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Attitude is Everything launches the Accessible Volunteering Guide
Our new Accessible Volunteering Guide shares tips and guidance on how to make events more accessible for disabled volunteers.
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DIY Access Guide
“Most places don’t intentionally shut us out. They just need the right tools and knowledge. It’s so important for bands and promoters to be aware of the access barriers that their fans face so they can work with venues to solve them“. Hannah McKearnen, gig-goer and blogger Year published: 2017 Are you a band or…
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Translated guidance
Our DIY Access Guide and Access Starts Online guidance has been translated into 16 languages. With the support of the British Council, we have translated the following guidance for venue and event organisers: If you find these resources useful, and use them to improve accessibility for a venue or event, please let us know via [email protected].…
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Access Guide: Online Music Events
Year published: 2021 Imagine not being able to enjoy a gig online or take part in a Q&A with your favourite artist simply because: Promotional artwork containing key details wasn’t readable. The event didn’t include captioning or another way to participate without relying on audio. There was no way of knowing what the artist and…
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Accessible Employment Guide
Year published: 2021 Research suggests that disabled people remain hugely underrepresented at all levels of the UK music industry, despite significant increases in disabled audiences at live music events and the fact that 19% of working adults are considered disabled under the Equality Act. More concerningly, a study published by UK Music in April 2021 found that one…
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Just Ask Guide
“Asking about access requirements for artists and crew should be as simple as asking for dietary requirements in riders and common practice. This will have a positive impact on disabled artists and encourage a more inclusive atmosphere for everyone in the music industry.” Ruth Lyon, Artist Year published: 2022 Calling all promoters, event organisers, artist…
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Accessible Volunteering Guide
Throughout our new Accessible Volunteering Guide, we share tips and guidance on how to make your events more inclusive and accessible for the disabled volunteers you work with. You’ll notice that we focus on festivals – as this is where most of our experience lies. However, we hope that our advice and guidance prove useful…
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All of our resources
We have published a range of guides and reports covering access for audiences, artists and professionals. Audiences Artists Professionals
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Employing disabled people
Our Beyond the Music initiative works to break down barriers in music and event industry workplaces. Why make your workplace accessible? Accessible Employment Guide Our Accessible Employment Guide provides simple steps you can take today to start to become a more accessible organisation. Training Our Beyond The Music team have designed a session for line…