Resources

Sharing knowledge and insights from the network

Integrate Access into Your Outdoor Show

A practical guide to support outdoor artists to integrate access within their work. [Guidance document = approximately 26 minutes reading]

Access

Sustainability in the Outdoor Arts Sector

Accessible Environmental Literacy Training by Chiara Badiali. [Approximately 60 minute presentation deck]

Access

Case Study: How to Integrate Access into Performances

An interview with Nikki Charlesworth (What Happened to You). [Approximately 25 minutes]

Access

Resources to Support Artist’s Inclusive Practice

3 Workshops to develop artist’s access practice. 1: Access Riders [16 minutes]. 2: Visual Stories [30 minutes]. 3: Inclusive Devising Practice [44 minutes].

Access

Live and Digital Events: Hybrid Model Support for Deaf and Disabled Audiences and Artists

Exploring the opportunities and challenges that a hybrid model presents when connecting via digital platforms. [Approximately 1 hour 35 minute webinar recording]

Access

Event Organising: Accessibility in Outdoor Arts

A webinar for event organisers: find inclusive practices when working With Deaf and Disabled audiences and artists [76 minute webinar recording]

Access

Access Guide 2020: Outdoor Festivals and Events

A commissioned guide to promote good practice in access. By Without Walls, led by Alex Covell. [Access Guide: approximately 7 hours reading. Access Guide for COVID-19: approximately 25 minutes]

Access

Access Development: Including Deaf & Disabled Audiences

Presentations and checklist for incorporating access into your Audience Development plans. [2x presentation decks of 20 minutes and 8 minutes]

Access

Touch Tour Training: Visual Impairment awareness and touch tour training

Touch tour trainsing sessions delivered by Without Walls and Anne Hornsby from Mind’s Eye, including a touch tour script and a do’s and don'ts reminder for Motionhouse’s WILD. Without Walls also collaborates with Vocal Eyes to bring a second touch tour training session aimed at Outdoor Arts companies in the early stages of creating their shows. Touch tours give patrons who are visually impaired the opportunity to touch and interact with parts of the set and pieces of scenery, props and costumes for a more immersive experience. [Approximately 35 minutes; including 5 minute training summary, 3 minute training script, 7 minute guidance and 15 minute training notes]

Access

The Without Walls Discover Bursary Programme

[includes a programme report of approximately 10 minutes reading time]

Access

Case Study: One Moon Project: Multi-Sensory and BSL at Derby Festé

One Moon, created around the showing of Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram, aims to raise awareness of the opportunities available for Deaf and disabled people to get involved with Derby Festé 2019. [Approximately 5 minutes]

Access

SO Festival: Launching a Safe Zone

SO Festival launches an age-friendly safe zone and relaxation area, the Blue Zone, for disabled people and those with dementia, autism and special educational needs plus their family and carers. [Approximately 3 minutes]

Access

Bicycle Boy: Making wheelchair accessible bicycles

Helen Eastman describes the process of how they made their bicycles accessible for wheelchair users. [Approximately 10 minutes, including a 6 minute Access Report]

Access

Accessibility in Outdoor Arts, in collaboration with OffSite

[Seminar notes of approximately 6 minutes]

Access

Artists Training Session: Incorporating Access for Outdoor Work

Helen Eastman, Daryl Beeton and Nathan Geering offer examples of considering physical access, audio description and captioning [Approximately 8 minutes, including 7 minute training notes]

Access