Pan Intercultural Arts  Pan is an intercultural arts organization and registered charity based in London, UK, that uses the arts to explore cultural diversity and social change. The main purpose of the organization is to help marginalised young people from all cultures and religions who are at risk of social exclusion to improve personal and interpersonal skills through a range of arts activities including drama, music, film, dance, creative writing and visual arts. Pan's aims include: encouraging understanding, respect and social harmony between communities; giving a voice to marginalised youth and providing the opportunity to rehearse alternatives to their negative futures; and offering skills development and training/employment opportunities. In addition to their work in London, Pan has worked internationally using the arts to address difficult issues including gender discrimination, child marriages and dowries. The organisation has also engaged with people affected by trauma including survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Pan's methodology is influenced by Brazilian dramatist Augusto Boal and forum theatre. In a forum performance, an audience member becomes a spect-actor when they take over the role of a character on stage in order to offer an alternative direction to the action on stage, thereby rehearsing change. The Amies Project supports victims of human trafficking and encourages reflection through music and drama. Participants develop physical and vocal confidence while roleplaying situations where they feel they lack confidence, working together to create a performance. Fortune and Future groups provide young refugees and asylum seekers opportunities for confidence and creativity development through drama and movement activities focused on teamwork. Both groups have participated in public performances including Refugee Week 2010 at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Young refugees and asylum seekers are referred to PAN by organisations like The Helen Bamber Foundation, Refugee Council, Freedom from Torture, The Poppy Project, The Medaille Trust, Barnardo's and ECPAT. Weapon of Choice uses peer-led debate and forum theatre to engage young people from backgrounds of gang culture and gun and knife crime. The project visits youth centres, schools and pupil referral units and presents real life scenarios encountered by London youth, encouraging audience participation to discover an alternative future for the characters on stage. Weapon of Choice have also performed their plays at Roundhouse and Old Bailey. Since 2009, Weapon of Choice has been funded by The Big Lottery Fund, Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, St. Andrew Holborn Charity, sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, Unite Foundation and The Deutsche Bank's youth engagement programme. The project “There Ain’t no Black in the Union Jack”, run from 2007 to 2008, provided residencies for over 100 young people across London.