Blue Badge Access Awards – The Only Awards That Celebrate Exceptional Accessibility Globally From the beginning, Blue Badge Style has provided the detailed information about venues that anyone with any disability needs. Everyone should be able to go out enjoy life and not have to make multiple calls to see if a place is suitable…
Previously on the ‘D’ List, ‘new things in the world of disability’, we talked about the most important room the bathroom/toilet. There are plenty of ideas to make them trendy and accessible but what about the rest of the house where, after all, you spend most of your time so even more important to get it…
London Design Festival, ‘Celebrates and promotes London as the design capital of the world’ and we’ve got a round up of some of the standout design events and their accessibility for all. We look at exhibits that are focussed on disability as well as some that are just plain interesting. They are: 1. Please Feed…
Back in May we held The BBS MIX – a concert of mixed genres and abilities. Proceeds support a bursary at the Royal Academy of Music and in particular people who have invisible disabilities, something we wrote about recently. In its 4th year the 2018 version was no exception, having supported Fiona Joice who is a soprano…
What does accessibility look like for people with brain injuries? Brain injuries are not always the most visible of disabilities, research by Headway showed that in 2014, 348,934 were admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury, 162,544 were admitted with a head injury and there were 130,551 stroke admissions. A brain injury can happen…
The ‘D’ List looks at new things in the world of disability, you can see previous articles here. This month Gifted People in Ukraine contacted Blue Badge Style about their new wheelchair, Rocket 4 with its innovative suspension system – something needed in all wheelchairs!. First of all, before you ask, it’s not available outside of…
Update 2018: The lift to the South Wing is not working according to their website and Tom’s Kitchen has been replaced by Bryn Williams a previous BBS Award winner both in 2016 and 2017. This is good news and we have reviewed them separately and access is not affected by the non working lift as…
Nathalie McGloin makes history as first disabled sportsperson to present trophy at Formula 1 British Grand Prix 9 July 2018 Nathalie McGloin made history at the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone yesterday, as she became the first sportsperson with a disability to present a podium prize. Nathalie awarded the third place trophy to…
On Wednesday 2nd May the Toilet Police appeared on Rip Off Britain to comment on the disability facilities in restaurants. In response to the show we have received a number of reviews from the public on their own experiences with facilities in public places labelled disabled. It is too often that the disabled facilities are…