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Access Holiday Guide
A directory of accessible accommodation, services and attractions throughout the UK. The guide is designed for those wheelchair users with no other mobility methods, therefore requiring good access generally combined with suitable adapted personal facilities. The majority of entries list telephone contacts only, whilst others list a description, contact details and accessibility coding.
Available from: Access Holiday Guide, 7 Roundberry Drive, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8LX. Tel: 01548 843 551.
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Holidays Brochure
This brochure lists the holidays that Guide Dogs for the Blind are running. Brochures are issued for the Summer/Autumn and Winter/Spring seasons of the following year. Holiday locations are both UK and abroad.
Available from: Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 3YG.
Tel: 0118 983 5555 Web: www.gdba.org.uk
RADAR Holiday Information Fact-packs
Radar produces a set of three booklets about holidays. The booklets include information about holiday accommodation with nursing assistance, arranging and booking holidays in the UK and abroad for disabled people. They also cover, planning and booking holiday, holiday insurance, holiday finance etc.
Available from: RADAR, 12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London, EC1V 8AF. Tel: 020 7250 3222. Web: www.radar.org.uk.
Holidays in Britain & Ireland - A Guide for Disabled People
RADAR`s guide to holidays in Britain and Ireland has been issued for over 20 years. The current edition includes detailed information on over 1400 places to stay in all parts of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. These include hotels, guesthouses, self-catering cottages and flats, holiday parks, activity centres, camp-sites and centres where specialist service and care are provided. The guide also gives information on advice services, voluntary and commercial organisations and transport. The guide aims to give information that will be useful to people with as wide a range of disabilities as possible. Choosing holiday accommodation will be made easier by individual listings stating, amongst other details, the size of entrance doors, ground floor bedrooms, lifts, whether there are specially designed bathroom facilities, and if waterproof or feather-free bedding is available.
Available from: RADAR, 12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London, EC1V 8AF. Tel: 020 7250 3222. Web: www.radar.org.uk. Also available on line, Web: www.radarsearch.org.uk
Flying High: A Practical Guide to Air Travel
The Disabled Living Foundation publishes this guide which includes journey planning, airport procedures, in-flight meals, personal toilet on board, arriving at the destination and disembarking and using and storing equipment. The guide also lists sources of information, suppliers’ addresses, recommended reading and major UK airport addresses and phone numbers.
Available from: Disabled Living Foundation, 380 – 384 Harrow Road, London, Tel: 0845 130 9177. Web: www.dlf.org.uk
