Disability, Harrogate

The Covid Pandemic was the perfect opportunity to increase awareness & understanding of the needs of disabled people – how did it go wrong and what can we learn from it to put things right?

When the Prime Minister first announced a national lockdown back in March, millions of people had to suddenly get used to working from home, or be placed on furlough and unable to work due to businesses reliant on face to face contact & socialisation forced to shut down. Suddenly people weren't allowed to meet with… Continue reading The Covid Pandemic was the perfect opportunity to increase awareness & understanding of the needs of disabled people – how did it go wrong and what can we learn from it to put things right?

Accessibility, Disability, Harrogate

Disabled Access needs to be considered when road and construction works are being planned

Recently in Harrogate, just as the major wave of Coronavirus lockdown restrictions started to ease, there has been a lot of roadworks going on as TalkTalk's company 'FibreNation' has been rolling out full fibre broadband across Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough. While this is great news for some, the actual process of installing the broadband cables… Continue reading Disabled Access needs to be considered when road and construction works are being planned