Access Action Plan
Sydney Opera House belongs to everyone. As an organisation, our goal is to provide barrier-free access, making the site, building and the experiences they offer accessible to all people.
We are committed to the following accessibility guiding principles:
- Access solutions promote the principles of social equity & inclusion, while reinforcing positive community attitudes about people with disability;
- Access issues are addressed early in the planning stage of new initiatives;
- Preference is given to access solutions that achieve integrated & independent access (e.g. people with disability use the same access routes as people without disability);
- Initiatives comply with relevant disability access standards & legislation;
- Access audits to determine access requirements for all areas & key initiatives;
- Consultation with people with disability for all key initiatives;
- The latest technologies should be considered to provide flexible, multisensory access solutions (both interpretive & physical); and
- Access solutions must comply with the Sydney Opera House’s heritage requirements.
In 2019, the Sydney Opera House committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which provide a roadmap to address the world’s most pressing challenges by 2030, including inequality, education and climate change. This commitment is reflected in our fifth Accessibility Action Plan (2020-23), which sets out to:
- Significantly enhance building accessibility across the Opera House’s venues and the wider precinct;
- Develop new community engagement opportunities, including programs for seniors, people with dementia and newly arrived migrant and refugee communities; and
- Enhance access and inclusion provisions in recruitment processes by offering new workplace support for employees with disability and creating opportunities for future employees with disability.
