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  • Photo: Time and Space to do things better – our NPO journey has begun!

    Time and Space to do things better – our NPO journey has begun!

    Time and Space to do things better It’s five months since DIY became a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO). In November 2022 we were very excited to hear the news that we had been offered funding from Arts Council England as part of its 2023-26 Investment Programme. In April this year we started our NPO journey! For […]

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  • Photo: Magical journeys into the woods for sensory learners

    Magical journeys into the woods for sensory learners

    DIY Core Company’s work on our new show ‘Hanging by a Thread’ is coming to fruition. It started with magical ideas Hanging by a Thread is DIY’s third show designed specifically for sensory young people to access in small groups. Devised by DIY Core Company members, it explores environmental themes. The company has, as ever, […]

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  • Photo: Arts Award Success with DIY’S Youth Drama Group and beyond

    Arts Award Success with DIY’S Youth Drama Group and beyond

    Congratulations on their Arts Award Success to Ben Fletcher and Siddharth Bhandari (Simmi). Through work done with DIY’s Youth Drama Group, they have both gained their Explore Arts Awards. I learnt how to create a soundscape for a show using an app. Simmi To achieve their Arts Award Explore Simmi and Ben needed to: Take […]

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  • Photo: DIY’s Artwork Highlights Experiences of Lockdown

    DIY’s Artwork Highlights Experiences of Lockdown

    Together in Our Separateness & Back Together This June and July Eccles Community Art Gallery exhibited works which captured DIY’s responses to the Covid Lockdowns of 2020-21. The pieces were created by visual artist Claire Hignett with DIY. Claire has worked with DIY for many years and is currently running our visual arts course. The […]

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  • Photo: Introducing ‘Four by Eight’

    Introducing ‘Four by Eight’

    ‘Four by Eight’ is our new music based programme Through ‘Four by Eight’ DIY Theatre offers unique training and development opportunites to emerging musicians with and without learning disabilities alongside a programme of music based workshops and residencies offering high quality engagement in music for children and young people with learning disabilities. Thanks to Youth […]

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