First funds for disability arts archive

Initial funds have been granted to a planned archive of the Disability Arts movement which aims to record the historical influence of Disability Arts and the social struggles of the movement. Development funding of £100k has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to help Shape, the disability-led arts organisation, apply for the full funding requirement of £962k. If successful, the project will bring together a number of disability-led arts organisations, universities, galleries and museums from across the UK, and will mentor disabled and non-disabled volunteers to preserve, digitise, and make public the significant works of art.