# Arts & Disability Forum

## Details

- **Country:** Northern Ireland
- **Charity number:** 101588
- **Known as:** ADF
- **Status:** Received: on time
- **Registered:** March 3, 2015
- **Register:** https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-search/charity-details-page/?regId=101588


## Contact

- **Address:** Arts & Disability Forum/University, Cathedral Quarter Workspace, 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT1 1FF
- **Postcode:** BT1 1FF
- **Phone:** 02890239450
- **Email:** ceo@universityofatypical.org
- **Website:** www.universityofatypical.org



## Activities

**Purposes:** The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are to provide an organisation led by disabled people to increase opportunities for disabled people to engage with the arts in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland, working on a pan-disability basis. And ancillary to this object, provide formal and informal learning opportunities, training, information, support, inspiration, showcases and other opportunities that:-  a) Enhance both the extent and quality of:   (i) the experience that disabled people have of the arts; (ii) the work produced by disabled artists; (iii) the public’s experience of art created or presented by disabled artists; (iv) arts organisations’ understanding of the needs and desires of disabled people (as arts consumers and practitioners); (v) showcases of excellence in art by disabled people; and (vi) collaborative working in pursuit of these aims.  b) Promote use of arts by disabled people in support of  initiatives aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of disabled people and as approved by the Board.

**What the charity does:** The advancement of education,The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science,The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of  religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity






## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £454557 | £403362 | £85273 | 6 |



## Trustees

- Miss Isolde Óbrolcháin Carmody
- Mr Adam Bradley
- Mr Peter Fleming
- Ms Aisling Doherty
- Ms Christina Herdman
- Ms Ciara Smyth
- Ms Hanna Slattne
- Ms Mave Dempster O'neill
- Ms Miriam Bacon
- Nikki Heptonstall