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Accessible Arts provides disability awareness training and disability action planning that is practical, interactive and will give you the confidence to welcome people with disability to your venue or programme, provide inclusive experiences and services and make accessibility a natural and integrated part of what you do.
Accessible Arts training overview (download word doc 209KB)
Next training date: Thursday 18 July 2013
Disability Awareness Training
Disability awareness training is useful for people working at any level of an arts organisation, or in arts policy or practice. It provides a practical understanding of disability in an arts context with information and skills relevant to all venues and types of work.
Organisations can book a customised disability awareness training session anytime of the year or can send up to 3 staff to one of our three general disability awareness sessions held throughout the year.
Topics covered include:
• Defining disability – legally and culturally
• The rumours and realities of the disability experience
• Communicating with respect and confidence
• Access barriers and creative solutions
General Disability Awareness
Three times a year a disability awareness session is held at the Accessible Arts training room at Walsh Bay. This is a good option for sole practitioners, very small organisations, staff members who weren't able to attend a customised disability awareness training or those who are considering booking customised disability awareness training and would like to experience it.
General disability awareness is a four-hour training session (including a 15 minute break). While the content is designed to be relevant to everyone rather than one organisation, participants benefit from the diversity of experience.
In 2013 the training sessions will be from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on:
• Tuesday 7 May 2013
• Thursday 18 July 2013
• Friday 7 September 2013
Fees:
Corporate/Government: $100pp
Community/Small Business: $70pp
Customised Disability Awareness
Disability awareness training for your organisation can be booked at any time of the year. The training can be conducted at a venue you organise or the Accessible Arts training room at Walsh Bay.
As a guide, the standard length of each training session is four hours (including a 15 minute break), with a maximum of 15 participants. The disability awareness training content is adapted to the context of your organisation.
Fees:
Corporate/Government $800 per half day $1500 per whole day
Community/Small Business $500 per half day $900 per whole day
Disability Action Planning (DAP)
Disability action planning is useful for any arts organisation who would like to develop a coordinated approach to disability access or improve on the work they have already done. We work with you to take a realistic account of your organisation's current situation and to develop an action plan that progresses meaningful access in manageable ways. If you intend to register your disability Action Plan (DAP) with the Australian Human Rights Commission, which we recommend, then those standards will be an integral part of our work. We offer both DAP development and DAP reviewing.
DAP Development
If your organisation does not have a DAP or has a DAP which would benefit from a significant upgrade, then we can customise a project for you that could include:
- Assessing the current accessibility of your venue, programmes and services
- Disability awareness training
- Internal planning
- Stakeholder consultation
- DAP writing
- Understanding your DAP
Fees:
Corporate/Government Writing/research/assessment $65 per hour or $500 per day Meeting $130 per hour Facilitating/training $250 per hour or $1500 per day
Community/Small Business Writing/research/assessment $40 per hour or $300 per day Meeting $80 per hour Facilitating/training $150 per hour or $900 per day
DAP Review
If your organisation has a DAP, then we offer a review service which includes:
• Reading your DAP and preparing initial recommendations
• Meeting with your organisation (for 1 hour) to discuss and develop those recommendations within the context of your organisation
• Producing a report detailing our assessment and final recommendations
Fees:
Corporate/government $300
Community/Small Business $180
All prices are GST exclusive. Trainer travel and accommodation outside the Sydney metropolitan area will be included in the quote.
About the Trainer
Amanda Tink, Training Coordinator
Amanda coordinates all aspects of Accessible Arts Education and Training. This includes training on Disability Awareness and Access (with the option of TAFE-accreditation), Disability Action Planning, Arts Awareness; educational seminars and forums; and the Arts Activated Conference.
Amanda is passionate about disability rights as human rights, facilitating for positive change, universally accessible art and coffee. Amanda has been in the role since October 2010. Previously she worked as the Training Officer at People with Disability Australia (PWD) and before that, as the CEO of Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN). Her other work has included: producing and presenting Access All Areas (a national radio program on disability-related topics); guest lecturing at Australian Catholic University; movie reviewing for commercial radio; and presenting as a keynote speaker at the Disability Advocacy Resource Units 2nd Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference.
Further Information
Contact Amanda Tink, Training Coordinator, tel: 02 9251 6499 ext 106, atink@aarts.net.au.