Understanding and Working with Diverse Audiences and Participants

An accessibility checklist for anyone who wants to organise and plan an accessible event.

The Historic England Segments are designed to help heritage organisations reach a diverse range of people.

Advice on how organisations can ensure their work is inclusive of neurodivergent people and address barriers to participation.

Advice for anyone interested in examining and challenging existing perceptions of heritage.

Advice for organisations on how to recognise and address participation barriers for disabled people.

Advice on tackling some of the challenges that people with childcare responsibilities face in accessing heritage opportunities.

Advice about ways to connect with refugees in your area and what to consider when engaging with these communities.

This advice is for heritage organisations looking to broaden the stories they tell to include the stories of Gypsies, Roma, and Traveller communities.

A youth panel might be a valuable way of engaging young people in your work. Get advice on how to devise, recruit and run a panel.

Advice introducing the concept of the Social Model of Disability and how to embed it into organisations.

A visual story is a visual guide that potential visitors or participants can see before their visit to help them prepare for it.

Advice on the features and benefits of sensory maps and how to create one.

Advice for organisations on developing 'access riders' to ensure individual barriers are recognised and removed.

'Halifax Stars' is a project that celebrates local boxing heritage. This case study was produced with verd de gris arts.

'Unearthed: Collective Histories' was a 12-month pilot programme of commissions, workshops and events about 20th century histories of Clapham, London.

The 'Out of the Blue' project shows how you can engage with diverse groups and the importance of this work.

The 'Navvies' project explores and commemorates the heritage of the 17,000 working-class labourers who dug the Manchester Ship Canal.

The 'Beneath our Feet' project is an excellent example of working with school-aged children and teachers to tell working-class heritage stories.

‘Moments of Grace’ is a co-created project about working-class experiences of marginalised health professionals in London.

The 'People of Jane Pit' project engaged young people with collaboration and access to learning heritage skills.

A case study about the Youth Blacksmithing project by Newbigin Community Trust.

A case study by independent charitable trust Cloudesley on improving accessibility in churches and other historic buildings.

A case study covering 3 projects from the History of Science Museum and Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM).