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Disabled-led arts organisations welcome funding, but Arts Council admits it must do more

By John Pring on 10th November 2022 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled-led arts organisations welcome funding, but Arts Council admits it must do more
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Disabled-led arts organisations have welcomed millions of pounds in annual funding awarded by the Arts Council, although new figures suggest that progress in expanding investment may have stalled. Arts Council England (ACE) has awarded funding to 32 disabled-led organisations, with the […]

Lizzie Emeh: ‘Remarkable legacy’ left by pioneering disabled artist

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Lizzie Emeh: ‘Remarkable legacy’ left by pioneering disabled artist
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Fellow disabled artists and colleagues have spoken this week of the “remarkable legacy” left by the pioneering singer-songwriter Lizzie Emeh, who has died at the age of 44. In 2009, Emeh became the first person with a learning difficulty to release […]

New BSL co-operative ‘could transform the future of interpreting’

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Independent Living

New BSL co-operative ‘could transform the future of interpreting’
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A partnership between Deaf people and British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters could be set to transform the future of interpreting across the UK. Leading Deaf figures are supporting a new co-operative that is developing an online platform that they hope will […]

‘Vaccine passport’ scheme is ‘deeply troubling’, say disabled artists

By John Pring on 1st April 2021 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

‘Vaccine passport’ scheme is ‘deeply troubling’, say disabled artists
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Disability arts organisations fear that possible government plans to set up a “vaccine passport” scheme could undermine the rights of disabled artists, workers and audiences. Members of the #WeShallNotBeRemoved campaign warned this week that any such scheme could infringe disabled people’s […]

BBC set for month-long season to mark 25th anniversary of Disability Discrimination Act

By John Pring on 29th October 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

BBC set for month-long season to mark 25th anniversary of Disability Discrimination Act
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The BBC is to mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) next month with a series of dramas, documentaries, news packages and discussions. Among the month-long season will be a series of six 15-minute dramatic […]

Round-up: Secrecy on COVID impact, DWP assessments, shielding, Graeae… and Autistica

By John Pring on 9th July 2020 Category: Human Rights

Round-up: Secrecy on COVID impact, DWP assessments, shielding, Graeae… and Autistica
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The government is refusing to release documents that would show the expected impact on disabled people of the legislation and policies it produced in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In May, Disability News Service (DNS) asked the Cabinet Office to release […]

Coronavirus: Action celebrates disability arts while highlighting pandemic concerns

By John Pring on 18th June 2020 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Coronavirus: Action celebrates disability arts while highlighting pandemic concerns
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A day of action on social media has celebrated disability culture and highlighted the concerns of disabled artists about their future as they struggle with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Artists and cultural leaders shared work by disabled visual artists, […]

Disappointment at mayor’s scaled-back plans for Liberty arts festival

By John Pring on 17th October 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disappointment at mayor’s scaled-back plans for Liberty arts festival
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Disabled artists have expressed disappointment at the mayor of London’s scaled-back plans for the capital’s annual disability arts festival, which has continued to shrink in size since its heyday in the mid-2000s. Liberty was originally launched by Ken Livingstone in 2003 […]

Disability arts organisations secure £750k to boost number of disabled leaders

By John Pring on 5th September 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disability arts organisations secure £750k to boost number of disabled leaders
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Disabled-led organisations have secured funding of more than £750,000 to develop three separate programmes that will aim to produce more disabled leaders in the arts. All three of the programmes receiving funding from Arts Council England (ACE) are headed by disabled-led […]

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

By John Pring on 29th June 2017 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

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

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