How do I make my presentations accessible?

Oral presentations often make use of visual aids such as PowerPoint presentations. If consideration is not given to blind and partially sighted members of the audience, a presentation can be inaccessible. The World Blind Union (WBU) produce simple guidelines on how to maximise your impact by ensuring that your presentation, and your delivery technique, is … More

Subtitling and audio description

To ensure the maximum number of people can benefit from watching films in your venue, you may wish to hold screenings with HOH subtitles (HOH stands for ‘Hard of Hearing’) or audio description, which serve Deaf or hard of hearing and partially sighted or blind audiences respectively. It’s important that cinemas are welcoming to all … More

Your Local Cinema

Accessible, subtitled shows enable film fans with hearing loss to ENJOY rather than endure cinema. For a few hours, the disabling barrier is removed. Last year more than a million attended accessible UK shows!

UKCA’s CEA Card

The CEA Card is a national card scheme developed by the UK Cinema Association for UK cinemas. The scheme was introduced in 2004 and is one of the ways for participating cinemas to ensure they provide a consistent voluntary approach to making reasonable adjustments for disabled guests when they go to the cinema. Around 90 … More

Identity Beyond Diversity

The difference between teaching and critical pedagogy is vital to Handel Kashope Wright: ‘Critical pedagogy brings to the floor issues of social identity’ revealing where power resides and inequalities are preserved. ‘Multiculturalism’, ‘anti-racism’… terms often used without their cultural and historical meaning. Listen to Handel talk about how different politics, peoples, places intersect…