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I started out as the Website Tech Champion back in 2019 and stayed in that role for three years, supporting hundreds of organisations during the pandemic. I have always been an advocate for digital accessibility!
I took a year off and I’m now back as the Digital Accessibility Tech Champion. This is a new role that was created to help raise awareness of the potential accessibility barriers that people can experience with digital content, and to raise awareness around the things we can all do to make creative and cultural digital content accessible for everyone.
Aside from making sure everyone is up to speed with the fundamentals of digital accessibility and why it’s important, there are some fabulous innovations evolving in the digital accessibility space.
Xrai have developed glasses that subtitle every day life in real-time for example, and at the Google IO event this year a whole host of accessibility features were announced, Carrie from Carrie on accessibility created this great video with a roundup of all the latest news.
I’m currently working on creating resources and case studies that will help people with no lived experience of accessibility barriers understand what it can be like to use digital content. So watch this space as there are some great videos and resources I’ll be sharing over the coming months.
I’ve also hit the ground running and have been helping lots of organisations understand how to make their digital content accessible through 1-2-1 support, and through my webinar – an introduction to digital accessibility.
I’m available for 1-2-1 support on all things digital content, feel free to reach out to me if you need me at all. Here are a few of the things you can use my help to achieve:
10,000 moments of free digital support for England’s arts and cultural sector
The Digital Culture Network has reached a major milestone! Since 2019, we’ve delivered one‑to‑one support to arts and cultural organisations and practitioners across England over 10,000 times.
Digital Culture Network rewind: Your year in digital skills
As we near the end of 2025, we’re looking back at the digital skills that mattered most to the creative and cultural sector this year – spotlighting the Digital Culture Network resources that you loved the most. Look back at them, save them for later, or share with a colleague!
Stagetext: how subtitles can help you improve access, engage audiences and expand your reach
During Captioning Awareness Week (10-16 November), we caught up with Rachel Jele, Head of Advocacy and Engagement at Stagetext. She told us about the significance of Captioning Awareness Week and why theatre captioning and subtitles are so important for the creative and cultural sector, now more than ever.
