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Diversity Information and Issues: Young People, Culture, Disability

Here you'll find a group of resources specifically to help you keep up with key diversity information and issues.

Web links

Diversity Works for London – comprehensive website with case studies, documentation, advice etc. Please note you will be asked to register but this is free: www.diversityworksforlondon.com/server/show/nav.006
The Disability Alliance's home page is here: www.disabilityalliance.org
The home page of the Equality and Human Rights Commission can be found at: www.equalityhumanrights.com
Mapping cultural diversity across the globe – report contributing to the UNESCO debate, November 2010: www.unesco.de/fileadmin/medien/Dokumente/Kultur/U40/Mapping_Cultural_Diversity_FINAL.pdf
Hear by Right, standards for the active involvement of children and young people (specific section for Museums & Galleries) www.nya.org.uk/hear-by-right-in-museums
Young people and the universal declaration on cultural diversity, a very interesting paper entitled ‘All Different, All Unique’, can be found at: unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001345/134556e.pdf
UNESCO home page for culture: portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=34603&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Universal declaration of Human Rights, United Nations (1948): www.un.org/en/documents/udhr

Case Studies

Useful Documents

Case Study 1 - Challenging Disability

The challenge

CS1_garden3_small We felt that people with mental and physical disabilities were significantly under-represented in our volunteer workforce and we wished to address this.

Case Study 4 - 'Count Me In': Youth Ambassadors Project, Devon

The challenge

Devon local authorities were concerned about the low number of young people participating in cultural activities and were looking for ways of reaching this age group in particular.