This section lists organisations providing arts-based leisure activities.
You will also find information about arts-based activities in the Film and Theatre and Music sub-sections.
Uses multi-cultural dance as a means to create opportunities to develop and engage young adults in performing arts, through performances and workshops with socially and economically disadvantaged young adults from a variety of countries and backgrounds. Works with young adult seeking refuge from various African regions.
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National development agency for the arts in England.
You can view sign language videos on this website
Exists to enable people employed in or interested in arts and culture to engage with the wider strategic issues which affect your work, play and quality of life
The definitive monthly information source for the world of Asian art
creative arts company offering tailor made projects to build confidence, self-awareness and understanding in our self-limitations
A not for profit organisation working to create and maintain a network for black artists
The UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.
Works to help integrate the BME community into the mainstream media by sharing good practice, making members aware of the barriers and also by targeting and providing skills to those people who may not usually have the chance
Guaranteed to amuse and are written and spoken by the original local poet, Robin Graham
An arts development organisation working in partnership with voluntary sector communities, agencies and artists to encourage, develop, create, produce and promote cultural programmes of work
Greater Manchester's international centre for contemporary visual arts and film
An innovative initiative to increase access to, and participation in arts and culture
DiGM's work covers a range of areas from community grants for dance projects in the districts, to the bi-annual international festival Urban Moves. DiGM works with dance artists and companies, arts organisations, community groups, venues, local authorities and funders.
Encourages access by deaf and hard of hearing people as artists and audiences.
Arts Council decibel project to raise the profile of culturally diverse arts in the north west.
Digital Shikshapatri provides instant online access to a treasure of the British Hindu cultural heritage that is held in Oxford's Bodleian Library. This fragile Sanskrit manuscript, called the Shikshapatri, was written by Shree Swaminarayan, founder of Swaminarayan Hinduism, and outlines moral and spiritual codes for everyday life.
An online magazine which seeks to promote disabled and deaf artists and to discuss issues around Disability Arts.
Guaranteed to amuse and are written and spoken by the original local poet, Robin Graham
A national charity that is committed to providing the opportunity for disabled people to explore, compose and perform their own music
Bath time is an interactive web-based artwork by Ellie Harrison commissioned by Transition (art programme at Victoria Baths)
Online information providing multicultural awards celebrating diversity and professional excellence within the media industry around the world
Developed to assist police forces in the recovery and return of stolen antiques
A worldwide Buddhist movement dedicated to re-expressing the essential truths of Buddhism in ways appropriate to the modern world
We are an agency who believe, that as Disabled People we should determine on our own behalf decision making
Images of local and national bands by local photographer Ged Camera
Contact details for art gallery in Northmoor
With support from CIDS (the Creative Industries Development Service) and the Arts Council England North West, Index launches a one-stop website for readers, writers, publishers and visual artists across the northwest, offering a complete guide to new releases and events, information resources on how and where to get published as a writer or artist, as well as advice on how to succeed as a small publisher in the region.
Spanish language courses, music, dance, cultural events and information
A national organisation which evolved out of a wealth of experience and consultation, to respond to the needs of Britains growing Muslim community
This popular site dedicates its content to serving the Jewish community of the world
KCFC is committed to the development of skills involved in Theatre and Film and to offer those skills to culturally diverse communities.
Local artist with recent exhibition at the Lowry
A world of discovery with art exhibitions, shops, restaurants and bars
Here you can find information on galleries, art, exhibitions and collections
A wonderful tourist attraction in Manchester
Provides information on the galleries around Manchester
A unique organization comprising 16 retail studio spaces an excellent cafe and a rolling programme of exhibitions from leading national and international makers
We are a voluntary organisation that works to present outdoor accessible events that appeal to a very wide range of people by interest, by age, by culture. Most of what we present is free or nearly free. We organise an exciting weekend in Platt Fields Park called Garden of Delights (June 3 - 5, 2005) that attracted 40,000 local people last year.
Bringing together internationally renowned performers, exciting new musical talent, workshops, ceilidhs and comedians from across the Irish Community
The Museum chronicles the lives of Jewish people in Manchester and their contribution to making the city what it is today.
A 5 year old community arts organisation who produce small to large scale performances using Brazilian carnival art forms
Aims to ensure that young people and those who work with young people have as full a knowledge as possible in order to access what is available across the arts
Promotes positive and innovative cultural industry ventures.
Promoting Asian arts in the UK and internationally
The New Islington Festival is a celebration of the creation of Manchester’s newest and hippest place.
A sector-wide, artist-led organisation that brings together artists, producers, venues, academics and other practitioners involved in the new work sector in the UK
Offers many disabled people their first opportunity to participate in the arts
A website providing art projects
Odopa Centre is a non-profit making organisation based in Manchester, England that was founded in October 2008. The Centre provides community -based services to a spectrum of society, particularly in areas of culture, art, education, health and intergeneration integration. It provides support and activities which develop young people with skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. Within the Centre is Odopa Cultural Group that works mainly but not exclusively in schools and community arts centres introducing, demonstrating and teaching aspects of Afrikan culture, especially the music, visual arts, drama, storytelling and dance (and associated arts) of West Afrika. It acts as a producing and performing company of innovative traditional and contemporary Afrikan dance and music for the community, mid scale and large scale venues. It tours nationally and internationally. And promote cultural exchanges between Afrika and other parts of the World. Odopa aim is to advance the education of the public concerning Afrika and its art, anthropology and culture. Our core project is a programme of participatory combined arts workshop that we run at the Centre and in schools.
PANDA provides a high quality resource of developmental support, information, advice, professional development and networking for both established and emergent companies within Greater Manchester's independent performing arts sector.
A Manchester gallery providing works of art for public viewing
Aims to educate the public about the positive effects on well being of involvement with the arts and provide studio space, support, training, professional and personal development opportunities for members.
An exculsive contemporary photography and related art gallery in Manchester
We design and make inflatable sculptures and live art for events and festivals
Delivers captioned performances and promoting the use of captioning in cultural venues throughout the UK.
Uses arts-based informal learning, targeting in particular those with mental health problems.
An art group for beginners
A website for individuals and groups who are developing creative enterprises and community arts projects in Manchester
Aim is to ensure access to opportunity and information in the dance world
Online impressions of urban landscape around Manchester
A charity providing arts activities for adults who have learning difficulties 5 days per week
View some wonderful pieces of art from the project
Online arts information about jobs and funding
Collections of British watercolours and an impressive range of modern and historic prints, drawings, paintings and sculpture
X.trax is the UK's international showcase festival, bringing a selection of the best contemporary performance to Manchester to an invited audience of arts promoters, festival and arts professionals, as well as local audiences.
A promotions company that has been promoting the Irish Arts since 1990
Community based resource centre for groups and individuals to develop or participate in the creative arts