Access to Literature: Survey for organisations

About this Survey

This survey is for literature organisations, funded and non-funded in the UK, including (but not limited to):

- organisations who work with and for writers and poets;

- organisations who develop programmes of activity and content for readers and wider audiences.

You can choose to complete the survey anonymously, or you can share your organisational info. Whichever option you choose, any information you share with us in this survey will be anonymised in any findings and reports.

The survey forms part of CRIPtic Arts’ and Spread the Word’s Access to Literature research work which aims to understand the barriers to access in the literature sector for D/deaf and disabled writers and audiences and how we can improve access to programmed opportunities both in person and online.

Through providing your feedback we will be able to start to build a data and evidence base to support change and the opening up of opportunities for D/deaf and disabled writers and audiences.

The new deadline for you to complete the survey is 10am, Monday 11 October.

The research will result in a report of the findings, online sharing of best practice and training sessions for funded organisations, non-funded organisations and individual creative practitioners.

Your personal data will not be shared and any findings used in the report will be anonymised.

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* 1. Contact details - these are optional, you can choose to be anonymous if you wish.

Name

Position

Email address

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* 2. Organisation details (optional - you don't have to share if you'd rather not)

Organisation

Address

Postcode

Website

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* 3. Please tell us what type of organisation you are

Not for profit (for e.g.: charity, CIC)

Voluntary (i.e.: unconstituted)

Commercial business

Other (please say)

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* 4. Please tell us if you are currently in receipt of:

Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation status

Arts Council England project grants funding

Not applicable

Other (please say)

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* 5. Please tell us the primary areas of your work (choose up to three):

Writer development

Publishing

Agenting

Festival

Reader development

Courses

Residencies for D/deaf and disabled writers/ poets/ creative producers

Commissioning opportunities

Events

Residentials

Mentoring

Community projects

Bookselling

Prize/s

Children/ young people work

Workshops

Other (please say)

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* 6. Please tell us how you delivery your work (choose as many as apply)

Online

In-person

Hybrid

Via third party (e.g.: bookshop)

Other (please say)

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* 7. Do you have an access policy?

Yes

If yes, please provide a link to it

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* 8. How would you rate your and your teams’ understanding of making your organisation’s work accessible to D/deaf and disabled writers and audiences? (1 = low, 5 = high)

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* 9. Please tell us how you currently make your work accessible:

Other (please say)

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* 10. Please tell us the three main challenges to making your work accessible to d/Deaf and disabled writers and audiences:

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* 11. Please tell us what would be most helpful to support you in making your work and organisation more accessible:

Best practice guidance

Training specific to literature organisations

‘How to’ guides

Peer to peer learning network

Other (please say)

Access to Literature: Survey for organisations

About this Survey

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* 1. Contact details - these are optional, you can choose to be anonymous if you wish.

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* 2. Organisation details (optional - you don't have to share if you'd rather not)

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* 3. Please tell us what type of organisation you are

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* 4. Please tell us if you are currently in receipt of:

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* 5. Please tell us the primary areas of your work (choose up to three):

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* 6. Please tell us how you delivery your work (choose as many as apply)

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* 7. Do you have an access policy?

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* 8. How would you rate your and your teams’ understanding of making your organisation’s work accessible to D/deaf and disabled writers and audiences? (1 = low, 5 = high)

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* 9. Please tell us how you currently make your work accessible:

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* 10. Please tell us the three main challenges to making your work accessible to d/Deaf and disabled writers and audiences:

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* 11. Please tell us what would be most helpful to support you in making your work and organisation more accessible:

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* 12. If you have an example of what you consider to be good practice in terms of access to literature, please tell us about it here:

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* 13. Anything else you would like to say about your organisation’s approach to increasing access to literature and the support you may need:

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* 14. Are you happy for us to contact you about your survey responses?

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* 15. Would your name to be put forward for a £50 National Book Token?

	Always	Often	Sometimes	Never
Access list for pre-bookings	Access list for pre-bookings Always	Access list for pre-bookings Often	Access list for pre-bookings Sometimes	Access list for pre-bookings Never
Provide free spaces for personal assistants	Provide free spaces for personal assistants Always	Provide free spaces for personal assistants Often	Provide free spaces for personal assistants Sometimes	Provide free spaces for personal assistants Never
Provide communications about your work/ opportunities in different formats (i.e: Easy Read)	Provide communications about your work/ opportunities in different formats (i.e: Easy Read) Always	Provide communications about your work/ opportunities in different formats (i.e: Easy Read) Often	Provide communications about your work/ opportunities in different formats (i.e: Easy Read) Sometimes	Provide communications about your work/ opportunities in different formats (i.e: Easy Read) Never
Ensure accessible online communications (i.e: alt text)	Ensure accessible online communications (i.e: alt text) Always	Ensure accessible online communications (i.e: alt text) Often	Ensure accessible online communications (i.e: alt text) Sometimes	Ensure accessible online communications (i.e: alt text) Never
Website compliant with access standards	Website compliant with access standards Always	Website compliant with access standards Often	Website compliant with access standards Sometimes	Website compliant with access standards Never
Provide access information for event activity as standard	Provide access information for event activity as standard Always	Provide access information for event activity as standard Often	Provide access information for event activity as standard Sometimes	Provide access information for event activity as standard Never
Captioning	Captioning Always	Captioning Often	Captioning Sometimes	Captioning Never
Transcriptions	Transcriptions Always	Transcriptions Often	Transcriptions Sometimes	Transcriptions Never
Live transcription	Live transcription Always	Live transcription Often	Live transcription Sometimes	Live transcription Never
BSL interpreters	BSL interpreters Always	BSL interpreters Often	BSL interpreters Sometimes	BSL interpreters Never
Wheelchair access	Wheelchair access Always	Wheelchair access Often	Wheelchair access Sometimes	Wheelchair access Never
Work in partnership with disability organisations	Work in partnership with disability organisations Always	Work in partnership with disability organisations Often	Work in partnership with disability organisations Sometimes	Work in partnership with disability organisations Never
Consult with d/Deaf and disabled writers/ creative producers	Consult with d/Deaf and disabled writers/ creative producers Always	Consult with d/Deaf and disabled writers/ creative producers Often	Consult with d/Deaf and disabled writers/ creative producers Sometimes	Consult with d/Deaf and disabled writers/ creative producers Never
Provide staff and Board inclusion and access training	Provide staff and Board inclusion and access training Always	Provide staff and Board inclusion and access training Often	Provide staff and Board inclusion and access training Sometimes	Provide staff and Board inclusion and access training Never
Provide workshop/ reading materials in advance of workshops/events	Provide workshop/ reading materials in advance of workshops/events Always	Provide workshop/ reading materials in advance of workshops/events Often	Provide workshop/ reading materials in advance of workshops/events Sometimes	Provide workshop/ reading materials in advance of workshops/events Never
Build in regular breaks as part of workshop/ event timings	Build in regular breaks as part of workshop/ event timings Always	Build in regular breaks as part of workshop/ event timings Often	Build in regular breaks as part of workshop/ event timings Sometimes	Build in regular breaks as part of workshop/ event timings Never
Provide trigger warnings (verbally/on materials/in communications)	Provide trigger warnings (verbally/on materials/in communications) Always	Provide trigger warnings (verbally/on materials/in communications) Often	Provide trigger warnings (verbally/on materials/in communications) Sometimes	Provide trigger warnings (verbally/on materials/in communications) Never
Get information from artists/ participants on their access needs	Get information from artists/ participants on their access needs Always	Get information from artists/ participants on their access needs Often	Get information from artists/ participants on their access needs Sometimes	Get information from artists/ participants on their access needs Never