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disabilityarts.bsky.social
📣We’re looking for a passionate, dedicated disabled leader to join our team as our first ever Artistic Director!

21 hours per week
Remote (UK)
£45K-£48K FTE

Apply by 19 January.

Find out more: disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
A mixed race man with dreads on stage with an older white man wearing a flat cap and white woman in her late 30s. Text above on an orange background reads: Join our Team. Text below reads: Artistic Director. disabilityarts.online/artistic-director.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
Are you an experienced Project Coordinator? We’re looking for someone to support the delivery of our 3 year project ‘Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage’.

14 hours per week
£32K FTE
Hybrid (remote + Brighton & Hove)

Apply by 8 Dec: disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
🎉We’re proud to announce that The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded us funding for a major project to save the stories of the Disability Arts movement from being lost.

Introducing ‘Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage’ ➡️ disabilityarts.online/magazine/new...

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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
Have you responded to the consultation on the 'Get Britain Working' Green Paper yet?

We have compiled a page which contains our response and those from other organisations that you can use to form your own and help us #ProtectAtW.

disabilityarts.online/resources/gu...
June 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
k8ifer.bsky.social
Please, if you can, write a letter to your MP about the current Access to Work situation.
There's a handy template in the post below.

Labour want to get people back into work, but the issues with ATW are making the opposite happen.

#ProtectAtW
disabilityarts.bsky.social Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · Jun 2
Are you wondering how you can help fight against the changes to Access to Work?

📝 Write a letter to your MP, there's even a template for you to use.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
We are asking the culture sector to stand in solidarity with disabled colleagues and help us #ProtectAtW
Please sign and share this open letter to Lisa Nandy (DCMS) and Liz Kendall (DWP).

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May 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
We are holding four sector support meetings for self-employed creatives/workers or employers in the arts and culture sector about the current Access to Work situation.
All meetings will be live captioned and BSL interpreted.

More info and tickets ↓↓
disabilityarts.online/resources/gu...
Photo of laptop displaying access to work page from gov.uk. Below white text on a blue background reads: Changes to Access to Work, Meeting for Self-employed Artists/Creatives. Friday 6th June, 12pm-1.15pm. Monday 9th June, 6pm-7.15pm. Online, Free. Photo of laptop displaying access to work page from gov.uk. Below white text on a blue background reads: Changes to Access to Work, Meeting for Arts and Cultural Organisations. Thursday 5th June, 1pm-2.15pm. Monday 9th June, 10am-11.15am. Online.
May 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
📢 We've compiled a page of information on issues affecting Access to Work customers and new applicants, and details on how we can help.

There are also actions you can take to fight the proposed changes to Access to Work.

Read now and help #ProtectAtW

disabilityarts.online/resources/gu...
A blue background with a yellow box that contains blue text that reads: How can you fight against the changes to access to work. Below is a teal box containing white text that reads: 1. Find out more about the changes on our website. 2. Sign and share the open letter from the culture sector. 3 Include the hashtag #ProtectAtW when posting on social media. 4. Write to your MP using our template letter. 5. Respond to the current DWP consultation. Below is #ProtectAtW written in yellow and the DAO and Cathy Waller Co logos.
May 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
A message from Decode:
As co-founders of Decode, we understand that many people are concerned about Access to Work and the status of their grants. On Tuesday 27th May, we’ll be publishing everything we currently know about Access to Work, including details of upcoming live webinar sessions for both artists and organisations. We’ll also share how you can get involved in advocacy efforts moving forward. Cathy Waller Co & Disability Arts Online
May 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
k8ifer.bsky.social
Val Kilmer will always be Nick Rivers to me.

If you've never seen Top Secret, give it a watch. One of my favourite films of all time.

youtu.be/e6K6VRFpA-k?...
Val Kilmer - How Silly Can You Get (Top Secret!) (1984)
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April 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
k8ifer.bsky.social
Ah man, Tony Slattery.

Lets enjoy one of his finest Whose Line performances, that for some reason seemed to get cut out of repeats on telly.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOcw...
Bartender (forgetting his wardrobe, loves an inflatable pig) - Whose Line UK
YouTube video by WhoseLineUK
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January 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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disabilityarts.bsky.social
To coincide with #UKDHM and this year’s theme of Disability, Livelihood and Employment, we have written a step-by-step resource aimed at supporting organisations to improve the accessibility of their recruitment and employment practices.

Explore the Guide - https://buff.ly/3OMNe6Z
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December 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM