Cork City aims to make arts more inclusive for all

Inclusion and diversity charter wants to help build a city where the arts is for everyone, regardless of socio-economic status or cultural background 

Graphic recorder Hazel Hurley at Marina Market Cork for the official launch of the inclusion and diversity charter. Picture: Alison Miles /OSM PHOTO

The arts sector in Cork has unveiled an inclusion and diversity charter which it is hoped will help build a city where the arts is for everyone.

The charter sets out to identify any barriers to access — from simple physical or structural issues at venues right up to ticket pricing, lack of transport, socio-economic status or cultural background — and to find ways of breaking them down to encourage more access, inclusion and diversity.