Useful Resources and Services

Equipment hire

• Enable Accessibility offers Hippocampe wheelchairs, which are suitable for sea swimming and beaches as well as rough terrain. They also offer portable hoists. www.enableaccessibility.co.uk www.hireamobilityscooter.co.uk

• Visiting on holiday? Mobility Scooter & Wheelchair Hire Cornwall is a local family-run service with a fleet of scooters and wheelchairs available for hire.

• Alternatively try national company Mobility Hire for long or short-term for mobility equipment hire: mobilityhire.com

• Countryside Mobility South West is a not-for-profit mobility equipment hire scheme working to improve access to the countryside for people with limited mobility. You can find a full list of Trampers, including at National Trust properties and other Cornish landmarks, at www.countrysidemobility.org

Accessible toilets

• Find Changing Places toilets in Cornwall here: www.changing-places.org/find

• Mobiloo hires out mobile, fullyaccessible toilets. Check their calendar for where they’ll be, or book one for your event: www.mobiloo.org.uk

Support organisations:

• Disability Cornwall. Umbrella organisation for people living with a long-term health condition or disability, their families and carers in Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly. Information and advice line 01736 759500; Textphone (SMS Only): 07522 970336; www.disabilitycornwall.org.uk

• Hearing Loss Cornwall. Supporting deaf and hard of hearing people in Cornwall. Tel 01872 225868; text relay: 18001 01872 225868; www.hearinglosscornwall.org

• iSight Cornwall. Supporting people with sight loss in Cornwall Tel 01872 261110, www.isightcornwall.org.uk

• National Autistic Society Cornwall. Supporting people with autism and their families. www.autism.org.uk/ what-we-do/branches/cornwall

• Cornwall People First. User-led service for people with learning disabilities, offering easy-read guides, advocacy and more. www.cornwallpeoplefirst.com

• Cornwall Accessible Activities Programme (CAAP). Activities for children with additional needs and their families during school holidays. www.caapuk.co.uk

• Dementia Friends. Trained staff in shops or other venues who know how to support people with dementia. Look out for the logo on badges or stickers. www.dementiafriends.org.uk www.cornwallrr.org.uk

• Cornwall Rolling Ramblers. Social group for people who use wheelchairs, power chairs and mobility scooters on accessible routes in the countryside. Join the Facebook group to find out more about their routes.

• Safe Places. A scheme giving training in learning disability awareness to shops and venues across Cornwall. Approved locations will have a sticker. Find out more at www.cornwall.gov.uk/safeplaces www.visitbude.info/accessible-bude

Accessible Bude. This page on the tourist information website offers advice, locations and contacts, from level paths and pitches with fantastic views to accessible toilets and mobility solutions including Trampers and sandchairs.

Blue badge parking

In order to use disabled parking spaces in Cornwall, you need to have a valid Blue Badge, which can be issued elsewhere in the UK. Find out more here: www.cornwall.gov.uk/health-andsocial-care/blue-badge-disabledparking-permits

And finally… Access Cornwall

You can find more detailed information and lots more places to visit at the Access Cornwall website. Our team, who live with accessibility challenges, go out and check information so they can share it with as many people as possible so that everyone can enjoy what Cornwall has to offer. Visit www.accesscornwall.org.uk