Inclusion Festival

The International Day of People with Disability is held annually in December. It is a time to build awareness and understanding of people with disability, and to celebrate disability culture, achievements, and pride.
Inclusion Festival is Inner West Council’s flagship celebration for the International Day of People with Disability. Council proudly raises the Disability Pride Flag annually on 3 December to mark IDPwD celebrations.

Inclusion Festival 2026 - EOIs now open!

This year, Inclusion Festival is celebrating 10 years of disability leadership through the arts - and we want you to be a part of it!   

We’re seeking opportunities to support creative events, programs and activations that celebrate International Day of People with Disability across the Inner West. 

Up to $5,000 (GST inclusive) is available to support accessible, disability-led program ideas, including: 

  • Art workshops and creative skills-building 
  • Talks, discussions and networking  
  • Exhibitions and performances 
  • Creative social and community events 
  • Inclusive and accessible arts activations 
  • Other disability-led creative projects. 

When can projects be delivered? 

Workshops, events or small-scale projects can apply for funding of up to $5000 to deliver a specific project during the Inclusion Festival period (21 November and 12 December 2026) or at any time up to 30 June 2027.  

You may propose to run your project more than once, if you can do this within the total budget amount.  

Apply now

Applications close Monday 5 October 2026 at 5pm. 
 
If you have any questions or need support to submit your application, email community@innerwest.nsw.gov.au, or phone Finn on 02 9335 2139 or Caitlin on 02 9392 5236.

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Inclusion Festival 2025 highlights

Crowd standing outside Marrickville Town Hall with the disability pride flag flying against a blue sky

Disability Pride Flag Raising ceremony

A bearded man singing passionately and playing an electric keyboard

Dean Nash performs at the opening of Inclusion Festival

People looking a colourful artwork - a woman in the foreground is pointing at a painting

Lived Experience Art Exhibition

People looking colourful artwork
A crowd doing an aqua aerobics class holding up- giant pink inflatable hearts

Hydro Disco Art Pool Party

Person dancing wearing giant inflatable rainbow wings

Amy Claire Mills, creator of the Hydro Disco Art Pool Party

A crowd seated at a film screening, facing two cinema screens that display the words “Filmable Short Film Festival” on a red and green background.

Kyle Goldfinch, creator of the Filmable Short Film Festival

Film Festival audience watching a wheelchair user on screen

Filmable Short Film Festival

Areial shot of a disability pride information stall with people gatheredaround

Sydney Disability Pride information stall

A silhouetted figure stands facing a luminous interactive artwork, glowing in a darkened space.

Oudience interactive artwork 

Accessibility

Our vision is to model inclusive practice, to build a space where diversity is valued and thrives. We've put together an accessible events checklist, which you can download in PDF and Word format below.

Inner West - Accessible Events Checklist PDF
Our vision is to model inclusive practice, to build a space where diversity is valued and thrives. We've put together an accessible events checklist, which you can download in PDF.
PDF | 398.40KB
Inner West - Accessible Events Checklist Word
Our vision is to model inclusive practice, to build a space where diversity is valued and thrives. We've put together an accessible events checklist, which you can download in Word format.
DOCX | 54.24KB

Get in touch

If you have any questions about this event, or to discuss your access needs, please phone Finn on 02 9335 2139 or Caitlin on 02 9392 5236, or email community@innerwest.nsw.gov.au

Page last updated: 09 Sep 2026
Aerial view of spiral artwork on path

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Sydney Basin.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) 8:30am to 5pm

Phone

02 9392 5000

Mail

PO Box 14, Petersham NSW 2049

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