This year’s Fundamental Facts follows the recent publication of the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS). This highlights that, every week, one in six adults experiences symptoms of a common mental health problem, such as anxiety or depression, and one in five adults has considered taking their own life at some point.
In the UK, it is thought that some seven million people of working age have a disability, which all adds up to an awful lot of spending power.
Government run taking part survey explores diversity in the arts.
The aim of the research was to identify the extent to which disabled children and their families were able to attend the cinema in Wales, and to highlight some of the barriers to them attending screenings at independent cinemas venues in Wales.
Review into disability inequality in Great Britain, offering comprehensive evidence on whether our society lives up to its promise to be fair to all its citizens.
In 2013 and with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council, the Dementia & Imagination team established a clear set of principles to underpin its visual arts research programme with people experiencing dementia in three geographical areas of the UK.
Brings together research undertaken as part of A4D’s landmark pilot, London Arts Challenge (LAC) which was awarded the London 2012’s Inspire mark.
Report on ‘York without walls’ dementia-friendly project.
Report on the pilot cinema programme run by Dukes for people living with dementia and their partners.
There are many examples across the UK of museums, galleries and heritage sites welcoming and providing good opportunities for blind and partially sighted and other disabled visitors to experience their venue and collections. Indeed, UK museums are recognised among the most accessible of all public buildings.
