Safer Suffolk Foundation: The Suffolk Foundation manages funds on behalf of individuals, companies, trusts and public agencies, acting as the vital link between local donors and local needs.

TAKE PART: is a joint project between the county council arts and museum services, regularly funded arts organisations and museums in Suffolk. Together, they have produced a timetable of events and activities for schools for the academic year 2009 to 2010. Please click on School Activities to see what you could take part in.

OPTUA: provides a wide range of services for disabled people across Suffolk and beyond.

SAVO: Southwark Action for Voluntary Organisations provide high quality support services to voluntary and community organisations in Southwark as well as providing a strong voice for the sector.

Young Suffolk: Young Suffolk is the only countywide infrastructure organisation with charitable status for the voluntary children and young people's sector in Suffolk.

Onesuffolk: Onesuffolk provides local government services through the internet and enables parish councils, community and voluntary organisations to participate by contributing information about their particular area.

Arts Council England East: Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people's lives.  

Mailout: is the UK network for developing participation in the arts.

Venue Information: Venue accessibility information for different types of arts events can be found on.

Arts Access UK: an access guide to the arts in Britain.

Disability Arts Events Calendar: information about Disability Cultural Projects.

Disability Arts Online: Celebrates achievements of UK disability and deaf arts movement with useful links and organisations.

www.jigsawtheatre.org.uk: disability arts happening in London and elsewhere.

EQ: (formerly Metier) is a national equality and diversity agency working in the creative industries.

New Cut Arts: A Centre for Arts in the Community. New Cut Arts run various creative activities: creative dance for adults with learning difficulties, creative writing and art classes.

InsideOut Community: Inside Out Community Arts in Mental Health is a warmly accepting community of people on a creative journey of self discovery and recovery through the arts.

Arts access agencies in the Eastern Region

Creative Arts East: is the Norfolk based arts access agency with an online database of over 100 community artists.

Inspire: is the Cambridgeshire based arts access agency which has an online database of community artists . Formerly known as Cross Border Arts.

Momentum Arts: is the Eastern Touring Agency which includes a diversity programme and social inclusion programme.

Theatre Resource: is based in Essex and has a new website.

General arts information in Suffolk

Suffolk County Council: has an Arts Officer who publishes a newsletter called ARTwords about the arts in Suffolk.

Arts clubs and groups in Suffolk

www.infolink.suffolkcc.gov.uk: has a list of 5,000 voluntary organisations in Suffolk. It is possible to search this database with criteria such as 'community artists' or 'drama groups'. Suffolk Artlink is working with Suffolk County Council Libraries and Heritage department to improve the listings on Infolink and to make them more inclusive and accessible.

Arts in Health

Arts Council England Publication: ‘The arts health and well being’. This is Arts Council England's first national strategy for the arts, health and wellbeing.

Arts Council England Publication: ‘A Prospectus for Arts and Health’ celebrates and promotes the benefits of the arts in improving everyone’s wellbeing, health and healthcare, and its role in supporting those who work in and with the National Health Service.

Department of Health Publication: ‘Report of the Review of Arts and Health Working Group’ The report sets out the findings and recommendations of the Review of Arts and Health Working Group, which was set up by Harry Cayton, the National Director for Patient and the Public, to support him in advising the Department of Health on its role in relation to arts and health.

Youth Arts

Artswork: is a national organisation for youth arts.  They publish an excellent series of guidelines on using the arts with different young audiences. They also offer professional development courses and workshops. See for more information

Arts for older people

Age Exchange Reminiscence: In house training and consultancy services
The In House Reminiscence Training is ideal for organisations that want to run their own reminiscence project, involving a team of support staff and volunteers. The consultancy service can help organisations to achieve their aims.

Craft

Suffolk crafts society: has a database of 170 members on its website but does not highlight which of these do work with community groups.

Dance

Foundation for Community Dance: is the national development agency for community dance in the UK. It works for the development of community dance, and for greater access to high quality community dance for all.

Dance East: is based in Ipswich and has good regional and local links. DanceEast provides regular professional development training, summer schools and residencies.

Jabadao: is the centre for the study of movement learning and health.

Sign Dance Collective: is an international touring Signdance Theatre company based in Buckinghamshire, England and Amsterdam, Holland. They have recently returned from performing in three major European Festivals and throughout this Summer have been working as artists in residence at BBC Birmingham.

Music

Sound sense: is the National community music organisation with an excellent web site including news for East England. Sound sense runs the National music and disability advice service.

Amplifier: is a project running in Suffolk from 2004 to 2007 to encourage more young people aged 11-25 to learn about the music business. 

Access to Music: Run other courses for musicians in Eastern region from their centres in Norwich and Southend.

Community Music East (CME): run music, recording and multimedia workshops in Norwich and Thetford.

Pro Corda: from the International Chamber Music Academy offering world class ensemble training to young musicians through to our national programme for Special Educational Needs, Pro Corda is a unique music organisation.

Theatre

Theatre Education Network: was established in October '04.  They produce a quarterly magazine and have a website.

Cambridge Arts Theatre: regularly has audio-described performances.  Contact the Box Office on Tel: 01223-503333 for more details.

Education

The Suffolk County Education: website is called SLAMnet (Suffolk Learning and Management Network). There is a good Suffolk Contacts section on the arts page.

Museums and Galleries

The East of England Museums, Libraries and Archives Council: Check out the Learning and Access section and links. The museums, libraries and archives council has a useful list of access trainers and audit providers.

MAGDA: the Museums and Galleries Disability Association.

The Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich: includes a directory of artists.  The gallery organises arts workshops throughout the year.

First Site: is Colchester's contemporary art gallery which runs a variety of workshops.

Film

Screen East: the screen agency for the East of England
Runs a wide range of training events and has a monthly e-bulletin with details of film/video etc opportunities
Contact:  www.screeneast.co.uk
Tel:  01603- 776920.

Literature

Literature Training: For up to the minute information on training provided by seven leading literature organisations.

Visual Arts

Art of Course: is a company that provides tutored painting days in settings that are a bit different. For more information visit the website, email info@artofcourse.co.uk or call 01438 318398.

Fun Arts Sites

Heart n' Soul Music Theatre: is a London based organization which has National Tours. It works with peole with disabilities in the fields of contemporary music, theatre and club culture.

Access Art: have fun and quickly accessible arts workshops on-line for a variety of age groups.