Posts Tagged ‘Hearing Impairment’

Manelly Fleming Farm, St. Veets, Cornwall

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Manelly Fleming Farm is a 43 acre rural enterprise situated in St. Veep, an attractive rural village near the Ancient Stannery Town of Lostwithiel in Cornwall. The accommodation consists of “Berts Rest” and “Roys Barn” both of which have facilities for disabled people.

Berts Rest is of the highest quality and accessible for any disability, it is equipped for four persons. The property is a top floor studio apartment with its own independent lift and it has a wide wheelchair access doorways. Inside you will find solid oak flooring throughout the living, kitchen and bedroom areas and a wet room/bathroom all on the same level for ease of access and manoeuvrability.


Roys Barn which also sleeps up to four people is the ground floor studio apartment with a wide access door way and ramp.

Both Berts Rest and Roys Barn have similar features such as:

The living area has freeview tv, dvd, stereo, beanbag and a sofa bed with large wood windows looking over the front garden and beautiful peaceful Cornish countryside.

The kitchen is fitted with electronic worktops that you can raise or lower at the press of a button and has cooker, fridge/freezer, washing machine and all crockery and utensils.

The bedroom has two single electric adjustable beds with tempor mattress’s for ultimate comfort, also there is an electric hoist, bedside table and French dresser again with two windows looking over the front garden and countryside.

The wet room is fitted with a fully automated sink unit which raise and lowers, taps turn on and off and plug opens and closes at the push of a button. It also is fitted out with an electric hoist with a level access shower and wet chair.

Fitted with alarm pull cords throughout the apartment for peace of mind and safety.

Both properties have been assessed by Visit England’s National Accessible Scheme (NAS), for further details please visit the Manelly Fleming Farm website.

Further details can also be found in the OpenBritain 2010 Guide on page 99.

OpenBritain to Launch OpenLondon

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

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The new OpenLondon guide is the definitive guide for visitors to London with access needs. The guide contains everything required to enjoy London to the full.

OpenLondon is packed with useful information on accommodation, places of interest, transport, theatres, restaurants and shopping.

Clear, attractive entries present the reader with facts at their fingertips and useful maps help find locations.

Inspirational information about places to visit and practical advice on getting around the city make this guide an invaluable holiday or business trip planning tool for anyone with access needs.

Why advertise in the OpenLondon guide?

If you want to promote your accessible services to an enormous, largely untapped market, this is the publication for you.

• The OpenLondon guide is a unique publication – a definitive travel guide for people with access needs. OpenLondon has everything needed to explore and enjoy London to the full

• Display advertisers also receive a free detailed listing including photographs and a link to your website on www.openbritain.net

• OpenLondon will be marketed through networks used by disabled people including RADAR and Tourism for All UK

• OpenLondon is available in newsagents, bookshops and Tourist Information Centres throughout the UK

• The OpenLondon guide is a full colour, high quality book

• This publication is the OFFICIAL guide which is supported by The Mayor of London, Visit London and the London Development Agency

For further information please download the OpenLondon Media Pack below.

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Tate Collection

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Tate Collection

When I think of the Tate Gallery I think of one gallery in London, maybe this is because I’m simply not in the know, the Tate Collection is actually 4 galleries across the UK and they provide quite a lot of information for disabled people on their website. I would recommend that you visit the website and have a look around for the information that you require but here’s a brief over view of the galleries and some of the available information.

The website is broken down into the 4 seperate gallaries, Tate Britain, Modern (both in London), Liverpool and St. Ives. In each section the format is the same.

On the Visiting  pages there is general information regarding the specific gallery including the address, opening hours, admission prices and how to get there. This information is also available in British Sign Language (BSL) through RealPlayer and it also gives the Minicom number for deaf people.

Visiting Pages:

Tate Britain

Tate Modern

Tate Liverpool

Tate St. Ives
Each of the galleries has an Access and Facilities Page and a page relating to different programmes that the gallery runs for visitors with learning disabilities, blind and deaf people.

Access and Facilities:

Tate Britain

Tate Modern

Tate Liverpool

Tate St. Ives

Programmes:

Tate Britain

Tate Modern

Tate Liverpool

Tate St. Ives

The Tate Boat

There is also the Tate Boat which runs between the Tate Britain and Tate Modern and the site states that:
The Tate Boat can accommodate wheelchair users.

However, exceptionally high tides mean that the Tate Boat cannot navigate certain Thames bridges and a replacement vessel may be used at these times. Some replacement vessels are not able to accommodate wheelchair users so we strongly recommend that customers call 020 7887 8888 on the day of travel for further details.

Guide and hearing dogs are welcome on the Tate Boat.

Access at the Tate Collection

You can find all of this of this information and more on one handy Tate Collection Access Page.

Tate Boat

Tricking and Treating at the London Eye

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

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Halloween is coming up so we’ve decided to take a look at what inclusive fun can be had for disabled people. In london the  “London Eye, will be transformed with its landscape changed into a spooky forest complete with a bubbling bog of no return for children who’ve been naughty. From Saturday October 24th to Sunday November 1st, two very peculiar witch sisters will be teaching children a lesson about the perils of misbehaving with Witch Trick encouraging children to be naughty and Witch Treat trying to save them from her wicked sister.”

Information for disable people, including wheelchair users and people with visual and hearing impairments can be found on the London Eye website.

Bradford Music Week

Monday, September 21st, 2009

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Bradford Music Week runs from the 21st – 27th September 2009 and the  event will include a diverse range of music. There is also the World Mile Festival which is running as part of Bradford Music Week. This event will run over the weekend of 26th – 27th September in venues along the route of Ivegate to White Abbey Road.

Bradford Music Week will also cover activities in Keighley and other surrounding areas.

For information regarding access at Bradford Music Week Venues please see their web site.