wave work with a large number of local and regional arts and cultural, education and local authority organisations and groups. We have included a list of our main partners with further information and contact details below.

Please click on the organisation title to be directed to their website for further information:

• Activate Performing Arts  01202 884340
  Activate is the theatre and dance development agency for Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. They provide information, advice and professional development programmes for theatre and dance artists, work to increase opportunities and access to dance and theatre, encourage high quality performances in existing venues and new locations and support the creation of new work in Dorset.
  
  
• ArtsIndex    01202 633972 
  Artsindex is a database of artists, arts organisations, arts groups/societies and venues for Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset. It is the main database that local authority arts development teams and key local arts organisations use to source artists.
  
  
• Bournemouth Arts Development    01202 451805  
  Bournemouth Arts Development is the local authority team working throughout Bournemouth to support creativity, learning and enjoyment of the arts.
  
  
• Bournemouth Libraries   01202 454848  
  Bournemouth Borough Council library service.
  
  
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra    01202 670611  
  The BSO’s Education and Community Unit organizes a variety of nactivities including workshops, large-scale projects and concerts.
  
  
• Dance Bytes    Contact wave
  Youth Dance organisation providing safe, affordable dance activities for children and young people in Bournemouth.
  
  
• Dance South West   01202 554131  
  Dance South West is the regional strategic agency for dance. They bring together a network of partners to enable people in the South West to make, watch and take part in dance.
  
  
• DEED   01202 739422  
  DEED is Dorset’s Development Education Centre providing a wide-range of Global Education resources for schools and the wider community alongside project and professional development.
  
  
• Dorset History Centre   01305 250550  
  The Dorset History Centre unites two services Dorset's Archives and Dorset Local Studies.
  
  
• Dorset Music Service   01258 457480            
  Dorset Music Service is the main provider of musical tuition within Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth Schools and also runs a number of County Groups, Ensembles and Music Centres.
  
  
• Hubalicious      
  Online arts and culture resource by young people for young people highlighting events and opportunities in Bournemouth and Poole.
  
  
• Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts    08700 668701
  Lighthouse is the largest arts centre outside London with a 669 seat theatre, 1500 seat concert hall, 150 seat studio, 105 seat cinema, image lab and media suite, a large gallery for photography and digital art.
  
  
• Pavilion Dance    0844 811 0505
  A new regional contemporary dance centre opening in Bournemouth, Pavilion Dance will offer dance classes for all ages and abilities, world class dance performances and space for professional dance artists to rehearse and create new work.
  
  
• Poole Arts Development    01202 633973 
  The Arts development service focuses on increasing levels and standards of arts activity within the Borough of Poole. The service aims to promote the involvement of people in creative expression through both amateur and professional opportunities, ranging from one off small projects to major investment.
  
  
• Poole Libraries   01202 262424  
  Borough of Poole Library Services.
  
  
• Poole Museums   01202 262600  
  Poole Museum services comprising both Poole Museum and Scaplen’s Court.
  
  
• Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum   01202 451858  
  Russell-Cotes in a Bournemouth Borough Council run museum and art gallery.
  
  
• Soundstorm    01202 451512 
  SoundStorm is the music development agency for Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset providing workshops, financial support to school/community projects, training, inset, events and music festivals.
  
  
• Umoja Arts Network   01202 595018
  Umoja Arts Network aims to promote Afrikan and Caribbean Arts and Culture in Dorset.
  
  
• Vita Nova    01202 309999  
  Vita Nova offer training, education and awareness through drama of drug and alcohol abuse, anti social behaviour and other related issues for schools, colleges, youth centres, youth workers and other interested professionals.