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Description

Explore your meeting place to see just how accessible it really is for people who are physically disabled.

Scout website source: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/access-all-areas/

Resources

Pens or pencils
Sticky notes

Copies of attachment file

Instructions

1. Split into small teams. Give each team an 'Accessibility checklist', some pens, and some sticky notes.

2. Each group should use their checklist to explore their meeting place and figure out just how accessible it is. This activity focuses on physical disability, for example, people who use wheelchairs or who find walking difficult.

3. Groups should use the checklist to help them explore their meeting place. Where the answer to a question is ‘no’, they should talk about what could be done to make it better. There’s space for them to write their ideas down, if they want to.

4. Everyone should gather back together as a group. Did they all find the same things. What were everyone’s ideas for making it better? Could you do anything about any of those ideas? Did anyone think of (or find) anything that wasn’t on their checklist?

Require change of challenge?
- Give each group sticky notes to label activities.
- Think about other accessibility issues – does noise echo in any of the rooms? Are the rooms well-lit, but not too bright? Are things clearly signposted with pictures or symbols as well as words?
- Take action on accessibility issues – is there anything you can do to improve the accessibility of your meeting place? It might be as simple as making sure the red cord in the toilet is loose and dangling, or changing a lightbulb – but sometimes we need to take bigger actions, like writing letters to the people in charge of the building.

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Badge Links

• Disability Awareness - Accessibility
• Disability Awareness - Wheelchair