Nominations for the Blue Badge Style Awards – The BLADES, are open……..We’re looking for venues that have ‘exceptional accessibility and style’ and tickets to the awards are now on sale. People with a disability go free but everyone else has to pay (not a lot!). The presentations will be made at Lutyen’s, Pepys Room, in…
Update 2017: Here’s a company that supplies equipment for disabled Billiards players, particularly those that only use one arm. It improves the shot of the ball like a rifle sight. ‘The Sure Shot Billiards Cue Sight is an aiming device for a pool cue that can be used by most anyone but is especially useful…
Press Release 07.08.2017: Best Restaurant, Favourite Accessible Bar, Most Ludicrous Loo? Recommend Your Favourite Venue for an Award London, 7 August 2017, Nominations are open for the fourth annual Blue Badge Style Awards. The Awards will recognise the effort that stylish hotels, restaurants and bars have made to attract guests with disabilities. A stylish venue…
DRINK – Inclusive Glass holder, has been created as part of the Spark Programme at The Design Council, you can follow its progress here. DRINK is for people who have their hands full – wheelchair, buggy, deck chair it enables effortless independence and socialising. DRINK has travelled, to Spain on some crutches……. To No. 10…
For those of you following our journey on Spark programme with The Design Council (read more here), you’ll realise we’re about to create something new for the Blue Badge Style ‘movement’ – A New Brand, the ADDITI+ON collection of accessories ‘for people who have their hands full’. Here’s what it means and why we think…
Le Saint-James Hotel is located 10 minutes from central Bordeaux in Bouliac and sits on the ‘Balcony of Bordeaux’, named for its panoramic views of the region. They are a Relais & Chateaux hotel with an accessible room and bathroom, on the second floor of the main building. We haven’t been we’re just taking them…
The day before DRINK was at No. 10 and last night Blue Badge Style attended a brilliant event on #Assistive Technology hosted at The Speaker’s House (he was out for the night)! Organised by Shaw Trust/Disabled Living Foundation. Great ideas on how assistive devices help everyone at one time or another – none are immune to disability even if…
Today we met Baroness Celia Thomas & filmed her at The House of Lords using her DRINK glass holder on her scooter. Proving is usefulness for any mobility equipment. Endorsement enough but this was then followed by an invitation to No. 10 Downing St. to review their accessibility and use their new Sesame Lift, ramps were…
Our roving reporter Ann sent this review of Karpaz Gate Marina: A Little Gem in the middle of the sleepy Karpaz, N. Cyprus. Her previous reviews gave us a taste of Vietnam and Cambodia, with accessibility in mind. This time it’s a welcome addition to our previous reviews of N. Cyprus. “Unless you arrive by…
We’ll be announcing The Blue Badge Style Awards 2017, and sampling Blue Badge Style cocktails, at a Central London location again this year, on 4th October 2017. Entry deadlines are 8th September 2017 so if you’re a venue and want to show off your accessibility or a customer with a favourite place, please send your nominations here.…