What we do
Creating Change
We support arts organisations to make their work more inclusive of disabled and neurodivergent artists and audiences, through providing access training, consultancy, and Easy Read translation.
Supporting Artists
We reinvest any profit into supporting disabled and neurodivergent artists to maintain a professional practice, by providing access services; supporting artist-led projects, and making small grants.
Our services are available on a free and subsidised basis to artists based in Scotland.
They are available on a non-subsidised, but affordable, basis to artists who are not based in Scotland.
Who we are
We are a disabled-led social enterprise dedicated to promoting inclusivity and supporting disabled and neurodivergent artists to thrive.
We believe that:
- Disabled and neurodivergent people are the experts in our own experiences
- Disabled and neurodivergent artists’ careers are held back by a lack of accessibility
- The arts can, should and must be made more inclusive for both artists and audiences
- That inclusivity is for the whole sector, not just “disability arts”
Door in the Wall Arts Access CIC grew out of director Tzipporah’s work with Neuk Collective, a neurodivergent artist collective.
At Neuk, she encountered a real need for lived-experience-led support for organisations that want to work more inclusively; and also for help for disabled artists to overcome the additional barriers we face to make a career in the arts. She has worked with arts organisations across the UK and abroad to embed access in their work.
We are proud to be a social enterprise – all our profits are reinvested into supporting disabled and neurodivergent artists in Scotland.
Organisational Policies
In the interests of transparency, our organisational policies are available to view here.
Impact reports:
Fair Work Statement
At Door in the Wall, fair work is not a policy add-on – it is central to what we are here to do.
We are committed to paying the Real Living Wage, and where relevant, meeting or exceed union minimum rates. We recognise that for neurodivergent artists, barriers to work and fair pay are rarely separate issues. When processes cost more – in time, energy, and recovery – lower pay hits harder. When access needs go unsupported, even a well-paid opportunity can become inaccessible. Any genuine commitment to fair work has to reckon with that intersection.
We have established processes for feedback, so that the people who work with us have a meaningful and ongoing say in how we operate. We are committed to listening, to acting on what we hear, and to being transparent when things need to improve.
For more information on how we incorporate Fair Work principles, please see our Fair Work Policy.
Our Workforce representative is Naomi Walmsley.