Headway Arts

Headway Arts, incorporated in 1995 as Headstrong Productions, is an independent arts organisation and registered charity based in Blyth, Northumberland. 
It focuses on participatory arts, providing opportunities for people to gain access to the arts. 
It aims to engage people who are socially excluded, with a focus on working with young people and adults with learning disability.
Its programmes include:
Headway Arts raises funds from grant applications, donations and through sales of professional creative and arts-based training workshops.
International work.
Headway Arts is also engaged in international collaborative work with support from the European Union, and since 2009 has attracted Grundtvig funding for partnership work linking with community and arts initiatives in Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.