Access News
Guernsey Disability Alliance November 2018 newsletter
Dear All We are very pleased to show you the end of year newsletter - which is absolutely jam-packed with news. Don't forget 3rd December - International Day of Persons with a Disability - celebrating in town - read more [...]
Extra Toilets for Accessible Town Christmas Evening on 3rd December
Extra toilets will be available for the Accessible Christmas evening at the bottom of Market steps, start of the arcade, including an extra accessible portable toilet. There are accessible toilets at: Bus Terminus Co-op – Market Buildings Constables Office – [...]
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Please find below the Access for All Notice of Annual General Meeting in relation to the meeting being held on 27 November at Les Cotils. Please note that the 2017 Annual Report and Accounts will be circulated separately in advance [...]
#MakeAChange awards – nominations are now open
Nominations are now open for the #MakeAChange awards 2018. Members, disabled islanders, carers and their family and friends are invited to nominate and recognise the outstanding achievements of organisations, groups and individuals that have worked to improve accessibility and inclusion for disabled [...]
Purple Tuesday 13th November – join us
Purple Tuesday Fireside chat 12:30pm Chamber of Commerce - Inner Market Tuesday 13thNovember marks the start of an ambitious project to increase access to the town centre for the estimated 13,000 disabled Islanders and their 4,000 carers. Their collective spending [...]
Disability Survey by Island Global Research
Island Global Research are conducting a survey on issues related to disability, which is available to complete on line using the link below: https://survey.islandglobalresearch.com/s3/Disability-Survey-2018 Please can you share widely and encourage participation in order to get as many responses as [...]
Purple Tuesday 13th November
Purple Tuesday is the UK’s first accessible shopping day, established to recognise the importance and needs of disabled consumers and promote inclusive shopping. Taking place on 13th November 2018 to coincide with the run up to the peak Christmas period, [...]
Access for All in Alderney
Access for All vice chairs Tony Yates (Places - Physical environment) and Karen Blanchford (Information, Services and Activities) visited Alderney for 2.5 days to work in partnership with members and the states to review sites and conduct meetings with more [...]
Accessible Town Drop In – Tuesday 23rd October 8:30-10am
Join us at the Chamber of Commerce, Inner Market, Tuesday 23rd October 8:30am to 10am to find out more about the Accessible Town project, our training workshops, the Hints and Tips for businesses, partnership opportunities or to register for an [...]
Disability Confidence Survey – with Chamber of Commerce
As part of the Accessible Town project (www.accessibletown.gg) We All Matter Eh? GDA and Access for All are partnering with Chamber of Commerce to survey local businesses and organisations to understand how we can support them to become [...]
Launching the new Accessible Town project
Partnering with Access for All and many local businesses and charities we are excited to be playing an active role in the Accessible Town project through our We All Matter Eh? voice. The project runs from 5th October to 3rd [...]
Ron Short Open Day
On Tuesday, 18 September 2018, the Ron Short Centre held its first accessibility afternoon to raise awareness about the work that happens there and the reasons it is so important to so many. Although the emphasis on the equal dignity [...]