In the next few weeks we’re setting up an interest panel to provide feedback to major retailers and transport companies about how to best serve the less able community. We need people, who are opinionated and passionate about making experiences better for less able people, to get involved and join the panel. Whether it be…
Figures showing a rise in disability hate crime are truly shocking: 9 out of 10 people with learning disabilities are victims of disability hate crime according to Mencap‘s research. There has been a rise in the number of hate crimes with 1,942 recorded in 2012 – that is a 14% rise since 2010 – according to…
This was the speech I gave at Digital Shoreditch. It covers the value to the economy of people with disabilities and accessibility issues in London, which I’m sure are true for other places in the UK. Unfortunately it doesn’t show the slides with all the figures on but you’ll get the gist! Let me know…
I’ll start this weeks Weds Wrap with the image of me being carried along by a team of strapping young waiters – trust me, it’s far less glamorous than it sounds. I had to be carried up the stairs at The Gilbert Scott last week because their lift had broken down. I was not particularly…
Just back from Kyrenia, N.Cyprus where I stayed at the 4 Star Pia Bella Hotel. Fifi in a 4star I hear you say!! Yes but it had excellent disabled facilities. They had a huge room with plenty of room to manoeuvre and a disabled wet room. On top of that, although the decor was plain, it was…
Dear Readers, please help us and get your favourite venues signed up for a PAD; where their facilities can be displayed on line from the point of view of a “less able customer”.
The Blue Badge Style April Fools’ Competition winner, Sophie, claimed her prize last Thursday and went for dinner for two at Trinity in Clapham. Self-proclaimed foodie Sophie and her equally foodie brother, Hugo, enjoyed a delicious dinner at the three AA Rosette restaurant. It was a well deserved reward for having to sift through all…
May 2015: Cotidie has now closed but don’t worry It’s become a Viennese Cafe called Fischer’s, from the group that owns the Wolesley etc. Read the review of Fischers …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Cotidie is a new italian in Marylebone and The Relative Lieutenant has written the following review: Went here for the lunch special with kiwi Boy and…
Well I didn’t do much last week as my mind was wondering what I should say about ‘Why Modern London & Shoreditch Should Be Accessible’. It sounds like a ‘no brainer’, like why should Gay people be treated as equals. This was the subject of my presentation at Digital Shoreditch, ‘a celebration of creativity’. I came…