1st Framework Productions was set up by Peter Avery and Maxine Webster in 1982 with the remit to facilitate projects which fall outside the normal funding criteria of grant-awarding bodies or sponsors. The majority of their work involves creating projects, largely drama-based, with the over sixties. They are renowned for encouraging maverick projects that are cross-art form, inter-generational or performed in unconventional surroundings, staged by a rich variety of arts practitioners. They apply an "empty studio" policy to a project-by-project operation with new teams, spaces and schedules each time. Their approach to work with older people is radical and ambitious and avoids being solely reminscence-based and they deliver a year round education programme to people of all ages, needs and abilities.

1989 - Stories, Dublin. Won, European Year of Lifelong learning 1st Prize. 1993 - The Tree of Life, The Earth Summit Conference Rio de Janeiro. A 10 metre high interactive sculpture 1996 - Document, New British Library. Digital Video installation with artist Simon Biggs Threepenny Opera is one of a series of projects being made by 1st Framework to celebrate United Nations 2001 International Year of the Volunteer. Other projects include an international digital arts project on the net called Animate The Dolly, the development of shared workspace for social entrepreneurs, arts and education organisations behind Tate Modern called 'Fulcrum' , a series of celebrations to mark the opening of affordable studios in Docklands at the 'Container City' complex and a project which examines boy's and men's changing role in society called Boys and Girls. 1st Framework recent awards/achievements include: 1st Prize Londoners of the Year (Community Development) 1st Prize European Year of Lifelong Learning. Selected to represent UK in Australia for 1999 International Year of Older People.

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