By All Reasonable Means

The Sensory Trust was commissioned by the Countryside Agency to produce this new national guide. The guide aims to help countryside and urban greenspace managers and owners improve accessibility of their sites, routes and facilities for disabled visitors.

The guide acknowledges the reality of resource limitations in the sector, but aims to provide a realistic, practical and effective approach to encouraging more action by managers and owners, resulting in more access in more places for more people.

By All Reasonable Means is based on Least Restrictive Access, an approach that aims for the highest standards possible for a particular piece of work. In the absence of statutory standards for outdoor access improvements, the guide outlines a framework which enables owners and managers to choose standards and techniques that are appropriate to their site.

It also incorporates the Access Chain, a tool developed by the Sensory Trust to outline the different parts of the visitor experience, from decision to visit to the experience on site and the journey home, and to show the connections between them.

The guide is underpinned by the principle of involving disabled people in all stages of the process, from planning access improvements to evaluating their effectiveness. It also advocates the bedding in of an inclusive approach so it becomes a natural part of way an organisation does things.

The guidance is a live document that will be updated in the light of experience and the case law which develops from the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005 (DDA) and other associated legislation.

Download a copy of the guidance (pdf 835k)

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