With just two weeks to go until the IPC Swimming World Championships, Scott Quin and David Wilkie were in Glasgow today to promote yet another world class sporting event to be held in the city. Over 600 swimmers from over 70 countries will compete at the prestigious event this summer.
Euan’s Guide caught up with Scott as he prepares to take p...
Wheelchair dance isn’t a new thing and most people will be shocked to realise that it can be traced back to the late 60s when a rehabilitation centre in Scotland was teaching people how to move around in their wheelchairs. Go forward in time you have us! The Wheelchair Dance Sport Association UK, (WDSA UK), was set up in 2006 after a group of w...
TS Sport “connect, introduce and reintroduce disabled people to sport to help unlock their independence in everyday life”. They regularly run ‘taster sessions’ for all types of different sports and we headed over to Glasgow to take part in their latest session, golf.
The event was being held at the Glasgow Golf Centre which has an impressive...
If you need to use a Changing Places Toilet, a trip to a Premiership Football Club can usually be ruled out. This changed on the 15th April 2014 when Aveso installed the very first Changing Places into Premiership Stadium: The Emirates. The Arsenal game against West Ham marked the opening of the new facility by Alex Brooker form Channel 4’s "T...
What has 45,0000 spectators, 9000 staff, 28 kitchens, 20 Access Buddies and the Kelpies...
An average day at this year’s Ryder Cup! The biennial men’s golf competition is contested by teams from Europe and the United States with the venue alternating between courses in the US and Europe. This year the Ryder Cup comes to Scotland, the home of golf and to Gleneagles.
We wondered how accessible this event would be so went to Gleneagl...
Disabled access at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Last week saw Euan’s Guide team up with charity Whizz Kidz to test out the accessibility at some of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games venues. Our motley crew consisted of Whizz Kidz Ambassadors Adam, Arthur, Josh and Natalie as well as Euan and some of our seasoned Euan's Guide reviewers Gary, Keith, Paul and Ryan. We were also joined by Jam...
At the weekened, the disabilities minister wrote to every professional football stadium in the country to remind them of their legal duty to provide disabled access to their fans. The Guardian reports that only 15% of Premier League clubs have sufficient access.
However, we have received some great reviews of stadiums across the country. For...
In a follow up to our earlier post on accessibility at Rosa Khutor, Euan’s Guide’s Antonia shares her experiences of some of the Alpine Skiing events in the Sochi 2014 Paralympics. (NB for explanations of the events check out our previous blog article in which we looked at the four Alpine Skiing disciplines - Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G and...
Antonia from the Euan’s Guide team has been in Russia this week. In this blog, she gives her thoughts on the Paralympics and her passion - Alpine Skiing.
So… Fast forward 3 flights, 4 airports and a rather exciting taxi ride and this story takes up in Rosa Khutor. Home to the Alpine & Cross Country skiing events in the Sochi 2014 Olymp...
In our latest blog we’re looking at the upcoming Paralympics - with the Opening Ceremony mere hours away we take a quick peek at what’s happening over in Russia in the Caucasus Mountains in the upcoming days…
First - a bit of history… The first Winter Paralympics were held in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden in 1976. Back then there were a total of 200 at...
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