Update Aug 2016: BBS Director Paul Mounsey presents a cheque for £750 to Robert Carter at The Royal Academy of Music. The proceeds of BBS MIX 2016 concert will again be awarded as a bursary to Soprano, Fiona Joice who suffers from dyslexia and dyscalculia. The recipient of last year’s bursary, Fiona Joice, Soprano, said “I was…
In the lead up to the 2016 Paralympics we’re re-visiting the inspirational and moving stories we published about the 2012 athletes. ‘Inspirational’ is over-used and frequently a cliché for anyone with a disability but these stories are that and more – they sent shivers of pride throughout the BBS team!! Last week we heard from…
Nominations are open for the BBS Awards 2016 and we want to know what you think! Can you suggest a favourite venue, a stylish place with good access and facilities, somewhere that welcomes people with disabilities? Then we want to hear from you. It can be from anywhere. The third Blue Badge Style Awards will…
We arranged a holiday to Menorca as it’s the most unspoilt/commercialised of the Balearic islands. We’d been to Ibiza and stayed in a very good villa, see our review of Ibiza but Menorca is far more ‘old Spain’ with many fishing villages and unspoilt beaches. We stayed in modern villa just outside of the town of…
We can’t believe it’s the 2016 Paralympics already and we make no apology for re-visiting the inspirational and moving stories we published about the 2012 athletes. ‘Inspirational’ is over-used and frequently a cliché for anyone with a disability but these stories are that and more – they sent shivers of pride throughout the BBS team!!…
July 25th 2016: We tell Big Hospitality what makes a bad disabled loo and how to fix it….. This link reveals all
We know BBS is sometimes too London centric but we are unapologetic in highlighting some wonderful, accessible things to do in London this summer: Cocktails With a View Less able people often consider multi-storey buildings to be the enemy but once a building reaches a certain height, as is the case here, there’s no way…
We were asked by the Morning Advertiser to write an article on how Pubs can become more disability friendly here’s what we wrote on 14th July 2016, see full article in print here…………….Let’s hope they take note!! The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) and The Equality Act 2010 are coming into force as the…
Join our film club by sending your reviews of films and the accessibility of cinemas. Last Thursday of the month see a new film of your choice and send us your review or better still set up your own club and we can build a huge film network – Guinness Book of Records here we…