Accessibility

Consider access at the very start of creating your event and integrate it at every stage of planning and delivery. Sometimes it takes only small actions to make a big improvement to access.

The Equality Act 2010 simplifies and strengthens the law in relation to discrimination. It is sets out nine protected characteristics, which must be safeguarded to ensure equal treatment. These characteristics are:

• age
• disability
• marriage and civil partnership
• gender reassignment
• pregnancy and maternity
• race – this includes ethnic or national origins, colour and nationality
• religion or belief
• sex, and
• sexual orientation

There are guides for businesses and charities / voluntary organisations to help people understand the law and their responsibilities.