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Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland
Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland (ACHWS) is an active network providing information and support for anyone working across arts and culture, health and wellbeing in Scotland.
Access Docs for Artists
An access doc, or access ‘rider’ is a document that outlines your disability access needs. You might make one so that you can give it to galleries/institutions/organisations when you start working with them on a project, such as a gallery you’re doing a show at for example, to let them know what you need them to facilitate to make sure you have equal access to work.
Co-Production Collective
A co-producing co-production collective that champions change in the community. Information on case studies, stories, toolkits and guidance, evaluation, evidence and learning.
Creative Differences
Universal Music UK handbook for embracing neurodiversity in the creative industries.
Disclosure Scotland
Information and guidance on disclosures for working with vulnerable adults and children.
Emotional CPR
Emotional CPR (eCPR) is an educational program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps: C = Connecting, P = emPowering, and R = Revitalizing.
Engage
Engage is the leading charity for promoting engagement and participation in the visual arts. Through advocacy, research, and training they help ensure the quality, inclusivity, and relevance of engagement and participation opportunities across the UK. Information on resources, toolkits, training and events.
Glasgow Women’s Library
Glasgow Women’s Library is the only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s lives, histories and achievements, with a lending library, archive collections and innovative programmes of public events & learning opportunities. Provides information on their projects and collections.
Health Cascade
Evidence based co-creation for public health. Provides up to date news and events.
Illustrated Freelancers Guide
The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide is a practical resource for the increasing number of artists, makers, writers and other creatives working freelance in Scotland today, now updated for 2022/23. This essential resource has been created to fill an information gap for creative freelancers to understand their rights and best practices in avoiding and addressing difficult situations.
Leaving Evidence
A useful blog to help put ourselves in the mind and experience of someone with access requirements.
Menstrual Cycle Coaching Academy
National Co-production Advisory Group
National Co-production Advisory Group is a membership body made up of people who access services, carers and family members. Provides information on projects.
NEUK Collective
Neuk Collective is a new collective of neurodivergent artists, funded by Creative Scotland’s Create: Inclusion project. Artist directory and resources for artists and organisations.
Photovoices International
Empowering local communities through visual storytelling. Bringing community voices into decision-making processes. Provides information on news, stories, and projects.
Red School
Leadership programme in the menstrual cycle and menopause
Sociocracy For All
Provides information on news, events, and case studies. A platform where everyone’s voice is heard, they use sociocracy to save time, make inclusive decisions and create more human organisations.
Shape Arts
Champions disabled creatives. Information and examples of projects and programmes.
Social Model of Disability
Creating Participatory Projects with Disabled People.
Scottish Artist Union
The Scottish Artists Union campaigns for better working conditions for all visual and applied artists living and working in Scotland. Provides information on news, events, public liability insurance, and resources.
Safeguarding Online
Downloadable document. Provides information and guidance on working safely online.
Unlimited
Unlimited is an arts commissioning body that supports, funds and promotes new work by disabled artists for UK and international audiences. Provides insights, toolkits, and resources for artists, creatives, producers, and the sector.
Understanding Diversity in the Arts
Downloadable document. This report provides a summary of the findings of an online survey. It helps to build a clearer picture about who is working in the arts today and the perceived barriers to entering, progressing, and developing in the arts professionally.