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Documents, toolkits, resources and guides for artists and the visual arts sector.
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Creating a Collaboration Rider (artist care) by Jack Ky Tan (Feb 2026)
The report assesses how UK cultural tax reliefs for theatre, orchestras, and museums/galleries improve income, output, international activity, and sector resilience across the creative industries.
Approx. reading time: 15–25 mins.
Going global: a guide for disabled artists
The guide provides practical advice, tips, and resources for disabled artists to develop international careers while addressing access, travel, safety, and working abroad challenges.
Approx. reading time: 6–8 mins.
UNLIMITED: Venue access checklist (May 2025)
The checklist helps event organisers identify and remove common accessibility barriers when choosing or managing venues for artists and audiences with disabilities.
Approx. reading time: 5–10 mins (including the downloadable checklist).
Yorkshire BSL Interpreters
A directory-style service that helps people quickly contact qualified British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters across Yorkshire, making it easier to book local professionals who are registered, certified, and meet recognised interpreting standards.
Approx. reading time: 1–2 mins (for homepage)
National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters
The website represents a trade union for British Sign Language interpreters and translators, providing professional guidance, advocacy, and support on working conditions, fees, and sector policy.
Approx. reading time: 3–5 mins.
Creating Your Own Access Rider; Unlimited
The guide explains how to create an access rider, what to include, and how it helps disabled artists communicate access needs clearly and work more effectively with organisations.
Approx. reading time: 5–10 mins.
Unlimited: Online Accessibility- Heritage Organisations
The guide explains how to make online content accessible, covering principles like readable text, clear structure, alt text, captions, forms, and WCAG standards for digital inclusion.
Approx. reading time: 8–12 mins.
Unlimited: Ten Top Tips for Running Accessible Events
This resource shares practical guidance on making events more inclusive, covering planning, communication, access needs, representation, and evaluation to ensure disabled people can fully participate.
Approx. reading time: 6–8 mins.
All In - Arts Access Scheme
A UK and Ireland access scheme for arts and cultural organisations, designed to improve accessibility for deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent audiences through standards, subscriptions, and specialist support.
Approx. reading time: 2–4 mins.
Commissioning Disabled Artists
The FAQ page provides guidance for arts organisations on commissioning disabled artists, focusing on inclusive commissioning practices, fair representation, and removing barriers across recruitment, communication, and delivery of creative work.
Approx. reading time: 6–10 mins.
Let's Debate - Inclusivity & Relevance key note (May 2023)
The page is a curated resource within Arts Council England’s “Let’s Debate” content, presenting a keynote discussion that explores how inclusivity and relevance should shape cultural decision-making and challenge traditional ideas of artistic excellence.
Approx. reading time: 8–12 mins.
The Big Picture: Behind the Social Model
The resource is a comic that explains the social model of disability, showing how disability is created by barriers in society rather than by individuals, and encouraging reflection through lived experience and accessible storytelling formats.
Approx. reading time: 6–10 mins.
Ways of Seeing Art Booklet- Shape Arts
A booklet that explores audio description, disability access, and how blind and visually impaired audiences experience and interpret visual art through inclusive practice and discussion.
Approx. reading time: 5–10 mins.
Access as a Creative Tool - Shape Arts
The FAQ page explores how access can be used as part of the creative process, encouraging artists and organisations to embed accessibility into artistic practice rather than treating it as an add-on, and to consider how it can shape audience experience and meaning.
Approx. reading time: 6–12 mins.
Accessible Marketing Guide - UNLIMITED
A practical toolkit that helps arts and cultural organisations improve the accessibility of their communications across digital, print, and social media, ensuring they reach and include disabled audiences more effectively.
Approx. reading time: 8–12 mins.
UNLIMITED: Managing unpaid request for your time
Practical advice on how artists and cultural workers can respond to frequent unpaid requests for their time, using boundaries, scheduling, and clear communication to reduce exploitation and protect working capacity.
Approx. reading time: 6–8 mins.
Accessible in person meetings
Our YVAN accessible in person meetings guide.
Approx. reading time: 8–15 mins.
Accessible online meetings template
Our YVAN accessible online meetings template guide.
Approx. reading time: 4-8 mins.
