Disabled audiences will eschew venues with lax Covid rules
Two thirds would choose venues with Covid certification on entry over those taking a laissez-faire approach.
Two thirds would choose venues with Covid certification on entry over those taking a laissez-faire approach.
DfE has resurrected the long-delayed plan as industry and researchers warn music A-levels could disappear from some regions by&nbs…
The scheme hopes to reach industries locked out of traditional apprenticeships by offering flexible employment patterns and s…
The free card will enable “seamless, barrier-free” booking to boost audiences’ confidence to return to live even…
Autistic people face the highest rate of unemployment of all disabled groups in the UK. A new guide aims to change conversations s…
Venues are pleading for leniency on isolation rules that threaten to derail their reopening, but audiences remain hesitant.
The museum and heritage sector has always been collaborative. But, says Carolyn Young, the need for supporting each other to build…
The Jess de Wahls controversy has highlighted how tenuous arts organisations' solidarity with transgender people can…
Erin Gavaghan reflects on how the lives of women with experience of the criminal justice system can be profoundly changed by theat…
Just 7% of disabled arts professionals are in full-time employment according to a new survey that paints a "shockin…
New Diorama Theatre will open a free workspace in July, welcoming up to 80,000 creatives per year: "We would be delighted if…
The handbook aims to improve representation of disabled people in the music industry as a survey finds half have withdrawn job app…
Forty London arts organisations have signed up to a new charter as other initiatives promote the arts in care homes across th…
A campaign aims to reduce pay gaps and increase diversity in recruitment, but some say keeping the salary quiet improves incl…
Lois Stonock planned the London Borough of Culture 2020 to respond to Brexit. Then Brent became home to one of the UK’s firs…
The National Portfolio Organisation has pursued its plan to widen access in spite of the pandemic and says funders have been "…
A 12-month project to make venues safer and more inclusive raises bigger questions about how disabled artists will return to perfo…
Do you think your organisation treats Deaf and disabled artists equally? Laura Guthrie says the sector’s outdated structures…
Creativity, compassion, collaboration and a tendency towards efficiency meant arts workers were highly responsive in a time of cri…
We are at a crossroads, says Jamie Beddard. Access, democratisation and engagement must not be sacrificed in the rush to return af…
The experience of running participatory work online has led Theatr Clwyd to rethink the whole concept of ‘reach’. Let&…
The slump in disabled audiences’ confidence presents a major problem for the arts sector, says Andrew Miller.
Age-old paternalistic attitudes will persist unless disabled people lead change themselves, says Vici Wreford-Sinnott.
Children, young people and libraries are central to the funder’s ambitions to enable everyone to benefit from creative and c…