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One third of venue and festival websites offer no information about the accessibility of their events, according to a biennial survey of the live music industry. Two out of three disabled music-lovers could not find the information they needed online, and […]
New funding of more than £1.5 million is set to deliver an international extension to a disability arts commissioning programme that grew out of London 2012, and help influence how disabled people are perceived in other countries. Unlimited has secured more […]
Channel 4 has pledged to double the number of disabled people appearing in 20 of its biggest TV shows this year, as part of what it is calling its Year of Disability. The broadcaster’s commitment to increase representation of disabled people […]
After 20 years heading one of Europe’s leading outdoor arts festivals, and three years after helping to direct the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Bradley Hemmings could be forgiven for resting on his laurels. But following an MBE […]
The organisation that will take Britain’s team to this summer’s Paralympics in Rio has been criticised for launching a high-profile fundraising campaign, just three years after Paralympic sport received a multi-million pound increase in funding. In December 2012, UK Sport announced […]
A disabled peer secured investigations into a series of key disability-related issues when she took over as editor of BBC Radio’s flagship news programme on New Year’s Day. Baroness [Jane] Campbell (pictured) was one of six guests who took editorial control […]
By Raya Al Jadir A disabled actor, artist and activist has criticised the film industry for its continuing failure to address discrimination, after he was dropped from a role and replaced with a non-disabled actor. Chris Tally Evans (pictured) was originally handed […]
By Penny Pepper A small council flat in Leytonstone, nestled on an estate within the posh Victorian town houses; my first London home. It’s 1985 and I’m learning with my best friend Kate the exhausting realities for two wheelchair-users living without […]
Mainstream arts organisations have “a mountain to climb” to ensure they have an acceptable proportion of disabled directors, artists and staff, according to leading disability arts figures. They spoke out after new figures showed a new Arts Council England (ACE) programme […]
Football has “failed disabled people”, and its troubled world governing body must now place disability at the heart of its reform process, according to a leading UK campaigner. The Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFÉ) has written to the […]