Our POWER UP! programme is an ongoing commitment at 20 Stories High. It brings together our equity, diversity, inclusion and access (EDIA) learning, the sharing of practice, and our work to continually strengthen our culture, our offer and the way we work.

In 2020, we reimagined our approach to equity, diversity and inclusion, moving beyond policy to embed EDIA in every aspect of our organisation. We committed to creating meaningful change through action, accountability, allyship and care.

Our journey began with the Inc Arts UNLOCK Toolkit, which helped us deepen and renew our commitments, particularly around anti-racist practice. Since then, we have worked alongside our staff team, board, artists and wider community to listen, reflect, make commitments and take practical action.

From this work, our POWER UP! Action Plan emerged: a living framework that captures our commitments and guides our ongoing learning. Shaped through training and conversation, it embraces the intersectional nature of EDIA, including disability and Deaf awareness, creative access, visual impairment, LGBTQ+ inclusion, body diversity, migrant representation in theatre, and many other areas.

We believe learning is continuous. Our staff and board regularly take part in training, reflection and discussion to help us evolve our practice and better serve the communities we work with. If you deliver EDIA training or have expertise you think could support our learning, we’d love to hear from you.

The resources below have helped shape our thinking and practice. We encourage you to explore them, learn from them and support the organisations behind them.