Writing with accessibility in mind means that you are trying to ensure that your content can be read and understood by as wide an audience as possible. This factsheet presents some helpful tips on improving the accessibility of your publications, for both print and reading online. It focuses primarily on producing accessible material using Microsoft … More
The cinema can be a place to find escapism and solace when struggling with mental health. Mental health is sometimes harder to be aware of for venues than physical disability, but there are still ways to be considerate, welcoming and sensitive. To coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, the ICO spoke to Mickey Fellowes from HearFirst about how your venue can do more to … More
A Guide to setting up your own rural cinema screenings. This document will cover the following topics to help you get started: • Models of operation • Licensing • Accessing films • Ticketing • Marketing • Programming & presentation • Other critical success factors • Equipment
While film shown in cinema and on TV has the technical facility for a secondary audio track for audio description (AD), most arts and heritage venues will use YouTube or Vimeo as a platform, and embed the player within their website. Neither of these has a secondary audio track facility.[1] Following the steps and tips … More
This pack pulls together valuable information provided by families so that it can be shared with other children and young people with visual impairment and their families. Including: 1. Practical and Emotional Support 2. Recreation, Leisure and Activity Groups for Children and Young People 3. Career – Advice, Skills and Support 4. Technology 5. Key Organizations … More
Discover resources for health and social care professionals working with people from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, such as translated information, examples of good practice and outreach projects.
The primary objective of this guide is to ensure the planning system in England successfully and consistently delivers inclusive environments as an integral part of the development process. An inclusive environment is one that can be used by everyone, regardless of age, gender or disability.
This guide is a compilation of ‘top tips’ and general guidance for working with and welcoming disabled artists and audiences of all ages. We hope it offers long and short term options for people working to any budget. It is not going to give you all the answers (we don’t have them) but we hope … More
Support schemes to help community cinemas get started or sustain their activity.
Sometimes it can be difficult to understand how someone with sight loss is able to do certain things in the workplace, for example, read documents or share written information. What do you do if you want to ask someone about their sight loss, but don’t want to offend? How can you better understand how a … More
