Daily Archives: 05/10/2010

Celebration at home of the Paralympics

DisabledGo’s Head of Business Development and Marketing, Anna Borthwick attended an important launch event in Buckinghamshire on the 21st September.
Guest of Honour, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson officially opened the newly installed lifts at Aylesbury Station before unveiling new road signs celebrating Buckinghamshire as the birthplace of the Paralympics.
The lifts at Aylesbury station, which is used by athletes [...]

Labour conference: Transport industry ‘must do more on access’

Representatives of the transport industry have been criticised for failing to do more to improve the accessibility of public transport.
John Dickinson-Lilley, RNIB’s parliamentary officer, told a fringe event at the Labour conference in Manchester that there was a need for a “genuine shift in attitudes and culture” on accessibility among transport providers. 
He said it was [...]