Having stunned the world, and Hitler, by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens returned to America and found himself locked out due to the colour of his skin. Part of the racial discrimination he was on the receiving end of meant that, even when he attended events that were being…
In the spirit of Rio 2016, disabled golf officials are attempting to raise awareness of the sport with the aim of being added to the Paralympic Games. It won’t happen until at least 2024 according to the article from Sky Sports in 2014. But for those of you wishing to take part in a sport where…
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 David…
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 Para-Dressage…
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…
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!!…
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…
In the past we’ve written about accessibility at festivals across the UK but we needed an update for 2016. So we’re grateful to friend of BBS, journalist Alex Taylor who writes for Metro.co.uk, who withstood the weather, the mud, the beer, to write this update on London festival Field Day, to assess their accessibility. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………