Correspondence Apr. 17 2024
Committee: International Agreements CommitteeFound: Letter to the Chair from Delyth Jewell MS, Chair, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and
Asked by: Thangam Debbonaire (Labour - Bristol West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote the inclusion of deaf people in sport.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Opposition Chief Whip (Commons)
The Government is dedicated to making sport in this country accessible and inclusive for everyone, including d/Deaf people.
That is why, through our arm's length body, Sport England, we have provided £1.2 million between 2022 and 2027 to support deaf sport at the grassroots level, build wider participation, and develop strong governance within UK Deaf Sport.
Sport England are also exploring a series of small-scale talent pilots for d/Deaf athletes. These pilots will see Sport England, National Governing Bodies, and UK Deaf Sport working together to explore these issues and suggest potential solutions.
The Government-funded School Games programme offers children the opportunity to take part in competitions in over 40 sports at local and regional level, including inclusive, modified versions of the sports. Since 2010, the School Games have offered 13.4 million participation opportunities for young people.
Outside of the school day, the £57 million investment in the Opening School Facilities programme allows schools to open their sport facilities outside of the core school hours. Up to 1350 schools across England have been targeted, with the funding aimed at having the most positive impact on their communities, including for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has supported a range of funding to help widen access to heritage. For example, in 2020 they supported Funky Kids to enable families of children with D/deafness or hearing impairments to take part in social activities that taught them about local heritage, traditions and skills passed down through generations.
Arts Councils across the UK are working together with the British Film Institute to launch a free, UK-wide arts access scheme, called ‘All-In’. The pilot of this scheme is set to launch in spring 2024. This scheme will operate across the UK in arts and cultural venues, for seamless, barrier-free booking which is responsive to individual circumstances and needs, including those who are d/Deaf.
DCMS investment is enabling important accessibility upgrades in cultural venues across the country, including via infrastructure grants to DCMS-sponsored cultural bodies. The joint DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, which is available to a wide range of museums and galleries across England, also has improvements to access and/or interpretation for visitors with disabilities as a core criterion. Recent grants have supported projects at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and the People’s History Museum in Manchester who are working with d/Deaf people, and other groups, to improve accessibility to their galleries and spaces.
Asked by: Thangam Debbonaire (Labour - Bristol West)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce barriers to entry for young deaf people in (a) sport and (b) other activities.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Opposition Chief Whip (Commons)
The Government is dedicated to making sport in this country accessible and inclusive for everyone, including d/Deaf people.
That is why, through our arm's length body, Sport England, we have provided £1.2 million between 2022 and 2027 to support deaf sport at the grassroots level, build wider participation, and develop strong governance within UK Deaf Sport.
Sport England are also exploring a series of small-scale talent pilots for d/Deaf athletes. These pilots will see Sport England, National Governing Bodies, and UK Deaf Sport working together to explore these issues and suggest potential solutions.
The Government-funded School Games programme offers children the opportunity to take part in competitions in over 40 sports at local and regional level, including inclusive, modified versions of the sports. Since 2010, the School Games have offered 13.4 million participation opportunities for young people.
Outside of the school day, the £57 million investment in the Opening School Facilities programme allows schools to open their sport facilities outside of the core school hours. Up to 1350 schools across England have been targeted, with the funding aimed at having the most positive impact on their communities, including for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has supported a range of funding to help widen access to heritage. For example, in 2020 they supported Funky Kids to enable families of children with D/deafness or hearing impairments to take part in social activities that taught them about local heritage, traditions and skills passed down through generations.
Arts Councils across the UK are working together with the British Film Institute to launch a free, UK-wide arts access scheme, called ‘All-In’. The pilot of this scheme is set to launch in spring 2024. This scheme will operate across the UK in arts and cultural venues, for seamless, barrier-free booking which is responsive to individual circumstances and needs, including those who are d/Deaf.
DCMS investment is enabling important accessibility upgrades in cultural venues across the country, including via infrastructure grants to DCMS-sponsored cultural bodies. The joint DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, which is available to a wide range of museums and galleries across England, also has improvements to access and/or interpretation for visitors with disabilities as a core criterion. Recent grants have supported projects at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and the People’s History Museum in Manchester who are working with d/Deaf people, and other groups, to improve accessibility to their galleries and spaces.
Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) through our culture and heritage capital programme. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) this week, though welcome in themselves, are not the solution to a problem now driving our arts and - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) part in helping arts and culture in every part of the United Kingdom. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) our arts and cultural industries? - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) make sure that future generations have the ability to join, enjoy and pursue a lifetime in arts and - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) of the richness of our arts and cultural heritage. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) one fascinated by heritage arts and crafts, I congratulate the Minister on the part that he played in - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) Department of National Heritage and the first Cabinet post for an Arts Minister; and as bold as Chris - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) transport, and supporting cultural, creative and heritage assets. - Speech Link
Mar. 14 2024
Source Page: Total Income of DCMS-funded cultural organisations 2022/2023Found: The cultural organisations included in this year’s report are: Arts Council England and their National
Found: the risks to community arts due to the crisis of and the general collapse of community infr astructure
Jan. 30 2024
Source Page: Lord Parkinson speech at the Annual Banquet of the Worshipful Company of Arts ScholarsFound: Lord Parkinson speech at the Annual Banquet of the Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Nearly 70 museums and libraries across England to benefit from £33 million boostFound: Nearly 70 museums and libraries across England to benefit from £33 million boost
Jan. 31 2024
Source Page: £15 million boost for cultural venues to level up access to the arts across EnglandFound: £15 million boost for cultural venues to level up access to the arts across England