Achievements

Please find below a select list of Mainstream's achievements.

BME Arts Practitioners & Stakeholder Quotes - 2009/10

BME Arts Practitioners

“Mainstream Partnership provides real tailored support with a personal touch not just a generic response to everyone. It’s nice to have the support of a real person just a phone call away. Kirsty has really helped me and I’m very grateful.”  Ben Harriott, Digital Artist

“Mainstream Partnership have been very helpful in increasing our awareness of funding, arranging an introduction to Creative Programmer at Phoenix and providing a supportive network for BME arts. Supporting us with our proposal leading to our performance at the South Bank - part of the Alchemy Program 11th April  2010. Being  instrumental in giving one-to-one support, for our social enterprise business registration.”  Pritesh Varia, CROSS-ARTS, Bandish Project (UK & India)

 “If it wasn’t for Mainstream Partnership I wouldn’t have met Sakeena Tucker (Make Up Artist) and Ben Harriott (Digital Artist) and through that connection we have set up future plans to collaborate. I came across an opportunity through the regular e-alerts... this was my first big paid project. Through this project I made connections, I’m growing in skills and confidence; I feel like I’m back now!”  Natalie James, Choreographer

“Mainstream Partnership have given us opportunities and information sharing as well as support in applying for roles to develop practice.”  ‘Spice’, Spoken Word Artist, Lyric Lounge Derby 2010

Stakeholders

“Mainstream have been an important presence on the Lyric Lounge steering group. They consistently add value to our thinking around programming for diversity in participants and audiences, they are knowledgeable, and they’re a source of good, common sense.”  Henderson Mullin, CEO, Writing East Midlands 

“The Mainstream Partnership is one of a handful of ‘infrastructure organisations’ working in support of minority ethnic arts in England, and provided a vital service to Sustained Theatre by enabling the establishment and development of a “Regional Hub” of the Sustained Theatre project in the East Midlands. They ensured that artists in the East Midlands were connected to the programme and able to participate, plus information flowed and representatives attended meetings to present the views and aspirations of artists from their region.”  Oscar Watson, National Chair, Sustained Theatre  

 “I would like to thank you and everyone at Mainstream Partnership for helping us to indentify and target key BME groups, organisation and individuals in Leicester. This was our company’s first tour to Leicester and the Curve Theatre and with the help and support of Mainstream we were able to reach all our targets for new audiences and the show.”  Bid Mosaku (Audience Development), Eclipse Theatre (National) 

“The Igniting Ambition programme relies on our partners cascading information to all those who might wish to consider taking part and we thank Mainstream for helping us to reach those diverse communities that are an essential part of our Cultural Olympiad plans.”  Paul Brookes, Creative Programmer 2012, East Midlands