DASh ANNUAL REPORT 07 – 08 Breaking the Barriers This two part project consisted of a one day symposium, ‘Smashing’, and the art project ‘Creating a Change.’
Smashing Aims •To create an exchange and partnership with Day Centres and their clients •Develop a dialogue between Day Centres •DASh to create future arts projects •Develop an interchange of ideas and perceptions of disability, disability art and art and disability SMASHING was a one day event bringing together Social Care Providers, Users/Clients and Disabled Artists to create dialogue, partnerships and projects. The day was attended by eleven Managers/ Support Workers representing Day care providers across Shropshire and nine users from these centres. SMASHING was very successful. There was extensive discussion at the end of the day about the way forward, which led to major changes in the last part of Breaking the Barriers. We then spent the next two months discussing ideas with a group of day centres in Shrewsbury and formed a new project ‘Creating a Change’.