These toolkits pick up on themes covered in the Fostering Equity in the Visual Arts Sector report. Three toolkits are for organisations, and the fourth is for artists and arts workers.

These toolkits are intended to act as a stimulus to encourage the development of further work toward a fairer, more equitable sector, helping to translate theory into practice and action. The toolkits highlight the necessity of having a good (or outstanding) approach to equality and inclusion internally, as this will impact an organisation’s ability to deliver this work externally. They also recognise that this work should be taking place without waiting for direction from others.

The toolkits aimed at organisations include insightful prompts to assist with self-reflection. They also provide a structured resource divided into bite-sized sections that can be used to encourage discussion and reflection around gaps and strengths.

Toolkit themes

For organisations

• Toolkit 1: preparing for equity and inclusion work
• Toolkit 2: talent development of underrepresented and marginalised artists and arts workers
• Toolkit 3: exploring intersectionality

For artists and arts workers

• Toolkit 4: for artists and arts workers from underrepresented and marginalised communities to share with host or commissioning organisations to gauge the organisation’s approach and commitment to equality and inclusion work. This will be released soon.

The toolkits are offered as live resources that should grow and evolve. They suggest multiple approaches to equity and inclusion, highlighting the many varied resources that will help organisations on this journey. They also recognise that developing an excellent organisational culture and approach towards inclusion and equity is a continuous process of improvement rather than a one-off initiative. To ensure buy-in from senior levels, these toolkits have been created for senior staff such as directors, trustees and chairs.

We hope you’ll find these toolkits practical and valuable – even if you’ve been doing this work for a while.

The Call to Action toolkits have been created and developed by Monique Jivram.