Code of Practice Consultation on Carers and Support Workers
Take NAVA’s survey to help shape new Code guidelines for supporting artists with caring responsibilities, whether they have carers or are carers themselves.
NAVA is conducting a survey on carers in the arts. This follows our Parenting in the arts consultation and will inform an upcoming update to the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design.
The survey will help shape new guidelines in the Code for working inclusively with artists with disability, particularly where artists have carers or support workers, or are carers or support workers themselves. These guidelines will include good practice recommendations for addressing barriers faced in the sector, recognising carers and support workers as part of artists’ working arrangements, and recommending approaches to establishing a support person’s labour, payment and acknowledgment in arts practice.
This work will also consider artists with broader caring responsibilities, including disability support, elder care, guardianship and community care. It will explore the kinds of flexible arrangements needed to balance caring duties with arts practices.
As part of this process, NAVA has sought preliminary input from members of our Disability Advisory Group and will host a closed consultation with key stakeholders to discuss these issues in greater depth. A summary of findings will be published on NAVA’s website.
Survey closes 11:59pm AEST Sunday 7 December.
By completing this survey, you understand that your responses may be used anonymously to inform new sections of the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design.
About NAVA
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is a Membership organisation that brings together the many voices of the contemporary arts sector to improve fundamental conditions of work and practice. We do this through advocacy, education and the Code of Practice. For further information on NAVA visit www.visualarts.net.au
About NAVA’s Code of Practice
NAVA's Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design sets out equitable, ethical and self-reflective standards for the Australian contemporary arts sector. The Code has been endorsed by the Australian Government as part of the National Cultural Policy.
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Illustration by Emily Johnson 2025.
ID: Two people are standing together in front of colorful abstract paintings on a green background. One person uses crutches while the other holds a folded chair, and they smile at each other.
