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European art and culture disability festival

The event is here to celebrate diversity and promote inclusion through the transformative power of art and culture. ​Wanted participation and support in the following areas:

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1. Artistic Participation

– Participation of groups with musical, theatrical, or other types of performances.

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2. Workshops and Educational Initiatives

– Proposals for workshops, seminars, and educational activities. – Specialists and speakers to participate in discussions and lectures.

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3. Voluntary support services for the festival

– Support for ensuring the accessibility of the festival – Provision of interpreters, assistive technology, and other necessary services.

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Mission statement Neofytos

1. Establishment of “Disability Culture” through multiple and varied actions.

2. Eliminating the social exclusion that many people with disabilities experience. Cultural actions have parallel objectives such as the social inclusion of people with disabilities, enhancing the sense usefulness social offering, social awareness and education.

3. Innovative proposals in education and promotion of lifelong learning programs for people with disabilities.

4.  Cooperation with  international organizations of people with disabilities. Emphasis on cooperation with Turkish Cypriot people with disabilities, aiming at “Peace of Disability”.

5. Surveys / Studies to collect quantitative and qualitative data on the level of participation of people with disabilities in all sectors of Cypriot society, on state infrastructures supporting the social inclusion of people with disabilities, as well as on accessibility.

6. ”Disability Awareness”: various projects aiming at social awareness.