Open Country

Helping People with Disabilities to Access the Countryside

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Forth & Tay Disabled Ramblers

We are a group of ramblers who share a love of the countryside and like to explore it with friends and family.

Disabled Ramblers

We are a group of like-minded disabled people who enjoy being in the countryside, and who get about using paths and trails of all kinds.

Check The Map

Find ALL your Learning Disability services

Disability Action Yorkshire is a charity providing a range of expanding services which enable disabled people to access opportunities such as training for work, personal care and support, residential accommodation and leisure activities.

 

 The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is a national charity that provides   free, impartial advice about all types of equipment to older and disabled people, their carers and families. The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is a national charity that provides   free, impartial advice about all types of equipment to older and disabled people, their carers and families.

Employers' Forum on Disability

The Employers' Forum on Disability is the world's leading employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects business.

The voice of learning disability

 

Mencap is the leading UK charity for people with a learning disability and their families.

Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress

RADAR is the UK's largest disability campaigning network, with over 900 individual and organisational members.

 

Our vision is a just and equal society whose strength is human difference. Our mission is to enable individuals, networks and policy-makers to do things differently.

The first UK road atlas customised for Blue Badge holders is your total guide to planning a trip.

Abilityonline

Abilityonline is one of the Internet's longest running disability web sites

Harrogatecarshare.com

Help the environment and meet people at the same time by sharing lifts with others in your area

Fieldfare works with people with disabilities and countryside managers to improve access to the countryside for everyone.

Phab's aim is to promote and encourage people of all abilities to come together on equal terms, to achieve complete inclusion within the wider community.

Enable Together!

Used by disabled people, their friends, family, carers and professionals, Enable Together is a free website with the aim of “sharing information for independent living”

www.yourlevelbest.com was created by a wheelchair-user who likes to socialize by meeting friends and family in pubs or restaurants--so of course these places must be disabled-accessible.  The toilets must be wheelchair-accessible, too.  Venues listed here claim to meet these criteria

Disability Action works to ensure that people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people.

Thanks to Roosters Brewery in Knaresborough for their support of our Queen’s Award Ceilidh

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