During Autumn 2025, DIY’s Core Company has been working on an exciting research and development project funded through Salford CVS’s Health and Wellbeing Fund. The company has been diving into themes of ‘friendship’ and ‘the outsider’ using theatre, music, design, and recorded sound.
“All colours and paintings tell all sorts of different stories. We can ask people: What do the colours say to you? What sort of story do they tell you that an artist is trying to show you?” Becky “How do we see colour? How do we feel colour? We all experience colour in lots of […]
Developing inclusive music at Chatsworth High School. During the Summer term 2025, DIY was delighted to be commissioned by Salford Cultural Education Partnership (CEP) to work alongside learners and staff at Chatsworth High School and Salford’s Music and Performing Arts Service (MAPAS) to explore the ways in which music can support cross-curricular learning. DIY’s […]
Everyone at DIY is looking forward to a new term and lots of exciting new creative opportunities! This term DIY is running four different sessions for adults with learning disabilities who want to get creative – join us this September to learn new skills and meet new people. Thanks to our great funders all our […]
Unbelievably it’s now a year since DIY celebrated our 30th birthday, which we marked with lots of exciting birthday projects and two big birthday events. Now we are 31! so we thought it would be a good idea to take a look back over the 12 months since our Birthday celebrations last June. We’ve been […]
Our partnership with Chatsworth Futures has been growing from strength to strength. Chatsworth Futures is a dynamic Independent specialist college for young people aged between 19-25 with complex needs, including learning disabilities and Autism. “The College provides a small, supportive and challenging environment, which enables learners to develop their functional skills, independence, communication and employability […]
Can you see me? If you don’t see me you won’t know what I can do! Learning Disability Week: Monday 17 June – Sunday 23 June Learning Disability Week is a time to celebrate the talents and achievements of people with learning disabilities, and to challenge the barriers we still face. This year’s theme is […]
It is with great sadness that DIY Theatre Company marks the passing of Jude Bird who died in 1st May 2025 after a period of illness. The word inspirational is over-used nowadays but Jude Bird truly was an inspirational woman. She was a phenomenal long-term friend, supporter and collaborator of DIY, as Artistic Director of Dodeka […]
It is with much sadness that DIY Theatre Company marks the passing of David Austin – who died on 13th April 2025 following a period of illness. David was a brilliant artist and a remarkable man. He was a founder member of DIY Theatre Company – one of a group of people who got a […]
This year, DIY Gamechangers are developing an exciting new initiative called ‘Acting for Health’. DIY Gamechangers are working with film-makers Hilary Easter-Jones and Ian Dean to co-create three short films on the themes of: Effective communication Lived Experience Leadership 5 Ways to Health and Wellbeing Everybody at DIY Gamechangers has been bringing in lots of […]