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Shabang! – arts organisation based in Huddersfield honoured at National Diversity Awards 2014
ROLE MODELS and charities were honoured nationwide at Friday's National Diversity Awards 2014 ceremony at The Hurlingham Club, London, rewarding Britain's most inspirational people for their fight against inequality.
Over 21,000 nominations and votes were received this year paying tribute to those from under-represented backgrounds who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the equality agenda.
Huddersfield based organisation Shabang! Theatre Adventures beat four others in the running for the Disability Community Organisation Award.
The amazing theatre group, run by Kim Reuter and Russ Elias received a huge set of nominations and accumulated some stunning evidence, which demonstrated why they are so popular amongst their supporters.
Shabang is based at The Watershed in Slaithwaite. Providing a fully accessible platform for performing arts, Shabang provide performance space, workshops and training for families with a child with additional needs across the age range.
In the words of one of their nominators, 'Put quite simply, they are brilliant. They have been a huge help both to our two year old daughter, who has Down's syndrome, and to us as parents. Shabang Theatre is utterly devoted to enhancing and supporting the development of those with additional needs through their range of creative and fun learning activities. They have played a critical role in helping our daughter reach key cognitive development milestones and ensuring that we, as parents, have a positive outlook on her future.'
The National Diversity Awards 2014 will be broadcast on the Community Channel later this year.