Projects & Partnerships
As a small charity, Skylight Circus is reliant on project funding. We recognise that our work can be life changing and we want to make a difference!
“At Skylight’s Circus School, pupils could experience tightwire, aerial swings and harness. This equipment is extremely popular, the children experience exhilaration, excitement and different sensations from freedom of movement. One child was very nervous about the swing and found it challenging to even lift his feet off the ground. Week by week he built up his confidence until he swung through the air”
Martine Bradford Creative Director
Projects
Our projects cover a wide range of participants, for example:
- Sky High – Children and young people with registered disabilities CCG/Short Breaks
- Circus Globe – Refugee, Asylum Seekers and Roma participants.
Partnerships
We work with a wide range local and national partners, for example:
- Beyond Psychology
- The Lowry
- Cartwheel Arts
- Rochdale Youth Service
- Action Together
- Extraordinary Bodies
Partnerships
Our recent funders include:
- Henry Smith Charity
- Children in need
- Foyle Foundation
- Garfield Weston Foundation
Please see blow excerpts from our recent reports.
Following successful funding from Curious Minds, Bubble Up programme, ‘Nature in Danger’ was a project delivered in partnership with Cartwheel Arts and Jamboree Arts.
Fireflies | In partnership with Culture Co-op
Our Fireflies project is in partnership with Culture Co-op. With fire workshops and performance local people.
Shine Bright 2025
Improving wellbeing of secondry school students in Rochdale through creative arts activities. In partnership with Create Rochdale, Rochdale Borough Council, M6 Theatre & Rochdale Town Hall
Sky Hi
Our inclusive circus and swing sessions for children and young people with disabilities, funded by True Colours Trust
Sky Fi – Spotlight Youth Performance Troupe
Funded by Arts Council England, our Spotlight Youth Performance Troupe co-create a circus show inspired by the vastness of our universe.
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Three intriguing fossils and the landscapes they came from
Postcode Lottery
Time to Shine excerpts
RBH Circus Wow
Report Excerpts












