Let’s PASS is a European project focused on making performing arts more accessible and inclusive for people with cognitive and sensory disabilities. It challenges prevailing narratives in theatre and live performance, using co-creation, artistic residencies, and community engagement to promote visibility, participation, and transformative change. Their site showcases performances (like The Joy of Life), project news, resources, and their network of partner organisations. Creative Europe (2024-2026)
Game On! – Bringing Childhood, Gamification & Culture Together Game On! is a European cooperation project under the Creative Europe programme. It aims to merge digital tools, game-derived patterns, and traditional cultural education to create innovative digital educational products for children. The project seeks to both accelerate the digital transition in cultural education and make it more accessible and engaging for young people. Creative Europe (2022-2024)
Inclusive NEB FEST Side Event for Youth (NEBFest 2022) Organised by ACCAC Finland and ACCAC Belgium in partnership with Tampere and Asse municipalities, this side event (June 11, 2022, in Asse, Belgium) brought together performances, workshops, seminars, and open stages to promote radical inclusion of youth. The program featured creative and inclusive arts activities (dance, poetry, hip hop, clowning), methodology sessions, and a panel discussion. 11th of June 2022
The ACCESS Tampere festival (April 2023) was an inclusive cultural event co-crafted to elevate youth voices, promote accessibility and equality, and build community through the arts. Around 1,700 attendees experienced performances, workshops, exhibitions, and presentations designed with inclusive principles in mind—especially involving young people with disabilities or diverse backgrounds. The website reflects the festival’s mission of safe, accessible spaces and participatory programming.
Open Minds – MTF Labs Open Minds is an Erasmus+-funded design education initiative grounded in the concept of Radical Inclusion. It rethinks traditional design processes to embed diverse, often marginalized voices from the start. The site offers a handbook, curriculum, card-game tools, prototyping toolkits, facilitator guides, and other resources to help educators adopt inclusive design practices. Erasmus+ (2022-2023)
CONTACT – Inclusion in Performing Arts is an Erasmus+ educational initiative focused on inclusion and youth. The project develops tools using movement, dance, music and the human body to help people reconnect and engage, especially in the wake of social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The website highlights the project’s partners across Europe, outlines its key “intellectual outputs” (chapters), showcases workshops and events, and offers resources such as video lessons and activity sheets. It’s co-funded by the European Union via the Erasmus+ Programme. Erasmus+K2 (2021-2023)