Community Focus Inclusive Arts

14/11/2025

Great to see the new Friary Park wetland getting filled up. Makes the rain worth it! ☔️🌿

13/11/2025

We're hiring freelance art tutors!

Community Focus is looking for experienced and inspiring tutors to deliver inclusive, creative sessions for adults and young people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and other support requirements.

Our tutors help participants build confidence, explore creativity and connect through art.

Current opportunities:

• Monday AM - Ceramics
• Monday PM - Photography Arts
• Wednesday - Fine Art (Beginners)

Apply for the subject that best matches your skills.

Send applications to liz@communityfocus.co.uk

Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 30 Nov 2025

Full details in the job pack: https://communityfocus.co.uk/job-vacancies

13/11/2025

Join Our Board of Trustees!

We're looking for passionate people to help shape the future of Community Focus - a charity all about creativity, community & inclusion.

No previous trustee experience needed - just your skills, ideas and lived experience.

We'd love to hear from you, especially if you have experience in:

- The arts or creative industries
- Fundraising & income development
- Finance & oversight

We strongly encourage applications from disabled, neurodivergent and global majority individuals - our board should reflect the communities we serve.

Apply by emailing: liz@communityfocus.co.uk

Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 7 Dec 2025

Job pack link: https://communityfocus.co.uk/job-vacancies

11/11/2025

Calling all parents/ carers!

We are pleased to be partnering with our friends at Renaissance Legal to offer free webinars:

If you are a parent or carer of a person with disabilities or additional needs you may be concerned about navigating the complicated benefits system the right way.

If you or a family member are considering leaving money directly to a disabled or vulnerable person you can find out how to protect them using specialist Wills and Trusts.

If you would like to find out more about the key aspects of Universal Credit.

Please sign up for the FREE webinars to find out more!

https://www.bornattherighttime.com/parent-carer-training-2/

11/11/2025

*Anti-Bullying Week 2025*

Full episode here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2409167/episodes/18069718

11/11/2025

*Anti-Bullying Week 2025*

This week is Anti-Bullying Week in the UK, and we’ve recorded a special episode featuring some of the bravest stories yet from our presenters’ personal experiences. We also discuss how bullying is not just name-calling - it can also include ignoring or excluding people, coercive behaviour, intimidation, or making hurtful jokes at someone’s expense.

Phillip especially opens up in this episode. Please note that he has previously shared his full story on YouTube and has received a great deal of support over the years, helping him reach such an amazing point in his life — with independence, friends, and a new fiancée!

We’ve included details of the National Bullying Helpline in case any of you are affected by anything mentioned in this podcast.

Welcome to an important episode of the podcast. This week, in recognition of Anti-Bullying Week, we’re doing something a little different — and a little heavier than usual.In this episode, we open up about our own real experiences with bullying — ...

07/11/2025

Enrol now for Spring Term 2026! Click below to view the timetable, including the new Tuesday Parent/ Carer Hub.

Explore a new challenge with our fabulous arts classes! For details, email Andrea & Vicky at admin@communityfocus.co.uk or call 020 3743 2326.

07/11/2025

31/10/2025

🔈New episode out today! To listen click the link below.

In this special half term episode, we’re diving into some big topics and plenty of laughs. First up, we’re talking accessibility—everything from getting into buildings to accessing meaningful work, and why these things matter.

Then, Richard wows us with his amazing party trick—you won’t want to miss it! We also chat about our hobbies, share a few laughs over our favourite TV comedies, and swap some feel-good recommendations.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2409167/episodes/16921919-ep-46-holiday-special-accessibility-tv-comedies-richard-s-amazing-talent

28/10/2025

Forwarding on behalf of Big Grange Local.

GBL and Northumbria University are doing some research on the health benefits of a basic income and we need your help.

We need 20 people of different ages and backgrounds to join a lived experience panel, at 6.30pm on 27 November at Archer Academy School. We would like 20% of our panel to be disabled people.

The meeting will last two hours, and, as a thank you, people who take part will receive a £50 Love2Shop voucher.

Please apply by 10 November, through the QR code.

If you have any questions, or would like help with the application form, Julia will be at Tarling Road Community Centre at Thursday 23 October 3.30-5pm and Monday 27 October from 10am.

27/10/2025

On Friday we had the pleasure of hearing the talents of Genesis Brown - an incredibly talented musician and artist, who just happens to be autistic. Look out for this gifted young man on the Dis-labled Podcast very soon, where he will be answering our questions and performing.