Our Partners
Mess Up The Mess primarily makes theatre with, for and by young people but also runs community art projects across South Wales, particularly with marginalised participants. We always aim to amplify and lift up unrepresented voices.
What has been your highlight of being part of the project?
Watching the blank canvas of an idea become filled with creativity and inspiration, as the vision of what was a funding application becomes a community of creative people coming together.
Urban Foundry is a Creative Urban Regeneration Agency. We work with purpose-driven organisations and businesses to help deliver initiatives that improve people’s lives, make great places and build better businesses.
What has been your highlight of being part of the project?
Helping to further improve our links with the Queer community, whilst helping bring the arts to a wider community of people and striving to provide a safe space for people to meet, share and explore their creativity.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is the local health board of NHS Wales for Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, in the south-west of Wales.
What has been your highlight of being part of the project?
One of the reasons for partnering on this project is our focus on improving Health Equality in Swansea Bay. For our team, it’s been a privilege to be involved in such an amazing community project!
Swansea Pride originally started in 2009 with a first event taking place that year in Singleton Park, following a period without a Pride, it was restarted in 2018 and has grown in size since this event. We’re committed to supporting the whole LGBTQ+ community in Swansea.
What has been your highlight of being part of the project?
Queertawe has added a dimension that has enhanced the cultural offer for both LGBTQ+ people and Swansea, which has allowed the community to express its identity and develop a sense of belonging
SwanScene are now the largest LGBTQIA+ community platform in the area posting regular news letters on our social media platforms, hosting and raising awareness of queer events in the area, and publishing an annual queer directory.
What has been your highlight of being part of the project?
Seeing the queer creative folk of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Llanelli network, and seeing that networking and collaboration carry into other areas of queer life.