Community Post Type: Callouts

RAWD has spent over a decade co-creating joyful, inclusive spaces where disabled artists can thrive. RAWD proudly host weekly theatre sessions for members at Unity Theatre (Liverpool), Theatre Porto (Ellesmere Port) and Storyhouse (Chester).

RAWD‘s core offer also includes community music and dance sessions open to all, artist development and mentoring, and employment, training and progression opportunities for disabled people through supported internships, training programmes and paid roles. RAWD centres disabled leadership, lived experience and high artistic quality in everything they do.

Introducing their Community Dance Class
All people, all abilities, all bodies welcome!
Bring your energy, move your way and boost your health, happiness and confidence!
Thursdays 2-3.30pm
at 24 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BX
Free for RAWD Members. £3.50 donation for everyone else.

ReCITE (Building Research by Communities to Address Inequities Through Expression) is a groundbreaking three-year project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Creative Health Exchange will bring together people from the creative, health, voluntary, community and public sectors for an inspiring and celebratory day of performances, workshops, conversations and practical examples of creative health in action.

Application deadline: Midnight 6th September
Event date & time: Thursday 22 October 2026, between 10am to 3pm.
Venue: The Black-E, Liverpool
Payment: £250
Submit an application: https://forms.gle/cXS1Fvg8TN68hqr4A
For any application related queries please email info@creativehealthexchange.org.uk.

They are seeking applications from artists and creatives for performances, participatory workshops and film or screen-based work that align with the event’s focus on creative health, community experience and health equity.

Contributions should be suitable for a welcoming, cross-sector event.

Workshops should be approximately 55 minutes in length (these could be creating something, teaching something etc.)
Other creative pieces may be up to 30 minutes (for example poetry, dance, story-telling, puppet shows, performance scripts and screenings- this list is not exhaustive)

This is an opportunity to:

Share your work with audiences from the creative, health, voluntary, community and public sectors
Make new cross-sector connections
Contribute to conversations about creativity, health and health equity
Explore how creative practice can inform community action, place-based partnerships and ways of working

A complimentary lunch and refreshments will be provided.

RAWD has spent over a decade co-creating joyful, inclusive spaces where disabled artists can thrive.

RAWD proudly host weekly theatre sessions for members at Unity Theatre (Liverpool), Theatre Porto (Ellesmere Port) and Storyhouse (Chester). RAWD’s core offer also includes community music and dance sessions open to all, artist development and mentoring, and employment, training and progression opportunities for disabled people through supported internships, training programmes and paid roles. RAWD centres disabled leadership, lived experience and high artistic quality in everything they do.

Join RAWD’s new group: part choir, part band. Bring your voice, bring your instrument, or just bring yourself.

Held: Tuesdays 5.30-7pm, 24 Hope Street

Free for RAWD Members. £3.50 donation for everyone else.

Entire Contents of an Art Gallery & Gift Shop to be auctioned by specialists Walker Singleton.

Featured Lots:

80+ Lots of Framed Artwork

Calderdale-based artists including Peter Brook | Kate Lycett | Lucy Pittaway | Ruby Keller | Steve McLoughlan & More

50+ Lots of Gift Shop Stock

Pottery | Jewellery | Home Gifts

To be sold in conjunction with Professional Photography & Framing Equipment

View the lots here

Bids close from 21 August

Year of Reading: A Place For Us – Creative Reading and Writing Workshops: A free 4-part course with author and Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Zoë Howe.

Important Information:

• Booking for the first week guarantees your space for the following three sessions. Booking is essential.
• Please only book a place if you can attend all 4 sessions.
• In this free fun series of four workshops we will be reading and discussing writing about place. There will be writing prompts and you will be invited to explore your own creative responses.
• Using the Royal Literary Fund’s Vox archive, we will explore writings from acclaimed authors and share our own insights and opinions in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. One workshop will include a short outdoor walk.

Places are limited and must be booked in advance.

Zoë Howe is the author of 14 published books, spanning the worlds of music, culture and folklore. She recently led a series of writers’ panel events at Liverpool Central Library as part of the RLF’s Northern Hub project.

Liverpool Central Library – ‘A Place For Us’ – Creative Reading and Writing Workshop
Date: Tuesday 1st September, 11am-1pm (and monthly up until December on 6th October, 3rd November,1st December).
Location: 4th Floor, Liverpool Central Library

If you have any queries regarding this series of workshops please email: alison.cassidy@liverpool.gov.uk.

These workshops are kindly supported by the Royal Literary Fund.

Unity Theatre are continuing to strengthen their Board and are now looking to appoint three additional Trustees to complement the skills, experience and perspectives already around the table.

They are particularly keen to hear from individuals with experience in:

1) Business leadership – Business leadership, organisational growth, commercial strategy and income generation.

2) Leaders from Local Community-Based Organisations

They are looking to strengthen our relationships with local communities and deepen the way we work with participants, partners and grassroots organisations across Liverpool. We are particularly keen to hear from people with strong connections to their communities who can help shape Unity Theatre’s future and ensure our work is relevant, inclusive and responsive.

To apply, visit here

Closing date: 10 September

Merseyside Creatives! Make a difference. Mentor the next generation of talent.

Merseyside is buzzing with bright, curious and creative young people. They have the talent – but they need people in their corner. Could you be that person?

Arts Emergency is looking for creatives across Merseyside to volunteer as mentors and help under-resourced young people access the knowledge, connections and encouragement they need to pursue their creative ambitions.

Whether you’re an architect, photographer, animator, game designer, writer, fashion designer, producer, curator, musician – or work anywhere else across the arts and cultural industries – your experience could make a real difference.

The required commitment is just one hour a month for 12 months, meeting with a 16-18-year-old who’ll be matched with you based on your shared interests and ambitions.

You’ll receive training and ongoing support throughout the programme, while having the chance to share your experience, open doors and help a young person build confidence in their future.

One hour a month could make a lasting difference. Watch their video featuring mentees from the Arts Emergency Mentoring Programme.

Find out more and register here.

Registration closes 4 September 2026.

“Mentoring through Arts Emergency is one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done, and I’ve seen first-hand the impact it has.”

– Claire, Arts Emergency Merseyside Mentor

Closing date: 4 September