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Inclusion


Inclusion is about welcoming, accepting and respecting people, regardless of their gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status or ability.

Inclusion is about ensuring that no-one is excluded from participation in society or culture because they are perceived to be a minority or at a disadvantage.

Inclusion is about challenging bigotry, prejudice and ignorance.  All people are entitled to equal opportunity to reach their full potential.

Codia is committed to inclusion.  We seek to promote inclusion through the arts. 

We want to set about Squaring the Circle.


We have a dream that all people can participate in the arts, irrespective of ability. So we have a particular commitment to improving access to the arts for disabled people.   We are pursuing this dream in partnership with Shape, a London-based disability-led arts organisation.  Our hope is that their vision and expertise will come to benefit Preston and wider Lancashire through Codia.








Squaring or "Squarin"?


Squaring the Circle is an ancient mathematical riddle which developed into a philosophical metaphor.

Today, the phrase is generally used to denote the wanting of the impossible or trying to solve the unsolvable.



If the aim of STC is to find a good solution to a problem that seems impossible

because the people involved in “the problem” have different needs, opinions or directions, then it seem only right that we should explore the solution together. 


Codia are happy to chase this pipe dream as a community united by our seemingly unsolvable differences.


Squarin The Circle











Squarinthecircle?  is a sculpture by artist Tony Heaton. It was created as an inclusive a public art program initiated by the Disability Arts development agency Dada-South and Diablo Arts in partnership with the University of Portsmouth, St George’s Beneficial School, the Portsea community, and disabled artists lead by Heaton.



‘This project was driven by disabled artists to highlight the skills, integrity and creative practice of excluded groups. The success of the project has been in the leadership, creative process and the passion of all the artists and partners to work as a team.’   - Zoe Partington-Sollinger, Project Organiser

Mathematicians have worked for centuries to try and formulate how indeed the circle can be squared and although they haven't cracked it, they're still trying. 

Perhaps Tony Heaton has solved it?  

Perhaps by putting the square in circle we have a new metaphor to illustrate how we can celebrate our differences instead of trying to make society “one size fits all”?


Squarinthecircle? will be our metaphor for inclusion.


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