News (May 2022) - Accessible Holidays - Tourism For All

North Hayne Farm Cottages run an award-winning accessible and inclusive family farm in North Devon offering self-catering holidays to families.

Ana Crome, Tourism for All’s Administration Manager, looks at the question of concessionary pricing and admission to attractions and activities from the visitor’s point of view

The new Elizabeth tube Line tube in London is now officially open and has a variety of accessible features making it easier to make your way around the city.

Chichester Festival Theatre have been named as Accessibility Champions in this year’s BroadwayWorld UK Awards.

This week is Dementia Action Week, where businesses across the UK are encouraged to ‘act on dementia’.

HolidayInDorset has announced that they have been awarded the coveted Rose Award for Service Excellence for their property Birchcroft-hideaway from VisitEngland.  This award is now in its 6th year and has only been awarded to 100 businesses each year for outstanding service to their guests.

Chloe is Tourism for All’s new account manager, here she tells us about her experiences with scoliosis as a teenager.

EastEnders actress and current Strictly Come Dancing champion, Rose Ayling-Ellis will be the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies Bedtime Story, which will air on Sunday 8^th May. A previous episode saw a story told in Makaton, but this will be the first time that BSL will be used on the programme.

VisitEngland are undertaking a review of their National Accessible Scheme (NAS), a long-standing voluntary scheme that helps accommodation proprieters in England to develop and promote their true level accessibility. 

A collection of 200 new extraordinary animals are now available to find at Longleat. Known as the Lockdown Zoo, the collection is made entirely from buttons and beads and features animals from across the world.