We live in a very visual world, and traditionally museum and gallery exhibitions are curated to engage people visually. We put fascinating artefacts in glass boxes and we position paintings at standing height eye-level with small interpretation panels beside them. The puzzle here then, is how do art enthusiasts and curious people who are visua...
8 ways to make your reception or box office more accessible
Having a reception that has been designed with disabled access in mind is a fantastic way to give guests and visitors a good first impression of your venue. Disabled access features are good at opening up spaces and areas within venues, and this can increase the sense of welcome that all visitors feel when they step into your reception or box o...
There are lots of historic venues listed on Euan’s Guide; from churches to castles and Victorian town houses to Roman villas. Being historic, not all of them can identify as fully accessible, however many have made efforts to be as accessible as the characteristics of their building will allow; many with great success! If you manage a historic...
If you’re committing to New Year Resolutions this January, consider making one to improve your venue’s accessibility! Our recent survey found that when visiting somewhere new 90% of respondents were concerned about getting through the front door more than anything else, so why not start this year by checking that your entrance is as accessible a...
No two people are the same, and it’s for this reason that the old saying ‘you can’t please everyone’ came to be. But the results of The Access Survey 2015 showed us that there are some things that can indeed please many people. In December we shared the secret to great accessibility based on these results, and the findings were clear; venues c...
If you’re a shopkeeper in the UK, there are nearly 12 million people who see a 'shop closed' sign on your door, even during opening hours. This is because disabled people make up around 20% of the British population, and 83% of those that we asked thought shops were among the most inaccessible places in the country. However, you might be surpr...
Let's talk toilets - World Toilet Day 19th November
Don’t laugh – it’s no joke; World Toilet Day is an awareness campaign started by the charity Water Aid to alert people to the fact that one in three people around the world still do not have access to a safe and private toilet. Water Aid know that talking about toilets isn’t always easy, and so this year they’re using comedy to help people over...
Remember, remember the fifth of November…or at least that’s what they tell us! If you’re hosting an outdoor event this winter, there are quite a few other things you won’t want to forget on the night. Hosting an event outdoors can be tricky, particularly as there are lots of things you can’t constrain, including the weather. You’ll probably be...
There has been a lot of innovation in recent years which has helped to bring galleries and museums to new audiences. Our reviewers, disabled people and their friends and family, have been visiting some amazing places all over the country and we’ve had some great feedback. We’ve compiled their top tips.
Touch tours
Our visually impaired review...
Chris recently emailed us looking for some advice. He is about to open a small café in Halstead in Essex and he wants to make it as accessible as possible. He doesn’t have a very big budget but he wants to make sure that everyone feels welcome in his café. So we had a look through our reviews of cafés and picked out some of the things our rev...