Accessible Event Design Training
Grounded in experience and led by people who’ve lived it.
Learn how to plan and deliver inclusive events with confidence. This full-day training gives you practical tools, lived experience insights, and real-world strategies to make accessibility part of your planning from the start.
Whether you're organising a community workshop, festival, conference, or webinar, this training will help you reduce barriers, increase engagement, and build a reputation for inclusion.​
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Want to make your events more accessible?
Our next public training is on Thursday 16 October 2025 in Naarm/Melbourne.
Book your spot on Humanitix or contact me directly - limited places available.​
Why accessible event design matters
One in five Australians have a disability, and most disabilities aren’t visible. If accessibility isn’t considered at every stage of your event, people will be excluded, often without you even realising it.
Accessible event design isn’t just the right thing to do. It makes your event stronger, fairer, and more welcoming for everyone.
This training will help you:
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Identify and remove access barriers at every stage
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Increase attendance and community reach
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Build a reputation for inclusion
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Understand and meet your legal obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
What you'll learn
We guide you through every stage of planning, delivering and wrapping up an accessible event, sharing lessons from lived experience and decades of practice.
​Foundations
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What is accessibility?
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The cost of exclusion
Planning for access
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Budgeting
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Choosing an accessible venue or platform​
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Transport, catering and accommodation
Designing an inclusive experience
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Inclusive programming and presenter support
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Accessible marketing and registration
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Working with suppliers and service providers
Delivering access
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Pre-event, on-the-day, and post-event access in action
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Collecting feedback and planning for the future
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We cover all of this and more in our full-day training.
Register now on Humanitix for our next session​​​
What you'll receive
When you attend this training, you'll get:​​
Practical resources
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Full training handbook (printed and digital)
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Event planning guide
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Venue inspection guide
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Presenter brief and invitation templates
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Full resource list and glossary
Included with your in-person registration
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A small gift from us
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Catered morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea
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Space to reflect, ask questions, and connect with others
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Two experienced facilitators bringing lived and professional expertise
You’ll also receive a certificate of completion and support after the training.​
Who is this training for?
​Our training isn’t just for event managers. It’s for anyone involved in organising events or meetings; whether you’re a business owner, employee, freelancer or volunteer.​
You might be:
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Coordinating community or stakeholder engagement sessions, workshops or conferences
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Hosting webinars or online events
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Arranging dinner or cocktail functions
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Supporting access and inclusion at festivals or performances
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Running internal meetings, trainings or staff events
This training is especially relevant for:
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Event coordinators and managers
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Marketing and communications teams
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Professional conference organisers and meeting planners
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Venue owners and venue staff
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Arts, community and festival organisers
​No prior accessibility knowledge is needed. Just a willingness to learn and a commitment to inclusion.
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Meet your facilitators
Sue Wickham
Sue has over 30 years' experience in event management. She has managed a multitude of events for a diverse range of organisations and occasions both domestically and internationally. These have included high-profile events with government representatives and consular officials, internationally televised cricket matches, black tie gala dinners, conferences and workshops, internal employee engagement events, stakeholder and sponsor led events and more.
Rosie Putland
Rosie is a proudly disabled digital accessibility and communications specialist with deep experience in inclusive facilitation and training. She is the co-founder of Modality Co, a disability-led consultancy helping organisations embed accessibility into their digital content, systems, and events.
She has delivered hundreds of hours of accessibility training through national consultancies, community-led projects, and in-house programs, and supports participants to build confidence in accessibility without fear of getting it wrong.
Training format
We offer two delivery options:
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Full-day in-person workshops (typically 9:00am to 4:00pm with breaks)
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Online training delivered in shorter sessions across multiple days
Public sessions are usually held in-person, while custom in-house delivery can be designed to suit your team’s needs and schedule.
Accessibility
Were committed to making every session as accessible as possible. All public trainings include:
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Step-free access and accessible bathrooms
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Live human captioning
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Auslan interpreter on request
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Printed and digital resources in accessible formats
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A low-sensory breakout space (for in-person sessions)
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The opportunity to request additional access needs at registration
Full detailed accessibility information is provided on the Humanitix event page for each session.
If you’re unsure or want to check anything, we’re always happy to chat.
Pricing
We want this training to be accessible for individuals, small teams and large organisations alike. That’s why we offer a sliding scale based on your size and capacity to pay.
Public training pricing
$755.00 per person + GST - Small organisations / Individuals (1-10 staff or sole trader/freelancers)
$845.00 per person + GST - Medium organisations (11-100 staff)
$935.00 per person + GST - Large organisations (100+ staff e.g. government, corporate, universities)
If you’re not sure which tier applies to you, or if cost is a barrier, get in touch.
We’re happy to offer guidance or chat about group rates.​​
Ready to design more accessible events?
Our next public training is on Thursday 16 October 2025 in Naarm/Melbourne
Book your spot on Humanitx or contact me directly - places are limited
Can't make that date or interested in training for the whole team?
Sign up for training updates or get in touch with us to chat about your needs.​​​​​​​​