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The Showman's Show - The Outdoor Event Services Exhibition

“What a pleasure to chat with Harry Jones, founder of Accessible Events, about the challenges that the UK’s festival organisers are facing as they try to embed inclusivity and accessibility into their events.”

 
 

Love Save’s The Day Awarded Silver In Attitude Is Everything Charter

Bristol’s Love Saves the Day Festival (cap. 30,000), promoted by Team Love, has achieved Silver in the Live Events Access Charter by accessibility charity Attitude is Everything.

The Live Events Access Charter for 2023-2025 has set out the industry standard for improving disability equality in all aspects of live events.

 

Accessible Employment Guide Launch Event

Attitude is Everything, launched a new Accessible Employment Toolkit with an online panel streamed live from the Moth Club on the 18th May 2021, in partnership with Route.

Our panel featured:

  • Robin Millar OBE (Chair, Chrysalis Blue Raincoat)

  • Harry Jones (Freelance Festival Accessibility Manager)

  • Jude McArdle (Membership Manager - Association of Independent Music)

  • Paul Hawkins (Head of Volunteering and Skills Development - Attitude is Everything)

 
 
 

Professional Profile: Angharad Jones

For our second Professional Profile, we spoke to Festival Accessibility Consultant, Angharad Jones. Harry is proud to support the Beyond the Music Project and is a member of our Professionals Network which you can sign up for here.

First of all, please explain your role and what you do (or at least what you were doing outside of the current shutdown!)

I am an Accessibility Consultant for festivals/events across the UK. Shows that I have worked on, establishing Accessibility Teams include; Love Saves the Day, The Downs, Wilderness, Lovebox, Truck Festival, Bluedot and Simple Things. In addition, I have worked with existing teams for Glastonbury Festival, Tramlines and the Rewind Festivals. 

 
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Everything you thought you knew about ADHD is wrong.

For decades, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has been one of the most debated disorders, generating countless books and articles fretting over its alleged over-diagnosis. Yet even while people question its validity, ADHD also seems uniquely of our time, used now as a colloquialism to describe a digital age of technological distractions and low attention spans.