UK-based charity Youth Music has launched a new fund called ‘Shift the Scene’ with £2.25m to invest in projects for Disabled children and young people. The launch was accompanied by a report, ‘Excluded by Design‘, which explains the barriers that these people face when accessing music and arts.
“In recent years, we’ve seen some exciting innovation and progress when it comes to Disabled young people’s access and inclusion in the arts. But change hasn’t come fast enough,” noted the report. “Too many arts programmes for young Disabled people start from a place of pity. What Disabled people can’t do, not what they can. The social model of disability is still not widely understood or adopted, despite having been around for 40 years. Lots of barriers to access remain.”
The report includes six recommendations to tackle this, while the new fund will open for applications on 31 October.
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source musically.com ’
