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Business Disability Awareness – Accessibility quick wins
This is the latest Business Disability Awareness newsletter from Eastbourne Council. As more businesses reopen from 2 December, it is important to provide good service to all customers in the run up to Christmas, a key trading period. Sometimes a small change can have a big impact. There are many simple things your business can …
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Latest Disability Today article – Are We Making Progress?
DISABILITY TODAY by the Eastbourne Access Group Are We Making Progress? It is 2020, 30 years after the publication of The Social Model of Disability was published and 20 years since the Equality Act became law but what has changed in that time? The model says that ‘People are disabled by barriers in society, not …
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MBE For Services to People with Disabilities in Eastbourne for Ian
Local paper The Herald article taken from Face Book: Ian Westgate will receive the MBE for services to people with disabilities in Eastbourne. Mr Westgate is the immediate past chair of Eastbourne Access Group and has a 50 year track record of volunteering through scouting, youth club leadership, Rotaract, MS Society and more recently with …
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Business Disability Awareness
This is the link to the latest Eastbourne Council’s Business Disability Awareness newsletter https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKEASTBOURNE/bulletins/2a27b55 How do I know if a person is disabled? You probably don’t know Many people have hidden disabilities which mean they don’t show physical signs. Hidden disabilities include learning difficulties, mental health, speech, visual or hearing impairments. They can also include …
Can you help us?
Eastbourne Access group needs YOU! Can you spare 1 -2 hours per month to volunteer flexibly for the Access group from your home? We campaign to make Eastbourne more accessible for disabled people of all ages, their carers and families. We produce the Eastbourne Access guide that has lots of information in it about local …
We support petition delivered to Downing Street on Shared Spaces
This is the petition supported by the Eastbourne Access Group that was delivered to Downing Street on Monday. Boris Please Get Shared Space Gone’ and ‘Get Accessibility For All Done’ That’s the plea from blind and visually impaired campaigners who are handing into Number 10, the first three petitions of the new year and of …
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