This Plan outlines our strategy to embed access and inclusion principles across all aspects of our work and will shape how we engage artists, audiences and employees across the organisation – both online and in person.
We recognise that this is ongoing work and that the Plan will evolve as challenges, opportunities, and insights arise. We look forward to realising the objectives, goals, and actions outlined in our Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) and to making the MSO a more equitable, accessible and diverse place to experience music.
Read the Disability Inclusion Action Plan
Plan Commitment, Vision and Goals
We are committed to increasing disability confidence and competence within our organisation and our sector. We are working to create an environment where everyone can engage with us on an equal basis.
To do this, we have set ourselves the following goals to achieve over the next three years:
- Culture and employment (Internal operations)
To review our workforce diversity, workplace culture and systems to identify opportunities for improved inclusive behaviours, processes, policies, recruitment, and knowledge. - Creative Experiences (Artistic Programming / Schools / Learning & Engagement)
To review current artistic and learning and engagement programming and offerings and identify opportunities for improved access for participation. We will also identify artists with disability and disability-led organisations with a view towards future partnerships, collaboration, and capacity building. - Community (Audiences / Online / In person)
To review the accessibility needs of our current audiences as well as the services we provide through communication channels, platforms and customer service provisions. We will also examine how we are currently reaching and communicating with audiences and develop new communication strategies, language or style guides and customer service offerings as needed.
Each of these areas seeks to remove or reduce the social, economic, physical, behavioural, communication and attitudinal barriers that can prevent people with disability fully engaging with the MSO.
The development of the MSO's Disability Inclusion Action Plan was supported by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
