Charnwood Arts is Leicestershire’s largest independent community arts and media organisation and was founded in 1976. It resides in the heart of the Three Cities area of the East Midlands. Our main area of work is in Charnwood itself but we also support regional developments, work internationally and have connections with other organisations and artists world wide.

Charnwood Arts works:
To develop workshop programmes in a wide range of art-forms with groups of all ages.
To provide help and advice to artists and groups.
To bring the benefits of the arts to the fields of health and well being.
To support longer term community arts projects.
To support cross cultural projects and events and to promote community cohesion.

To deliver an annual South Asian arts and literature programme.
To deliver regular arts and media based work with young people at risk.
To create and publish work for print, video and new media distribution.

Charnwood Arts is core funded by Charnwood Borough Council and Arts Council England, East Midlands.