On 1 October 2025, Divergently Together hosted ‘Accessible Communication as a Skillful and Creative Practice’–a full-day workshop.
The day brought voices from the arts, disability, and climate sectors, alongside representatives from national and local government, research, and community organisations. The day created a meeting point for organisations and individuals who don’t often get the chance to connect and have vital cross-sector conversations.
Through hands-on workshops, discussions and presentations we explored accessible communication as a creative skill that can open up culture, policy, and climate action to wider audiences without flattening the experience.
The workshop centred disabled people as experts in navigating barriers and highlighted the importance of designing for the edges first so systems work for everyone.
This shift in understanding is essential to a just transition—one that is truly informed by the voices, needs, and experiences of all members of our communities.
Alongside a number of collaborative activities the day included presentations:
Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark: Inclusive Climate Communication
From Compliance to Full Inclusion, Dr. Ger Craddock
Unmasking Nature: Reflections, Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
Sensing Climate, Dr. Sarah Bell
Alt Text and Sensory Language, Emilie Conway
Unmasking Nature: Reflections, Emma Mohan O’Grady
Read our ‘Know Before You Go‘ document for this event.
You can view the slides from our presenters.
“Making the world more accessible for people with diverse needs makes it better for everyone. We need less performative solemnity, more creative solutions.”
– Siobhán Keogh, Climate Resilience Researcher, Climate NI
