Where it began…

Enrich Festival arose from our collective passion for the Arts and our commitment to inclusion, diversity and community.



The original idea for Enrich came from a social worker from the Adult Care Services.

Their idea became realised with funding from the Arts Council England and Hertfordshire County Council, and the support from a range of people across the Watford & Hertfordshire communities.

The first Enrich Festival in 2019 would not have been possible without the support provided by the festival’s 2019 partners such as:

Watford and Three Rivers Trust,

Herts Inclusive Theatre,

TeARTico Ltd,

Inclusion Project,

Sanctuary Studios Watford,

Chamber of Conscience,

Monika Kuriata and Peter Curtis.



In 2020, the Enrich Festival was passed on to Herts Inclusive Theatre , who continue to project manage the running and ethos of the festival today!



From the beginning, our goals have been

to give space and visibility

to disabled and neurodiverse artists,

whilst creating

an engaging, accessible

and inclusive space

to have fun and share experiences,

where

art knows no barriers

and

everyone belongs.



After our online festival last year, we are thrilled to return live to Watford Palace Theatre in 2022!

Green cartoon eyes with large eyelashes
Three women dressed in red and blue wave flags and placards. The woman in the centre is in a wheelchair.
A woman dressed in yellow and orange with brown skin and black hair plays trumpet in her wheelchair.
The Herts Inclusive Theatre Logo: title inside a blue, red and yellow circle.
Five people in a row; two young people using sign language, a man in a wheelchair holds hands with a smiling young woman, a blind girl reads a braille book.