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Our online Disability Confidence Training workshop is all about helping you and your team improve how you connect with and support people with disability or who are d/Deaf.

1 in 5 Australians live with disability, making them a significant market segment for providers of arts and culture. In this workshop you’ll:

• Discover practical solutions for making your organisation disability confident
• Receive useful resources
• Learn from trainers with disability who are arts experts
• Enjoy the increased accessibility and convenience of online training
• Be able to interact with our trainers as well as other participants, so you can ask questions and share knowledge.
• Come to our public workshop or book a private in-house session.

The training covers:

• Key disability legislation and government bodies, including Disability Discrimination Act and the Disability Inclusion Act
• Creative solutions to delivering inclusive and accessible arts and culture programs
• Identifying and mitigating access barriers
• Best practice for customer service, language and etiquette
• Inclusive communication skills and policies

Cost

• $95 (+ GST + BF) per person
• 10% discount for bookings of 3 or more!

Duration

• 90 minutes + 30 mins pre-workshop activities
• Prior to the session we’ll send you links to a video to watch and a questionnaire to complete. This will take about 30 minutes. All up, the full experience is 2 hours.

Participation

Our workshops are delivered using the Zoom video conferencing platform.

About Zoom

• Zoom is an easy to use, reliable and FREE cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops and telephones.
• If you haven’t used Zoom before you can find out more here: https://zoom.us/
• After signing up for our workshop, you’ll receive an email from us inviting you to a Zoom meeting on the date of the workshop. On the day of the workshop, all you have to do is click on the relevant link in the invitation, follow the prompts and you’ll be part of the workshop.

Access

Closed captioning and Auslan interpreting are available on request. Please advise of your access requirements during the registration process.

Why Choose Us

Arts Specific: We’re experts in arts, culture and disability with over 33 years of experience in helping organisations improve their accessibility, so we understand the challenges and opportunities which arts organisations encounter.

Disability Led: Our trainers have lived experience of disability which provides an authentic edge that makes a world of difference.

Cost Effective: We understand the budget constraints under which many arts organisations operate, so we ensure our prices are the most competitive in the market.

Who We Work With 

• Our workshops are suitable for:
• Arts and cultural organisations
• Festivals and venues
• Not-for-profit and government agencies

Every year we train up 1000 people from big organisations and venues right through to local government teams and small independent operators. Our training clients include:

• Sydney Opera House | Art Gallery of NSW | Blacktown Arts Centre | Musica Viva
• Sydney Film Festival | Sydney Festival | Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
• Australian Chamber Orchestra | Museum of Contemporary Art | Kaldor Public Art Projects
• Biennale of Sydney | City of Sydney | Inner West Council | Georges River Council

Below are some testimonials from workshop participants:

• “The training was engaging and helped our company learn more ways to improve and expand accessibility, both within our team and with what our festival offers to the community.”
• “I love that the training is done by people with disability. The first-person perspective is invaluable.”
• “A fabulous session which has made being disability confident much more achievable! Thank you so much – really appreciate your expertise.”

Enquiries

Please email [email protected] or call (02) 9251 6499 if you have any questions.

We’re now offering our workshops online, with a 2-for-1 discount currently available, but only for a limited time.

About this Event

We’re now offering our Disability Confidence Training workshops online.

Using the Zoom online conferencing platform, our expert trainers will provide you with an experience very similar to our regular workshops. You’ll receive the same information, have access to great online resources and be able to interact with our trainers as well as other participants, so you can ask questions and share knowledge.

Each session is 1.5 hours. Prior to the session we’ll send you a video to watch and a questionnaire to complete. This will take about 30 minutes. So all up the full experience is 2 hours. You can book and pay for the session through our regular system on Eventbrite.

If you have any questions about participating, please contact Liz Martin: [email protected]

We’re looking forward to seeing you online!

 

About Zoom

• Zoom is an easy to use, reliable and FREE cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops and telephones.
• If you haven’t used Zoom before you can find out more here: https://zoom.us/
• After signing up for our workshop, you’ll receive an email from us inviting you to a Zoom meeting on the date of the workshop. Then on the day of the workshop, all you have to do is click on the relevant link in the invitation, follow the prompts and you’ll be part of the workshop.

 

About Our Workshops

Our Disability Confidence Training workshops are all about helping you and your team improve how you connect with and support people with disability or who are Deaf.

• Discover practical solutions for making your organisation disability confident
• Receive useful resources
• Learn from trainers who are arts experts and who live with disability
• Come to our standard workshop or book a bespoke in-house session

The training covers:

Key disability legislation and government bodies, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the Disability Inclusion Act 2014

• Creative solutions to delivering inclusive and accessible arts and culture programs
• Identifying and mitigating access barriers
• Best practice for customer service, language and etiquette
• Inclusive communication skills and policies

 

Access

Closed captioning and Auslan interpreting are available on request. Please advise of your access requirements during the registration process.

 

Why Choose Us

Arts Specific: We’re experts in arts, culture and disability with over 33 years of experience in helping organisations improve their accessibility, so we understand the challenges and opportunities which arts organisations encounter.

Disability Led: Our trainers have lived experience of disability which provides an authentic edge that makes a world of difference.

Cost Effective: We understand the budget constraints under which many arts organisations operate, so we ensure our prices are the most competitive in the market.

 

Who We Work With 

• Our workshops are suitable for:
• Arts and cultural organisations
• Festivals and venues
• Not-for-profit and government agencies

Every year we train up 1000 people from big organisations and venues right through to local government teams and small independent operators. Our training clients include:

• Sydney Opera House | Art Gallery of NSW | Blacktown Arts Centre | Musica Viva
• Sydney Film Festival | Sydney Festival | Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
• Australian Chamber Orchestra | Museum of Contemporary Art | Kaldor Public Art Projects
• Biennale of Sydney | City of Sydney | Inner West Council | Georges River Council

Below are some testimonials from workshop participants:

 

• “The training was engaging and helped our company learn more ways to improve and expand accessibility, both within our team and with what our festival offers to the community.”
• “I love that the training is done by people with disability. The first-person perspective is invaluable.”
• “A fabulous session which has made being disability confident much more achievable! Thank you so much – really appreciate your expertise.”

Enquiries

Please email [email protected] or call (02) 9251 6499 if you have any questions.

This online workshop is all about helping arts orgs deliver online events which address the access requirements of people with disability.

About this Event

With so much of our lives having moved online, arts companies, cultural venues and other creative industry organisations are now delivering much more of their activities using online and digital channels.

It’s a huge shift and we all need to upskill so online content and services can be accessed and enjoyed by the 1 in 5 Australians who live with disability, a significant market segment for providers of arts and culture.

With the support of the Australia Council For The Arts, our new Delivering Accessible Online Events workshop has been developed to specially address the needs of arts and cultural organisations so they can improve the accessibility and inclusiveness of their relevant online activities.

• Discover practical solutions and ‘easy wins’ for delivering accessible online performances, online exhibitions, online rehearsals and creative developments, webinars, online panel discussions and meetings, and social media
• Receive useful resources
• Learn from trainers who are arts experts and who live with disability
• Attend our standard workshop or book a bespoke private session

Learn about:

• How to create an inclusive online space using various platforms
• What to do before, during and after an online event to maximise accessibility
• Online etiquette for accessible sound and visual content
• Best tech solutions and ‘quick fixes’ for captioning, Auslan interpretation and audio description
• Informative case studies from artists and arts organisations across a range of art forms

 

PARTICIPATION

All sessions are delivered using the Zoom online conferencing platform (Zoom links are provided following booking)

About Zoom

• Zoom is an easy to use, reliable and FREE cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops and telephones.
• If you haven’t used Zoom before you can find out more here: https://zoom.us/
• After signing up for our workshop, you’ll receive an email from us inviting you to a Zoom meeting on the date of the workshop.
• On the day of the workshop, all you have to do is click on the relevant link in the invitation, follow the prompts and you’ll be part of the workshop.

 

ACCESS

Closed captioning and Auslan interpreting are available on request. You can request these services during the booking process. For other access requirements, please contact Liz Martin: [email protected]

 

WHY CHOOSE US

• Arts Specific: We’re experts in arts, culture and disability with over 33 years of experience in helping organisations improve their accessibility, so we understand the challenges and opportunities which arts organisations encounter.
• Disability Led: Our trainers have lived experience of disability which provides an authentic edge that makes a world of difference.
• Cost Effective: We understand the budget constraints under which many arts organisations operate, so we ensure our prices are the most competitive in the market.

 

WHO WE WORK WITH

Our workshops are suitable for:

• Artists
• Arts and cultural organisations
• Festivals and venues
• Not-for-profit and government agencies

Every year we train up 1000 people from big organisations and venues right through to local government teams and small independent operators. Our training clients include:

• Sydney Opera House | Art Gallery of NSW | Blacktown Arts Centre | Musica Viva
• Sydney Film Festival | Sydney Festival | Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
• Museum of Contemporary Art | Biennale of Sydney | City of Sydney | Inner West Council | Georges River Council

Below are some testimonials from our general workshop participants:

• “The training was engaging and helped our company learn more ways to improve and expand accessibility, both within our team and with what our festival offers to the community.”
• “I love that the training is done by people with disability. The first-person perspective is invaluable.”
• “A fabulous session which has made being disability confident much more achievable! Thank you so much – really appreciate your expertise.”
• “Thank you for providing this session. I am determined now to make some important changes within my organisation.”
• “The training really opened our eyes to how we can improve in areas we didn’t even realise needed improving. Thank you!”
• “It was great to get a much better understanding of how to engage respectfully and appropriately with people with disability.”

 

FIND OUT MORE

If you have any questions or need help with making a booking, contact us at [email protected] or call on 02 9251 6499.