Inside of the busy Hull tech and innovation hub, Dom Smith from WARO chats to Emily Clixby of Gig Buddies (and accessible band, Sunflower) about her work for Mencap and GB, as well as thoughts on the value of volunteering, and how venues and customers can work together to better support people with mental, and physical disabilities.
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Hull has an explosive, diverse, and fantastic creative community from the New Adelphi Club to the wondrous exhibits of Humber Street Gallery. That same community can sometimes feel elusive to outsiders. Introduction We asked some of our favourite artists in the area what it’s like in Hull’s ether of neurodivergent creativity. Neurodivergence is the term […]
When Danielle Partis was just a teenager, she was mocked for taking a notebook and camera to gigs. She was even told by an editor of a local blog that she would never write for Metal Hammer and that her work was merely “passable”. Despite being diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia at just […]
Following a successful trial period the first direct arena are pleased to announce that accessible tickets are now available to purchase online. Venue personnel have been working with official ticketing partners Ticketmaster to provide a solution that will greatly improve the options available to Deaf and disabled customers. The service has been made available for all future […]
Blaine Harrison talks to WARO’s Dom Smith about his attitude to success, staying creative and his work as an activist with Attitude Is Everything. Listen to the chat below… https://www.mysteryjets.com/ http://www.attitudeiseverything.org.uk/ 0 0 votes Article Rating Brett Herlingshaw
Bespoke instrument builder, Philip Catterall discusses his aims to inspire and motivate people with disabilities to think differently about how they can create music. Talk to us about the biggest challenges you have faced in building this project? Convincing able-bodied people that creating/being involved in music for people with impairments is “do-able” with inexpensive open […]
