Organising Accessible Screenings
Venue: Shape, Deane House Studios, 27 Greenwood Place, Kentish Town, London NW5 1LB
Date: Thursday 7th May 2009
Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm (registration from 9.30am)
Do you want to ensure that your film screenings and events are welcoming for deaf and disabled audiences?
The Independent Cinema Office and Shape, the UK's leading disability arts organisation, have got together to develop an essential training course that will provide a wealth of practical information on making your cinema, arts centre, film festival or film society accessible.
The course is a must for programmers, audience development officers, marketing and communications staff, managers, administrators, events staff and fundraisers.
The course will cover:
- Disability equality – core concepts and appropriate terminology
- The Disability Discrimination Act – what the law means for your organisation
- Customer care – Techniques that enable your front line staff to warmly and respectfully welcome deaf and disabled people
- Screening considerations – Assistive technologies and physical access in the auditorium
- Marketing – Practical guidance on producing accessible publicity materials
- Guest speakers – Real life case studies from QUAD cinema and the Oska Bright Film Festival (Winner of National Lottery Best Arts Project 2008)
Trainer biography:
Jo Verrent has been a consultant in inclusion issues for over 20 years, working with arts organisations, local authorities, and Arts Council England. Jo regularly presents at conferences, including events in Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Serbia, and (often) London. She has run a wide range of highly successful events, including those on arts and mental health, the CPD of disabled people in the arts, audiences for disability-related work and on the needs of learning disabled artists. Jo won the national Cosmopolitan Woman of Achievement Award in 1999; and her village horticultural show's award for 'Best Preserve in Show' in 2003 and 2004! More about Jo here: www.adainc.org
Cost:
£125 + VAT (£143.75) including lunch, refreshments and course materials. If you require financial support to attend, you may be eligible to apply for a Skillset Screen Bursary or your screen agency may have training bursaries that you can apply for:
Skillset Screen Bursaries
List of screen agencies
Booking your place:
Registration is now closed.
Travel and access:
Shape is located in Kentish Town, close to the Northern Line tube station. The building has street level access, lifts to all floors and accessible toilets. If you have other access needs, please let us know on the registration form or you can contact us by phone or email.
Map to Shape offices
Directions from Kentish Town tube and buses
Directions from Gospel Oak overground station
Further information:
If you have any queries about the course or wish to check that it is suitable for your needs, please contact Tilly Walnes, Training & Development Officer: tilly@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk / 020 7079 0477.
Shape is the UK's largest arts development agency working with disabled and deaf people in the UK. www.shapearts.org.uk
