We keep these values always at the front of our mind when designing our day to day services and projects. All the classes and activities offered by the arc are totally inclusive. Our professional artists are trained, for example, to work with people with disabilities.
Our ethos is partnership, we will seek out the organisations who will allow us to develop and deliver the very best classes, projects, shows and services. We also work in partnership with those who are taking part because we believe that a sense of ownership is necessary for anyone to wholly invest in a project, and to get the most out of it.
Our two specialist areas are working with young people and working with people with disabilities. We work with both groups on many levels and in many ways, for example, we have 55 volunteers, 26 of these have special needs, 18 are under the age of 20. We actively seek students on work experience, work placements, training schemes and community service.