We have collated some guides to help you to increase and improve access for disabled, d/Deaf and neurodivergent people in your organisations, whether that be for audiences at the cinema or for employees.
Cinemas across the country currently offer specific accessible screenings, such as subtitled, audio described, BSL interpreted, relaxed environment, autism-friendly, and/or dementia-friendly screenings.
Your Local Cinema lists many subtitled and audio-described screenings
Accessible Screenings UK also list autism-friendly, subtitled and audio-described screenings
Ramadan is one of the most spiritual times of the year for the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims. Together with UK Muslim Film, Film and TV Charity have put together this handy guide, so you can know how to support your colleagues and friends during the month.
Everyone deserves access to life-changing cinema, but for those with learning disabilities or neurological conditions, cinema environments can often be inaccessible. In this blog, Rosemary Richings draws on personal experience to discuss the value of relaxed screenings, and speaks to Jonathan Gleneadie (Barbican, London) and Robert Barham (Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds) about the sorts of practical considerations exhibitors should keep … More
Content notices are a contentious area. Some see them as a duty of care that film exhibitors owe to their audience, while others say they’re an unnecessary measure and can even be counterproductive. In this blog, the ICO’s Duncan Carson speaks to film professionals who have introduced content notices about their experience and what the … More
Audiences want to know the answer to a very simple question – will they fit? It is very important to us as a film team, for fat audiences and future cinema audiences that venues embrace publishing seat sizing on their websites. On the listing of our screenings but also on the access page. Alongside other … More
Reclaim The Frame were thrilled to sit down with YOUR FAT FRIEND filmmaker Jeanie Finlay and star Aubrey Gordon while on their UK tour and just ahead of the film’s release into UK cinemas.
In March 2022 film education charity Into Film partnered with UK cinemas to hold 99 free schools screenings for both primary and secondary pupils on the theme of ‘We Can Be Heroes’. For the first time, exhibitors were asked to screen every film with closed caption Hard of Hearing subtitles. Driven by the principle of … More
Cards for Inclusion is a card game helping the arts sector by creatively exploring how barriers can be removed. Challenge yourself to think outside the box about how we can all make what we offer more accessible to disabled people.
The Accessible Marketing Guide, contains an introduction to accessibility, the basics of making marketing material accessible, accessible websites, print and text, accessible formats, making social media accessible and a list of useful references that informed the guide as well as further resources.
Unlimited have gathered together their top tips to help arts organisations make their recruitment and employment more accessible.
