We are excited that our best practice guide "ND Inclusion Guide How should organisations support freelance neurodivergent artists?" is now live and can be downloaded for free from the DASH website here Co-created with neurodivergent creatives, this guide offers clear, practical advice for organisations working with freelance neurodivergent artists. Grounded in lived experience, it shares simple, realistic ways to make recruitment, planning and day to day working processes mor

Josephine Reichert, Project Manager, January 2026 Creatives Step Up is Athac’s supported professional development programme for autistic and learning disabled artists from Handsworth, wider Birmingham and Sandwell areas. The programme responds directly to a stark reality: meaningful work, volunteering and professional development opportunities in the arts remain severely limited for artists with complex needs. Rather than waiting for opportunities that rarely materialise, Cr

Listen to our first ever Athac Creative Artists podcast! This week we recorded our first podcast and we are super excited to share it...

Our exhibition in November 2023 took place at the GAP Arts in Balsall Heath. To celebrate the opening we organised an opening event and a...

In summer 2023 Sam Krankpod from Krankpod Workshops led a workshop with the group looking at styrofoam printing. We all enjoyed the...

For the past year we have been taking part in the Stepping Up project. It's been a development project funded by Arts Council that saw us...