Projects

Visual arts charity in Hartlepool.

Creative Futures is an inclusive visual arts programme designed specifically for d/Deaf young people aged 12 to 16 in Hartlepool. The project aims to build confidence, creative skills, and community through accessible and collaborative art-making experiences.

Participants will explore various visual art forms — painting, mixed media, digital art, photography, and installation—guided by professional artists with lived experience. The programme will include public exhibitions in the local gallery they’ve have partnered with. The exhibitions will be planned and executed by the young artists, giving them project management experience, and a platform to share their art with the wider community. The gallery will also host 2 work experience placements for the participants each year, and 2 paid summer internships. 

All staff at the gallery will have deaf-awareness training. In addition, there will be four places each year to begin BSL Level 2 training, for staff from the charity and the gallery’s front-of-house team. 

Disabled-led theatre company in Bristol. 

Stage for Change is an inclusive, co-created theatre programme that puts young people at the heart of everything. Through accessible performances, creative workshops, and tailored training, the project will tour schools and youth settings across the South West, creating meaningful opportunities for Disabled young people to shape, perform, and experience live theatre.

The work is made for and by the young people themselves, with their ideas and lived experiences steering the direction of the project, the creative process, access developments, and the performances. From concept to stage, young people will lead on story, form, and delivery, with professional artists supporting rather than directing. In addition to group sessions, young people will get access to monthly 1:1 mentoring sessions. There will also be the opportunity for participants to be trained in backstage roles.

The programme will focus on three strategic aims:

1. Supporting young people’s creative goals.
2. Co-creating work with young Disabled artists.
3. Building genuine partnerships that embed youth voice at every level of the organisation.

Music, poetry and spoken word organisation in Wolverhampton. 

Open Verse is a dynamic creative development programme supporting Disabled young adults (18 to 30) from the Global Majority across the West Midlands to explore pathways into the music, poetry, and spoken word industries.

Led by a team of established artists, producers, and mentors with lived experience, the project offers creative training, industry insight, paid commissions, and public showcases — all designed to break down barriers and centre underrepresented voices.

Building on this foundation, Open Verse supports participants to develop their creative careers with tailored progression pathways. This includes guidance on releasing work, producing projects, securing paid commissions, and expanding professional networks. Through ongoing mentorship, funding advice, and introductions to industry partners, the programme creates meaningful, lasting pathways into the creative sector beyond the life of the programme. 

Open Verse is not just about talent development; it's about platforming the powerful voices of Disabled young creatives who are too often left out of the cultural conversation, and investing in their long-term presence in the sector.

Disabled-led dance company in Oxford. 

Next Move is a tiered dance development programme designed and led by Disabled dancers, providing a clear, inclusive pathway into dance for Disabled children and young people aged 9 to 30 in Oxford and the South East. The programme emphasises flexible class structures and adaptive teaching methods, adopting a holistic approach that supports a diverse range of abilities. Next Move particularly welcomes and encourages young people with physical conditions - including wheelchair users - and anyone who may have previously felt that dance wasn’t accessible to them.

Rooted in the belief that dance is for everyone, Next Move supports dancers at every stage - from curious beginners to emerging professionals - offering creative, accessible, and progressive opportunities. The programme encourages exploration of movement in all its forms, inviting participants not only to perform but also to take part in all stages of the creative process, including choreographing and directing their own work. It nurtures creative agency and personal expression, offering workshops, skill development, qualifications, and professional performance opportunities tailored to the individual’s needs and preferences.

Participants can progress at their own pace and don’t have to move onto the next level of programme if they don’t feel ready. Through this approach, Next Move empowers Disabled dancers to shape their own dance journeys on their own terms, at their own pace.

All staff and freelancers have wellbeing action plans in place, and there are regular opportunities for staff to come together for wellbeing-related activities. 

Arts centre in London 

All In is an inclusive, multi-arts programme for children aged 9 –14, designed to spark creativity, confidence, and collaboration through the arts. With a focus on multi-art forms such as painting, drawing, sound creation, performance art, and photography, the programme takes place at a fully accessible London arts centre and is open to all children - with a strong emphasis on removing barriers for Disabled young people, particularly those who are neurodivergent, including young people with Audhd, learning difficulties, or mental health conditions.

All sessions are programmed and delivered by freelance practitioners with lived experience, ensuring authenticity, representation, and inclusive practice. Participants are supported to explore stimming and sensory experiences through creative expression, helping to build self-regulation and emotional well-being. Staff are trained in trauma-informed approaches, and therapeutic support is available throughout the project to ensure participants feel supported, and able to engage in ways that work for them.

Through weekly workshops, young participants will explore their creativity through a range of multisensory artistic practices, tailored to their individual styles and approaches — creating in a space where every child is valued, supported, and celebrated.