Category: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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Personal Stories – Rare Disease Day
Rare Disease Day is an important international awareness day that takes place annually on 28 February (or 29 February in leap years). Our secretary, Mindy, has chosen to use the day to tell us her personal story about living with a rare neurological condition. ❝I became disabled by transverse myelitis in late 2015, with a growing list…
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Kirkstall Art Trail 2025 are recruiting Artist Facilitators
Kirkstall Art Trail are looking to recruit artists to lead on two community art projects based in Kirkstall. Project 1. We would like to see artists specifically with skills in digital arts (such as video, animation, projection etc). Project 2. This project is open to artists with skills in any art form. Both projects will…
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Kirkstall Art Trail’s View on the Proposal to Close Abbey House Museum
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…
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Volunteer With Us
Kirkstall Art Trail and Kirkstall Advent Trail are volunteer-run events. They happen because members of the community give their time to organise, promote, and put on the events. Volunteers are one of the most important part of Kirkstall Art Trail. Including the organisers, who are already planning for the art trail next year. This will…
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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…
