A PROJECT aiming to provide equal access to the arts for people with learning difficulties is to launch a weekly session in Okehampton. The Turning Tides Project, based in mid Devon, is a group of artists, teachers, dancers, musicians, facilitators, enablers and support workers who believe that everyone has the right of equal access to the arts. They facilitate their work through arts taster days, weekly arts sessions, a gig and theatre buddies scheme and more to ensure that people with learning difficulties who want access to the arts can get there. The project was set up by Jane Williams, an occupational therapist and musician. She worked as a freelance music facilitator for people with learning disabilities, on the autism spectrum or with challenging behaviour for seven years. The Okehampton sessions begin with a taster session in the Pavilion in the Park on Monday, August 11 from 10am to 3pm. Sessions cost £5 for participants, people in roles of community or support workers or enablers are free. To find out more or book a place, contact Rachel Purtell at [email protected]">[email protected] call 07884 007403 or visit http://www.theturningtidesproject.org.uk">www.theturningtidesproject.org.uk