The DisabledGo website is a unique new guide designed to empower Brighton & Hove’s 35,000 disabled people to get out and do what they want to do. Put together with sponsorship from the council and Marks & Spencer, DisabledGo – Brighton & Hove opens up the city-by-the-sea to Britain’s 8.7 million disabled people.
Launched during the European Year of Disabled People, DisabledGo – Brighton & Hove spills the beans about access to shops, pubs, restaurants, cinemas and other public venues for people with hearing, vision or mobility access concerns.
People can use the website to check whether a pub is accessible to a wheelchair user, whether a cinema can offer a hearing loop, whether a hotel offers adapted rooms, or whether a restaurant welcomes assistance dogs and offers menus in large print or Braille.
Over 1,000 Brighton & Hove businesses are participating for free. DisabledGo researchers visited them to assess their access and each will receive training advice regarding how to offer a better service to disabled customers. Marks & Spencer and Brighton & Hove City Council’s sponsorship paid for this extensive research exercise.
Andy Taylor
