Welfare reforms ‘pit disabled people against the taxpayer’
The trade union Equity has criticised government proposals to reform the welfare system set out in a green paper this week, saying…
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Shakespeare’s Globe to commission safeguarding review
Shakespeare’s Globe has said it will commission an independent review into its accessibility and safeguarding policies after set…
Covid five years on: No return to ‘normal’
Oily Cart has over 40 years’ experience creating immersive sensory shows – in-person, responsive and close-up. When the pandemic…
Subscription rates for disability access scheme to start from £200
Annual subscription rates for organisations interested in becoming part of a forthcoming sector-wide access scheme for disabled au…
The lessons we learned from Covid – then forgot
In the first of our series reflecting on the pandemic five years on, Splitpixel’s Lauren James is sad that some of the lessons l…
Proportion of ethnically diverse chief executives at ACE-funded cultural organisations doubles
The proportion of ethnically diverse chief executives at Arts Council England (ACE) funded organisations doubled during the five y…
VocalEyes appoints new chair
The audio description charity VocalEyes has appointed STEPHEN HILTON as its new chair of trustees. Hilton, who joined the charity…
Vital Xposure artistic director departs after one year
Disabled-led theatre company Vital Xposure (VX) has announced that artistic director STEPHEN BAILEY will step down in March 2025….
Arts-based learning programme receives £250k investment
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is investing a further £249,200 in Leicester-based Attenborough Arts Centre’s SENsory Atelier progra…
Attitude is Everything founder to step down
SUZANNE BULL will depart her role as founder and CEO of Attitude is Everything (AiE) in March 2025 after 25 years at the helm of t…
Teacher at arts school launches ADHD discrimination claim
A judge has ruled that a discrimination claim mounted by a former teacher with ADHD against a London arts school can proceed after…
Diversity in action
Continuing our series looking at EDI issues in the sector, Carolyn Forsyth and Amelia Michaels of Talawa Theatre Company discuss t…
All In audience access scheme launches Leeds pilot
A pilot programme for a new arts and culture access scheme for the UK and Ireland has been launched in Leeds. The All In scheme, a…
EDI: Making reasonable adjustments
Creative People and Places (CPP) programmes take an action research approach to community engagement in arts, creativity and cultu…
Staying ahead: EDI policy developments
Continuing our series exploring issues around EDI, Samantha Stimpson, founder of SLS 360, outlines the most important policy devel…
Getting to grips with EDI
Since 2020, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion has been part of the governance code for charity boards. Yet, as Debra Allcock Tyler…
DaDa welcomes new CEO
ZOE PARTINGTON has been named CEO of DaDa. The Liverpool-based disability arts charity said that the appointment was “a final st…
Excellence without exclusion
In the first of our series on the theme of EDI, Louise Perry of Chickenshed Theatre shares 50 years of embracing diversity and inc…
Disability rights project receives £120k grant
Disability Arts Online has been awarded a grant of £120,000 for a project designed to create positive change by sharing the histo…
Discrimination and pay gap among issues facing disabled musicians
Disabled musicians earning all their income from music face an average disability pay gap of £4,400, according to the findings of…
ACE commits to swifter reporting of sector diversity data
Arts Council England (ACE) has said it will review the way it analyses and publishes diversity data following a significant slowdo…
ACE invests further in disability book project
Arts Council England (ACE) has confirmed further funding for the next stage of the Reflecting Disability project. The project, led…
Arts Council Ireland to join All In
All In, the access scheme for creativity and culture, will be available to an additional 1.1m disabled people in Ireland with Arts…
Pilot project plans to make collections more accessible
A research project is supporting a set of museums and galleries to make their collections more accessible for people with disabili…
