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…

As Arts Council England prepares to publish its next ten-year strategy, thought leaders suggest a radical alternative.

A three-year project will research ways to support later-life creativity and creative technology solutions for an ageing populatio…

A reluctance to self-reflect and a tendency to recruit in our own image are at the root of the sector’s failure to employ a…

Artists will increasingly need multiple income streams and brand collaborations to fund their creative practice in an Instagram-fu…

This year Jerwood Arts published a toolkit for cultural organisations, designed to encourage greater socio-economic diversity in t…

It’s been five years since Heads Together opened Chapel FM in East Leeds. Linda Strudwick looks at what can be achieved from…

New Writing North is helping young people in some of the region's most socio-economically disadvantaged areas express themselv…

The lack of affordable skills-based training and opportunities to learn from others makes it much harder for people from disadvant…

A study warns that “debates about authenticity, re-creation and fakery are amplified by digital technologies”.

Creating a production that allowed a young and inexperienced disabled British Asian actor to play an authentic character was a rew…

Madani Younis' exit from Southbank Centre exposes uncomfortable truths about the arts sector's attitude to workforce diver…

Staff and museum users from Manchester Museums and Galleries Partnership challenge Tristram Hunt’s definition of what it mea…

Campaigner and broadcaster Andrew Miller and theatre-maker Jess Thom are among those included in the Shaw Trust’s latest Dis…

Truly embracing neurodiversity means being open to a wider spectrum of mindsets as well as setting targets, says Paula Graham-Gazz…

Autism should be seen as a cultural difference rather than an impairment, says Hayley Williams-Hindle.

Far from being a niche concern, increasing the number of accessible shows would benefit millions of people across the UK, says Jes…

Every teenager in Finland will get free visits local and national arts institutions, thanks to the country’s “innovati…

Five years after first highlighting discriminatory attitudes in ArtsProfessional, the Government’s Disability Champion for A…