UPDATE 2023: St David’s Hotel, Cardiff looks really stylish and they have great disabled access! It’s on the waterfront on Cardiff Bay and is a ‘peaceful haven’ but close to the trendier, ‘vibrant’ parts of the City. They have rooms with walk in showers with grab rails and emergency cords! Getting into the building is…
Our Leader Fiona Jarvis gave a good account of the need for hospitality venues to improve accessibility for disabled people…..’unfortunately it will only become urgent when a hotel owner or manager becomes disabled’… Hear more in this video from The Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Show – London March 2023.
Having problems with carers and yes it is due to BREXIT, has made me hope for the time when robots can do their job, see our previous post on the subject. They may not have the human touch but they preserve your dignity, they’re always there when you need them and no job is too…
Propel Dance, the UK’s first all-wheelchair professional dance company, who will perform their contemporary, reimagined version of The Snow Queen at three venues across the Midlands in April. Birmingham-based Propel Dance will perform their contemporary, reimagined version of the fantastical fairy tale at three venues across the Midlands in April Propel Dance, a brand-new professional…
Or a person or organisation that has thoughtful, design led or stylish approaches to accessibility? If yes then why not nominate for a Blue Badge Access Award or enter the Design Competition that has a prize fund of £20k and is rewarding innovations for ‘disabled guests’. Last year the ramp at St Pauls and Centaur…
The Blue Badge Access Awards (BBAAs), celebrates exceptional venues, people and organisations that have a thoughtful, innovative, design-led approach to accessibility. The BBAAs are back for 2023/24 and we want to reward those that have gone above and beyond in their mission to achieve Access for All. A global initiative rewarding venues, people and organisations…
The Dinorben Arms in Wales, Reader Recommendation, We welcome anyone to write in and tell us about new places that are both accessible and stylish and by default they get entered into the Blue Badge Access Awards to be held in October 2023. They celebrate exceptional venues, people & organisations that have a thoughtful, innovative,…
Our Blue Badge Access Awards (BBAAs) are happening again in October 2023 and one of the coveted Awards – NOT! – is Ludicrous Loo. They are toilets that could be accessible but are not due to ludicrous use of storage, bad design or missing equipement such as a grab rail. We are also highlighting the…
Adventure Addict Is Defying All Odds in Epic World Marathon Challenge Avid Disabled Adventurer takes on his biggest challenge yet – to complete multiple marathons across the world. Disabled Adventurer and Motivational Speaker, Darren Edwards, is set to redefine the limitations of disability by becoming the first ever wheelchair user to attempt the 777 World…