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Breakthrough 2025 FAQs
About This Opportunity
Breakthrough exists to support disabled creatives who are at the top of their careers, but who are struggling to progress further due to disablist barriers, to break into the mainstream. When we’re assessing applications, we will often ask ourselves questions like: Is this person at the right stage in their career for this project? They should be excelling, but not quite getting the highest profile opportunities they’re reaching for Will this commission help this person break into the mainstream? Is their proposal clearly marketable within the trends and expectations of mainstream work in that genre and field? Do the applicants have enough experience for us to be confident that they can deliver this project? Are the samples of work submitted of a quality and level that demonstrate clear potential for mainstream success? How many opportunities have the applicants had previously, and to what extent do they need Breakthrough specifically, as opposed to other programmes and commissions? Is it clear to us what disableist barriers the applicants are facing, and how the Breakthrough commission would support them in challenging those?
Restrictions
Applicants must be disabled creatives who have had major showcasing opportunities and are making work at a level where they could be achieving mainstream industry success, but are facing barriers as disabled people that are preventing them from achieving this.
What's Offered
Additional Resources
Sourcing venues with comprehensive wheelchair access, working with people who use 1:1 support, implementing robust infectious disease and illness protocols, designing remote-only or remote-priority work environments, providing BSL interpretation across the board in our work