Accentuate

I am looking forward to attending our event at the Houses of Parliament tomorrow. MP, Mr Damian Collins, is hosting the event and it will be a chance to showcase our achievements to date.

Accentuate has created 185 jobs and employment opportunities, engaged 552 volunteers, provided 100 showcasing opportunities, increased visitor numbers at visitor and cultural destinations by 10,407 and delivered international sporting events. This is quite an achievement and I have enjoyed being a part of the journey so far.

In addition, tomorrows' event will be a chance to launch the disability sport and art publication (fondly nicknamed SPART) that the Core Our View members have been busily beavering away at and compiling, for the last few months!

This publication has, for the first time, brought together, in one place, the journeys, commentaries, and personal experiences of disabled people from both the sporting and art communities. In this publication we have looked at the similarities and differences between the two sectors: their approach to disability, the opportunities, the barriers, and what it is that drives our artists and athletes to pursue these careers.

This is an exciting, publication which should provoke questions and interest, and highlight the value and achievements of disabled people in both sectors. For more background on the debates and discussions that gave rise to this publication, do browse the other blogs on this site.