Fund for disabled artists worth £600,000 opens
Disabled artists will be able to apply for a share of £600,000 to bring their ideas to life. A total of 14 awards will be ma…
Disabled artists will be able to apply for a share of £600,000 to bring their ideas to life. A total of 14 awards will be ma…
A new seven-month creative project hopes to highlight the experiences of older autistic adults with learning difficulties in Scotl…
Arts Council England's annual report of 2022/23 registers a decrease in ethnic diversity of its staff, while percentage of dis…
New research will explore how access to music and live events for disabled people can become more environmentally sustainable. Jul…
Proposals for the government's forthcoming Disability Action Plan include plans to encourage more autism-friendly programmes i…
Over the past two years, Unlimited has undergone massive change. From a programme to an independent organisation and now an NPO, i…
Not all disabilities are visible. So to make your digital spaces more accessible for neurodivergent users, writes Ell Powell, ther…
In the last in our series on widening participation, Diana Niepce writes: Two burnouts a year is not sustainable for anyone, but&n…
A team of learning disabled and autistic creatives from Access All Areas have banded together to create a new national arts progra…
Theatre company Graeae has reopened applications to its artist development programme for disabled creatives, Beyond. Deaf, disable…
A UK charity for young wheelchair users is creating the country's first step-free art trail this summer. Whizz-Kidz will prese…
A 3D virtual museum is set is to launch this week, showcasing objects from the National Paralympic Heritage Trust (NPHT). The Digi…
In a survey of disabled arts professionals, Unlimited found 87% had been asked to do something for nothing. Lucy Peters asks Jo Ve…
Commissioning body Unlimited has awarded over £660,000 in funding to 19 new artistic commissions in its UK & Internation…
An initiative developed by the Southbank Centre during the Covid-19 pandemic to reach those most isolated by the lockdowns is to b…
A collaborative workshop is planning to make outdoor musical instruments more accessible, particularly to young people who are bli…
Project to create new ‘sensory logic’ in museums, by considering the role the senses play in the collection and displa…
The Southbank Centre has become the first UK venue to be awarded Platinum accessibility status by disability-led charity Attitude…
Westminster City Council has announced it will set aside £1.8m for arts and culture funding over the next four years. The co…
A new report into equality, diversity and inclusion in music is published this week. Its authors Anna Bull, Diljeet Bhachu and Amy…
There are many challenges facing disabled-led organisations and artists. Here Jo Verrent and Cat Sheridan share their expertise on…
Each year Shape Arts selects a mid-career disabled artist for the Adam Reynolds Award to support their career. This year's rec…
Access charity Stagetext has reported a marked drop in demand for the digital subtitling of theatre productions following the retu…
We all need to work harder to ensure that culture is fully accessible to disabled audiences. When we do, there are positive spinof…