£200,000 awarded to Black Country art and culture project through Spirit of 2012 collaboration with Birmingham 2022

Zebra Access/Deaffest are delighted to be one of the partners supporting the £200,000 grant awarded to Creative Black Country to create a new, inclusive art and culture project linked to the Commonwealth Games, following a collaboration between Olympic legacy funder Spirit of 2012 and Birmingham 2022. 

The participatory performing arts project, entitled Shine A Light, aims to build bridges between D/deaf, disabled and non-disabled people using theatre and mime to tell stories of people around the Commonwealth.

The project will include live taster activity sessions and workshops for 280 people, with 165 adults going on to participate in regular performance workshops which will culminate in a touring performance and set of films to share across the Birmingham 2022 Cultural Programme.

Other partners, including Deaf Explorer, Black Country Touring, Disability Arts in Shropshire (DASH) and Deafscope will support and consult across different areas of the project.

Creative Black Country, based in West Bromwich, works closely with local communities to discover, explore and grow an exciting and meaningful programme of cultural activity in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Zebra Access is looking forward to working on this new project and to discovering and developing new talent across the West Midlands over the next 2 years.