Accessible Information

Our accessible information work is about improving access to public open space through the development and dissemination of accessible information. Making information more accessible ensures your promotion, on-site information and other materials reach the widest audience.

While the benefits are widespread, there are some people who rely more on accessible information than others. In particular people with limited literacy, learning disabilities and visual impairments (including people who have forgotten to take their reading glasses on a day out).

Our Making Connections research showed that of the access barriers identified by disabled and older people, lack of accessible information was second only to physical barriers. People are unlikely to visit if they don't know a site is accessible to them, and will have a poor experience if they can't access the information when they get there.

People with learning difficulties, sensory impairments, physical disabilities, as well as young and older people, have helped plan and produce accessible information that can be used to make environments more accessible for everyone.

What we do

1. Provide guidelines, fact sheets and tools to demonstrate the value and importance of accessible information, illustrate examples of good practice and give practical instructions on how to produce it.

2. Involve disabled people in identifying information needs, evaluating pilot materials and influencing design and planning decisions.

3. Design and produce new materials to provide examples of good practice.

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