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June 29, 2017 0

Disability arts misses out again, despite huge rise in diverse-led Arts Council funding

Disability arts organisations have missed out on a huge increase in funding that has been handed to other diverse-led groups by Arts Council England (ACE). Although there has been a significant increase in the number of disability-led arts organisations that will be funded for the next four years – from 23 to 35, according

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May 25, 2017 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Arts and cultural organisations ‘failing on jobs’

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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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December 15, 2016

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Major arts organisations have ‘zero per cent’ disabled staff, Arts Council admits

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The arts sector appears to be making gradual progress on increasing the proportion of disabled people in its workforce, although many leading companies have admitted employing no disabled staff at all, a new report by the Arts Council has revealed. The percentage of disabled people working for the larger organisations receiving Arts Council England

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October 20, 2016

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Arts Council scheme should boost disabled arts leaders

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The Arts Council has announced that it is to spend more than £2.5 million on a programme that aims to increase the number of disabled people in senior leadership roles in England’s arts and cultural organisations. The £2.57 million Change Makers programme, which is also aimed at black and minority ethnic potential leaders, will

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August 11, 2016

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Arts Council funding is ‘vote of confidence’ in disability arts organisation

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The Arts Council has awarded hundreds of thousands of pounds to the disability arts movement in a bid to address the under-representation of disabled-led organisations among those receiving its funding. Arts Council England (ACE) announced this week that it was awarding £5.3 million to 40 organisations as part of its Elevate fund, which aims

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January 28, 2016

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Unlimited expansion set to influence international perception of disabled artists

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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 than £750,000 from Arts Council England – which will be matched by the

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December 11, 2015

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‘Woeful’ arts diversity progress prompts call for ‘more power and influence’

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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 to improve diversity in the industry had made little headway in its first

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December 12, 2014 0

Welcome for overdue Arts Council diversity pledge

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Leading disabled artists have welcomed a new Arts Council policy which aims to force mainstream organisations to take real action to promote diversity, but have warned that disabled-led organisations still have a vital role to play. Sir Peter Bazalgette, the chair of Arts Council England (ACE), announced a “fundamental shift” in its approach to

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