Browsing: Arts, Culture and Sport

Arts, Culture and Sport Delegates sitting behind their desks in the conference hall
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Many large publicly-funded arts and cultural organisations are failing to employ any disabled people at all, union activists have heard at their annual conference. The TUC’s Disabled Workers’ Conference in London (pictured) heard from representatives of musicians’ and actors’ unions, and colleagues from other unions, about the results of Arts Council England’s (ACE) latest
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Arts, Culture and Sport One of the main stands at Old Trafford
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Long-overdue plans to improve access at the country’s biggest football club have divided its disabled supporters. Although the official disabled supporters’ association at Manchester United has welcomed the plans, which will eventually see the number of wheelchair spaces increase from just 120 to 277, a smaller group of disabled fans have raised concerns. They
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Arts, Culture and Sport George Michael on stage
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George Michael – who died on Christmas Day – financially supported some of the country’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) with secret donations for nearly two decades. The singer-songwriter provided grants through a charitable trust he set up in 1990, supporting organisations including the British Council of Disabled People (BCODP), The Alliance for Inclusive
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