Thanks to friend of BBS, Nonna, for this helpful review of RHS Garden Wisley in Woking, Surrey – the second most popular gardens in the UK: “I had a great day out at the RHS gardens at Wisley last week and had the opportunity to check out the facilities for wheelchair users. The paths around…
ZSL Special Children’s Day is brilliant special event, welcoming children with special needs and their families and friends to London and Whipsnade Zoos. The annual special needs day has been running for years at London Zoo and was voted Best Education Project: Public and General Visitor at BIAZA Annual Awards in 2012. It’s a real inclusive treat…
I don’t know about you but the last time I went to The Science Museum was when I was on a school trip, which is a shame as it’s a very cool place to visit. In particular it has a 3D Printing Exhibition at the moment running until 7/2/2015 and it’s FREE. This is something…
Here’s a insight into the disabled access at IP Expo – one of those big conferences they hold at Earls Court – from a friend of BBS. I went to IP Expo today… well of course it’s a strain on the sanity to be there at all… but worse for some than others… One of…
Because half term and Halloween aren’t stressful enough individually, Halloween has to take place during the October half term this year. With the 31st falling on the Thursday, it’s likely to be the centrepiece of the week. So there are lots of spooky activities going on to entertain the kids next week. We’ve come up with…
Allyson Payne and her daughter went to the Birds of Prey Centre at Shuttleworth, Old Warden Park in Bedfordshire. Here’s her review on a day out with a difference: “Not only do they have a birds of prey centre there, including owls, condors, falcons, pelicans and storks plus other types of birds of prey but it…
Here at Blue Badge Style it’s our aim to raise the profile of less able issues and to talk about accessibility issues. So we were very happy when we saw that The Guardian were following in our footsteps by posting an article about disabled access and less able performers at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The…
On Thursday the first of August BBS assembled a crack team of professional revellers to take on the Wheeled In Chelsea Bar Crawl to help launch our Summer Competition. We were going to go to five different venues that had featured on Made In Chelsea. The night would involve five people, four bars, one restaurant, one…
Joshua Hepple goes to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year in his wheelchair. He’s experienced all there is to see in terms of accessibility difficulties at The Fringe. Whether it’s being carried up stairways or tackling the cobblestones he’s been there and done it. We asked him to give us his expert guide to access…