Hynt exists to make the arts in Wales more accessible to D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people.  This Impact Report examines the effectiveness of the scheme through research with stakeholders.

Natelle Morgan-Brown, Consultant, Co-creation and Participation at The Audience Agency guides us through key questions we need to ask ourselves before we start on any community engagement project.

Flo Carr, Associate Director, Indigo speaks to Tom Bilson, Head of Digital Media at The Courtauld about the Digitisation Volunteer Project – the largest and most diverse public inclusion project The Courtauld has ever run.

Historic England believes that the historic environment in England should be accessible and relevant to everyone who lives and visits there, whatever their socio-economic background, race, religion, sexuality, gender, disability, or health.  A useful guide on how to develop a strategy for inclusion, diversity and equality.

Showing support for LGBTQ+ colleagues and audiences needs more than just throwing rainbows into your feed. Eleanor Kilduff, Digital Content Creator, Splitpixel asks is your brand truly an ally?  A Splitpixel resource.

Heath Wilder, Head of CRM and Business Intelligence, Sydney Dance Company explores how we can nurture diverse neurotypes in the workplace and the many benefits of hiring neurodivergent talent.  A Tessitura Network resource.

Daniel Acosta, Advertising and Sales Manager at The Dallas Opera, and Andrea Cuevas, Director of Marketing and Communications at Hartford Stage give insight and advice on how marketers can activate their organisation’s diversity and inclusion goals. A Tessitura Network resource.

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, London, joins Andrew Recinos, President, Tessitura Network for a conversation about the responsibility of theatres to address systemic inequities head-on. He also discusses his own experiences as a Black man in both the United States and the UK, and the risks of thinking we’ve won a battle ... Read more

Sallyanne Flemons, North East Family Arts Network Ambassador, shares learnings and insights from the three-year Family Arts Campaign Ambassador programme and its impact on both regional organisations and the families they support.

Part of the Future Trends series, published as part of the Warwick UK Cities of Culture Project and commissioned by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. This paper looks at  the importance of hyper-local offerings and developing a sense of ownership as ways of engagement.

A summary of the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) survey of its members on the impact of the cost of living crisis.

An overarching evaluation report of the key findings from the Birmingham 2022 Festival. This report represents the culmination of 12-months’ work collaborating with the Organising Committee for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (the OC) to evaluate its cultural programme, the Birmingham 2022 Festival.

GALWAD was a story told in real-time over seven days online, on TV and live from Wales. Committed to radical inclusion from the start, GALWAD set out to change the story by changing the storytellers – with inclusive casting, multiple languages, accessible formats and a collaborative creative process involving over 400 creatives and communities across ... Read more

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) shares their ACMI 2019-2022 Disability Action Plan.  It was created in the spirit of their organisational values which capture their commitment to inclusion and diversity. It calls upon ACMI to confront unconscious biases and exclusionary practices through embracing ambitious goals and exploring new ways of working in ... Read more

This study explores the workforce in arts management: who gets in, who gets ahead and how, and what needs to happen to advance greater diversity (with a focus on ethnicity, socio-economic background and gender). A collaboration between Inc Arts UK and the Bridge Group, made possible by support from Arts Council England.

Dr Dominique Bouchard, Head of Learning and Interpretation at English Heritage shares insights from her fifteen years of experience leading public programming and exhibitions, and explores ideas of how museums and heritage can help communities tell their own stories.

The 2021 update of Good Things Foundation‘s Digital Nation infographic gathers together the facts and stats about digital inclusion and exclusion in the UK. It uses new analysis of the latest Ofcom data by Prof. Simeon Yates alongside key sources such as Lloyds Bank UK Consumer Digital Index and Essential Digital Skills 2021, external research ... Read more

Donors are looking for transparency, accountability and tangible commitments to diversity, inclusion and anti-racism. Tarsha Whitaker Calloway, Vice President, Philanthropy, Tessitura Network chairs a lively online panel discussing examples of successful and authentic approaches.

Sina Bahram challenges us to use principles from universal and inclusive design to help us open up our buildings, content, programming, and experiences. Keynote address delivered at Tessitura Learning & Community Conference.

The Creative Majority report is the culmination of a collaborative research project, commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Creative Diversity. It addresses ‘What Works’ to support, encourage and improve equity, diversity and inclusion in the creative sector.