Access:Given

Access:Given | Digital Accessibility Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne Join us on 10th September 2025 for Access:Given, a one day digital accessibility conference.

Ettie works with organisations such as Amnesty International, Wellcome, Harrods, Decathlon, Vodafone, On, Savills, Global Witness, and Girlguiding.

Secure your tickets to see Ettie and our other speakers at our website: accessgiven.co.uk/tickets

The way we communicate is a largely untrodden area of digital accessibility, with WCAG only recently adding criteria about reading level, for example, to the AAA standard.

This talk will give attendees the information they need to practically apply positive changes to how they communicate.

At Access:Given, she will discuss how to communicate for frazzled brains. She'll explore how to cut through the overwhelm and communicate in a way that's clear, simple and (nearly) impossible to misunderstand.

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MEET THE SPEAKER

Ettie Bailey-King is our keynote speaker; she is an inclusive and accessible communication educator.

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We're really excited to be supporting the @accessgiven.bsky.social 1 day digital accessibility conference!
10 September in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Find out more: accessgiven.co.uk

Secure your tickets to see Craig and our other speakers at our website: accessgiven.co.uk/tickets

Can't afford to come? Apply for a Pay-It-Forward ticket: accessgiven.co.uk/pif

He will discuss research and experiments conducted with various language models. With lots of examples of good, bad, and downright weird outputs, this talk will help you make informed decisions about whether to integrate AI into your own accessibility work.

For Access:Given, Craig is sharing his expert opinion on a very hot topic indeed: AI.

Craig will explore the current obsession with AI, and whether it’s currently reliable enough to help you solve accessibility problems.

He is a design lead and accessibility specialist, and his focus is on user-centred design.

He is autistic and has ADHD. He is passionate about breaking down the stigma of mental health and neurodivergence.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

@craigabbott.co.uk is the former Head of Accessibility at the Department for Work and Pensions and the creator of the DWP Accessibility Manual.

Our co-founder Ellen Kate Boyle took a trip to Newcastle Helix today to visit our sensory room, which will be sponsored by Content Design London.

@ellenkateboyle.bsky.social @contentdesign.london

Access:Given | Digital Accessibility Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne Join us on 10th September 2025 for Access:Given, a one day digital accessibility conference.

Buy tickets to hear Rachel speak at Access:Given in Newcastle Upon Tyne on Wednesday 10th September: accessgiven.co.uk/tickets/

An expert in trauma-informed design, Rachel specialises in using content to help people understand policy, services, and their rights.

As a content designer, she shares how helping people access information enables their human rights. Rachel has also written and spoken about children's rights to accessible information.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

@rachelanne.bsky.social Rachel Edwards is a senior content designer at @contentdesign.london!

Every voice in content design matters Write that book and do that content podcast, we need your voice to move content design forward.

From the CDL blog.

'Every voice in content design matters' by Sarah Winters.

I am speaking

Join us for Helen and Holly's talk, alongside three other fantastic speakers at Access:Given.

Tickets on sale now - check the link in our bio.

🟣 Holly is a disability advocate, social media accessibility champion at RNIB, and blogger at @lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social

🟣 Helen is a creativity and accessibility advocate who’s worked on accessible and boundary-pushing campaigns with @rnib, Specsavers, Bodyform, and many more.

The pair are experts in making social media content accessible to all. You have probably seen their posts on here with tips and tricks for creating posts that are both fun and accessible.

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MEET THE SPEAKERS

Helen Dutson and Holly Tuke will be the first to take the stage on Wednesday 10th September at @newcastlehelix for our first Access:Given event.

@heldutson.bsky.social @lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social

Access:Given | Digital Accessibility Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne Join us on 10th September 2025 for Access:Given, a one day digital accessibility conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

We're delighted to be the Sensory Room sponsor at the inaugural Access:Given (A:G) conference this September!

We're excited to support a room for escape and respite which welcomes all attendees.

Find out more and book your ticket for the 1 day digital accessibility conference:

Access:Given | Digital Accessibility Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne Join us on 10th September 2025 for Access:Given, a one day digital accessibility conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

We realise that even though we're trying to make Access:Given as accessible and inclusive as possible, it's important to have a space away from everything to decompress.

Tickets are still on sale for £119 per person.

See you on 10 September!

www.accessgiven.co.uk

Our sensory room is upstairs, tucked away from the main conference theatre in Newcastle Helix , with low lighting and soft chairs for people to take a break if they need it.

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We've got another announcement to make!

We're absolutely chuffed to say that @contentdesign.london are the sponsors of our sensory room!

Access:Given | Digital Accessibility Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne Join us on 10th September 2025 for Access:Given, a one day digital accessibility conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Our headline sponsor is Dig Inclusion, and our multimedia sponsor is Affinity Media Group.

Tickets are still on sale for £119 per person.
And they'll stay the same until we (hopefully) sell out.

Buy here:

accessgiven.co.uk

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🚨 Three months to go!

In three months, on 10th September, Access:Given will be taking place at Newcastle Helix.

We've got great speakers @ettiebaileyking.bsky.social , @craigabbott.co.uk, @heldutson.bsky.social , @lifeofablindgirl.bsky.social and @rachelanne.bsky.social of @contentdesign.london/

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We're excited to announce that @rachelanne.bsky.social is speaking at @accessgiven.bsky.social inaugural event on 10 September in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Other speakers include @ettiebaileyking.bsky.social and @craigabbott.bsky.social.

You can find out more here:
accessgiven.co.uk/tickets/

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Our second speaker is @craigabbott.bsky.social!

Craig is the former Head of Accessibility at the Department for Work and Pensions and the creator of the DWP Accessibility Manual.

He is a design lead and accessibility specialist, and his focus is user-centred design.

10 September - Newcastle Helix