Accessibility
Events should be able to be attended by everyone, including visitors with disabilities. But as an organizer, how do you make sure your event or festival is accessible? How do you remove barriers and obstacles for visitors with disabilities, and make sure they can experience your event well? On this theme page, event organizers will find information on how to make their event accessible.
Culture accessible to all
We would like culture to be available and accessible to all. Unfortunately, there are several factors that can create barriers. Consider a site that is not passable for wheelchairs, a lack of accessible signage, or a website without a read-aloud feature. This can unintentionally exclude some audiences, as well as, of course, creators and artists.
An event is accessible when people with and without disabilities can make the same choices about whether or not to attend. Accessibility thus goes beyond being able to get somewhere because it is also about being able to experience the event.
Who is this page for?
As an organizer, making an event accessible can be a challenging task. What types of disabilities do you all need to take into account? And what do you need to think about? To help organizers make their events more accessible, we offer a variety of tips on these pages.
The main tool is the checklist, which was developed in collaboration with cultural entrepreneurs and Apcg, Arnhem's platform for the chronically ill and disabled. This is a list of questions that can help organizers determine how far along they are in making their event accessible, and where areas for improvement lie.
How do you navigate through this page?
The pages in this knowledge base and checklist are organized into five themes:
The best starting point is the checklist of questions. Do you come across a question you need more information about? On the corresponding topic's page, you'll find background information to learn more about the topic.
Extra focus on accessibility in Arnhem in 2024
Cultuur Academy, Apcg and municipality of Arnhem join hands in 2024 to boost improving accessibility to events and festivals.
Come to our symposium "Accessible events, how do we take the next step?" on Monday, November 25, 2024 at De Weerd in Arnhem to gain even more knowledge and inspiration.
Heb je een plan om (een deel van) jouw Arnhemse evenement toegankelijker te maken en kun je daarbij extra steun gebruiken? Doe dan mee aan onze winactie! Stuur ons je plan en maak kans op een voucher van €2500.
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