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Direct Access strengthens Irish Cooperation with North-West mayors

Direct Access operations director Steve Dering, Manchester Mayor And Burnham and Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram pose for a group photograph.

Direct Access strengthens Irish links with North West mayors Direct Access consultants were honoured to be part of the meeting in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, on 29 March. The meeting, whose attendants included the Mayors of Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Regions, sets a precedent for ensuing collaborations between the Northwest and Ireland […]

Direct Access renews sponsorship of Nantwich Town Disability Football Club

Steven Mifsud MBE holding a football with the Direct Access logo on it alongside three members of the Nantwich Town Wolves Vision Impaired Football Club

Direct Access renews sponsorship of Nantwich Town Disability FC Nantwich-based disability firm Direct Access has renewed its commitment to sponsoring the local vision-impaired football team, Nantwich Town Disability Football Club, after initially becoming sponsors back in 2019 when the club went by the name Nantwich Town Wolves VIFC. Over the past two years, the bond […]

UNBOXED 2022 – Event Planning

Unboxed Creativity in the UK Logo

UNBOXED 2022 was an 8-month-long UK festival beginning in March and concluding in October 2022 that celebrated creativity, innovation, and culture. In addition to sharing interactive exhibits in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics across a huge variety of towns and cities as well as online, UNBOXED was open to public involvement in its […]

Changing Places Statutory Guidance updated in Northern Ireland

Disabled Toilets with a Changing Places Facility

Changing Places Statutory Guidance Updated in Northern Irelad Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister Conor Murphy announced changes to the statutory guidance requirements for Changing Places toilets in Northern Ireland this month. The Amendments Booklet – AMD 8 (2022) provides additional guidance to Technical Booklet R (2012) on access to and use of buildings within Northern Ireland. […]

New BSI Standard for neurodiversity expected this summer

The shape of a head drawn with white chalk. Colourful scribbles are drawn where the brain would be to symbolise neurodiversity.

New BSI Standard for neurodiversity to be published this summer Standards for the designing of buildings and accessibility for users are expected to change in just a few months as the first-ever BSI standard providing guidance on neurodiversity and the built environment will be made official; PAS 6463 Design for the mind. Building on designers […]

Is disability access an afterthought for rail operators?

Altrincham town centre during the day. Several benches and cafes with seating outside. Shops include MAX Photo Experts and Marks and Spencers.

Is disability access an afterthought for rail operators? In the past two years, the world underwent a global state of emergency that forced everyone on Earth to isolate and stay in their homes, which consequently limited our access to everything from seeing and touching those we hold dear, to making a walk to the shops […]