At a recent pitch to directors from Compass Uk the BBS product PADs (Pictorial Access Descriptions) got a unanimous vote of YES in The Idea Works Competition. All four saw the need for every venue to provide online information regarding ‘accessibility’. See founder of BBS, Fiona Jarvis ,’Pitch’ here: PADs provide access information as a…
We’re in the disability press. Mik Scarlet, broadcaster, journalist, actor and musician, (a ‘cool guy’ in his own right), interviews our Founder for Disability Now and says we’re ‘cool’………….. View the full image Blue Badge Style website Blue Badge Style: disability cool By Mik Scarlet – 21 min 39 sec ago Disabled people have always been interested in style, fashion and having a…
In what is already a really big win for our company, Blue Badge Style will be sending a team to Madrid this October to compete in the European Social Innovation Tournament. We’re extremely proud to have been nominated for this prestigious European-wide award for entrepreneurial endeavours which aim to make our society a better and…
To say that House of Commons Committee Room 9 was unprepared for the arrival, en mass, of around ten to fifteen wheelchair users would be an egregious understatement. In fact, it would probably be fair to say that the accessibility of the room which hosted yesterday’s parliamentary event on accessing the high streets was almost…
This Wednesday, BBS representatives are going to be attending an All Party Parliamentary Group, at Portcullis House, looking into access to the high street for young disabled people. The APPG has been set up in the wake of a recent report from Trailblazers, named Short Changed, which came up with many interesting points about what high…
Equipment for disabled people is functional to the point of being “institutional” says a new survey from Blue Badge Style. The results of the latest BBS Interest Panel, set up to find out about the opinions of the disabled community on both mobility and household equipment, found that the available products are generally considered “not…
Less able people and their carers overwhelmingly feel that too little is being done to make venues accessible for less able visitors, according to results of our BBS Interest Panel survey, conducted late last year. The respondents of the survey agreed that too many venues are failing to adapt their buildings to become more inclusive…
This week has been a trial by pavement. My bones have been shaken & stirred and not in a good way. Firstly, I and the Mancunian Lieutenant decided that after a hair appointment in Richmond, we should wheel down to the Crown in Twickenham (great pub with fab garden see previous review). Little did I…
Blue Badge Style has become “a member of the British Hospitality Association in a bid to bring accessibility to the forefront of the industry’s attention”. They agree that “The Blue £ is set to get bigger” and Pictorial Access Descriptions are “a low cost way to improve the service they (hotels & restaurants) provide for visitors…