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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 […]

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 […]

UN day of disabled people: Cycling benefit fears, public appointments review, and a new ODI network

By John Pring on 6th December 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

UN day of disabled people: Cycling benefit fears, public appointments review, and a new ODI network
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Half of disabled cyclists fear having their benefits cut or removed if they are seen to be physically active, according to a survey released on the UN’s international day of disabled people. The results of the survey of more than 200 […]

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 […]

London 2012 legacy scheme questioned over links to local DPOs

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

London 2012 legacy scheme questioned over links to local DPOs
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A new research centre that plans to create a centre for “disability expertise” on the Olympic Park – as part of the London 2012 Paralympics legacy – has faced questions about its commitment to collaborating with local disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). […]

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

By John Pring on 11th August 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

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 […]

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