Support Venture Arts' Studio Projects

Venture Arts provides a supportive, safe and empowering space in which learning disabled people make great art and play a valued role in Manchester's culture. Each year we run around 1,000 artist-led visual arts workshops from our fully-equipped studio, and through outreach, helping learning disabled people build their ability, skills and confidence.

"VA is a truly outstanding organisation that has a huge impact on the health, wellbeing and creativity of people with learning disabilities …. A day spent at VA is inspiring, uplifting, joyful and thought provoking" - National Diversity Award nomination, 2016.

We focus on people's individual strengths, providing frequent one-to-one, person-centred support to develop skills, interests and artistic identities. We showcase our artists’ work at major venues, and we play a part in community and cultural events around Greater Manchester. 

Your donation means that our work can continue, and together we can make society and culture into a more inclusive place for learning disabled people.