Access
for Everybody
Award-winning Universal Design and Accessibility experts. Led by disabled people.
Direct Access has led the accessibility and inclusion field since our inception in 2004. We are a DOBEâ„¢ certified Disability Owned and Operated Business Enterprise providing accessibility consultancy based on our real lived experience of disability.
With consultants across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland – we enable organisations to create inclusive environments that meet and exceed accessibility standards and building regulations across the UK and mainland Europe.Â
We work with clients, architects and design teams working on everything from small community venues, to UNESCO heritage sites, to world famous museums.
![Two men (Steven Mifsud and Steve Dering) look at blueprint on a building site in the desert at Expo 2020 Dubai.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/454bc0c7-829e-4b5a-aa57-44f452ecbf31-e1650470876155-1024x612-1.jpg)
Consultancy
Following best practice and meeting your obligations under the Equality Act.
![A selection of Direct Access' accessible media products laid out on a glass table next to each other. The products include a Giant Print guide, an Easy Read interpretation of a public information document, and a Braille translation of a coffee shop menu.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/c41f0fe8-00cf-4297-adb9-37ef954a5f65-e1693484751468-1.jpg)
Media
Our recording studios and tactile production facilities produce a wide variety of accessible information – empowering people.
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Products
Key accessible products that make a real and substantial difference to the lives of people with disabilities
A Selection of
Our Work
![A close up photograph of an open gate leading to a walkway surrounded by a lush green garden. On the gate is a square sign displaying a white capital T, representing the Tullie Museum and Art Gallery.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-01-092726.png)
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Direct Access are the Accessibility Consultants for the Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, helping Cumbria become a thriving place for everyone through the development and implementation of an accessibility Read More
![A proof of concept photograph of the proposed new design of Chichester Street in Belfast showing a bustling street front with new modern buildings.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/5Cs-ChichesterStreet-1280x720.png)
The 5 C’s Public Realms Project – Belfast
Direct Access were the accessibility consultants for the 5 C’s Project in Belfast, providing a review of 5 proposed street refurbishments for The Department for Communities (DfC) Belfast Regeneration Directorate. Read More
![A photograph of an exterior pathway at the Sewerby Halls & Gardens on a sunny afternoon, to either side a mixture of white, pink, and purple flowers are scattered from one end to the next, with larger plans and trees further back on each side. At the furthest end of the path, there is a sheltered garden gazebo with two trees adjacent to the left and right.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/shutterstock_1316534681-1280x720.jpg)
East Riding Museums
Direct Access provided accessibility audits to the East Riding Museums Group to ensure that its sites are fully accessible and inclusive to disabled visitors and staff. The initial site audits Read More
![A proof of concept photo of the V and A East museum, showing a large, baige building that looks like an upside down crown. A large V and A sits on the top. Outside crowds of people commute on the open plan path space. At the forefront, a set of stairs lead down to a nearby canal with a red, white, and blue coloured boat passing by.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/External-render-960x720.jpg)
V & A East
Image © O’Donnell + Tuomey / Ninety90, 2018. The Victoria and Albert Museum, more commonly known as the V&A is the world’s largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and Read More
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United Nations International Organization for Migration (Geneva)
Direct Access has provided Universal Design and accessibility consultancy services for the new International Organization for Migration Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Working with the Architectural and design teams at each Read More
![A drone shot of the proposed build of one part of the Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine; a modern cuboid shaped building.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/12414-Expo-Drone-51-scaled-2-1280x720.jpg)
Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine
The Ellison Institute is an interdisciplinary, patient-centered research center that provides cutting-edge cancer care and wellness services, undertaking research initiatives that span the scientific spectrum to change how cancer and Read More
Latest
News
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How to make your theatre inclusive and disability-friendly
The live event market is currently booming, making a huge resurgence within the wider entertainment industry. With the pandemic becoming something of a distant memory, the general public is becoming much more comfortable in crowded spaces again, with live performances and concerts generating billions of pounds a year. The joy of
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How providing tote bags with small objects can increase accessibility on your premises
Adopted widely from education and play settings to workspaces, sensory bags are an inclusive, inexpensive method of signifying to visitors that your premises actively consider accessibility and comfort. The tools and resources available within the bag can ease or lessen situations of sensory overload, as well as aid in the
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Expo City Dubai install first ever Direct Access Tactile Map at the Museum of Expo 2020
Expo City Dubai, a long-time client of Direct Access, has installed the first tactile map on its site at the Museum for Expo 2020. The Tactile Map Board is one of Direct Access’ signature products, representing an innovative, multi-lateral approach to inclusion that utilises accessible digital media elements to deliver
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Steven Mifsud MBE interviewed at MENA Construction Summit
Answering questions on-stage, Steven spoke at the MENA Construction Summit this week on multiple topics effecting the future of the construction industry, ranging from Saudisation, to diversifying the workforce, to improving the local school curriculum. Accessibility and inclusion play key roles in how attraction providers can contribute to the sustainable
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Direct Access to open new London office to accommodate expanding clientele
Direct Access’ UK and Europe division will be opening a new office in Bromley Old Town Hall, a Grade II listed building in the heart of London that formed a key filming location for Netflix’s The Crown. Members of the team will be relocating to the local area as we
Read More...![Two female children smile as a rollercoaster sends them flying down the track. One of them is posing for the camera holding her hands up high.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/shutterstock_1487350391-1200x480.jpg)
Developing Accessible and Inclusive Theme Parks
From improving the emotional well-being of disabled people to generating more wholly positive perceptions of accessibility in the public consciousness, creating accessible and sustainable leisure facilities not only creates positive social awareness of disability issues (particularly among non-disabled children) but also allows disabled people from all walks of life the
Read More...![A side by side image of two exhibits at the Energy Revolution Gallery at the Science Museum representing renewable energy projects on Orkney and tidal turbine blades.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Renewable-energy-projects-on-Orkney-and-tidal-turbine-blade-Energy-Revolution-C-Science-Museum-Group1.png)
DA client the Science Museum Group opens new Energy Revolution Gallery
Direct Access clients the Science Museum Group have unveiled a major new (and free) gallery; Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery. It will explore how the world can generate and use energy more sustainably to urgently reduce carbon dioxide emissions from global energy systems and limit the impact of
Read More...![A photograph of Cheshire Oaks retail outlet on a sunny afternoon. A few cloud dot the otherwise blue sky as shoppers walk along the promenade. To the right of the image are Dune and Clogau stores.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/McArthur-Glen-1-scaled.jpg)
Designing inclusive retail and shopping spaces for accessibility
It is no secret that the rise of E-commerce, quickly accelerated by changes in people’s spending habits and the realities of our world economy, has resulted in physical retail spaces suffering losses in both consumer and business interest. However, while shopping for our favourite brands has never been easier for
Read More...![A banner with text reading "Accessible Interpretation of Wildlife" alongside two photographs. One shows a bald eagle stood on a wooden pole, the other a duplicate of the eagle as a tactile, white statue.](https://directaccessgp.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-14-at-08.35.36-1200x480.jpeg)
Tactile Objects and Models are the Future of Accessibility
Most disabled people from lived experience understand what segregation and exclusion feels like. But ask the average disabled person what accessibility means to them, you are pretty much guaranteed to get a different answer every time. To a wheelchair user, it might mean facilities offering automatic doors, wheelchair ramps, and
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Address
United Kingdom
Pepper House, Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5DQ. | Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Rd, Bromley, BR1 3FE.          |
Ireland
77 Camden Street Lower, Dublin, D02 XE80. |
Phone & Email
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Phone
United Kingdom: +44 1270 626222
Ireland: +353 (0)15079081
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United Kingdom
Pepper House, Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5DQ. | Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Rd, Bromley, BR1 3FE.          |
Ireland
77 Camden Street Lower, Dublin, D02 XE80. |
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