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The Company operates in a presenter model, producing works that are presented by an extensive network of venues and festivals including the Sydney Opera House, The Arts Centre, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Perths Awesome Festival, Come Out! 鱨վs Festival and the Singapore International 鱨վ's Festival. Arena employs a small core staff of 3.5 (EFT) Artistic Director, General Manager, Program Manager, and Artistic Associate (part-time position) with additional creative and technical staff employed on a project-by-project basis. The Company is governed by a Board of Management and receives ongoing support from federal, state, and local government arts funding bodies and project-specific support from a range of philanthropic foundations. 鱨վ this Disability Action Plan Arena recognises that approximately 20% of the Australian population lives with some form of disability, and many of these people experience serious disadvantage in areas such as education, employment, and access to cultural events including the arts. The Company has developed its first Disability Action Plan (DAP) to address such disadvantages in relation to the spectrum of Arenas undertakings. The Company is committed to ensuring people with a disability are able to engage with Arenas activities and that the Company continues to exhibit best practice in all endeavors. Definitions Arena has adopted the definition of disability contained in the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) (1992). This includes - but is not limited to - disabilities that are physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, and neurological. The definition covers disabilities that currently exist, may exist in the future, or are imputed to a person. Where accessibility is used in this DAP, this term refers to accessibility in its broadest sense, in terms of achieving increased access to cultural events and the arts for people with a range of disabilities. Development & Implementation This DAP was developed with the involvement of core staff, the Arena Board of Management, and the invaluable advice of Arts Access Victoria. The DAP will be monitored and reviewed by the Arena Board of Management annually as part of strategic planning activities, and reported on in Arenas Annual Report. As part of the Companys commitment to information sharing, Arena will submit this DAP for inclusion on the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) website. Scope Like many small-to-medium arts organisations, Arena faces the challenge of limited financial, human, and physical resources. This creates specific obstacles in developing strategies that can reduce the variety of disadvantages that people with disabilities experience. For Arena, the main challenges relate to inability to dramatically alter physical accessibility at our rental premises and any limitations to accessibility encountered at the venues in which our work is presented. For the purposes of this DAP, Arena has focused on the Companys commitment to reducing disadvantage for people with disabilities in relation to three specific areas: communications and marketing of our artistic program; recruitment and employment procedures; promotion of greater participation in the broader arts and wider community in Melbourne. These are areas in which the Company believes it can affect change in 2010 - 2011, with other areas envisaged as longer-term goals. GOAL 1: Reduce barriers to persons with a disability accessing Arena productions, activities, and information. ActionMeasuresTimelinePersonnelPartner with venues and presenting bodies that actively pursue disability access through means such as: Maintaining physically accessible venues; Affiliating with the Companion Card Program; Employing Front of House/Customer Service staff with disability awareness training; and/or Providing venue and performance information in multiple formats.The majority of the Companys annual performance program is presented by organisations with DAPs that address patron accessibility.OngoingGeneral ManagerPromote Arenas artistic program and Company activities to people with disabilities and appropriate representative organisations.Arenas program information included in at least two publications aimed at young people with disabilities and/or their carers.OngoingProgram ManagerEnsure Arenas website is accessible to people with disabilities.Website complies with AA Accessibility level (as outlined by the W3C Web Accessibility Imitative: www.w3.org).31 Aug 10Program Manager ActionMeasuresTimelinePersonnelUpdate the Companys Equal Opportunity Employment policy to include direct reference to people with disabilities.Arenas EOE policy includes references to people with disabilities.31 Dec 10Board of ManagementReview and implement recruitment policy and procedure to ensure job advertisements, position descriptions, and all recruitment-related documents are available in multiple formats.Employment documents available in multiple format during recruitment periods.as requiredGeneral ManagerInclude the Companys DAP in new staff and Board of Management inductions to ensure individuals recognize the shared responsibility for the implementation of this DAP.1. All current staff and Board of Management members issued with a copy of the DAP 2. New staff and board members issued with a copy of the DAP during induction.1. 22 Nov 10 2. as requiredGeneral Manager GOAL 2: Reduce barriers faced by persons with a disability obtaining and maintaining employment at Arena Theatre Company. GOAL 3: Promote inclusion and participation of people with a disability in the arts community, as artists, arts workers, and audiences. ActionMeasuresTimelinePersonnelEngage with peak bodies and organisations addressing disability and the arts in Victoria and nationally, and, where appropriate, contribute to these organisations campaigns and activities.Maintain subscriptions to Arts Access Victoria and Arts Access Australia newsletters ongoingProgram ManagerAdvocate to funding bodies for support for small-to-medium arts organisations to address physical accessibility constraints in rental accommodation.1. Work with Theatre Network Victoria to take on advocacy role for sector 2. Participate in Arts Access Victoria and Arts Access Australia campaigns for physical accessibilityongoingCo-CEOs GOAL 4: Achieving tangible changes in attitudes and practices that discriminate against persons with a disability in our society. 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The definition covers disabilities that               s2 onE5currently exist, may exist in the future, or are imputed to a person.             2 o+5 F12 o/5Where accessibility is ,  G2 n(5used in this DAP, this term refers to ac     R2 /5cessibility in its broadest sense, in terms of      2 nV5achieving increased access to cultural events and the arts for people with a range of               2 n 5disabilities.   2 5 F 2 n5 F-52 n5Development & Implementation        2 B5 F-2 nN5This DAP was developed with the involvement of core staff, the Arena Board of                         2 n5MF h2 z>5anagement, and the invaluable advice of Arts Access Victoria.                 #2 M5The DAP will be    _2 n85monitored and reviewed by the Arena Board of Management               82  5annually as part of strategic       (2 n5planning activities      L2 +5, and reported on in Arenas Annual Report.              22 5 As part of the Companys        -55555555444444444444333333333333222222՜.+,0 hp  Arena Theatre Company5'  DISABILITY ACTION PLANDISABILITY ACTION PLAN 2010 - 2011鱨վ Arena Theatre Company"鱨վ this Disability Action Plan DefinitionsDevelopment & Implementation Title Headings   !"#$%&'()*+,-.012345689:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~Root Entry FOYData /1Table7'WordDocument3\SummaryInformation(KDocumentSummaryInformation8CompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q