20th May 2022, 9.30am to 3.0pm At the Royal Albert Hall The Third Cultural Inclusion Conference Join us to explore new and innovative ways to increase opportunities for disabled children and young people to engage with arts and culture. Whether…
Adam Boddinson’s school perspective at the Cultural Inclusion Conference 2021 Adam, the Chief Executive of NASEN, presents perspectives from schools, highlighting research which showed that schools who already understood diversity and inclusion faired better during lockdowns than those who did…
Anna Hoddinott’s funder perspective at the Cultural Inclusion Conference 2021 Anna presents the work John Lyon’s Charity has done to progress inclusion in arts and culture and highlights the active steps they have taken to do more in this space.…
Lisha Aquino Rooney’s parent perspective at the Cultural Inclusion Conference 2021 Lisha shares personal stories of her son, who is autistic, experiencing art and from this provides advice to museums and galleries on how to be more welcoming to people…
Stephen Unwin’s speech to the Cultural Inclusion Conference 2021 Stephen shares the joy of living with his severely learning disabled son and warns of the dangers of negative language surrounding disabilities and the impact this has on wider society. The…
Paul Morrow’s keynote to the Cultural Inclusion Conference 2021 The co-author of the Cultural Inclusion Manifesto welcomed delegates to the conference and set out some of the challenges for the months ahead with this keynote speech. The conference on the…
April Li presents Portraits of Grit to the Cultural Inclusion Conference 2021 This is the second video from the conference to be released. The conference on the 26th February 2021, brought together disabled people, parents, disability organisations, schools and arts…
Marsha de Cordova, the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, welcomes delegates to the Cultural Inclusion Conference 2021 This is the first video from the conference to be released. More of the presentations will follow once they have…
Rationale The Cultural Inclusion manifesto not only seeks to be a space where best inclusive practice can be shared across a number of fields, it also seeks to be a platform for activism for positive change with a focus on…
Sharon Hodgson MP hosted the Cultural Inclusion Manifesto reception at the House of Commons on the 22nd January 2019. The event was a celebration of the growing commitment to the Cultural Inclusion Manifesto and for arts and culture being open…
