The mission of the Festival is to be a space that is accessible, open and welcoming to anyone who is interested in our city, its architecture and the Built Environment sector.
Each LFA Organiser is responsible for ensuring their activity is accessible, feels welcome and open to everyone who may be interested, considering physical, language and social barriers that may exist. It is about deeply thinking about the content of the activity, who is involved, and what the experience will be of those attending.
Activity which is delivered by and for people who all looks and sounds like the same person and/or fail to have appropriate gender, age and background representation will not be accepted into the programme.
To support you on the journey, we have prepared LFA2026 Guide for inclusive activity, outlining the key factors to consider to when planning and delivering your activity.
This content is broken down into:
- Minimum access and care levels expected (with LFA activities)
- Considerations for LFA Organisers when planning LFA activity
- Considerations for LFA Organisers when delivery LFA activity
- Considerations for LFA Organisers after delivery of LFA activity
- Key links and resources to help support you
Find the LFA2026 Guide for inclusive activity (PDF) here.
Find the LFA2026 Guide for inclusive activity (Word) here.
Find the LFA2026 Inclusive activity checklist here.
If you’d like support ensuring your event is representative, welcoming and inclusive for all, contact the team by emailing info@londonfestivalofarchitecture.org or sign up for an LFA surgery day to chat to one of the LFA team or mentors.
Taking this work beyond the Festival
While it is vital your LFA activity is inclusive and representative, we hope that this is not something that is achieved just for LFA and is something that runs through all you do as an individual or organisation.
To help with accountability in this area, something we recommend signing up to the the Diverse Leaders Pledge. The pledge invites those in the industry to make a pledge to help make the built environment sector more representative through recruitment, progression and advocacy. The pledge came out from an identified need to overcome chronic discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, age and socio-economic background to create a strengthened, resilient and representative workforce, and is split into three sections: recruitment, progression and advocacy.
Find more about the Diverse Leaders pledge and how to sign up here.
To understand the work LFA is doing around accessibility more generally, please see our Access at LFA page here.