Welcome to Kaleido
Our name is derived from the Greek: Kalos, meaning “beautiful” & Eido, meaning “shape”. A contemporary use of the Greek is Kaleidoscope – “a constantly changing group of bright objects”
Kaleido is the strategic development agency in the South West for all disabled and Deaf artists. We exist to ensure that the kaleidoscope of arts in the south west is full and vibrant.
Kaleido supports and promotes disabled and Deaf artists and arts activities. Working in partnership with the region’s many arts organisations, we exist to challenge perceptions, policies or practices that currently exclude disabled and Deaf artists.
We believe in empowering disabled and Deaf artists through training and professional development to access the same professional opportunities as their non-disabled colleagues.
Our goal is to ensure all disabled and Deaf people are able to take part in all aspects of the creative cultural life of their community, whether as artists, audience members, arts workers or participants.
Follow the links below to find out exactly how we can help you.
News
Arts Council England South West's Disability Equality Action Plan
Earlier this year Arts Council England South West held a series of 6 meetings across the region with disabled artists and arts managers, Arts Council regularly funded organisations (RFOs) and other stakeholders. They were asked what they thought about ACE's services and how ACE and RFOs can engage more disabled people in their work. The meetings were to inform ACESW's Disability Equality Action Plan and their approach to working with disabled people. The Disability Equality Action Plan will be available from October. You can now download the report from the meeting here, including an Easy Read version.
Download report (94KB)
Download Easy Read report (2MB)
For more information contact: Ruth Hecht, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, ACESW e-mail: ruth.hecht@artscouncil.org.uk tel: 01392 229254 Ruth is also developing a Diversity mailing list to keep people informed of relevant Arts Council initiatives. If you would like to be on the mailing list please download and fill in the form below and return to her.
Jobcentre Plus improve Access to Work procedures for creative industries
Remark South West has had recent success working with Jobcentre Plus on how Access to Work will work for the broadcasting and creative industries in future. They have changed the criteria for assessment and will generally now assess applicants once every three years, allowing their adjustments to be portable between different employers. This is particularly important in an industry where people tend to move around on short term contracts or as freelancers, and has been widely welcomed.
Jobcentre Plus have also set up a virtual centre of excellence with ten advisors around the country who will deal with all applications from people working in the creative industries.
If you want to work in film, television or the digital creative industries and need help with Access to Work, the South West representative is
Adrian Neads (South West) AtW Business Centre 19 Eagleswood Business Park Woodlands Lane Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32 4EU Tel: 01454 848521 Fax: 01454 848540 Text: 01454 617641 ADRIAN.NEADS@JOBCENTREPLUS.GSI.GOV.UK
For more information please contact Ramon Woolfe Director Remark! South West Swindon Office Tel: 020 8691 0210 (via interpreter) www.remark.uk.com
Get talking!
Kaleido has set up a social networking site for Disabled and Deaf artists from across the south west. A chance to engage with others in your practice and to discuss Kaleido's projects and other issues facing you as artists in the region. To request to be added to the network, send an e-mail to admin@kaleidoarts.org.
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