community members to attend.
West Auckland HallWolsingham School
Wolsingham School have partnered with us on several projects, including an art-making project inspired by our film Make Do and Mend, as well as a group co-producing some of the artwork that went on to feature in our Stepping Out Of the Box exhibition.
Wolsingham SchoolWoodham Burn Primary School
Woodham Burn Primary School participated in our Rabbits in Headlights project, with staff attending our teacher development day and going on to trial our Sometimes it Hurts resources with their children.
Woodham Burn Primary SchoolYouth Focus NE
Youth Focus NE staff attended our Demystifying Domestic Abuse workplace awareness training.
Youth Focus NE