5 Ways Your Venue Can Do More For Mental Health

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

Wychavon Rural Cinema Toolkit

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

Practical help: Film

Here’s everything you need to know about watching films in cinemas, on DVD and Blu ray discs if you’re blind or partially sighted.

Guidelines For Digital Accessibility: Film

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

Planning and Access for Disabled people: A Good Practice Guide

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.

DIY Access Guide

This guide presents a series of cheap and simple hacks to make gigs and shows more inclusive, and help artists and promoters maximise their audiences.

Equality Guide

The aim of this guide is to give you practical ideas about how to increase diversity in both those who experience the arts (audiences) and those who participate in making art (creators).