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Information and ticket services for disabled people
Summary: Details of organisations who provide tickets and information for disabled people for arts and music venues, especially in the London area.
Artsline
Arts and entertainment information and advice for disabled people in London.
Provides up-to-date information on the physical access and aids for the disabled at all of London's arts venues. Artsline campaigns to improve access, and publishes a monthly magazine, DAIL - Disability Arts in London, with London Disability Arts Forum.
Artsline
5 Crowndale Road
London
NW1 1TU
Telephone 020 7388 2227
admin@artsline.org.uk
Disability Resource Team
Information on events at the South Bank Centre, English National Opera, the Royal Opera, Barbican Centre, St John's Smith Square and Wigmore Hall.
The information is produced on "Music in London", a regular series of tapes, produced 2 months in advance so you can book ahead.
Disability Resource Team
2nd Floor, 6 Park Road
Teddington
TW11 0AA
Telephone 020 8943 0022
Cost: £10 per year for 12 tapes.
Shape London Ticket Scheme
Tickets to arts venues for elderly people, people with learning or physical disabilities or those recovering from mental illness, who live in London.
Members of the scheme receive a regular newsletter which gives details of discounts at various London venues. Volunteer drivers and escorts are available for those with mobility difficulties. Annual membership of the scheme costs £10.00 for individuals and £20.00 for groups.
Shape
356 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA
Telephone: 020 7700 0100
info@shapearts.org.uk
Further Reading
The National Music and Disability Information Service produce a publication, RP16, "Access to Arts Venues". It provides a useful checklist of points to consider for people with a range of disabilities when visiting a venue, taken from both the audience and performers point of view. The publication concludes with a list of useful publications and videos for those wishing to study the wider issues of access and disability.
Contact: Sarah Bennett-Day, Disability Officer
National Music and Disability Information Service
Sound Sense
7 Tavern Street
Stowmarket
IP14 1PJ
Tel:01449 673990
Fax: 01449 673994
Email: info@soundsense.org
Content author: mas@rnib.org.uk
Last updated: 22/07/2008 10:47
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