Policy Recommendations

    • Accessible transport options to access cultural/urban offers that consider safety, cost and time, e.g.  private minibuses.

    • Free entry or subsidies to events should be extended to carers and not only the child/adult with SEND.

    • Need for better awareness and marketing of the free cultural offers available by engaging with existing charitable networks and supports.

    • Subsidised incentives to attend that make clear the quality of the provision and the accessibility for both carers as well as children with SEND.

    • Continuous programming of activities that go beyond occasional ‘shows’ throughout the year, including events that bring targeted, diverse groups in the form of musical encounters lead by trained practitioners.

    • Diverse provision of activities across the city in different neighbourhoods and locales, rather than just within central locations.