Right Up Our Street, Doncaster

What Right Up Our Street, Doncaster does

Right Up Our Street is a community-led Creative People and Places arts programme based in Doncaster, United Kingdom, established in 2012 and operating as a non-profit. The organisation delivers free public arts activities and events across all 21 wards of the Doncaster borough, with a deliberate focus on families, young adults, people experiencing social isolation, and underserved communities. Programming is co-created with local residents through listening exercises and partnerships, and is structured around three integrated strands: a 21 Wards outreach programme, a Festival Programme (including Doncaster Festival of Making, Festival of Light, and Festival of Colour), and a Priority Communities programme that addresses specific demographic groups.

The organisation's core products are community arts programmes and events rather than technology products. Notable initiatives include Studio Portal Workshops, Noise Collective (music and sound engagement with young people, Phase 1 delivered 2023), Souper Club community meals at Balby Bridge, Visible Rest wellbeing spaces at Doncaster Pride, and Trees environmental arts projects. The underlying delivery model is direct community engagement: events are staged in local neighbourhoods, venues, and partner sites rather than through digital channels. No proprietary software, app, or API is offered; the website functions as an information hub and event listing.

Right Up Our Street is funded by Arts Council England under the Creative People and Places programme, which is its sole disclosed primary funding source. Revenue is grant-based rather than commercial: events are free to participants, there is no pricing model, and no enterprise customers or commercial contracts exist. Current mission period runs 2022-2026, with Phase 5 funding confirmed for the 2025-2026 cycle. With 6 employees and operations contained within a single borough, the organisation operates as a small, grant-dependent delivery vehicle rather than a scalable commercial enterprise.

Name

Right Up Our Street, Doncaster

Legal name

Right Up Our Street

Website

https://rightupourstreet.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Right Up Our Street is a Doncaster-based non-profit arts programme, funded by Arts Council England under Creative People and Places, delivering free community-led festivals and workshops across all 21 borough wards to families, young adults, and underserved communities since 2012.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Arts Services

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC), Arts & Culture Service/Support Organizations (Networks, Advocacy, Capacity Building) (BPAGAHAL)

Keywords

• Community arts programmes
• Creative cultural events
• Arts festival delivery
• Community engagement
• Cultural participation

Headquarters

HQ city

Doncaster

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Arts Council England Funding: Government arts funding from Arts Council England as part of the Creative People and Places programme. This is the primary funding source for all community arts activities and events.

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Core offering

Right Up Our Street is a community-led arts charity that designs and delivers free creative programmes, festivals, and participatory workshops across the 21 wards of Doncaster, targeting families, young adults, and people experiencing social isolation. Its work is structured around three core strands — 21 Wards, the Festival Programme, and Priority Communities — with additional project work such as Souper Club, Noise Collective, Studio Portal Workshops, Visible Rest, and a Trees Programme, all funded primarily through Arts Council England's Creative People and Places programme.

Product overview

Right Up Our Street is a single unified community arts programme - not a technology platform. It operates as a Creative People and Places initiative funded by Arts Council England. The organization delivers a cohesive portfolio of community arts activities through three integrated strands: a Festival Programme (including Doncaster Festival of Making, Festival of Light, Festival of Colour, and seasonal celebrations), a 21 Wards Programme (reaching all borough communities), and a Priority Communities Programme (targeting families, young adults, those experiencing social isolation, and underserved communities). These programmes manifest through diverse projects and events such as Souper Club community meals, Studio Portal Workshops, Noise Collective music sessions, Visible Rest wellbeing spaces, and Trees environmental initiatives. The work is co-created with Doncaster's communities through listening, partnership, and collaborative delivery.

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Products and services

• 21 Wards Programme A borough-wide programme strand delivering community arts activity across all 21 wards of Doncaster, designed to ensure equitable cultural participation across neighbourhoods. Intended for residents of each ward, including families, young adults, and under-served groups.
• Festival Programme A festival programming strand producing community-focused arts and cultural festival events for Doncaster residents and visitors. Open to families, young adults, and wider community audiences.
• Priority Communities Programme A targeted programme strand focused on delivering community arts engagement specifically to under-served and priority communities in Doncaster, including people experiencing social isolation and other disadvantaged groups.
• Souper Club — Balby Bridge A community arts project delivered in the Balby Bridge area of Doncaster as part of the organisation's wider participatory programme work. Intended for local residents and community participants in the Balby Bridge neighbourhood.
• Studio Portal Workshops Workshop-style creative programming under the Studio Portal banner, offering participatory arts activity to Doncaster residents.
• Noise Collective A community arts project strand focused on sound and collective creative practice, delivered as part of Right Up Our Street's wider participatory offering.
• Visible Rest A community arts project strand delivered as part of the organisation's portfolio of participatory creative projects in Doncaster.
• Trees Programme A programme strand combining environmental and creative themes under the Trees banner, delivered as part of Right Up Our Street's community arts activity in Doncaster.

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Technology focussed No

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Recent moves5 records

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Broad incumbents

• Battersea Arts Centre: Long-established London community arts venue and Arts Council NPO running festivals, participatory projects, and community programming; comparable as a more established, broader community arts organisation with similar participatory ethos but much larger footprint.

Direct peers

• Curious Minds: Northwest England organisation working on Creative People and Places-style place-based cultural engagement, sharing Right Up Our Street's model of working with communities to design and deliver arts activity with public funding.
• Heart n Soul: Charity creating art with learning-disabled and autistic people through performance, music, and community events; comparable as a community-led arts charity working with priority groups under public funding.
• Apples and Snakes: National spoken-word poetry organisation running community residencies, festivals, and education programmes; overlapping mission of using arts to engage underserved communities through participatory programming.
• Heart of Glass: St Helens-based Creative People and Places programme, directly comparable as another Arts Council England-funded, community-led place-based arts initiative targeting an underserved UK borough with co-creation at its core.
• People United: Canterbury-based arts charity using creative practice to build social cohesion and address prejudice; comparable place-based, values-driven arts organisation with a similar grant-funded delivery model.
• Create (London): National community arts charity delivering participatory creative workshops with marginalised groups; comparable business model (grant-funded, community-engaged arts delivery) and overlapping audience segments with Right Up Our Street.
• Mind the Gap: Bradford-based performing arts company working with learning-disabled and non-learning-disabled artists in community settings; comparable as a publicly funded, place-based arts charity delivering touring work and workshops in northern England.
• Company Chameleon: Manchester-based contemporary dance and community engagement company delivering participatory arts projects with non-professional communities, sharing Right Up Our Street's publicly funded, place-based, community-led model.

Emerging players

• People's Palace Projects: London-based arts and social justice charity producing community-engaged performance and cultural exchange; comparable mission of using arts for social outcomes though operating at different scale and geography.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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