The making of a short film has brought together young East Enders and young adults living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The film, the result of a project co-funded by Media Box and Vinspired, has been accepted for screening on the BBC Big Screens across London in celebration of the London 2012 Olympics. The two groups [...]
Governments have been called to take the cultural rights of disabled people seriously by a ground-breaking resolution at a conference organised by the European Commission and European Disability Forum. The ‘In Touch with Art 2010’ Resolution, launched on the 2010 European Day of People with Disability, asks that governments develop ‘comprehensive access policies and action [...]
This November marks the 10th anniversary of STAGETEXT, which pioneered theatre captioning in the UK back in 2000. The charity’s Lynn Jackson explains how they’ve helped make theatre more accessible. “Computers, iPods, BlackBerrys – STAGETEXT captioning is right up there with all the modern miracles of invention!” So says a 69 year old retired school [...]
Artist Caroline Cardus has been announced as the winner of the annual Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds, which supports a disabled artist working in the visual arts. Caroline will receive £5,000 and enjoy a three-month residency at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead from March to June [...]
The Wrinkly Rappers, of Britain’s Got Talent fame, are encouraging everyone to buy their ‘well cool’ Christmas CD, Wrinkly Rappers Unrapped, to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. Brenda Brooks (dangerously close to 60) and Belinda Marks (knocking on 50), both from Somerset, aim to make people laugh and prove older people have fun [...]
The 5th international festival of short films made by people with learning difficulties is inviting submissions for the 2011 festival. The Oska Bright film festival is looking for films under 10 minutes long. They can be in any genre, from live action or animation to documentary or dance-film. Films can be made by groups or [...]
The UK’s first national Disability Film Festival Day takes place at cinemas across the UK on Friday 3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The festival is organised by DASH, one of the UK’s leading Disability Arts organisations, with the support of ScreenWM, Oska Bright, the Media Archive for Central England (MACE), The [...]
Young people with learning difficulties from Camden and Islington in London met with potential employers thanks to the first of two ‘Articulate’ conferences organised by disabled arts charity Shape. The conference at the Camden Centre focused on employment issues, allowing young people with learning difficulties to articulate their ideas and thoughts about employment through lively, [...]
Well, knock us down with a feather, but Graeae’s triumphant production of new musical Reasons To Be Cheerful, with the music of Ian Dury, has been nominated for two awards at ‘The Offies’ – the Off West End Theatre Awards! “After a skiddling, diddling, bled-white, dyed-black riotous run at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich [...]
Disability charity Papworth Trust has launched its first photography competition, Independence, with prizes including a Sony Handycam DCR-DVD 115E camera worth more than £300. The competition will be judged by a panel including internationally reknowned photographer David Rose. Entries can be digital images or prints, and the competition will be judged in three categories: 16 [...]
