West Gippsland Arts Centre
Highlights
- Experience vibrant performances in Gippsland's premier arts venue, the West Gippsland Arts Centre, nestled in scenic Civic Park.
- Explore a diverse range of events, from music to drama, ensuring laughter and joy for all ages.
- Enjoy a delicious meal or coffee at the social enterprise café, operated by Knoxbrooke, enhancing your visit.
- Discover the community art gallery showcasing local talent, enriching your cultural experience in Warragul.
Your ticket to laughs, music, fun, drama, wonder and joy in Gippsland.
Since its inception in July 1982, the West Gippsland Arts Centre has become Gippsland’s premier destination for performing arts. Nestled in Warragul’s scenic Civic Park, the West Gippsland Arts Centre proudly serves the community with a huge 750-auditorium, versatile meeting and function spaces, a vibrant community art gallery, welcoming pop-up council service desk, and a social enterprise café run operated by Knoxbrooke.
West Gippsland Arts Centre is a short one-hour drive from Melbourne and a short 10 minute walk from Warragul Train Station.
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Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Information in large print is available.
- Digital communication materials (hard copy information also online) is available.
- Staff are trained in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss).
- Audio enabled lifts are available.
- Raised tactile buttons in lifts are available.
- Handrails on all stairways
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- A hearing loop is available.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light) are available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
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