Evenbreak is delighted to be sponsoring Morph’s Epic Art Adventure, the UK’s first step-free art trail, taking place during the summer of 2023.
Over sixty uniquely designed, super-sized sculptures of much-loved children’s TV character, Morph, are shape shifting their way through central London to form an extraordinary, free public art trail alongside iconic London landmarks.
Jane Hatton, CEO of Evenbreak, said: “We are very proud to be sponsoring the first accessible art trail. Accessibility is key to our work at Evenbreak and I know the whole team is looking forward to experiencing the trail this summer. This is a great opportunity for brands to demonstrate their commitment to inclusion.”
There are still sponsorship opportunities available. Register your interest if you would like to become a sponsor alongside Evenbreak.
Why Morph?
Morph lives on a desk, within the confines of an artist’s studio. His freedom is limited by his environment, and many of his adventures are born out of a frustration with these limitations and the challenges of being a little guy in a big world. This echoes the daily experiences of many young wheelchair users, who find their freedom and independence limited by the world around them. They are restricted by inaccessible environments, people’s attitudes, behaviour and perceptions of what young wheelchair users aspire to, and can achieve.
Demonstrating an inclusive world
As part of Morph’s Epic Art Adventure in London, Whizz-Kidz will use the art trail to
encourage the public, business community and young people to envision what a more inclusive world might look like for young wheelchair users, and what role they might wish to play in making this a reality. Let’s enable everyone to have epic adventures in London.
What happens after the trail?
At the end of the trail, the Morphs will be auctioned off to raise significant funds for Whizz-Kidz to support young people by providing the wheelchairs, equipment, support and confidence-building experiences they need, and campaigning for a more inclusive society.
To find out more about Morph’s Epic Art Adventure in London visit https://www.morphsadventurelondon.com/
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About Evenbreak
Evenbreak is a social enterprise run by and for disabled people. We aim to reduce the disability employment gap in three ways. We offer inclusive and accessible careers support for disabled people looking for new or better work, including resources, events and personalised one-to-one career or business coaching.
We support employers to become more inclusive and accessible through training and consultancy and an online best practice portal. And we help you find your next employer through our award-winning disability job board.
All services are free of charge, and designed and delivered by professionals with lived experience of disability.
Find out more at https://www.evenbreak.co.uk/
Morph’s Epic Art Adventure
Wild in Art, supported by Whizz-Kidz, is bringing the UK’s first step-free art trail to central
London from June-August 2023 – inviting everybody to adventure around central London.
The city will see over 60 3-D Morph sculptures (along with smaller 3-D Morph sculptures
created by schools) turning central London Into an outdoor art gallery. For more information visit http://www.morphsadventurelondon.com | @morphldn | #MorphsAdventureLondon
Whizz-Kidz
As the UK’s leading charity for young wheelchair users, we empower young people by
providing the wheelchairs, equipment, support and confidence-building experiences they
need, and campaigning for a more inclusive society. In 2021 Whizz-Kidz provided
wheelchairs and mobility equipment to 900 young people. Our vision is a society in which
every young wheelchair user is mobile, enabled and included.
About young wheelchair users in the UK:
- Around 75,000 young people in the UK need a wheelchair to be mobile.
- Most young people aren’t getting a wheelchair that fully meets their needs through local services.
- For a young person, having the wrong wheelchair can lead to dependence on others,social isolation, poor mental health, pain and injury.
- Without the ability to be independent young wheelchair users are restricted in their ability to socialise and participate in society.
For more information, visit http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk . Follow @WhizzKidz on Twitter and
Facebook // @whizzkidzuk on Instagram // Whizz-Kidz on LinkedIn
Wild in Art
Wild in Art is one of the leading producers of spectacular, mass-appeal public art events, which connect businesses, artists and communities through the power of creativity and innovation.
Since 2008 Wild in Art has animated cities across the world including Sydney, Melbourne, Cape Town and Sao Paulo, and created trails for the London 2012 Olympics, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Historic Royal Palaces and Penguin Random House.
Wild in Art events have:
- Enabled over £10m to be raised for charitable causes
- Injected £1.7m into local creative communities
- Engaged over 500,000 young people in learning programmes
- Helped millions of people of all ages to experience art in non-traditional settings
http://www.wildinart.co.uk | @wildinart | #wildinart
Aardman
Aardman, an employee-owned company, is based in Bristol (UK) and co-founded In 1976 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is an independent and multi-Academy Award® and BAFTA® award winning studio. It produces feature films, series, advertising, games and interactive entertainment – current animated productions include: CGI series Lloyd of the Flies, a new stop motion series for preschoolers, The Very Small Creatures, feature length sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and a brand new Wallace & Gromit film for 2024.
Its productions are global in appeal, novel, entertainment, brilliantly characterised and full
of charm reflecting the unique talent, energy and personal commitment of the Aardman team. The studio’s work-which includes the creation of much-loved characters including Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Timmy Time and Morph – is often imitated, and yet the company continues to lead the field producing a rare brand of visually stunning content for cinema, broadcasters, digital platforms and live experiences around the world. Recent celebrated projects include the ‘visually astonishing’ (Guardian), BAFTA® nominated console game, 11-11: Memories Retold, the four-times Gold Cannes Lions winning Story Sign app, AR experience Wallace & Gromit: The Big Fix up – and innovative attractions for both the domestic and international market, including a 4D theatre attraction at Effeling in the Netherlands.
The studio runs the Aardman Academy which has a commitment to nurturing talent by delivering excellence in film and animation training and mentoring. The Aardman Academy offers a variety of courses from intensive one-day workshops teaching production skills and storyboarding, to comprehensive twelve-week courses for professionals in craft based subjects from model making to animation.
In November 2018 it became an Employee Owned Organisation, to ensure Aardman remains independent and to secure the creative legacy and culture of the company for many decades to come.
About Morph
Morph is the animated clay character who made his TV debut in 1977 in the children’s BBC programme Take Hart, alongside the artist and presenter Tony Hart. He was one of Aardman’s first creations and was later joined by his cream-coloured partner-in-crime Chas.
Morph was a regular fixture on children’s television throughout the 70s and 80s, and received his own Blue Peter badge on 9th March 1981 when Blue Peter presenter Sarah Greene visited the Aardman studios.
In 2013, almost 40 years after his TV debut, Morph made a comeback following a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign. He has a dedicated fan base of nostalgic adult fans and a growing audience of children who follow his adventures on his thriving YouTube channel and on Sky Kids. Most recently Morph and his sidekick Chas have been delighting fans with all-new adventures in ‘The Epic Adventures of Morph’, a longer format series which launched on Sky Kids and NowTV in 2020. Despite now being in his forties, Morph is as mischievous as ever.
