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REVIEW TIME
If you have you ever been somewhere with amazing disabled customer service or access, you should take the time to share your experiences by leaving a review on Euan’s Guide. Your review could give someone in the disabled community the confidence to visit a new place, and that’s a great gift to give this Christmas
The disabled access review charity Euan’s Guide has been working hard for nine years on behalf of disabled people to break down barriers in society when it comes to accessibility and inclusion. The award-winning charity is best known for its disabled access review website where disabled people, their families, friends, and carers can find and share the accessibility of venues around the UK and beyond. The website shares thousands of experiences and is the go-to tool for many disabled people who are researching places they might want to visit, so it really is a great way to find accessibility information before visiting somewhere new – especially when they’re often told that just one review from someone with similar access requirements can give someone else enough confidence to visit somewhere new, from holiday homes and parks to bars and restaurants.
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There are thousands of people using the website every month, so the charity really is opening doors for disabled people to find great places to go and, by breaking down barriers of exclusion, everyone has the freedom to explore. In addition, they run the UK’s largest Access Survey and make tens of thousands of toilets safer through their Red Cord Card scheme.
Euan’s Guide is always looking for people to submit reviews and the people who leave reviews are a number one priority for them. By sharing lived experiences disabled people are helping to make the lives of other disabled people easier and this is something that Euan MacDonald, the founder of Euan’s Guide, set out to do when he established the charity with his sister Kiki in 2013 after he was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. Euan and the team believe in making the world more accessible one review at a time – but it’s the people who are behind the reviews who really make the magic happen. The more people who feel they can contribute, the better. If you’re someone who enjoys going out and about and you’d like to help make a positive difference to the lives of other disabled people, Euan’s Guide would love to hear from you. Their website is a platform for you to share your thoughts on where you’ve been and these reviews can be as long or as short as you like. You simply create an account, which you can anonymise if it helps you get started, and it’s these first-hand experiences that really count, whether you spend three minutes typing a review or three hours – just get started, knowing the Euan’s Guide team is there to support you. If you’re already a keen reviewer at Euan’s Guide, there’s more you can do to help if you have the time. Euan’s Guide would love to feature more volunteers on their blog and having support at events on both a small and national scale is hugely appreciated by the team. Tina Hodgkinson is the London Ambassador for the charity and donates her support generously to Euan’s Guide.
She said: “Euan’s Guide is supportive and this has helped me to grow in confidence both as a disabled woman and as an Ambassador, enabling me both on a personal level and as a volunteer to do things. In my case, writing articles or having the courage to raise access issues directly with venues when I visit them, neither of which I would have considered when I first started out as a volunteer.”
The charity is incredibly grateful for all of their Ambassadors’ activity and Tina often contributes reviews and blog posts while regularly engaging on social media to share all-important disabled access information with support from Euan’s Guide. If you’d like to get involved, you can do so by submitting your own review. All you need to do is register online at EuansGuide.com to create an account which will allow you to leave a review and don’t worry, the team will help you if you get stuck. In just a few clicks, you can submit a review that will allow other people to find out what you think about a place you’ve been, helping them to decide whether they give it a go too. Remember, just one review can give someone else the confidence to visit somewhere new so your contribution to EuansGuide.com really will be invaluable.
Visit EuansGuide.com to find out more about reading and submitting reviews and give them a follow on social media @EuansGuide if you want to find out more.
