Air works in a variety of creative and educational contexts. Its primary mission has been to contribute to the regeneration of designated areas of Liverpool.

AiR was originally a Home Office funded pilot project, initiated by Liverpool Social Partnership in Drug Prevention, trading as ArtSkills and has been active in the area of benefit since 1995. It was established as an independent Limited Company and Registered Charity in 1999. Creative skills training programmes, responding to the pre-vocational needs of young people at risk of long term unemployment, social exclusion have provided the springboard for a series of programmes that use creative and cultural processes to support strategies for education and regeneration in the community.

AiR has created a committed, inspiring and creative team of practitioners, highly skilled and motivated in the delivery of services to people who are often marginalised and ignored. AiR believes that arts practice can touch and change people’s lives for the better.