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Chinese Arts Centre - Accessibility

At Chinese Arts Centre we value accessibility to our services, building and website as a high priority. The following issues describe our best efforts to comply with as many requirements as possible in order to welcome all members of the public.

Access for all

Chinese Arts Centre is committed to making all of our services accessible to everyone. We were very proud to be finalists for the RIBA accessible building of the year in 2004 and want to build upon that. Whilst the building is physically accessible, we are now taking steps to make sure all aspects of our work engages with everyone. We would really appreciate feedback and suggestions on how we might improve.

Currently these are the services we offer:

All talks have a BSL interpreter present on request. Unfortunately we cannot schedule the services of a BSL Interpreter for every pre-programmed event. We must therefore ask that visitors contact Teige Maddrell at info@chinese-arts-centre.org no later than 7 days prior to the scheduled date of the event/s in order to request this service;

We provide exhibition notes in the following formats, large print, Braille and Cantonese;

We aim to provide a safe environment for all. We will accommodate all individuals with access needs;

We have two audio descriptive CD’s. One about the centre and the gallery space including the current exhibition, and the other a discussion in response to the art;

The centre has plenty of seating rest areas;

We also offer a meet and greet service to and from your vehicle, just call the centre and a member of staff will be available. We can also meet at the nearest tram stop, which is Shudehill;

There are 2 Disabled Parking bays in front of the building;

We also provide a translation of video installations for visitors who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

If you need further information on any of the above contact us via email or phone at the address shown below. At present we don’t have text phone.

Using our website

In order to fully comply with requirements we are currently examining all accessibility issues within our website, and as our work proceeds, this section will be regularly updated in the next few days.