Liveable communities are places where people have the opportunity to live, learn, work and play as they wish. Physical accessibility is important, but liveable communities are also about the opportunity for social engagement, personal and business interactions, feeling safe and secure and being included in community activity. PERFORMANCE ACTION RESPONSIBILITY TIMEFRAME MEASURE Ensure Arts NSW and Screen Positive feedback from NSW events are held in attendees received. All staff Ongoing accessible venues and cover all No accessibility issues aspects of accessibility. identified at events. Administer MOU with icare (formerly the NSW Lifetime Increase participation of Care and Support Authority): people with disability, Strategic Initiatives team, Arts 15 arts and disability 30 June 2017 including artists with disability, NSW organisations are delivering in arts and cultural projects. projects funded by $670,000 from icare Attend and speak at events, forums, conferences and Staff to present at more arts Executive Team, Managers, Ongoing workshops with the arts and and disability events annually. DIAP Committee disability sector. Sector encouraged to engage with Arts NSW and Engage in regular discussions Screen NSW. Executive Team, DIAP and dialogue with the arts and Ongoing Committee, Managers Arts NSW and Screen NSW is disability sector. informed about arts and disability issues. Publicise results of research project by the University of Technology, Sydney commissioned under Stage Information on research Strategic Initiatives team and One of the NSW Arts and findings promoted by Arts Communications Officer, Arts From September 2016 Disability Partnership: NSW and Department of FACS. NSW. The Social Impact of Creative Participation in NSW Arts and Disability Partnership Projects 2016. Ensure members curating Increased representation of panel sessions at events people with disability on All staff Ongoing consider including artists with panels organised by Arts NSW disability as speakers. and Screen NSW. Improve visibility of and access Accessibility issues identified Infrastructure team, Business to Arts NSW and Screen NSW and management procedures Ongoing Manager properties. in place. Ensure staff are informed about how to respond to queries from artists with Provide services to assist Executive, Arts Development disability. artists in applying for Arts NSW Ongoing Applicants with disability feel and Investment team and Screen NSW grant funding. that their needs are adequately met by Arts NSW staff processes. Ensure that Arts NSW and People with disability to be an Screen NSW research and data integral part of research All Ongoing collection activity includes planning and reporting. people with disability. Consult with artists and art workers with disability and The of people with relevant communities on Policy and Strategy, Arts NSW disability is reflected in our Ongoing major strategic and policy and Screen NSW policies and strategies. developments of Arts NSW and Screen NSW.
Liveable communities are places where people have the opportunity to live, learn, work and play as they wish. Physical accessibility is important, but liveable communities are also about the opportunity for social engagement, personal and business interactions, feeling safe and secure and being included in community activity. ACTION PERFORMANCE MEASURE RESPONSIBILITY TIMEFRAME Ensure Arts NSW and Screen NSW events are held in accessible venues and cover all aspects of accessibility. Positive feedback from attendees received. No accessibility issues identified at events. All staff Ongoing Increase participation of people with disability, including artists with disability, in arts and cultural projects. Administer MOU with icare (formerly the NSW Lifetime Care and Support Authority): 15 arts and disability organisations are delivering projects funded by $670,000 from icare Strategic Initiatives team, Arts NSW 30 June 2017 Attend and speak at events, forums, conferences and workshops with the arts and disability sector. Staff to present at more arts and disability events annually. Executive Team, Managers, DIAP Committee Ongoing Engage in regular discussions and dialogue with the arts and disability sector. Sector encouraged to engage with Arts NSW and Screen NSW. Arts NSW and Screen NSW is informed about arts and disability issues. Executive Team, DIAP Committee, Managers Ongoing Publicise results of research project by the University of Technology, Sydney commissioned under Stage One of the NSW Arts and Disability Partnership: The Social Impact of Creative Participation in NSW Arts and Disability Partnership Projects 2016. Information on research findings promoted by Arts NSW and Department of FACS. Strategic Initiatives team and Communications Officer, Arts NSW. From September 2016 Ensure members curating panel sessions at events consider including artists with disability as speakers. Increased representation of people with disability on panels organised by Arts NSW and Screen NSW. All staff Ongoing Improve visibility of and access to Arts NSW and Screen NSW properties. Accessibility issues identified and management procedures in place. Infrastructure team, Business Manager Ongoing Provide services to assist artists in applying for Arts NSW and Screen NSW grant funding. Ensure staff are informed about how to respond to queries from artists with disability. Applicants with disability feel that their needs are adequately met by Arts NSW staff processes. Executive, Arts Development and Investment team Ongoing Ensure that Arts NSW and Screen NSW research and data collection activity includes people with disability. People with disability to be an integral part of research planning and reporting. All Ongoing Consult with artists and art workers with disability and relevant communities on major strategic and policy developments of Arts NSW and Screen NSW. The of people with disability is reflected in our policies and strategies. Policy and Strategy, Arts NSW and Screen NSW Ongoing
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