Ramps on the Moon supports organisations to embed Disability Equality at their core

Our vision is a mainstream cultural sector where disabled people can develop ambition, learn, work, participate, innovate, & flourish. We want to equip organisations to be more confident in seeking out disabled people’s voices, talent & leadership, and thereby enhancing their relevance to the communities they serve. This cannot be achieved through one-off, discrete projects but must involve systems, processes and organisational culture.

 

When disabled people tell their own stories, stereotypes are challenged, disabled people’s lives are improved & the offer to audiences is enriched.

Donna Mullings, William Grint, Alim Jayda and Shekinah McFarlane in rehearsals.

What is the change programme?

The Ramps on the Moon Change Programme is a programme of support for embedded change with performing arts organisations committed to disability equality and anti-ableism. Selected change partners are committed to changing their processes and practice, including the way they make and present work, so that disabled people are an integral part of the organisation.

Building on the evaluation of the Ramps on the Moon Consortium, we provide Change Partners with tools, skills and information to support organisational change, as well as training in Disability Equality in practice. We facilitate opportunities to share learning within the cohort of Change Partners and with the wider sector. We also help Change Partners to embed creative access for disabled audiences and to engage disabled people in making shows. 

Participation in the Change Programme includes a programme of monthly workshops, discussions and training for senior leaders in your organisation, mentoring and advice from Ramps on the Moon and our partners People Make It Work, and access to a network of individuals and organisations who are at different stages along the same journey of embedding anti-ableist practice.

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Don't take our word for it

City of London Sinfonia have signed up for our 2024/25 cohort, and Rowan Rutter, CEO, says:

Village Idiot - Credit Marc Brenner
Being part of this cohort marks a step-change for CLS. It’s not a one-off project, it’s a commitment to learning, change, challenge, transparency and collaboration. I didn’t wait for us to be invited in, I asked if we could join, because it felt too important an opportunity for us to miss. It’s that energy of making sure we’re part of something, which we want to discover how to extend to people we haven’t worked with before, audiences we haven’t reached before and stories we haven’t told before.

Ramps on the Moon is the gold-standard; we’re delighted to be part of their cohort
Rowan Rutter, CEO City of London Sinfonia
Rowan Rutter
CEO, City of London Sinfonia

And Ramps founding partners can attest to the transformative work we do. James Brining, Artistic Director / CEO at Leeds Playhouse says:

A group of people dressed in poor, raggedy, Victorian-era clothing huddle together and look out towards the audience and camera, signing in BSL as they stand in a dim, cold light. On a screen behind them, the word 'Imagine' almost glows in a cool blue colour.
“Ramps on the Moon has had a tremendous impact on British Theatre as well as Leeds Playhouse. Having been at those early meetings where the project was being developed and witnessing the range of ways the project has supported, impacted and transformed both practice and thinking in our theatre has been truly inspirational.

It’s been a privilege to be involved and to benefit from the skill, experience and solidarity that Ramps on the Moon affords. This is vital work and it’s exciting to see how the next chapter unfolds.”
James Brining Headshot
James Brining
Artistic Director/CEO Leeds Playhouse

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