Accessibility at The National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt
George Guy recently visited The National Robotarium, a new centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Heriot-Watt. In this guest blog post, George tells us about his experience of disabled access at the university’s new building.
Recently, I and a few others from the PPI group attended a meeting at Heriot-Watt University’s National Ro...
In this month’s roundup, we have quite an interesting mix of venues that have been visited by our volunteers both at home and abroad. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to submit reviews in 2023. It's thanks to our amazing volunteers that we can share disabled access information, which we know gives disabled people and their families...
Arundel Wetland Centre wins Silver for Accessible & Inclusive Tourism
WWT Arundel Wetland Centre has been awarded the Silver Award for Accessible & Inclusive Tourism at the Beautiful South Tourism Awards.
The awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of tourism businesses and experiences across the South East, and were held at The Grand in Brighton on Tuesday 13 December.
Arundel Wetland Centre told us t...
From “Places to Avoid” to “Places to Visit” - Reimagining Tokyo’s Toilets
Tokyo is known for its mix of modern buildings and traditional temples and shrines, a hyper-efficient transit system, and a rich food culture. But these days, a new kind of facility is attracting the attention of tourists: 17 public toilets which are part of THE TOKYO TOILET project. Curious to find out what was so special about these toilets,...
World Toilet Day - Sunday 19 November 2023
World Toilet Day was established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001 to tackle the global sanitation crisis? It’s been an official day recognised by the United Nations since 2013, and their aim is to ensure everyone has access to safe, sanitary toilets by 2030.
At Euan’s Guide, we use World Toilet...
Purple Tuesday: how we can help you improve your disabled access
This year, Purple Tuesday is asking organisations to make one new commitment to improve their accessibility and practice, implement the improvement, and join the global celebrations on Tuesday 7 November.
Here at Euan’s Guide, we’d like to extend this invitation to our community of venues, business and organisations - we’re asking you to commi...
We welcome this guest blog post from Lorna Fillingham, on behalf of our friends at the disability charity, Scope.
On warm summer days, I sit and listen to children racing up and down the path that leads to our local park. It's just across the road, but it's not a park for us, it has nothing that my disabled daughter can play on. If we go to...
The Blue Badge Access Awards 2023 took place on Thursday 26 October at the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in London and we simply had to share the news of the winners with you. Here at Euan’s Guide we are always striving to make the world more accessible, so any time we can support other organisations doing similar work we will do our best to shout...
Friday 6 October 2023 is World Cerebral Palsy Day, which celebrates over 17 million people worldwide who have CP. There are a further 350 million friends and family members who are closely connected to someone who has Cerebral Palsy.
In the UK, according to disability charity Scope, one in 400 children are diagnosed every year with Cerebral...
Revive MS Support and Euan’s Guide partnership launches in Revive’s Glasgow-based centre
On Thursday 5 October, Revive MS Support and Euan’s Guide celebrated an event to introduce Revive clients to Euan’s Guide services, share the accessibility improvements taking place at Revive’s centre in Govan, and encourage clients to talk about their own experiences of accessible places to visit.
Revive is the leading provider of support for...
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