Last updated: 28 November 2025
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In-person and hybrid events
Top tips for running in-person and hybrid events
Top tips for event organisers to ensure inclusive in-person and hybrid events.
Event marketing and registration
To ensure that disabled people will be able to attend your event, your marketing and registration processes must be accessible.
Designing inclusive event agendas for in-person and hybrid events
The agenda has a significant role to play in ensuring that your event is inclusive.
How to choose an accessible venue for events
If you have decided to hold an in-person or hybrid event, the first thing you will need to do is to choose an accessible venue.
Inclusive communication with attendees at in-person and hybrid events
Your communication with your attendees must be inclusive and accessible to ensure that disabled people can attend.
Creating accessible content for in-person and hybrid events
Creating accessible content is essential to ensure disabled people can enjoy your events.
Creating accessible presentations for in-person and hybrid events
Presenters do not always know how to ensure that their presentations are accessible, and so you may need to advise them or share this document with them.
Adjustments at in-person and hybrid events
This resource advises on how to approach adjustments at in-person and hybrid events.
Emergency evacuation planning for accessible events
Guaranteeing the safety of all your attendees is a vital part of any event – and in most places inclusive emergency evacuation is also a legal requirement.
Working with suppliers to deliver accessible events
Most events will require you to work with suppliers and external partners to provide or support elements of the event.
Set up and on the day considerations for in-person and hybrid events
Networking or mingling and talking to other delegates and speakers can be an important part of an event.
Collecting feedback on in-person event accessibility
Following an event, it is always useful to obtain feedback from your guests and review what went well and what you could improve for next time.
Online events
Top tips for accessible online events
Top tips for event organisers to ensure accessible online events.
Event marketing and registration
To ensure that disabled people will be able to attend your event, your marketing and registration processes must be accessible.
Accessible platforms for online events
If you are hosting an online event, you will need to think about the platform you will use.
Accessible communication with online event attendees
Your communication with your attendees must be inclusive and accessible to ensure that disabled people can attend.
Designing inclusive agendas for online events
An inclusive agenda has a significant role to play in ensuring that your event is welcoming to disabled people.
Creating accessible content for online events
To make an online event inclusive, you need accessible content that disabled people can engage with.
Accessible presentations for online events
Presenters do not always know how to create accessible presentations, so you may need to advise them or share this document with them.
Adjustments for online events
How to plan for adjustments at online events.
Live captioning and interpreting for online events
An essential part of hosting an accessible online event is providing live captioning and/or sign language interpretation for your attendees.
On the day considerations for online events
What to do on the day of online events to ensure that it is accessible and runs smoothly.
Collecting feedback on online event accessibility
Following an online event, it is always useful to obtain feedback from your guests and review what went well and what you could improve for next time.
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