European Heritage Days through this year's theme Heritage: All-Inclusive are encouriging event organisers to consider how they can make their events more accessible and welcoming to all. 

 Language is very important in expressing ourselvs and as such a key part of identity and culture. Language connects us all, allows us to communicate our ideas and helps us tell our stories. Ensuring that the language of the events is accessible to audiences is therefore very important. Everyone should feel welcome at European Heritage Days events, so organisers should aim to keep wording and phrasing clear and straightforward to make sure they encourage exploration of new topics and that no one is excluded. Our Inclusive Events Toolkit provides some ideas for tailoring language to make it more accessible. 

Continue reading on the European Hertiage Days website to get more tips and examples of how language has a role to play in supporting inclusiveness of cultural events and this year's EHD theme.