From “Places to Avoid” to “Places to Visit” - Reimagining Tokyo’s Toilets
Tokyo is known for its mix of modern buildings and traditional temples and shrines, a hyper-efficient transit system, and a rich food culture. But these days, a new kind of facility is attracting the attention of tourists: 17 public toilets which are part of THE TOKYO TOILET project. Curious to find out what was so special about these toilets,...
On International Day of Disabled People, we want to continue our mission to make it easier, safer, and more rewarding for disabled people to find and visit accessible places to go. The 2023 Euan's Guide Access Survey Supported by Motability Operations provides disabled people with an opportunity to make their voices heard on all things disable...
Scottish Disability Sport Week, a nationwide campaign that celebrates getting active and involved in disability sport in Scotland, takes place from Monday 27 November to Sunday 3 December.
Here at Euan’s Guide we’re proud to be getting involved by showcasing our community’s recent reviews of sports facilities in Scotland and further afield....
Welcome to the November review roundup. This month, we have welcomed lots of new venues and reviewers, while Some reviewers have come back to reviewing on Euan’s Guide after some time away. However, you have found Euan’s Guide we would like to say thank you for joining us! We also want to extend a thank you to all our volunteer reviewers and...
World Toilet Day - Sunday 19 November 2023
World Toilet Day was established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001 to tackle the global sanitation crisis? It’s been an official day recognised by the United Nations since 2013, and their aim is to ensure everyone has access to safe, sanitary toilets by 2030.
At Euan’s Guide, we use World Toilet...
Purple Tuesday: how we can help you improve your disabled access
This year, Purple Tuesday is asking organisations to make one new commitment to improve their accessibility and practice, implement the improvement, and join the global celebrations on Tuesday 7 November.
Here at Euan’s Guide, we’d like to extend this invitation to our community of venues, business and organisations - we’re asking you to commi...
We welcome this guest blog post from Lorna Fillingham, on behalf of our friends at the disability charity, Scope.
On warm summer days, I sit and listen to children racing up and down the path that leads to our local park. It's just across the road, but it's not a park for us, it has nothing that my disabled daughter can play on. If we go to...
The Blue Badge Access Awards 2023 took place on Thursday 26 October at the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in London and we simply had to share the news of the winners with you. Here at Euan’s Guide we are always striving to make the world more accessible, so any time we can support other organisations doing similar work we will do our best to shout...
Celebrating 10 years of the Blackwood Design Awards 2023
Last year, we were delighted to be on the judging panel for the Blackwood Design Awards, an international programme that looks for life-changing inventions and concepts that enhance independent living for disabled people. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the awards, and we’re delighted to share that they’re open for 2023/24 applications...
Friday 6 October 2023 is World Cerebral Palsy Day, which celebrates over 17 million people worldwide who have CP. There are a further 350 million friends and family members who are closely connected to someone who has Cerebral Palsy.
In the UK, according to disability charity Scope, one in 400 children are diagnosed every year with Cerebral...