Disconnected Bodies -

Arts & Culture Social Enterprise 2025 Winner

We’re proud to have won the Arts and Culture Social Enterprise 2025 (London) Award, recognising our commitment to meaningful cultural engagement across the UK.

Supporting innovative people and projects

We help people choose, create, and take part in bold and brilliant arts experiences.

Widening cultural access and democratising the arts

The arts must remain a force for public good.

Advising on cultural audience engagement to secure funding

We work for those who most require the help; tackling industry gate-keeping and discriminatory practices to amplify voices.

years

Changing the face of cultural audience engagement and contributing our expertise to enabling more people to choose, create and participate in brilliant cultural experiences.

countries

Improving access to the arts and culture in 15 countries across the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa.

audiences

Reached in 2025. 375,000 being first time attenders.

million people reached

Engaged digitally in 2025.

research projects

5 international research projects.

hours

Free advice provided in 2025.

Shaping a fairer cultural future

We deliver standout engagement outcomes rooted in Art Council England and National Lottery Heritage Fund strategies; shaping practice and informing the ACE and DCMS 2025 reviews to contribute to the national conversation on cultural access and creative participation.

Our relationship with ace and nlhf

read Our contribution to the Ace review

Audience Development

We help clients tackle audience challenges with bold, practical support; combining strategic advice with hands-on planning to understand, reach, and grow their audiences. We turn vision into action, shaping meaningful relationships between organisations and the people they serve.

Audience Profiling

Access a database of over 3000 profiles that offer a clear introduction to audience identification and planning; helping projects, regardless of budget or staffing, successfully reach and engage their intended audiences with depth and impact.

Bespoke Data Collection

We create tailored methodologies and template surveys to understand arts audiences, with optional in-venue data collection, delivering accurate insights into the impact and value of public engagement.

Strategic Engagement Planning

We provide strategic audience development plans, ideal for ACE NPOs, that clarify goals, broaden participation, and offer a clear, actionable road map for impactful engagement and marketing.

Research and Evaluation

Our people-centred, dialogue-driven methods deliver authentic insights and foster reflection, to empower communities, especially place-making projects, through our engagement expertise and curiosity-driven approach.

Our services

Sandbox Toolkit

Unlock the secret psychology of arts audiences! Sandbox reveals how they think, act, and engage; transforming cultural strategy forever. Exclusive to Disconnected Bodies.

150 models
20 years in development
41,000 audience interactions
55 audience segments

Master Arts Audience Psychology and Engagement

2025 Clients and Partners

We’re proud to celebrate 20 years of delivering impactful, growth-driven projects across 15 countries. Our work reflects strong partnerships built on trust, innovation, and shared vision. As we enter our third decade, we remain committed to excellence and meaningful solutions. Thank you to our clients and partners for being part of the journey.

6 Funding Body Partners

Arts Council England, The National Heritage Fund, The National Lottery Community Fund, PRS, The British Council and Erasmus+.

4 international partners

Working to improve creative education in Africa, cross sector programmes in Finland and two European touring exhibitions.

6 government and council commissions

Advising on place-making and social impact projects across England, Scotland and Wales.

143 Arts Council England funded clients

31 Heritage Fund funded clients

19 Arts Council England NPO clients

14 Higher and Further Education clients

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Arts and Cultural Audience Consultants. We support clients with the audience development challenges they're facing. Including the meeting of ACE Project Grant and NPO engagement criteria. A complete understanding of your audience's psychology and engagement. Increase reach and deepen engagement. Grow and develop audiences. Reach hidden or under engaged audiences. Audience profiling and segmentation. Audience development strategy documents. Arts marketing planning and documents. Bespoke audience surveys and audience research. Audience participation. Audience Agency segmentation and mapping. Resident mapping. Who are my audience? Where are my audience? Conduct audience surveys. Museum audiences. Gallery audiences. Community Audiences. Theatre audiences. Arts Council England, Indigo Ltd, The Audience Agency. The Arts Marketing Association. Audience analysis, culture segmentation, audience tools, audience spectrum, audience finder, audience answers, national audience data, practical guidance and insights, audience developers. cultural sector audiences. wewillthrive.co.uk, jcainc.com, mhminsights.com, pablo colella

The Disconnected Bodies Podcast

A podcast exploring the future of arts and culture through the lens of audience engagement, funding, and strategy; featuring honest conversations with the people shaping change across the sector.

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