Access and Context

Recommendation 3:
We recommend cultural strategies are created and published following accessibility guidelines and explicitly ensure the accessibility of text and images, provide information on publication and authorship, and provide credit and attribution for content included.

The following ‘yes/no’ questions will help you assess the information required to contextualise and make a cultural strategy accessible. 

After you have completed the questions, you will receive an indication of the progress made towards ensuring accessibility and contextualisation.

For some questions there will be a link to an external resource that can assist with understanding the suggestion. The results are not saved. The quiz can be completed multiple times.

The quiz is divided into two parts: (1) Access “(2) Context

Part 1: Resource for Access

Part 2: Resource for Context

As an additional resource, the below PowerPoint presentation includes examples of how cultural strategies have provided information and credit related to contributions and materials used. All strategies can be accessed via the dataset available from Think Kit Resource 2

Further considerations and suggestions

1. Undertake an Equality Impact Assessment (see UK Parliament Guidance overview and a one-minute guidefrom Leeds City Council)
2. Extend accessibility considerations to other interactions linked to the strategy (for example, co-creation and consultation events)
3. Engage user communities and individuals in reviewing materials with consideration to paying for involvement (see The Social Change Agency Guidance)
4. Commission creative practitioners (artists; photographers; etc.) in generating the content and assets used within a strategy and address the terms for (ongoing) usage and/or discrete payments
5. Consider the diversity of images and representations
6. Review use of Artificial Intelligence in creating content (for example, Arts Council England Guidance on internal usage)
7. Create an easy read version (see UK Association for Accessible Formats Guidance)
8. Connect to and align with relevant accessibility design policy (e.g. internal to a local authority)
9. Review and plan for ongoing resource commitments to ensure access and accessibility.