We believe that the quality of culture and the creative industries is undermined if a significant proportion of current and potential creators, collaborators, and audiences are alienated from it and are unable to effectively and safely participate.

STAF develops processes and ways of working from knowledge and insights gained from our combined experiences to:

• Support artist and artist-led organisations, offering consultancy to help drive forward the ambitions of leaders with lived experience of disadvantage.

• Design projects, supported by partner commissions, which aim to extend their work and embed inclusive practices across sectors.

• Develop initiatives which actively engage with issues of inequity that continue to create challenges and barriers for the artists and communities we support.