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…
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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…
Libraries to be ‘poverty-proofed’ through new project
Arts Council England has provided £50,000 of funding for a project to help libraries become more welcoming to families experienci…
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…
Sutton Trust report ‘shines uncomfortable spotlight’ on class inequalities in creative careers
Education and class background have a significant impact on people’s ability to reach the top of their creative profession, new…
50% of VocalEyes new board identify as blind or visually impaired
VocalEyes has welcomed eight new trustees to succeed long-term board members who will step down at the end of their final terms. T…
Council supports campaign to protect LGBT+ venue
Tower Hamlets Council has said it will only support the use of Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (BGWMC) as a cultural venue, end…
ACE to hold further talks with women’s group
Arts Council England (ACE) has invited a group of senior arts professionals to a meeting to discuss how it can respond to the unde…
Orchestras for All: Redefining inclusivity
Orchestras for All exists to fill a gap in music education. With its deep commitment to creative inclusivity, Katie Villa&nbs…
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…
Creative education in London gets £3.6m boost
Programme aims to address barriers that have discouraged and prevented cultural education and arts in schools from thriving.
Unrest, rest and action
Part of the point of art is the lens it offers us to look at the world in a different way, to converse with people and perspective…
Disability-led charity chosen to develop accessibility standards
Attitude is Everything has previously established a Live Events Access Charter to support venues and events to improve accessibili…
Working class parents ‘unsupportive’ of creative careers
Netflix and the National Youth Theatre relaunch a skills programme aimed at young people who want to work in film and TV after res…
Toolkit to tackle ‘prevalent’ sexual harassment in orchestras
The guidance for orchestra managers includes a checklist offering advice on different settings, including in social situations and…
Hundreds protest ‘tragic’ closure of LGBTQ+ venue
Equity is seeking assurances that if Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club is sold it will continue as an LGBTQ+ venue.
Career optimism falls in workers from diverse backgrounds
Under-represented creative industries workers – those who are Black, Asian, ethnically diverse, disabled or from low socioec…
Inclusive growth?
Without the real Living Wage, creative and cultural growth will just replicate existing inequalities, writes Lianna Etkind.
RA removes works over antisemitism claims
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) has removed two artworks after an open letter from the Board of Deputies of British Jews raised &ld…
ACE: Race discrimination costs claim ‘a matter of integrity’
Public body is seeking costs of £40,000 after claims by former Relationship Manager of harassment and persecution by colleag…
Can apprenticeships address the sector’s lack of diversity?
Apprenticeships offer far more than just a qualification. Charlotte Nicol is convinced they can and will radically change the make…
Gender pay gap progess in some creative sectors
New data show that in some cultural and creative subsectors including music, performance and visual arts, women outearned men in 2…
