Essential Sequential is very happy to announce being awarded £9,454 in National Lottery funding to support its latest creative project, Diverge-AI.
The Diverg-AI project will bring together people aged 18+ identifying as neurodivergent living in and around Norwich to deliver a programme of 24 sessions over 12 months, co-creatively producing a variety of shareable digital media (comics, games and animations) utilising AI tools to widen accessibility and develop new skills.
An evolution of Essential Sequential’s previous projects concentrating solely on creating printed comics, Diverg-AI will make a difference to neurodiverse adults by leveraging AI technology to enable a wide range of people with different learning styles to come together to share their own skills, experiences and interests with each and, following distribution of the project’s products, the wider community.
We’ll be working closely with local specialist organisations such as ASD Helping Hands, who currently support around 900 individuals who are either neurodiverse or have a neurodiverse member of their family.
Here’s what Lee Gibbons, Operations Manager at ASD Helping Hands, had to say about the project;
“The Diverg-AI project will enable neurodiverse people to come together to build connections and create something that they can be proud of.
This project will not only help them build support networks but empower them to take on greater challenges and have a positive effect on their mental health even after the project conclusion.
We fully endorse this project and look forward to seeing the positive effects it will have”
We’re looking forward to getting started and sharing the results!
Our project was made possible thanks to #NationalLottery players
