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UK cultural organisations join up to promote seven inclusive principles for disabled people in arts & culture
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Unlimited announces new commissions round worth over £500,000
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Disability Arts Online announces new cohort of Associate Artists for 2020-2022
Text banner white text on a purple and then a green stripe which reads 7 Inclusive Principles for the arts in Covid-19

UK cultural organisations join up to promote seven inclusive principles for disabled people in arts & culture
A black woman with intricate face paint and a lacy headscarf spreads her arms wide

Unlimited announces new commissions round worth over £500,000
brightly coloured semi-abstract painting

Disability Arts Online announces new cohort of Associate Artists for 2020-2022
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Disability Arts Cymru announces inaugural Arts Prize Winners
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Disabled artists across the UK to flood social media with art to break down barriers
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Emerging writers to bring new perspectives to cultural criticism
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Unlimited commissions programme extended until 2022
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Disability Arts Online leads on new programme to develop disabled critics in Scotland
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Disability Arts Online (DAO) is delighted to announce Alexandrina Hemsley as our next Guest Editor
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Unlimited announces latest awards with over £550,000 to support the development of ambitious new artistic work
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Creative Scotland announces new ‘inclusive’ funding stream
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Mind the Gap’s Staging Change project gets people with learning disabilities employed in the arts
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Disability Arts Online announces its latest Guest Editor
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Dolly Sen takes the reigns as Guest Editor of Disability Arts Online
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Unlimited announces £120,000 of funding for new work by disabled artists
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Disability Arts Online announces its first ever Guest Editor
British Paraorchestra and Extraordinary Bodies

Arts Council England’s NPO announcement includes significant increase in diverse-led organisations
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Unique new book brings together literature exclusively from deaf and disabled writers
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Unlimited unveils latest commissions with £945,000 to support ambitious artistic work
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Deafinitely Theatre announces new tour for its adaptation of Kathryn Cave’s children’s book Something Else
Lemn Sissay gives out award

Creative Future Literary Awards 2017 opens for entries from under-represented writers
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Disability Arts Online (DAO) announces award of Elevate Funding
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Full programme announced for Southbank Centre’s third Unlimited Festival

Disability Arts Cymru celebrates poetry competition winners with launch of an e-book