"Arts for Health: Carnegie"

Papers relating to the Carnegie UK Trust, particularly concerning the Committee of Inquiry into the Arts and Disabled People (Carnegie Council for the Arts and Disabled People), established following the Attenborough Report's recommendations. The Committee sought to assess the extent to which existing facilities enabled people with disabilities to engage in the arts, whether as artists or audiences.

Papers relate to accessibility to the arts for disabled people, and funding for the arts within healthcare provision. Includes a Carnegie Council Review, "After Attenborough: arts and disabled people", a directory of voluntary organisations concerned with disability and the arts, meeting papers of the Carnegie Council, papers relating to ADAPT (Access for Disabled people to Arts Premises Today), and various other notes and papers.

1986-2003

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The Committee of Inquiry into the Arts and Disabled People was set up by the Carnegie Trust UK in 1982, and was the first comprehensive review in the UK evaluating the facilities available for disabled people to participate in the arts. It was chaired by Richard Attenborough (Arts for Health President, 1989–2014). Peter Senior was also a member of the Committee. The report, known as the Attenborough Report, was published in 1985. It was discussed in Parliament in December 1986 and May 1987.