Inclusion through the arts

Inclusion through the Arts' is capacity building project that involves 18 community arts organisations delivering participatory workshops, projects and programmes that engage with marginalised groups across the Eastern side of Wales. The project is funded through an ESF Objective 3 award and ACW funding.

• Community Arts organisations allocated £385,096 from ESF Objective 3 funding with total project cost of £855,776.
• Helping to build the capacity of community arts organisations to provide support, development and training to people facing social exclusion.
• Developing a methodology and toolkit forCommunity Arts organisations to identify and evaluate regeneration impacts.
• Promoting flexibility in a future labour workforce.
• Promoting social inclusion by working with those at risk from long-term unemployment or economic inactivity.
• Contributing to the wider issues of Sustainable Rural Development and Urban Community Development in Wales.
• Creating opportunities for participants to play a pivotal role in the economic and social regeneration of their own community in both urban and rural communities.