Category: Accessibility

  • Disabled Access Day 2025

    a smiling wheelchair user approaches an open door. Everything is blue, but the open door emits a welcome yellow light.

    Disabled Access Day falls on 16 March. The award-winning disabled access charity, Euan’s Guide, created the day in 2015. The aim of Euan’s Guide is to empower disabled people. Providing information that gives them confidence and choices for going out and about. Their website shares thousands of experiences and venue reviews by disabled people. Thousands of… continue reading

  • Becoming a host venue for Kirkstall Art Trail

    A map with 3 markers. Two with photos of host venues, the third with a map of Kirkstall.

    Being a host venue for Kirkstall Art Trail is “fabulous”! Don’t take our word for it; that’s what one of the first-time hosts told us in 2024. “It was fabulous, thank you for encouraging us to get involved, and for making it all so easy and well organised.” Many new hosts can be wary and a… continue reading

  • Callout 2025 – making Kirkstall Art Trail accessible

    We welcome all artists to apply for this year’s Kirkstall Art Trail. But, we recognise that there may be barriers to taking part.  We want you to feel that this is the place for your work, and we want to help where we can. Below are the ways in which we can do this:  How you… continue reading

  • Kirkstall Art Trail’s view on the proposal to close Abbey House Museum

    Four photos of Abbey House Museum, both exterior and interior. The words, Abbey House Museum - Consultation, are below the photos.

    It saddens us to hear about the proposal to close Abbey House Museum to the public. It has been part of the Kirkstall community, as a museum, for almost 100 years (1927). The marvellous and educational Victorian Street has been with us since the 1950’s. “Museums have always been a space of civic pride, for… continue reading

  • Creating an inclusive Kirkstall Art Trail 

    This year, for 2024, we have been working behind the scenes to make Kirkstall Art Trail a more inclusive and welcoming place to visit. We want to make the Trail as accessible for people as we can. Where everyone feels art is for them, no matter their background. To do this we started with the… continue reading