It is the direct route to reaching our ultimate vision to have positive aspirations, social cohesion and ethical values throughout the global community. Aspiration Creation Elevation CIC (ACE) was set-up in April 2013 by three young music-mentoring professionals. They formed the organisation to continue the delivery of music mentoring activities to the youths in Bristol’s disadvantaged communities; using creative arts activities as a vehicle to mentor, educate & inspire young people towards becoming positive members of their community. This type of engagement to disadvantaged young people can provide the needed inspiration, empowerment & positivity to implement cohesion & growth within their communities. ACE look beyond the surface of what today’s disadvantaged youths face:
• A cycle of inequality,
• Low aspirations
• Negativity
• High risk of criminal record before 18
Which ultimately have damaging affects on families, communities & even societies.
“All three of us have shared a journey of starting-out as youths attending local music projects, to later leading music projects as young adults & now being young Social Entrepreneurs running an organisation that supports today’s youths in the same way we were supported.”
As a Community Interest Company, we feel it’s crucial that we operate on multiple fronts, which all contribute towards our overarching aim of reaching more people and provide a wider range of positive community activities. These vital services are mostly sustained by funding grants to carryout the work. We hope to sustain & expand our community work through increasing our commercial and commissioning profits to reinvest. It is fundamental to making our oranisation self-sustainable in the future. The engines that will enable us to do that are our Commercial and Commission services found on our website.
