Access Collective

The Access Collective formed in Autumn 2024 when staff from Conwy Culture Centre, disabled Amdani! Conwy volunteers and artist Jess Balla, were supported to collaborate over two days. Together, they toured the library, museum displays, archive, community space and café to identify access barriers. They then participated in a workshop which drew on lived experiences to imagine ways one of Conwy’s essential culture spaces could become more accessible and inclusive.

Capturing the Access Collective’s experience of Conwy Culture Centre, the purpose of this publication is to be a useful document that supports disabled visitors to access Conwy Culture Centre. It also proposes ways of transforming the space which remove barriers, allowing more people to use its cultural resources.

This project found inspiration in the Social Model of Disability. This is a way of understanding disability that was created by disabled people in the 1980’s. It tells us that people are disabled by the barriers in society, and not their impairments or health conditions.