Our expertise

Over the last 33 years, CAN has built a reputation as one of the leading participatory arts organisations in the UK with high-level expertise in:

• Outreach
• Engaging diverse communities
• Cross-cultural collaboration
• Culturally diverse arts practice, particularly with migrant heritage artists and communities
• Building and maintaining effective partnerships
• Arts development, fundraising and resources
• Specialist youth arts development, provision and production especially Hip Hop theatre
• Combined media production
• Digital media arts production
• Live, performance-based work; including theatre, dance and music
• Festivals and events
• Continuing professional development and support for artists, particularly those from diverse backgrounds
• Capacity building and training for artists, communities and groups
• Project management
• Developing new audiences
• Openness to new ideas and new ways of working
• Embracing and creating spaces for new emerging cultures and ideas

For more information about our expertise visit our archive of annual reports