Accentuate - Dada-South's Involvement
Accentuate is a cross agency programme for the South East with funding from the Legacy Trust. Accentuate aims to change the lives of disabled people by putting them at the heart of a programme that takes its inspiration from the South East region's unique heritage as the birthplace of the Paralympics.
The overall goal of the programme is to use the inspiration provided by the International Paralympic Movement to tackle disadvantage, raise aspirations and celebrate excellence. There are five objectives:
- That every young disabled person in the South East has the opportunity to create, compete or collaborate with a young person in another competitor country during period 2008/2012.
- That the South East becomes the most welcoming and accessible region for disabled people in the UK.
- That the South East region is recognised as a lead region in the UK for disability and deaf cultural activity and as an international centre of excellence.
- That the South East's role as the birthplace of the Paralympic movement at Stoke Mandeville is recognised by the world and that its historic archive and the individual histories of Paralympian athletes alongside the impact of the movement itself is explored by artists, and young people in the South East.
- That people across the South East have raised awareness of and are inspired by the values of personal best, going for gold and excellence and are offered strategies to help them to adopt these values in their own lives.
The programme is being delivered by Creative Junction, Screen South, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), Sport England, Tourism South East, English Heritage, Arts Council England South East and Museums, Libraries and Archives (MLA)
Dada-South will be supporting this programme through the delivery of two key strands on behalf of Arts Council England, South East.
1) Public Realm
2) Showcasing
A public realm programme will build on the growing body of knowledge in and around the South East in developing and delivering work in the public domain. This will consist of commissions and opportunities for professional development for artists wishing to grow skills in this area. For more information, click here.
Dada-South will be presenting a series of showcasing opportunities demonstrating the best in disability-inspired work and the creativity of disabled and Deaf practitioners in and around the South East. For more information, click here.
More information will be available shortly on both these programmes. Watch this space!
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