Art and culture education workshops are a unique area of accessibility because they aim to build a mutually supporting community. Accessible culture education classes are a great opportunity to make the public aware of the presence of people with disabilities in everyday public space. At the same time, such activities support the development of public awareness among people with disabilities and prevent self-exclusion. Therefore, start acting, take the first step.

This publication presents a set of tips on what attitudes, activities, and tools to use to start working in an accessible way.

The handbook is a part of Youth learning through Arts - Erasmus+ strategic partnership project coordinated by the Association of Finnish Children’s Cultural Centers. The project started in spring 2021. Official project partners are The Finnish Nature League (Finland), Pionirski dom – Centre for youth culture (Slovenia) and Društvo IMPRO – Association for culture and education IMPRO (Slovenia), Malopolski Instytut Kultury w Krakowie MIK (Poland) and The Center of Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor Cricoteka (Poland). All organisations share values and missions and are destined to enhance the implementation of children’s cultural rights as stated in the UN Convention on the rights of the child, article 31.