Happy New Year to all our readers and subscribers. We have some exciting things coming in 2013. The first is a series of articles by Team GB Paralympians on their respective sports and how they got started. From Archery to Wheelchair Rugby to Sitting Volleyball and starting with Susie Rodgers (@Susie_Rodgers) a Paralympian swimmer who describes swimming a…
If you read my comments on restaurants etc. you can see I’m frustrated by the lack of facilities and less able toilets in many places. However this comment from the disability charity Scope put it into perspective for me – there is always someone worse off than you! “Hi can you explain your version of…
Download the new BBS Mobile App here iPhone/iPad – From the iTunes Store Android: From the Andriod Store It’s free (at the moment). It finds trendy/stylish places near your location and rates them with BBS Ticks . The rating looks at style/ambience, access & facilities. You can sort on any of these or just by…
I haven’t been to Smiths but it sounds great from the point of view of disabled access and facilities. When I called they said they had 3 disabled toilets, one on the ground where the bar is, one on the top floor and one on the first. It has four floors and there is a…
Located 30 miles to the South East of London we heard about The West House restaurant via various good reviews and chef Graham Garrett’s performance on The Great British Menu. It’s a small family-run restaurant in a 15th Century weaver’s cottage. They have 1 Michelin Star and but unfortunately they have no disabled toilet except for…
KOKO began life as The Camden Theatre and was opened on Boxing Day 1900. I went there when it was the Camden Palace in the 80’s and had many good nights there. It is now a venue for new musical talent and has been reviewed by Alex Taylor as he has a younger perspective on accessibility.…
Alex Taylor is a wheelchair user and has an interesting site you should visit, disabled or not it’s entertaining – YKTS (You Know The Score). He is a recent graduate from the University of Warwick and an aspiring journalist. He is also an Ambassador for The NSPCC. Here is his review of O2 Academy Brixton, which…
I love Midsummer House restaurant – beautiful location on Midsummer Common near the river in Cambridge. I used to go when I walked with a stick even though using the toilets was a struggle as they are up a number of stairs. The food was and is excellent and I am dying to try the…
Back on 4th April I wrote about the fact that many Restaurants quote Listed Building status as a reason not to have disabled access or facilities. Subsequently City of Westminster and English Heritage confirmed this should not be the case as ‘Heritage’ is for everyone and ‘creative solutions’ can be found for everything. So I decided…