Role breakdown
of an access
Coordinator

Role breakdown
of an access
Coordinator

Contents

Contents

INTRODUCTION

This is an example of the different roles that an Access Coordinator working in a theatre company could cover. These roles should regularly be assessed and updated to consider new learning, understanding 
and awareness.

 

 

DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING ACCESS

Providing/working with the following for our deaf, hard of hearing and hearing community:

  • Captions, Interpreters, Lipspeakers, Creative Enablers, Deaf Consultants,
    translation assistance.
  • Deaf awareness training + implementation.
  • BSL training.
  • Possibly Lipspeaker training.

Considering our Artists by:

  • Creating sustainable and meaningful relationships with deaf & hard 
of hearing artists.
  • Making sure they are represented in decision processes.

Pioneering best Deaf Access by:

  • Developing and sharing best practice in the integration of deaf & 
hard of hearing artists into all aspects of Zoo Co’s work.
  • Advocating for deaf and hard of hearing artists within and outside 
of Zoo Co.

Considering our audiences by:

  • Developing sustainable and meaningful relationships with deaf & hard of hearing audiences.
  • Engaging with existing stakeholders in the community.

VI ACCESS

Providing/working with the following for our VI community:

  • Audio description/describers, braille, touch tours, more to be added.
  • VI awareness training + implementation. Also VI-accessible theatre awareness training.
  • Audio description training.

Considering our Artists by:

  • Creating sustainable and meaningful relationships with VI artists – this would only work if our work became VI accessible.
  • Making sure they are represented in decision processes.Pioneering best Deaf Access by:
  • Developing and sharing best practice in the integration of VI artists into all aspects of Zoo Co’s work.
  • Advocating for VI artists within and outside of Zoo Co.

Considering our audiences by:

  • Creating sustainable and meaningful relationships with VI audiences.
  • Engaging with existing stakeholders in the community.

MOBILITY / PHYSICAL, SPINAL CORD (SCI), HEAD INJURIES (TBI) AND INVISIBLE DISABILITY ACCESS

Providing/working with the following for our Physically 
Disabled community:

  • Accessible working spaces (ramps, lifts, toilets etc), more to be added.
  • Physical disability awareness training + implementation.
  • Other training.
    Considering our Artists by:
  • Creating sustainable and meaningful relationships with physically disabled artists.
  • Making sure they are represented in decision processes.

Pioneering best Physical Disability Access by:

  • Developing and sharing best practice in the integration of physically disabled artists into all aspects of Zoo Co’s work.
  • Advocating for physically disabled artists within and outside of Zoo Co.

Considering our audiences by:

  • Developing sustainable and meaningful relationships with physically disabled audiences.
  • Engaging with existing stakeholders in the community.

COGNITIVE LEARNING (NEURODIVERSE) ACCESS

Providing/working with the following for our Neurodiverse and Learning
Disabled community:

  • Visual Stories, Easy Read Documents, Note Takers, Support Workers, Carers, Relaxed Performances and Relaxed Environments ethos, Break Out Spaces, Cast Introductions, text font, size and colour adjustments, Lateness Policy, Live Captions, Time-Keeping Software, Task Organisation Programmes.
  • Neurodiversity training + implementation.
  • Learning Disability training + implementation.

Considering our Artists by:

  • Creating sustainable and meaningful relationships with neurodivergent and learning disabled artists.
  • Making sure they are represented in decision processes.

Pioneering best Neurodiverse Access by:

  • Developing and sharing best practice in the integration of neurodiverse and learning disabled artists into all aspects of Zoo Co’s work.
  • Advocating for Neurodiverse and learning disabled artists within and outside of Zoo Co.

Considering our audiences by:

  • Developing sustainable and meaningful relationships with neurodiverse and learning
    disabled audiences.
  • Engaging with existing stakeholders in the community.

MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS

Providing the following for our community:

  • Mental Health First Aiders, Reasonable Adjustments to individual needs, more to be added.
  • MHFA training + implementation of mental health awareness.

Considering our Artists by:

  • Creating sustainable and meaningful relationships with our artists in which we support their mental health.
  • Making sure mental health considerations are represented in decision processes.

Pioneering best Mental Health Access by:

  • Developing and sharing best practice in the integration of Mental Health needs and adjustments into all aspects of Zoo Co’s work.
  • Advocating for mental health within and outside of Zoo Co.

Considering our audiences by:

  • Creating/Developing sustainable and meaningful relationships with our audiences by showing support for their mental health through the work we create and the stories we tell.
  • Engaging with existing mental health advocate stakeholders in the community.

INCORPORATING ALL ACCESS

Providing/working with the following to make our output accessible to our communities:

  • Digital Body’ of work and live-streaming options for anyone who doesn’t want to/can’t attend the show/event for any reason.
  • Advocating for access needs on our social media outlets.
  • Promoting the access provisions we provide through our marketing.
  • Working with Access-To-Work.
  • Developing structured routes for community and voluntary partners to engage.
  • Prepare, coordinate and deliver activities for specific engagement events and projects.
  • Develop relationships with appropriate external agencies and organisations.
  • Attend a wide range of work and meet artists on behalf of Zoo Co.

Resources

Below, you will find other resources to support you in making your event/venue more accessible for learning disabled people. These include examples of:

  • Visual Stories
Example

    This can help physically disabled people to plan; their visit to your event, accessible entrances and exits into your venue, how they can interact with activities taking place, and what facilities are available to them. These documents can include information on transport links, start, interval and finishing times, ticket purchasing and validating on arrival, venue facilities, venue auditoriums and breakout spaces, and artists and staff members that the viewer may expect to meet on their visit. You can offer these as documents with pictures in (as seen here) and/or as a video version (that shows a recording of the journey from various transport links to your event destination, details of your venue layout, entrance/exit routes and its facilities, and your staff members/artists).

     

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  • Lateness Policy

    This is a policy created to recognise that lateness can be a result of the ways in which ableist society disadvantages the deaf, disabled and neurodiverse community. With this in mind, this policy can be put in place at your workplace to ensure your workplace is less ableist. This includes applying a ‘latecomers welcome at all times’ attitude to your event.

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  • Access Icons Guide

    These can be used when marketing your event. These icons aim to make accessible performances/venues easily recognisable to those who require it. Events happening across London Borough of Culture – This is Croydon should be using these icons whenever they have one of the access provisions listed provided at/for their event.

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  • Models of Disability

    These descriptions of the different models of disability can help inform (or refresh) an understanding of disability terminology and approaches.

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  • Role breakdown
of an access
Coordinator

    This page is an example of the different roles that an Access Coordinator working in a theatre company could cover. These roles should regularly be assessed and updated to consider new learning, understanding and awareness.

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