After seeing some truly shocking ‘disabled facilities’ in 2013 we’ve decided to launch a competition to find The UK’s Worst Disabled Toilet 2014. We’ve seen some really poor attempts to make toilets accessible and we want to name a shame the worst of these Quasi Khazis. We’re looking for you to send us your examples,…
Sophie Morgan writes how some ‘luxury’ hotels are not accessible – shock horror she should read some of our reviews. Check out the list, we get a mention as we gave them things to look out for using our Rating System of BBS Ticks. The article is “Christmas is CANCELLED: When Sophie morgan Wanted a…
The Michelin Guide for 2014 was published in October for Pubs & Restaurants in GB & Ireland and we thought we’d comment on the suitability of them for disabled customers – as they don’t include this!? We agree with the comment from The Telegraph that “Finally. Michelin shows signs of good taste the Guide has…
A recent BBC editorial, by the BBC Social Affairs Correspondent, asked if after the success of the Paralympics disabled people had gone back to being invisible again. It’s a startling turn of phrase to use but it’s a feeling which is all too familiar to many disabled people, who sometimes do feel like they’re treated as if they’re…
We want to know what people with disabilities & their friends & families think regarding access improvements to Restaurants, Bars & Coffee Shops since the Olympics in 2012……Help make a change!! Vote Here
We’re inviting anyone who wants to show support for quality disabled access, World Disability Day and Blue Badge Style to join in with our Guerrilla Sticker Campaign on the 3rd of December. Every year World Disability Day (officially know as International Day of People with Disability) falls on this day and this year we want…
The BBS Bonfire has been over a week in the making – a list of the pet peeves of many less able people. We’ve been venting our frustrations and it’s been fun, cathartic and occasionally more serious. Tonight we’re finally off the put these annoying aspects of accessibility and less able life onto our nearest…
It was at about this time four hundred and eight years ago Guy Fawkes was allegedly putting the final touches on his big old pile of gunpowder underneath the Palace of Westminster (we say ‘allegedly’ wisely. It might be over four hundred years since he was hung drawn and quartered but you can never be…
Working for Blue Badge Style I’ve a lot of conversations over the phone with restaurants and bars asking them about their disabled access. During this time, there’s been one particularly odd thing that keeps cropping up a lot and I just can’t get my head around it. The conversation normally goes a little something like…