Tricky Hat Productions is a company that makes theatre with and about people who live on the margins of our society. They work with people to find a creative and credible voice through participation in high quality, collaborative, cross-arts events alongside high calibre artists. They work in collaboration with agencies, artists and areas in Scotland [...]

Ryan Pollock is a 23-year-old writer and filmmaker from Wishaw. His film Bluebird tells the story of an unfulfilled litter picker, searching for the meaning that his life has always seemed to lack, and growing concerned at a volatile domestic situation in the neighbouring flat.

Kim Beveridge is a digital artist, filmmaker, AV designer and part-time lecturer. Kim created and filmed a series of dance performance pieces in collaboration with New College Lanarkshire Performing Arts students. Inspired by the online communities found on social medial platforms, the piece explores themes of self-exploration, class and place.

Overdrive Dance Company engages male identifying young people with dance and creative movement. They present Status:Changed - a contemporary dance performance reworked by the young people involved and filmed in various locations around North Lanarkshire.

William Elliot took up photography at the age of 67. For Art Is Everywhere, he has created a stunning series of portraits showing older people in a positive light; doing the things that they love, which provide them with purposeful living in later years.

Eilidh Manson is a visual arts tutor and mixed-media artist working across North Lanarkshire. She has a passion for giving old things a new life, and worked with community groups across North Lanarkshire turning discarded items into pieces of art.

Emma Ferla is an artist and jewellery designer who cares deeply about plastic waste and the climate challenge. Inspired by the woodlands and nature reserves that surround her home, Emma has created three visual art pieces using plastic waste and bottle tops.

Overdrive Dance Company engages male identifying young people with dance and creative movement. They present Status:Changed - a contemporary dance performance reworked by the young people involved and filmed in various locations around North Lanarkshire.

William Elliot took up photography at the age of 67. For Art Is Everywhere, he has created a stunning series of portraits showing older people in a positive light; doing the things that they love, which provide them with purposeful living in later years.

CrossReach was launched in June 2005 and was previously known as the Church of Scotland Board of Social Responsibility. Under our new name, CrossReach continues the Church of Scotland's long tradition of providing care and support. In fact, this work started back in 1869, so we have a long history in the field of social [...]