Ipswich Community Media

Ipswich Community Media is an award-winning charity with and for local people. We empower people to create, learn, inspire and build stronger communities together. Our mission is to challenge inequality by empowering people to transform their lives through learning and creativity. We provide high quality community activities & opportunities in music, media, the creative arts and language learning for people of all ages, cultures, abilities & backgrounds. We work with over 60 children and young people through our projects weekly, more than 100 volunteers and teach English to over 120 learners every week from a mix of 21 different nationalities. That’s over opportunities each year to engage with projects at ICM. We are based just off Norwich Road in Ipswich, one of the most diverse and exciting areas of our town. It is also an area with many challenges, as Westgate Ward is one of the most deprived wards in the country. But with around a third of local residents from migrant and refugee communities we are proud to be part of such a diverse neighbourhood. We want to reflect the communities we work in. We believe that diversity makes us stronger. All of our offerings are free because we passionately believe that open access for the most disadvantaged in our community is vital for a healthy inclusive society.