AccessAble is a free website and app that provides detailed accessibility information for various venues across the UK. By having trained surveyors visit locations in person, AccessAble ensures that users receive accurate and up-to-date data on aspects such as door widths, hearing loops, accessible toilets, and parking facilities. This service aims to empower disabled people and carers to make informed decisions about the accessibility of places they wish to visit.
AccessAble is a free website and app designed to remove the guesswork from going out. It aims to eliminate all the phone calls, internet searching, stress, and frustration, providing answers to accessibility questions.
It gives disabled people, carers and those who just want to know a bit more about accessibility the information to decide if a place will work for them. How does it do this? AccessAble reveals all…
Locations visited in person
Our surveyors visit everywhere we list in person, collecting 100s of pieces of information. This includes:
- door widths
- hearing loops
- accessible toilets
- facilities for assistance dogs
- parking spaces
- background music.
And why do we do this? Because we know that information about these areas can make all the difference to someone’s experience.
It can be the difference between a great day out or a ruined trip. A stress-free appointment or a missed one. The difference between sticking with what you know or trying something new.
Our team of 35 trained surveyors work every week from Belfast to Suffolk, Bristol to Glasgow to collect the information disabled people and carers tell us is important.
We assess everything from hotels to stadiums, high street shops to hospitals, universities to open spaces and everything in between.
We check every accessible toilet, measure every door, take 100s of photos every day because accessibility information is not a ‘nice to have.
It’s essential.
How to Use AccessAble for Your Next Outing
Planning an accessible trip can be straightforward with AccessAble. Here’s how to make the most of this resource:
- Search for Venues: Use the website or app to find detailed accessibility information on a wide range of locations, from restaurants to public parks.
- Filter by Needs: Apply filters to match your specific requirements, such as wheelchair access, hearing assistance, or facilities for assistance dogs.
- Read Access Guides: Each venue has a comprehensive guide detailing key accessibility features, helping you to plan ahead confidently.
- Stay Updated: AccessAble regularly updates its information, so check back for the latest details before your visit.
By utilizing these features, you can reduce uncertainty and enjoy more outings with confidence. Visit AccessAble to start planning your next accessible adventure.
Accessibility information you can trust
Once all the information has been collected, it is thoroughly checked before being published on our website and app, which everyone can use for FREE. Take a look at how it works…
Accessibility information you can trust
Once all the information has been collected, it is thoroughly checked before being published on our website and app, which everyone can use for FREE.
But the story doesn’t end there.
Every year we call more than 70,000 venues to check if their access has changed. If it has, our surveyors go back and check it out, before we update our Access Guides.
It’s loads of work, but it is our commitment to anyone who uses our service, because we know that accessibility information needs to be detailed, accurate and up to date.
We check accessibility because you’ve told us to
And how do we decide what information we collect and what our priorities should be? We ask YOU.
We attend 100s of events a year to get feedback from disabled people and carers on what we can do better and what we can do next.
Want to find out more? Hear it from the people we met at the latest Naidex event.
So, check out our AccessAble website and download our app for free from the Apple Store or Google Play Store.
Join us on our journey to take the chance out of going out. Let’s #KnowMoreGoMore.
By AccessAble
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Originally posted on 26/07/2019 @ 6:58 pm
