A heritage project is calling on members of the public to help preserve the story of a social movement.
Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage aims to document and celebrate the Disability Arts movement in the UK and is being led by Colin Hambrook.
Supported by nearly £250,000 in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and running for three years, the project will create a digital archive, interactive timeline and podcast series.
Colin Hambrook, heritage project director at Disability Arts Online, said: "It doesn’t matter who you are, if you have a story to tell that involves disability arts in the UK, then we want to hear from you.
"Everyone who shares a memory will play an important part in the Cripping Culture project, saving our heritage for future generations.
"It is important for the legacy of the Disability Arts movement that we capture stories of events from the South East that may have not been previously recorded.
"We want to celebrate the vast breadth of disability arts activity that has occurred across time.
"Please help us share this call out far and wide."
People across the South East are being asked to contribute their memories.
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This could include events, performances, exhibitions, artists and organisations, or personal experiences of the movement.
Contributions are welcome from artists, writers, producers, curators, musicians, activists and audience members of all backgrounds.
Mr Hambrook has been at the heart of the Disability Arts movement for three decades, founding Disability Arts Online in 2004 and serving as editor of its online magazine until 2025.
He is also a published poet and disabled artist.
The project particularly welcomes stories from members of the global majority and those with intersectional experiences of disability.
For more information or to share your story, visit disabilityarts.online/cripping-culture.
Contributions can take the form of text, images, audio, or video and can be submitted in English or British Sign Language.
Access support is available for anyone who needs assistance with the submission process.
The public call for contributions is open until Friday, August 14, 2026.
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