Disability and Deaf Arts Organisations

We hope the following list of organisations and websites will be useful. If you have any suggestions for websites for us to link to here please contact us.

Candoco –  dance group that integrates able and disabled dancers.

DASH Arts – a disability arts organisation in Shropshire.

Disability Arts Cymru – disability arts organisation for Wales

Deafinitely Theatre – a Deaf-led theatre company.

Disability Arts Online – website discussing Disability Arts with blogs, news, interviews and reviews.

Drake Music Project – works with disabled people to create music.

Extant – Britain’s only performing arts company for visually impaired people.

Graeae – champions accessibility and provides a platform for new generations of Deaf and disabled talent through the creation of trail-blazing theatre

Mind the Gap – a theatre group for people with learning disabilities.

Prism Arts – supporting excluded groups in Cumbria to realise their creative potential.

SHAPE Arts – works towards improving access to the arts.

Vital Xposure – a leading disabled-led theatre company.

Disability and Deaf Media

BBC Ouch! – a blog about disability life.

The Limping Chicken – a website concerning deaf news, views and culture.

Access

Information and Advice

Access to Work –  government scheme giving help, support and advice in work.

DisabledGo – providing access guides on a variety of different venues.

Stagetext – offers news, reviews and listings of captioned plays, films and other art forms.

Training

Disability Rights UK providing disability confidence training.

Shape Arts providing disability equality training.

Birds of Paradise Theatre Company providing disability equality training.