A message from Euan – I still have a desire to live
Coronavirus has given people permission to judge how valuable another person’s life is and threatens to undo decades of progress around the rights of disabled people. Euan MacDonald, Co-founder of Euan’s Guide shares his feelings on the matter:
It's not often you come across a newspaper article that perfectly encapsulates your feelings and pers...
Over 1,000 people took part in the 2019 Access Survey, sharing their views on disabled access in the UK and some of the challenges disabled people face when visiting somewhere new.
The results were due to be published in March 2020 but were delayed due to the effects of Coronavirus. We do apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused....
Press Release: The Top Accessible Venues to Visit in 2020
Eight venues from across the UK have received recognition from the disabled access charity Euan’s Guide for their outstanding welcome for disabled visitors.
The awards, which are now in their second year, recognise the best accessible venues in each region, based on public nominations and reviews shared on Euan’s Guide.
Top 8 Accessible Venue...
Press Release: Searching for the UK’s Accessible Venue of the Year
Disabled access review website Euan’s Guide and Disabled Access Day are searching for the UK’s favourite accessible venue and are asking people with access requirements to vote for their preferred choice.
Nominations can be made up until the end of the year when taking part in the annual Access Survey run by Euan’s Guide and Disabled Access Da...
Press Release: Businesses asked to pull the cord for World Toilet Day
Businesses across the country are being asked to pull together to test the red emergency cord in their accessible toilets on Tuesday 19th November for World Toilet Day. This simple action has the potential to save lives and will make accessible toilets safer for disabled people to use.
World Toilet Day was first established by the World Toilet...
What we learnt from our User Survey (and how you can help)
Earlier this year we asked our website users to take part in a user survey to tell us what they thought about Euan’s Guide. There was a great response to the survey, it has helped us understand how you currently use Euan’s Guide and how the website could be improved in the future. Here are just a few of the things we discovered…
The top 5 plac...
Euan is included in the Disability Power List 100 2019!
Euan MacDonald, the co-founder of Euan’s Guide and the Euan MacDonald Centre for motor neurone disease (MND) research, has been featured on the list of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK again this year!
The announcement was made at a reception at the House of Lords this afternoon (Tuesday 8th October). Euan’s Guide’s Managing D...
We were delighted to attend the Blue Badge Access Awards at the Langham Hotel in London last night. It was a pleasure to celebrate people, venues and organisations that go out of their way to make everyone feel welcome!
The Awards
In case you missed it, here are the winners and the shortlist from each of the award categories:
The Euan’s Guide...
Our Euan’s Guide Ambassadors have such a wide range of interests, we’re always fascinated to hear what they are up to. When we heard that one of the earliest Ambassadors, Gary Smith, had been selected to join the Team GB curling team we were delighted for him! We managed to grab him for a chat so that we could share his story with you.
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Press Release: Red Cord Cards Have Made 50,000 Accessible Toilets Safer
The disabled access charity Euan’s Guide has now sent out their 50,000th Red Cord Card. These pocket-sized cards are placed on emergency red cords in accessible toilets to remind the public that, for safety reasons, these cords should hang freely all the way to the floor.
Photo of: a member of staff putting a Red Cord Card on the emergency re...
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