Addressing exploitation through the performing arts

YMCA Y-Hub have collaborated with a professional theatre company and an artist to deliver a project on exploitation. The theatre company have been delivering a play called ‘Hot Chicks’ which is a story set in Swansea based on young people being exploited. The company worked with a focus group of young people from Y-Hub which led to changes to the script and the music.Alongside this work, YMCA Swansea, the theatre company and an artist have been working with young people on exploitation. This has involved creative sessions, such as decorating face masks, where young people could express how they are feeling through the medium of art. Exploitation workshops run alongside the arts, with young people contributing to all aspects of the project. The project is open to any young person attending Y-Hub.

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