We’ve started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week, GB Paralympian, Myles Pearson has written an interesting and informative article on what goes in to being a wheelchair rugby…
We’ve started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week we’re featuring an interview with Sophie Christiansen. Sophie won three gold medals in dressage at London 2012 to along with…
Susie Rodgers is a British Paralympic Swimmer who picked up bronze medals in the S7 100m freestyle, 4x100m relay and the 400m freestyle at the London Games. She has graciously volunteered to write the first in a series of guest blogs for Blue Badge Style. Over the next few weeks a variety of Paralympians will…
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…
You may have seen my recent article in The Lady on top places in London to go out, if not here’s the link. So as Xmas approaches I thought I should do a review of places across the UK you may want to try for a Xmas evening out, if the weather doesn’t put you…
BBC Ouch! is a blog and internet talk show which goes beyond the headlines to reflect disability life. They discuss the things that matter to the less able. This month, Blue Badge Style’s founder, Fiona, went on to talk to Liz Carr and Rob Crossan about the Blue Badge Style app for the discerning disabled and how being…
Thanks to Kimberley for sending us this review of Edinburgh Castle: “I would just like to say Edinburgh castle was fantastic!! My fiancé and I took my brother who is in a wheelchair and the staff there were fantastic. They were polite and friendly and always willing to help. Even though we had not pre-booked…
We had a Blue Badge Style launch party for our Mobile App and invited a cool collection of wheelchair & stick users, partially-sighted people and able-bodied – Inclusion at it’s best. The stylish event was held at Lounge Lover in London’s Shoreditch and even included three-time gold medal winner, Paralympian Sophie Christiansen. Check out the…
Fiona has written an article which is now up on The Lady’s website! She lends her experience and expert opinion – picking the best five locations to go out in London for the able-bodied and less able alike. Click here to see where she selected.