Project year: 2025-26
Reaching Out is DAiSY’s latest initiative to expand and strengthen our disability arts network across Surrey. By focusing primarily on four currently underrepresented boroughs—Elmbridge, Runnymede, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath—we aim to ensure DAiSY’s membership and activities reflect the full diversity of the county. This targeted outreach will support the recruitment of four new member organisations, helping to build a truly county-wide network and enhancing representation across all areas of Surrey.
A key strand of the project includes Practice in Parallel, a series of inclusive workshops led by DAiSY-Chain artists Gerald Curtis and Xan Dye. Working with one of the new member organisations, the artists will guide participants through creative exploration using stimming, movement, sound, and drawing. The co-created work will be showcased at DAiSY-Fest 2025.
Reaching Out also includes leadership training programmes at two cultural venues in these boroughs, offering 20 disabled artists the opportunity to develop skills in facilitation and curation. The project supports DAiSY’s mission to support disabled creatives, increase visibility, and embed inclusive arts practices throughout Surrey’s cultural life
Arts Partnership Surrey 