Unlimited awards £660k for disabled artist commissions
Commissioning body Unlimited has awarded over £660,000 in funding to 19 new artistic commissions in its UK & Internation…
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Southbank Centre relaunches wellbeing initiative
An initiative developed by the Southbank Centre during the Covid-19 pandemic to reach those most isolated by the lockdowns is to b…
Workshop to make musical instruments more accessible
A collaborative workshop is planning to make outdoor musical instruments more accessible, particularly to young people who are bli…
Sensory-based project aims to improve museum access
Project to create new ‘sensory logic’ in museums, by considering the role the senses play in the collection and displa…
Southbank Centre awarded highest accessibility status
The Southbank Centre has become the first UK venue to be awarded Platinum accessibility status by disability-led charity Attitude…
Westminster Council pledges £1.8m funding for arts
Westminster City Council has announced it will set aside £1.8m for arts and culture funding over the next four years. The co…
Slow train coming? EDI in music higher education
A new report into equality, diversity and inclusion in music is published this week. Its authors Anna Bull, Diljeet Bhachu and Amy…
Ending ableism in the arts
There are many challenges facing disabled-led organisations and artists. Here Jo Verrent and Cat Sheridan share their expertise on…
My Gurus: ‘Side effects may include outrage, empathy and hope’
Each year Shape Arts selects a mid-career disabled artist for the Adam Reynolds Award to support their career. This year's rec…
Theatre subtitling declines post-lockdown
Access charity Stagetext has reported a marked drop in demand for the digital subtitling of theatre productions following the retu…
Woke-ing up: how tackling ableism benefits everyone
We all need to work harder to ensure that culture is fully accessible to disabled audiences. When we do, there are positive spinof…
Access shouldn’t be an afterthought
Leeds Playhouse runs courses for D/deaf and disabled artists wanting to enter the theatre. Rio Matchett shares what they have…
‘Being with’ in theatre
A new report from Oily Cart explores making theatre for and with children who have the most barriers to access. Ellie Griffiths su…
ACE sets out digital database plan to improve access
Arts Council England unveils its vision for improving access for D/deaf, disabled and neuro-divergent audiences, saying the curren…
What does digital access mean for arts organisations?
Many companies are making brilliant accessible work and universal content that people want to see. But, as Harmeet Chagger-Khan ar…
Inc Arts to close with immediate effect
The diversity body Inc Arts UK has ceased trading after efforts to save it failed. The charity, founded in 2019 by Amanda Parker h…
Grant funding in need of a radical overhaul
Many funders are changing their strategies around funding for arts organisations, but Michelle Wright thinks those changes inadver…
Practising humane producing
What does a producer do? There are many possible answers but here Kate McStraw attempts to identify and articulate the most import…
ACE refuses to release ‘sensitive’ race and disability documents
A Freedom of Information request to see the minutes of the funder's Race and Disability Advisory Group is denied on the basis…
Royal Ballet to feature dancer who uses a wheelchair
The Royal Ballet is to stage a performance next month in which one of its dancers will duet with a dancer who uses a wheelchair. J…
World’s first theatre captioning exhibition comes to Colchester
The world’s first exhibition on open captioning in the arts will take place at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre in Septemb…
Equity advocates for diverse dancer opportunities
Trade union’s new guide provides advice to dance companies on how to reach diverse talent, making auditions and rehearsals a…
Controversial museum expansion given green light
Controversial plans to add a new central hall to the National Railway Museum in York have been approved after a knife-edge vote fr…
ACE disability access card pilot rescheduled to 2024
The date is two years later than outlined in the government’s National Disability Strategy, while an existing access card ex…
