Getting to know Edinburgh’s diverse arts and culture sector will help you to identify which spaces and opportunities could support your career as an established artist, emerging talent and or community arts practitioner.

Working with children, young people, or vulnerable adults? Then you need to read this. Compliance with the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme is a legal requirement.

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our lives, how could we use its capabilities to assist funding application writing? The National Lottery Community Fund wrote this helpful statement, including tips to help and issues to consider.

As part of our EDI toolkit, we’re happy to share the work we’ve done here at YTAS to embed EDI principles into our work and make the world of youth theatre a fairer, more inclusive space.

Our collective of LGBTOIA+ practitioners have compiled this manifesto to help Scotland’s youth theatre sector create an environment for young LGBTQIA+ people to thrive and have the strength to challenge the world outside of our workshops.

Some printable resources for you to use to help make your spaces inclusive to LGBTQIA+ identities.

With proper LGBTQIA+ inclusion, everyone stands to benefit from a space that is less judgmental and champions uniqueness. Here are some starting points, as well as some ideas and tips.

A six-video workshop series by Drew Taylor-Wilson designed for artists and practitioners working in youth theatre settings who are looking for inspiration in their creative practice.  

The ‘Out’ podcast includes interviews with a wide range of LGBTQIA+ people, and stories allies and LGBTQIA+ listeners send in. It’s a great place for anybody looking for connections to the LGBTQIA+ community. 

This guide from Stonewall Scotland is a comprehensive resource for organisations in Scotland to support trans positive approaches to gathering equality data. It helps to explain why it is important, how to collect it, and what to do with it afterwards.