Where We’re Going

Vision:

Ardent Hare's vision is to create a vibrant community of imaginative, confident and creative people contributing to a fairer, more inspiring world.

Mission:

Ardent Hare's mission is to stimulate the best creative experiences led by disabled, Deaf and other artists that act as a catalyst for transformational thinking and action, both regionally and nationally.

Objectives:

• We enrich the creativity, business intelligence and employability of creative disabled people
• We facilitate creative disabled people to produce inspiring and refreshing new work
• We create more opportunities for creative disabled people to professionalise their practice and create financial self-sustainability
• We connect creative people with appreciative audiences and receptive clients
• We challenge existing notions of disability amongst disabled and non-disabled people

Values:

Everything that we do is informed by a whole set of values and beliefs that are important to us:

• Disability is both important and not important
• People are at the heart of our business
• Commitment to quality in everything we do
• Learning is an essential part of the journey
• Risk taking encourages innovation and creativity, leading to social change and development
• We are all the same, we are all different
• Creativity is fundamental to life
• Partnership raises everyone's game - together we are stronger