About us

We enable people we work with to own their creative journey so that they are more connected to, and proud of, themselves, each other, and their place.

Our approach to projects and events starts with consultation and involvement of the stakeholders or constituents for that project. We don’t presume to know what a project needs to look like until we have listened to the people who have the largest stake in its success. As far as is possible and appropriate for each project, we enable constituents to develop the project from the ground up and take ownership of it into the future.

WOVEN, a celebration of innovation in textiles across Kirklees began with by talking to cultural and community organisations, industry representatives, the University of Huddersfield, independent artists and makers, and the council. We have now established regular consultation that anyone with an interest in the festival can contribute to, which keeps the planning process transparent and gives constituents control over the ways they can get involved.

Art Doctors have worked with community groups, libraries, social prescribers and  to explore barriers to engaging with creativity, galleries and contemporary art; using those thoughts and opinions to engage in conversations with institutions to influence and change accepted ways of working.

HATCH is Natalie Walton and Alison McIntyre, with associates.Natalie and Alison have been working together since 2016 to devise and develop arts engagement programmes. HATCH was founded by them in 2018 with this shared ethos around developing projects and events.