Generated by the Attitude is Everything campaign which aims to improve deaf and disabled people’s access to live music events, the judging criteria will be across all categories, but the winner of the Best Grassroots Festival will receive a £1,000 bursary to go towards access and disability equality training.
Announced by the Arts Minister, Simon Crean, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Jan McLucas, the funding will support and promote the work of Arts Access Australia (AAA), including implementation of the National Arts and Disability Strategy.
In response to numerous requests from arts organisations outside New York, the not-for-profit Theatre Development Fund (TDF) developed the National Open Captioning Initiative. The initiative targets regional areas where captioned theatre is not in use, and provides organisations with the skills to provide the captioning service and raise awareness of the value of open captions.
