FUSE

FUSE is a partnership between Club Soda, SLiDE and MOSS, working together to create inclusive, accessible pathways into creative leadership and employment for learning disabled artists.
Through FUSE, we co-design and deliver training, mentoring, events, workshops and paid opportunities that put learning disabled creatives at the centre of decision-making and production. Our FUSE Champions are emerging leaders who take on roles as co-facilitators, event hosts, artists, and producers across dance, music, and visual arts.
Since launching in 2023, FUSE has:

• Supported 15 learning disabled people through mentoring and skills development
• Co-produced high-profile events including SoDaDa (inclusive cabaret nights) for learning disabled artists to present work to diverse audiences
• Hosted 20 multi arts community workshops for learning disabled people
• Led a residency at a special needs school with workshops that culminated in a SoDaDa at the Tate Modern
• Strengthened collaboration between Croydon’s arts organisations, building a more inclusive cultural sector

Our vision is for Croydon to be a place where learning disabled people are visible leaders in the arts — shaping culture, not just participating in it.