Equal Opportunities, Valuing Diversity, Cultural Diversity

Navigating Difference; cultural diversity and audience development
By 26 Different Authors
Pub Arts Council England 2006 ISBN 0728710773 £15
Navigating difference is a debate about issues that are at the heart of what it means to be British today. Leading voices from the art world discuss the relevance of cultural diversity and cultural identity to the arts.
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Strength; Broadsides from Disability on the Arts
By Paddy Masefield
Pub trentham Books 2006 ISBN 9781858563800
A radical, rumbustious, challenging investigation by Paddy Masefield, drawn from 40 years at the heart of the UK arts establishment; 20 as a non-disabled award winning playwright, director and arts consultant; and 20 as a leading representative of the struggle for disability rights in the arts.
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Focus on Cultural Diversity: the arts in England: attendance, participation and attitudes
By Ann Bridgwood et al
Pub Arts Council of England 2003 ISBN 07287100005 £12 [£16.10 inc p&p]
Detailed findings of a survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics, presenting information on attendance, participation and attitudes to the arts and culture among Black and minority ethnic adults in England.
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Arts Under Pressure: promoting cultural diversity in the age of globalization
By Joost Smiers
Pub Zed Books 2003 ISBN 1842772635

This book sees the arts as an arena of struggle – with emotional incompatibilities, social conflicts and questions of status and power. It explores diversity versus mass production and sets out a completely new vision of copyright and suggests a new international treaty on cultural diversity. Important stuff – it should be widely read. Review

Practical Guide to Working With Arts Ambassadors
By Mel Jennings
Pub Arts Council of England 2003 ISBN 0728709929 £10 [14.38 inc p&p]
An Arts Ambassador is defined as ‘a community networker with the objective of spreading the word about arts and cultural events and/or representing the views and aspirations of a target community’. Ambassadors have been effective in helping audiences to engage with the arts for at least the last two decades. The ambassador approach requires commitment and can even bring about fundamental changes in the host organisation. The guide takes the lessons learned from people with first-hand experience and summarises what we know currently about good practice. Includes useful case studies from across a range of art forms.
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Arts Ambassadors Unit
By Kim Haygarth
Pub Arts About Manchester 2001 £12.50 [£15.34 inc p&p]
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This report charts the work of Arts About Manchester’s Arts Ambassadors Unit to increase the representation of Greater Manchester’s sizeable black communities in the overall cultural scene. It is a series of case studies, selected to draw out some of the universal truths of the project (both positive and negative) for the wider application by arts organisations everywhere. The report draws on the wealth of activity of the Unit which created active unions between artists, venues and audiences, and its findings are based on formal evaluation, experience and observation. With accompanying CD-Rom.

Equal Opportunities Policy into Practice: Disability
by Ruth Bailey
Pub ITC 2001 £5.00* ISBN 1871180 090
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Equal Opportunities Policy into Practice: Sexuality
by Colin Richardson
Pub: ITC 1998 £5.00* ISBN 1 871180 07 4
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Equal Opportunities Policy into Practice: Gender
by Caroline Gardiner
Pub: ITC 1996 £5.00* ISBN1 871180 06 6
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Equal Opportunities Policy into Practice: Race
by Delia Jarrett Macauley
Pub: ITC 1997 £5.00* ISBN1 871180 05 8
Four booklets based on up-to-date research and information and providing practical guidance to theatre managers on important EO issues. The booklets aim to inform and inspire, and in my view, achieve both these aims. Lots to think about, and lots to do as a result of reading them.
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Employing Disabled People: Handbook of Good Practice
By Annie Delin
Pub The Arts Council of England 2000 £15 ISBN 07278 0794 2
Based on the Arts Council Apprenticeship Scheme Programme, this handbook takes employers, advisors and employees through all aspects of good practice, recruitment and retention. Includes case studies and example documents.
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An Inclusive Future? - Disability, social change and opportunities for greater inclusion by 2010
by Ian Christie and Gavin Mensah-Coker
Pub Demos 1999 £11.95 ISBN 1 84180 0007
A fascinating study that looks ahead at the impact that could be made on the inclusion of disabled people in society. Will we seize the opportunities presented now within the major changes taking place in transport, policy making, welfare and employment, to remove barriers and provide equal rights for disabled people?
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Whose Heritage? The Impact of Cultural Diversity on Britain’s Living Heritage
1999 Available free from Marston Books Tel: 01235 465500

Towards a Greater Diversity: Results & legacy of the Arts Council of England’s cultural diversity action plan 2002
Available free from Marston Books Tel: 01235 465500

Art – What’s In A Word? Ethnic minorities and the arts
By Helen Jermyn & Philly Desai
ACE 2000 ISBN 0 7287 0807 8 £10 [£13.30 inc p&p]
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The Shared Space: Cultural Diversity and the public domain
ACE 2002 ISBN 0 7287 0881 7 £5 [£7.84 inc p&p]
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A Force for Change: Enhancing the Quality of Women’s Involvement on Boards
By Tesse Akpeki
Pub NCVO 1997 £8.00 ISBN 0719915295 [£11.01 inc p&p]
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Differing Diversities: Cultural policy and cultural diversity
By Tony Bennett
Pub Council of Europe 2001 ISBN 9287146497 £9.50 [£12.90 inc p&p]
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Action for Access: A practical resource for arts organisations
Edited by Anne Hornsby
Pub TEAM 2003 £20 (Available direct from TEAM Tel: 0151 7096881
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Creative Equality: making equal opportunities work in the arts
by Christine Thornton and Gill Taylor
Pub: Eastern Arts Board 1996 ISBN 0952 3278 13 Out of print
This is a straight-forward, easy to follow guide on how to imbed equal opportunities practice across an arts organisation. It covers a wide range of issues and provides useful checklists and exercises, as well as case studies, within a manageable sized book. Sections include recruitment and selection, contract of employment, programming the arts, and promoting access through developing effective customer relationships. Recommended.

Equality in Action: Introducing Equal Opportunities in Voluntary Organisations
by Mee Yan Cheung Judge and Alix Henley
Pub: Directory of Social Change 1994 ISBN 0719914159 out of print
A serious book on equal opportunities that uses an Organisational Design (OD) approach. It can therefore be used as a DIY consultancy on equal opportunities, or organisational analysis for any other reason. There are many useful exercises, checklists and ideas for change management here.

See Also Arts Council publications for a range of titles on Disability Arts and Access and Cultural Diversity.

See under Value of the Arts… for social inclusion/exclusion

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