Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council's (MBC) Museums
and Arts Division appointed two Disability Arts Officers in the Autumn
of 1999 to lead a two-year programme of inclusive projects and events
to develop and celebrate the creative skills and potential of disabled
and non-disabled people. One of the main aims of the Calderdale disability
Arts unit was to set up an independent and self sufficient Disability
Arts Forum to read more about the forum click here. During 2000 a
third employee was taken on to assist the officers. The first year of
the programme, which ran during the year 2000, was funded through the
Council's Millennium Commission grant and included a range of projects,
four of which were artists'