foreground.org.uk: website for artist Richard Tomlinson


2011 projects


Commissioned by Somerset County Council.

A set of 16 panels featuring photographs made at early years settings across Somerset. The images, and the accompanying text, illustrate good practice in relation to the provision of childcare for disabled children.

The panels were distributed to all childcare settings in the county.

Each panel highlighted specific issues, for example:

Parents said....
Access was often a problem. Only 1 in 4 parents had access to a car and those that did said parking was often difficult, access to buildings was a problem because of all the extra equipment.


If you consider how to get your setting right for disabled children, the same principals are likely to underpin good practice for all children.


An access audit report records the building and establishes how well that building performs in terms of access and ease of use by a wide range of potential users. It identifies good practice, design and layout in regard to disabled access, identifying obstacles to people with mobility and sensory impairments.


 

© 2012 foreground/Richard Tomlinson

Richard Tomlinson is Associate Artist with Take Art Ltd, a Somerset based Arts Development Agency