The Event:Accessible Outdoor Recreation Seminar
Dates: 18 Nov 08
Location: Saïd Business School, Oxford
The seminar is aimed at all government agency, local authority and NGO staff and volunteers involved in developing and promoting outdoor access for all, with particular reference to disabled people.
There are 50 places available on this seminar
18 November 2008
Saïd Business School (adjacent to train station)
Oxford
Delegate Fee: £150
A Countryside Recreation Network Event
(For CMA members this event attracts 10 Continued Professional Development (CPD) points)
Background
Outdoor recreation organisations have been working for many years to improve access to their sites and pathways for disabled people. There is no doubt that guidance developed through initiatives such as the Countryside for All Standards and Countryside Agency's By All Reasonable Means have lead to real improvements in access to the outdoors, particularly for people with disabilities, although perhaps less emphasis has been placed on information provision. In recent years a further impetus for improving access has come about following the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005, which imposed duties on organisations to promote equality for disabled people in terms of employment and service delivery. Now almost three years on from the implementation of the Act, it is timely to take stock, look at what has been achieved and share good practice.
Aims of the event
The aims of this workshop are to:-
- - Review how effective the Act has been in stimulating improved recreational access to the outdoors;
- - Exchange good practice in improving access and information regarding outdoor recreation for disabled people;
- - Identify priority issues and areas of work to be taken forward over the next few years.
It is hoped that the workshop will stimulate innovative ideas and ways of thinking to raise awareness of and participation in outdoor recreation activities by people with disabilities.
The workshop will address all forms of disability - including physical, sensory and mental impairment.
More information and registration details can be obtained from:
Network Assistant, Countryside Recreation Network,
Sheffield Hallam University,
Unit 10 Science Park,
Sheffield S1 2LX,
Email: crn@shu.ac.uk
Tel: 0114 225 4494 or Fax: 0114 225 2197