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Art Spider updates
Stay up to date with the latest from the learning disability arts world.
Stay up to date with the latest news from the learning disability arts world.
Mencap Arts blog
March 2013
The latest development to Art Spider is the Arts blog, where learning disabled artists and performers tell us what they are doing...
Gig Buddies
March 2013
Stay Up Late's Gig Buddies project will be launched this March, pairing up people with learning disabilities and volunteer buddies to enjoy live music and other events together...
Pavilion Music Awards
March 2013
The Pavilion Music Awards is a new awards scheme celebrating the very best of music performed and created by people with a learning disability...
Culture Health & Wellbeing International Conference
March 2013
Gus Garside, Mencap’s national arts development manager, and Bernadette Conway, from Mencap’s Inclusion Team, will be presenting a paper on learning disability at the Culture Health & Wellbeing International Conference...
Making theatre and cinema accessible
March 2013
The Relaxed Performance Project is spreading across the country and a growing number of cinemas are now running Autism Friendly Screenings...
Relaxed Performance Project
February 2013
Mencap are pleased to announce their support for a national Relaxed Performance Project...
Inclusive UK City of Culture
November 2012
Performers and artists with a learning disability will be a major part of the first ever UK City of Culture in Derry-Londonderry throughout 2013...
Arts Award
October 2012
Doing an Arts Award can be a fun and creative way for young people to learn new skills...
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
September 2012
The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games are now over. The Games were an amazing experience...
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