Policy
What do your policies say about your approach to accessibility and inclusion? What standards do your team follow? What guidelines do you give your suppliers?
We work alongside your organisation to refine your policies to support an improved, strategic approach to accessibility.
We help you identify and set out key principles in your sector that are integral to your organisation’s response to accessibility.
To help you achieve a more inclusive organisation, we produce working documents such as an ‘Inclusive Design Guide’ to help embed inclusivity across your relevant policies.
People
How do you support your team to understand accessibility and equality issues? How are you ensuring everyone is welcomed and included?
We help you embed a diverse and inclusive culture throughout staff teams: from helping facilities and estates in the interpretation of inclusive design to building the confidence and awareness of your customer-facing teams.
You need your colleagues to interpret your inclusive aims in the practical delivery of their work; whether that is inclusive design, customer-facing roles or supporting your employees.
Delivered in-person or virtually or online depending on what you need, our training programmes - authored by an employment and discrimination barrister - all include contributions from people with lived
experience, up to date statute, and relevant case law to empower your organisation to understand and tackle different types of discrimination.
Practice
How are you promoting your venue to the 16 million disabled people in the UK?
The final step is to communicate your inclusive culture, physical space and welcome to potential users of your organisation.
Our online Access Guides develop the usability of your venue to the world. The ‘current status’ report delivered to just you equips you with a detailed understanding of your current accessibility.
You’ll easily see the potential improvements that can made; from an individual building to an entire estate. The process concludes with a Design Review service which assesses whether
your aims and commitments have met in the design of the space.
This ‘final check ensures that there are no issued created that could otherwise prove costly for you to correct.
What our clients say
"Their service is efficient and great value for money. We are delighted to have AccessAble's information on our website. It allows us to be upfront and clear about the varying levels of accessibility in our shops - helping our customers to find the stores that best suit their accessibility needs."
Lord Simon Wolfson
CEO, Next
"AccessAble’s meticulous analysis of our facilities over many months, from the car parks to the bars, restaurants and other areas, now give those who are visiting or considering visiting our 15 racecourses and the Jockey Club Rooms an incredibly thorough and detailed guide."
Paul Fisher
Chief Executive of Jockey Club Racecourses
"AccessAble’s efficient approach to surveying and the breadth of analysis they provided us with, have enabled us a genuine insight into our portfolio that will improve our offer whilst prioritising improvements from low-cost and no-cost through to larger infrastructure developments."
Clive Johnson
Derwent London
"St George’s is one of the busiest Trusts in the country – (…) As a result, it’s so important that we’re able to provide accurate and detailed information about the accessibility of our wards and departments. AccessAble is a fantastic tool and we’re proud to be working together to ensure that everyone can access our sites."
Jenni Doman
Deputy Director for Estates and Facilities at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
"The information provided in the AccessAble profiles will give people a real insight into the accessibility of different venues. This will hopefully encourage organisations to think seriously about how they can become more open and accessible to all residents and ultimately play an important part in reducing social isolation in our town."
Cllr Stephen Thomas
Chair of Adult & Community Based Services Committee at Hartlepool Borough Council
"I have no doubt that this will help improve the raceday experience for many of the 4 million people who visit our courses each year, both on racedays and for conferences and other non-racing events, especially those with very specific access requirements."
Paul Fisher
Chief Executive of Jockey Club Racecourses
"The audit we received from Access Able was a most thorough and thoughtful undertaking and to now have this available for our guests not only on their own platforms and outreach programs, but also on our own websites to ensure we are doing everything possible for all our guests is excellent."
Jacqueline Kneebone
Front of House Director, Sea Containers Hotel
"This resource is a real testament to the partnership approach that AccessAble and South Bank’s businesses have taken. It’s such an important and commendable initiative."
Debbie Weekes-Bernard
Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement at London City Hall
"The University’s partnership with AccessAble fits in with our commitment to improving the accessibility of our building or services, despite the obvious challenges of our campus’ geography."
Aberystwyth University
"Partnering with AccessAble strengthens our organisation’s reputation as one with strong access and governance controls. It also helps us do right by our staff, students and visitors giving them the best possible experience while they are with us."
London Business School
"It’s an incredible opportunity to work with AccessAble to ensure that our campus is as accessible as possible and to ensure that we are considering the needs of every individual. We’re very proud to take this step forward in the right direction."
University of Roehampton
- Great partnership
- Access to expertise in the field of disability access
- Improves the student, staff and visitors journey
- Important selling point to prospective staff and students
- Draws on the views of consultative groups across the country to establish access standards which we need to adhere to
- Drives us forward in our ambitions to continually improve the campus and become fully inclusive and welcoming to all
University of Surrey
"(Inclusive Design Guide) Their work in this area has been comprehensive, supportive and very much aligned with our existing principles. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend working with AccessAble to colleagues in the property and retail sector."
Clive Johnson
Group Head of Health and Safety, Derwent London
"We’re proud to be working with AccessAble to provide independently assessed accessibility information on all our College Building."
Imperial College London
"The information contained on AccessAble and the building Accessibility Guides is vital to improving the accessibility of our University to visitors, staff and students alike."
Queen’s University Belfast
Some of our Clients
350+ Clients across UK and Ireland
