Access & Inclusion
In this section
As a member of the BFI Film Audience Network, we embed the BFI Diversity Standards across all of our projects.
Meaningful access and inclusion allows more people to enjoy great films. When applying for our funding, we encourage you to address as many of the Diversity Standards as possible.
To create accessible, inclusive events, we encourage you to:
- Check out our Access & Inclusion resources
- Reach out to us to set up a meeting – or you can book via our Funding Surgeries
- Apply for a Pitch Pot to support your access initiatives
- Use our Access Rider template for your team
Our Access & Inclusion Goals: 25/26
Ensuring our events and opportunities are accessible is our top priority, and we have created a set of goals and action points to help us achieve this. These are ever-evolving, and we always welcome feedback on how we could improve.
Our goals were inspired by the learnings from Independent Cinema Office’s Disability Across the Board training, during which the Australian Centre for Moving Image shared their Disability & Inclusion Action Plan.
By producing a public-facing Disability Action Plan, you can devise reasonable, time-bound actions that will make your organisation more inclusive. View an example Disability Action Plan here.
Erika Stevenson for Glasgow Film
Access Riders
An Access Rider can help you to understand and support those you work with to the best of your ability. According to Shape Arts, Access Riders are:
“a tool that can be used to share information about your access needs in a clear and concise way, especially if you often work with different people, or have specific needs that need to be considered before starting a project.”
We welcome those we work with to share an Access Rider with us.
Access Rider Examples
- https://disabilityarts.online/magazine/opinion/access-rider-open-template/
- https://www.shapearts.org.uk/news/access-docs-for-artists-resource
- https://weareunlimited.org.uk/resource/creating-your-own-access-rider/
- https://diversity-arts-culture.berlin/en/magazin/access-rider
- https://www.accessdocsforartists.com/guide-to-making-an-access-doc
How to create an Access Rider
Creating your own Access Rider can allow the organisations and people you work with to support you in the best way possible. There are many ways to create an Access document depending on how you would like to express and describe your needs. There is no one right way!
Here are some questions you might want to ask yourself when writing an Access document, helpfully outlined by Access Docs for Artists:
- What access barriers have I encountered in the past and how could these have been navigated?
- What would stop me from being able to do the project at all? How can I be facilitated?
- What situations do I expect to be in during an upcoming project, and what barriers might I encounter there?
- What about being around during an install? Speaking at an event? How can my access needs in those instances be facilitated?
- Would it be helpful to add ‘This is negotiable’ or ‘This is non-negotiable’ next to any individual points?
We have created an Access Rider template you can use when working with us, or another organisation:
→ Download our Access Rider template
Further reading
Our Projects
Our targeted projects address specific areas of need amongst Scotland's exhibitors.
Resources
Resources, toolkits and guides to support your organisation.
Membership
Become a member of Film Hub Scotland to access free guidance, support and funding opportunities.