Making a Difference is a Berlin-based network founded in 2018 to promote the independent work of disabled, d/Deaf and chronically ill artists in dance.

The ramp-up.me website provides practical tips on how to make events accessible and what you need to think about. A checklist is also available there.

A booklet of guidelines for working in publicly funded independent contemporary dance.

Diversity Arts Culture offers consultations (free of charge) on discrimination in the following contexts: Gender, ethnic origin, race, disability, chronic illness, age, sexual identity/orientation, gender identity, religion, language, social status. and also sexual harassment. They can be addressed about any subject of consultation you need under  antidiskriminierung@diversity-arts-culture.berlin or +49 (0)30 3030444 – 29.

It is for freelance and employed artists and cultural workers from all sectors, who live and/or work in Berlin and experience or have experienced discrimination.

The Campus Freie Darstellende Künste (Campus for Independent Performing Arts) by the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste is a knowledge platform that gathers information on working in the independent performing arts. These subjects are available in English:

• Artists’ Social Insurance Fund

• Insurances

• Legal Information

• Taxes