As part of our FestivalsConnect project, CCSEs Professor David McGillivray, Professor Gayle McPherson and Naheed Akhtar have worked with partners Spirit of 2012, VisitScotland and Glasgow Life to produce a research-informed, but practice-focused Playbook for use by the festivals and events sector, across the UK and further afield. This Playbook is intended as a guide to inform the sector’s policies and practices when seeking to build EDI into their planning, delivery and learning. The Playbook can be downloaded as a pdf via the link, below both in regular and accessible formats. Recommended citation is: McGillivray, D., McPherson, G. and Akhtar, N. (2024) Playbook for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion for Festivals and Events. Paisley: University of the West of Scotland.
We also have an accessible pdf version of the Playbook downloadable for those that require this feature.
Informing the development of the Playbook, we have also published an Evidence Review on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Festivals and Events which is downloadable here.