![]() ![]() |
Accentuate info e-bulletin |
---|---|
Focus on…
![]() A couple of weeks back we brought you information on the Cultural Olympiad to help people understand more clearly what opportunities were being created. Now it’s the turn of Accentuate itself – just what is it and what does it offer? Read on! A brief overview of Accentuate
![]() Each region has a Legacy Programme – a particular focus for work aiming to truly make a difference not just for 2012 but beyond. These have all been funded through the Legacy Trust UK. ( http://www.legacytrustuk.org ) Accentuate is the 2012 Legacy Programme for the South East of England. It was inspired by the Paralympic Movement, which started at Stoke Mandeville and it focuses on disability, access and inclusion. ( www.accentuate-se.org ) Accentuate consists of 15 major projects across the arts, sport, film, heritage and tourism. They are being delivered in partnership with a number of organisations and agencies, including Arts Council SE, Museums Libraries and Archives, English Heritage, Tourism SE and Sport England. The projects range from commissioning opportunities for deaf and disabled artists, developing a groundbreaking website for young disabled and non-disabled people to make and share films, to international campaigns lead by young disabled people. The programme is being led by two joint directors – Esther Appleyard and Emma Slawinski. The five ‘Ambitions’![]() Accentuate has five ‘ambitions’ – and the projects all fit under these:
Although Accentuate appears complicated because it covers so many different areas, everything works to the same aim: to ensure disabled people across the arts, sport, film and heritage receive the recognition they deserve, by promoting talent and leadership through real opportunities. Accentuate is funded by SEEDA, the Regional Cultural Agencies and Legacy Trust UK which is an independent charity set up to create a cultural and sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the programme is being managed by Screen South. Accentuate Projects led by Creative Junction![]() Creative Junction ( www.creativejunction.org.uk ) is leading on four of the 15 Accentuate projects.
Accentuate projects led by Arts Council England, South East![]() Arts Council England holds the responsibility for leading on three projects, and has subcontracted different partners to deliver these for them. The first two are being delivered by Dada-South ( www.dada-south.org.uk )
The third project led by Arts Council England, South East is us - Sync South East (www.syncsoutheast.co.uk ) and we are being delivered by a partnership between ADA inc and Cusp inc ( www.adainc.org and www.cuspinc.org ) What’s Sync South East? A programme of continuous professional development for selected artists and organisations in the region to ignite disabled leadership and to increase sustainability. There are also two other projects linked to ACE, South East. These are both being delivered through the Creative Programmer for London 2012, South East, Caterina Loriggio who is being hosted by Arts Council England, South East. (caterina.loriggio@artscouncil.org.uk, 07545 421996, www.london2012.com/culture )
Accentuate projects led by Tourism South East![]() As one of the ambitions of Accentuate is to ensure that the South East becomes the most welcoming and accessible region for disabled people in the UK, its not surprising that Tourism South East is leading on two projects (www.visitsoutheastengland.com )
The remaining four projects![]() Only four more to go! Playground to Podium is an extension to the national initiative to ensure that disabled young people have the opportunity not only to participate but to excel in sport through high class coaching. This is managed by EFDS and Sport England (for general information on the national programme see www.sportengland.org/support__advice/playground_to_podium.aspx ). U Screen is a cutting edge fully accessible website, which comprises three main accessibility tools which aims to provide young people aged 14-25 years across the South East the opportunities to share, learn and collaborate on film-making. This is being developed by Screen South (www.screensouth.org ) Creative Landscapes seeks to increase opportunities for engagement with heritage and the historic environment by Deaf and disabled people through creative exploration and is being led by English Heritage (www. english-heritage.org.uk ) - do look at information bulletin 8 on the Sync South East website to read more about Liz Porter and her work on this programme. And finally, there is the focus on the Paralympic Region which is being led by MLA and Buckinghamshire County Council. This project will develop and improve access, both physical and intellectual, to Stoke Mandeville’s historic archive and histories of individual Paralympic athletes. Our View
![]() You may also have heard of Our View. The Our View group will be ensuring that the views and contributions of disabled people inform every level of the programme. This group is led by Camilla Brueton, the Our View Project Manager who supports the 5 Core Advisory Group members: Sarah Playforth, Kristina Veasey, Colin Hambrook, Jon Adams and Jamie Beddard. They are providing their personal experiences of their ongoing journey with Accentuate, feedback on the events they have attended and their perspective on how they are helping to steer the vision of the programme. You can read their comments on the Our View blog page on the accentuate website (www.accentuate-se.org ). Hope the summer is going well for you and that this gives you some clarity around the projects within Accentuate – enjoy. That's all for now, All the best, Jo Verrent and all the rest of us at Sync South East |
|