More than 900,000 people in the UK are severely or profoundly deaf; under the social model of disability, it is not a disabled person’s health condition or impairment, but society’s discrimination and lack of accessibility that disables them. Andrew Cochrane, deaf artist, and Lulu Nunn, Arts Engagement, PR and Marketing Officer at Shape and curator, … More
Would you like to start encouraging more young people into your organisation but feel that you wouldn’t know how to support them, or don’t really know what you would or could give them to do? This good practice guide offers support.
Delivering a sport and physical activity service. A toolkit for mental health providers. This guide covers • The types of roles you could offer volunteers. • Tips to help you recruit great volunteers. • Suggested topics to cover in your volunteer training. • Ideas to help you ensure that volunteers get the most from their … More
Overcome your fear of cold calling and approaching businesses with this simple toolkit, which is based on a blog written by Nicole Newman for Creative Partnerships Australia.
The Dementia-friendly arts guide is a guide for arts venue managers and staff on how to make the environment, facilities and programming of arts venues accessible to people withdementia, their families and carers.
Do you have hearing loss? Are you looking for somewhere to practice your lipreading skills. If so, you’ve come to the right place. This website provides videos of stories being read aloud, so that you can practice your lipreading skills and enjoy some good writing at the same time. You can print out the scripts to help … More
As a British Sign Language user, Nick Beese’s template for working with Sign Language/English interpreters is a useful prep sheet, which you can make work for you; remove sections you don’t think you need or add new ones. If you are a teacher or student this could include a glossary of all the terms used on … More
Explore 20 simple ways to make your marketing more accessible. Accessibility most directly helps disabled and older people but, in fact, all audiences benefit from inclusive design: people watching videos on noisy trains need subtitles, simple use of English helps those who don’t use it as their first language, and clear design aids readability for … More
To reach all your audience, you need to make effective use of accessible communication formats (also known as alternative formats). A guide to developing and reviewing strategy for producing information in accessible formats.
This guide has been produced in conjunction with Access London Theatre and compiled by the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre in order to give you as much information as possible about booking, managing and marketing an Assisted Performance – as well as best practice guidelines to providing a full and effective customer service … More
