SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE: DISABILITY EQUALITY SCHEME ACTION PLAN 2010 – 13 Time Scale Long: By July 13 Medium: By September 11 Short: By January 11
Cost £2K £ blank
updated 09/Sep/10
- estimated cost - cost involved - no cost
Governance Employment and Staffing Action
Impact/Outcome
Responsibility
We will develop a DES and Action Plan in line with current legislation and ensure all staff are familiar with these.
Ensures equalities is central to work and staff involved. Equalities central, staff involved.Informs practice Meetings minuted. Equalities at core. Embedding issues in philosophy of Rep/SDT; increased access for all.
DES WG
Done
AC/ IA
Done
Informs and embeds working practices. All aware of obligations and transfer into practice. Equalities at core. Ensures equalities at core and staff involvement. Increased diversity of workforce. Increased diversity of workforce. Improved accessibility.
IA/DES WG
Medium
Ongoing
IA/AC
Short
Ongoing
We will establish an SDT/Rep DES Working Group to meet bi-monthly to review DES and Action Plan. We will allocate funding and create a DES budget line We will review all Dundee Rep/SDT policies, including our Equal Opportunities Policy, to ensure they underpin principals of disability and diversity in line with current DDA legislation and ensure that they are in clear accessible language and available in both printed and electronic versions. When developing new policies we will consult with disabled people who work at or attend the Rep We will ensure that the Board and all staff are aware of all policies We will invite someone with experience re Diversity and Disability onto the Board. We will ensure that equalities and access is an agenda item at all SDT/Rep meetings. We will review recruitment/HR procedures in line with current DDA legislation We will seek to be awarded the Job Centreplus positive about disabled people Two Ticks symbol. We will implement a standard Equal Opportunities application form for all job vacancies which will be available in print or electronically. All job advertisements will be in clear accessible language and will be available in both printed and electronic versions. We will post all new jobs in Job Centre Plus and work with Local Employment Partnership to assist us in recruiting people we may not otherwise have considered.
AC/JS AC/IA
Time Scale
Medium
JB All
£ £
Status
Done Ongoing
Done Done
AC/IA
Medium
IA/AC
Medium
AC/IA
Medium
Improved accessibility.
AC/AB
Short
Increased diversity of workforce.
AB
Short
1
Cost
We will include a paragraph in job specs re welcoming applications from disabled people, offering support with applications if required (whilst being clear about any limitations). We will collect data for requests from job applicants for alternative format print We will review monitoring of all job applicants for diversity and equality. We will review monitoring of the Board and SDT Staff and collaborators in terms of diversity and equality, updated annually We will appoint a member of staff as Disabilities Champion at Work and provide relevant training, ensuring all staff are aware of this post and area of responsibility. We will continue to Enhanced Disclosure check (and CRB check if from overseas) all staff. All staff will receive diversity, disability and equality training every 2 years. We will review continuation of the DAFC post beyond March 2012 and implement a fundraising strategy in relation to this post. We will continue to administrate all Access to Work claims. We will ensure all staff are trained in fire evacuation procedures. We will ensure that all staff & support workers have evacuation chair training, refreshed annually. We will ensure that house style and branding for SDT conforms to accessibility standards.
Improved accessibility.
AC/AB/ VB
Short
Informs future systems to increase no. of disabled applicants. Informs future decisions re advertising jobs. Ensures needs of all staff considered. Ensures needs of all staff considered. Good practice.
AB
Medium
AC/AB
Medium
AC/IA
Medium
JS/AC
Medium
Effective involvement and feedback from Aims of project evaluated; inform ongoing SDT working practice. Increase access for disabled staff members. H & S improved. H & S improved.
AC/CB / IA JS/AC/C B
Equalities central.
All
Short
VB
£ £
Ongoing
Short Long
£
VB AC/VB/RH
Done & Ongoing
Done & Ongoing Ongoing Done & Ongoing Ongoing
Short
VB
Artistic Action
Impact/Outcome
Responsibility
Time Scale
When updating SDT’s Strategic Plan we will ensure that disability and diversity equality are considered and prominent, conveying our commitment to equalities. We will create a document on SDT Artistic policy articulating the company’s commitment to equalities and access. On a project by project basis, we will continue to consider how to include disabled people in different aspects of our future artistic programming, be that as artistic
Equalities at core.
JS/AC
Medium
Reflects priorities in terms of equality and diversity. Equalities at core.
JS
Medium
JS/All
Med
2
Cost
Status
Ongoing
£
collaborators, teachers or consultants. We will present our inclusive work, NQR, throughout 2010 and possibly beyond. We will prioritise a direct promotion of the dissemination of the work of SDT in the field of disability at a minimum of two events per year. We will continue the post of DAFC until March 2012 and review the situation regarding this post in the future. We will use materials from the DAFC independent impact study by Jo Verrent to highlight the project and provoke debate. We will invest in training for Artistic Leadership for Marc Brew via our Associate Director Fellow post. We will collaborate with others in the performing arts sector to prepare and deliver a Symposium on disability equality within the arts, addressing in particular developmental and professional opportunity for disabled artists.
Via the DAFC post we will continue to offer mentoring and training opportunities for disabled artists/teachers.
We will continue to develop links with other relevant organisations in order to run projects for and/or including disabled people. We will hold performances and CL activity in accessible venues whenever possible.
Visibility of work. Impact assessed through audience feedback. Visibility of SDT work, promoting equality, role models. Aims of project evaluated; inform ongoing SDT working practice. Measure impact of DAFC project and highlight issues to inform future. Equalities role model, aims of project evaluated. Increased opportunities for disabled artists. Researching future possibilities. Measure impact via reports and feedback. Increased opportunities for disabled artists to fulfil their creative potential. Measure impact via feedback from those involved. Increasing capacity, ensuring reach of projects. Improved access.
SDT’s DAFC will continue to be involved in SDT’s Interactive performances.
JS
Med
JS/AC/C B/Mkt
Medium
JS/AC/C B
£
Ongoing Ongoing
£80
Done & Ongoing
Ongoing
Medium JS/MB
Short
£45k
JS/CB
Medium
£
CB/MB
Medium
JS/CB/MB
Medium
All
Ongoing Done & Ongoing Done & Ongoing
3
Participation/Creative Learning Action
Impact/Outcome
Responsibility
Time Scale
SDT’s CL activity in Dundee and on tour nationally and internationally will continue to seek to increase access for people.
Increased access, informing through practice.
CrL
Short
Ongoing
SDT Interactives will include disabled and non-disabled artists, at least up until March 2012.
Profiling equalities; more inclusive audience base established. Improved access.
JS
Long
Ongoing
CrL, VB
Short
Ongoing
H & S improved.
CrL
Done
Improved access.
CrL,VB,
Done
More inclusive participant base established. H & S improved.
CrL, Mkt
Improved data collection and analysis to measure impact. Demonstrate impact; informs future strategy. Increase access of offer.
CrL,Mkt
Short
CrL,Mkt
Medium
CrL,RCL
Medium
Informing through practice. Seek feedback to measure impact. Increase diversity; sharing practice. Increase diversity and accessibility.
VB
Dissemination of information, profiling equality.
Where practicable, we will endeavour to run SDT CL events only in accessible venues. Our external workshop booking form will indicate the request for the space to be risk assessed prior to the activity. We will ask re specific & access requirements on all booking forms (external & internal). When recruiting participants for projects we will add a paragraph stating that we welcome applications from disabled participants We will ensure a Health & safety / house keeping briefing takes place at the start of each workshop including fire evacuation procedures, evacuation chairs, accessible toilets. Creative Learning evaluation will be gathered by printed and, where appropriate, verbal or electronic means. We will review the monitoring of creative learning participants around disability and diversity. Where practicable we will endeavour to include disabled people in SDT’s placements (school children, dance students). We will continue to inform RCL placements re SDT’s inclusive work, highlighting equality and access issues. We will continue our links and develop new relationships with Schools and groups who work with people with Additional Support Needs. We will consult and where appropriate involve people from groups such as older people in order to take into account their needs and to keep place with new legislation in 2011. We will organise a further 3 Devil’s Advocate platforms initiated by our DAFC to build awareness of disability issues eg in the training and development of and professional opportunity for disabled dance artists
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Short
CrL, Dancers
Cost
Status
Done Done
Ongoing Done & Ongoing
CrL/CB
Medium
CrL
Long
DAFC/CrL
Medium
Customer Service Action
Impact/Outcome
Responsibility
Time Scale
We will examine the possibility of including an access section on Databox, or create an Access mailing list through manual means We will reinstate the Rep/SDT Visitor Service Group who will meet regularly to ensure that access is always on the agenda We will continue to offer tour touch tours and provide in house training.
Enhance audience experience. Improve access and customer experience. Enhance experience; improved access. Improved data collection, analysis informs future practice. H & S improved. Improved Access.
FOH
Short
FOH/Mkt
Medium
Ask Caish Autumn 2011
FOH
Medium
Ongoing
FOH
Long
£
FOH Rep Mkt
Short Short
£
Increased access for deaf audiences.
All
Short
Action
Impact/Outcome
Responsibility
Time Scale
Cost
Status
We will formulate and deliver an integrated marketing and audience development strategy, ensuring that disability, access and inclusion is reflected throughout the strategies and their action plans. New SDT Marketing Strategy to be completed in 2011. We will ensure that the language and images used in all our communications (inc CL)are inclusive, clear, accessible and represent the broad nature of our stakeholders
Equalities at core; increased access and experience.
KS
Long
£
Ongoing
Easier to read document, easier to access, increasing diversity of audience and participants Improved access both in print and at venues. Easier to read document, easier to access, and improved experience. Improved data collection and analysis to inform future campaigns and
Mkt
We will review monitoring of audiences regarding disability and diversity. We will update our FOH PEEP plan and train staff in the procedures held within We will provide large -print menus in the restaurant We will continue to have BSL performances, including SDT Interactives.
Cost
Status
Autumn 2010
Ongoing
Marketing & Communications
We will include information on venue accessibility in our print material, being honest re the access limitations of both our venue and those to which we tour. We will offer large print and alternative accessible programmes at all venues and create clear appropriate signage to indicate availability. Laminated sign. We will review our monitoring processes to enable us to measure the effectiveness of our access awareness projects and focus our campaigns
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Mkt/Tech
Done & Ongoing Short
Mkt Mkt
Medium
Autumn 2010 £
Done & Ongoing
£
Autumn 2010
We will liaise closely with our home and tour venues re ensuring booking procedures are inclusive, including information on welcoming learning disabled people appropriately We will disseminate information via press and other publications, conferences and seminars regarding NQR and the DAFC project in order to highlight good practice.
targets. Improved access and overall experience.
Mkt,FOH
Medium
Promoting equality and increasing impact of project. Encouraging involvement of disabled people in dance. Improved access. Highlight feedback on website to provoke debate. Improved access.
CB/JS Mkt
Medium
Mkt Mkt
Short Medium
Mkt
Medium
Better data management to ensure broad dissemination of information. Improved access.
CB,CrL, Mkt
Long
Mkt
Long
Improved access.
Mkt, CrL
Medium
Action
Impact
Responsibility
Time Scale
We will add an Accessibility page to our website, located from the homepage, stating what SDT is doing re accessibility and providing a point of contact. We will review our website in terms of diversity and disability.
Improved access.
Mkt
Short
Done
Improved access, profiling role models of disability, promoting equality. Improved access. Promoting equality.
Mkt
Medium
Ongoing
Mkt Mkt/CB
Medium
Ongoing Done
Improved access.
Mkt
Long
£
Ongoing
Increase accessibility.
Mkt
Long
£
Ongoing
When gathering evaluation material we will offer both printed and electronic versions For inclusive projects we will seek specific feedback to measure impact. We will research using Sign Tube, a BSL version of You Tube. – See also Jo Verrent’s notes We will develop relationships with disability agencies to promote projects and opportunities by monitoring and updating our database of contacts All DVD’s produced by Scottish Dance Theatre will include access option (subtitles, audio description etc) We will include information on venue accessibility for creative learning activity in print material.
Ongoing £
Ongoing
Autumn 2010 Ongoing £
Ongoing Ongoing
£
2011
Website
We will ensure that the language and images used on our website are inclusive. We will add a section for Dance Agent for Change on the Homepage in order to make it more prominent and continue to submit information for the DAFC website. We will offer transcripts as word documents of our promo DVD and any other audio interviews. We will research adding an audio described promo video on our website.
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Cost
Status
We will improve the information about our accessible performances online. We will add clear instructions on our site that detail how our audience can receive accessible print. We will ensure that all generic access documents are available online. We will ensure that all downloads are available as word documents as well as PDF’s We will endeavour not to layer text over images. We will be honest on our website re the access limitations of our venue and those to which we tour by clearly stating access details.
Improved access. Improved access.
Mkt Mkt
Short
Ongoing Done
Improved access. Improved access. Improved access. Improved experience for audiences.
Mkt Mkt Mkt Mkt/Tech
Medium Short Long Medium
Action
Impact
Responsibility
Time Scale
SDT will review their tech spec to include specific questions re accessibility
Improved experience for disabled staff members. Monitoring venues to measure impact on disabled people. H & S improved.
Tech
VB
Done
H & S improved.
All
H & S improved and improved workplace. Improved access.
ALL/RH
Medium
Done and ongoing Ongoing
IA
Medium
£200
Improved access.
IA
Medium
£200
Improved access.
IA
Long
£2K
Improved access.
IA
Medium
£
Improved access. Improved access.
IA IA
Medium Short
H & S improved. Improved access. Improved access. Improved H & S and
RH RH IA IA
Medium Short Medium Medium
£ £
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing
Venue & Building
We will develop a checklist to assess SDT events venues on their level of accessibility (tour venues, CL venues) We will request Tayside Fire Dept to look over SDT’s PEEP Plan. We will update risk assessments for offices, studios and public areas – to be updated annually and filed with our Building Manager. We will ensure office layout considers the requirement of disabled colleagues and that office floors and corridors are kept clear of hazards at all time We will improve signage for the indoor ramp in the reception /FOH area and include in access print. We will improve signage/ highlight lift access in FOH/Bar areas and include in access print. We will adapt the entrance to stage door from street level to enable access to disabled staff We will examine possibilities for improving access to the Rep restaurant and bar areas We will examine possibilities to improve access at Box office We will create a laminated seating plan to be kept at Box Office to assist customers unable to see the seating plan at the desk We will purchase an evac chair for the front of house area and train relevant staff. We will implement a simpler/different disabled toilet locking system. We will improve signage backstage, to include information on accessible facilities We will update the pack for visiting companies to include information on fire
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Tech
Cost
Status
Done Short
£1250
£200 £200 £200
evacuation procedures and accessible facilities We will improve disabled access to studio 3 through the installation of a lift. We will investigate the possibility of installing auto doors in the lower corridor. We will look at possible areas to store mobility equipment. We will investigate adding white nosing on the steps in the auditorium. We will investigate the feasibility of installing handrails in the auditorium We will improve accessible seating area in the auditorium examining more flexibility of the space to enable wheelchair users and non wheelchair visitors to sit together
access. Improved accessibitily increased diversity of RCL/SDTCL groups. Improve accessibility for staff and participants. Improve accessibility. Improve H & S and accessibility Improve H & S and accessibility Enhance experience for audience members.
IA
35K
Done
IA
2K
Done
IA IA
Medium Long
£ £30K
RH
Medium
£
IA
Short
£3K
Key to Initials: Disability Equality Scheme Working Group (DES WG), Amanda Chinn (AC), Janet Smith (JS), Dawn Hartley (DH), James Brining (JB), Ian Alexander (IA), Viktoria Begg (VB), Amanda Barnett (AB), Caroline Bowditch (CB), Marc Brew (MB), Ron Hare (RH), Rep Front of House (FOH), SDT Marketing (Mkt),Rep Marketing (RMkt), SDT Technical Team (Tech), SDT Creative Learning Team (CrL), Rep Creative Learning (RCL)
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