Support affordable transport Provide access to Passenger Program in place and Program review underway, options through the Transport transport to support Transport ongoing expected to be completed by late Access Scheme, which includes independent 2018 Australian Disability Parking participation in work, Permits and the Taxi Subsidy education and Scheme community life Output/brief description Outcome Who (lead) Key Comments dates/milestones Continue to support the four focus Increased development Arts Tasmania All Arts Tasmania noted that while feedback areas of the National Arts and and engagement grants and indicated there had been Disability Strategy by: opportunities for people programs to be on improvement in the funding with disability in the arts accessible application process for both encouraging people living and screen sectors SmartyGrants general and disability-specific with disability to apply to platform by July 2018 programs, there were still any of its programs opportunities to make the funding striving to ensure All Arts Tasmania processes more accessible and accessibility and equity for industry development more competitive for people with all applicants programs to be on the disability accessible providing an accessible SmartyGrants Following consultation with Arts online resource and model platform by March Access Australia, the Australian Disability Action Plan for 2019 Government Department of arts organisations see – Communications and the Arts promoting and facilitating All Cultural and selected SmartyGrants, a flexible take-up of tools and Tourism Development and buildable grants standards designed to grant programs (with management system, as the best improve the accessibility of the exception of the infrastructure to deliver Australian materials Events Tasmania Government arts funding Major Events The SmartyGrants system is program) to be compatible with screen readers managed on the
Support affordable transport options through the Transport Access Scheme, which includes Australian Disability Parking Permits and the Taxi Subsidy Scheme Provide access to transport to support independent participation in work, education and community life Passenger Transport Program in place and ongoing Program review underway, expected to be completed by late 2018 Output/brief description Outcome Who (lead) Key dates/milestones Comments Continue to support the four focus areas of the National Arts and Disability Strategy by: encouraging people living with disability to apply to any of its programs striving to ensure accessibility and equity for all applicants providing an accessible online resource and model Disability Action Plan for arts organisations – see promoting and facilitating take-up of tools and standards designed to improve the accessibility of materials Increased development and engagement opportunities for people with disability in the arts and screen sectors Arts Tasmania All Arts Tasmania grants and programs to be on accessible SmartyGrants platform by July 2018 All Arts Tasmania industry development programs to be on the accessible SmartyGrants platform by March 2019 All Cultural and Tourism Development grant programs (with the exception of the Events Tasmania Major Events program) to be managed on the noted that while feedback indicated there had been improvement in the funding application process for both general and disability-specific programs, there were still opportunities to make the funding processes more accessible and more competitive for people with disability Following consultation with Arts Access Australia, the Australian Government Department of Communications and the Arts selected SmartyGrants, a flexible and buildable grants management system, as the best infrastructure to deliver Australian Government arts funding The SmartyGrants system is compatible with screen readers
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