Hi everyone!

We are raising essential funds in order to allow us to deliver the 7th annual D'Arts Summer festival.

D’Arts Festival is a high quality, inclusive community arts festival in the heart of Devon for adults with learning disabilities. Co-created by those that access it, local communities' groups can share their talents on stage as well as access music, dance and arts workshops by professional practitioners. There is no other festival like this in the southwest – where people with learning disabilities have access to the experience of a summer festival. It has been fed back to us that camping is an essential part of the festival experience.

We are a small charity that organises creative weekend workshops for adults with learning disabilities in the Exeter area. Since starting in 2010, we have run over 100 events giving people the opportunity to try dance, drama, animation, pottery, art and much more. We hold events once a month on Saturday at one of Exeter’s vibrant community centres.

In 2015, the charity also launched D’ArtsFest, an annual weekend festival. The event includes creative workshops and live music for people with learning disabilities and their friends, families and carers. It is a fantastic weekend providing an outlet for adults who often have limited opportunities to express themselves.

The last couple of years has been trying for small charities with covid limiting the ability to generate income and run the events that we feel are so important.

We are asking you to donate where possible and share this page around the local community to raise awareness of an important part of many vunerable adults year.