Clients

Recently we have supported the development of an accessible surfing centre in Trafford, Modern Surf and advice for the People’s History Museum, also Manchester College’s new FE and HE arts building in New East Manchester.

We were also very involved with the development of the Glade of Light project, including access routes and parking, which was created as a memorial to the people affected by the bombing in the Manchester Arena.

Since 1999, we have carried out access surveys and access audits and provided training for a wide range of local, regional and national organisations, including the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Manchester City Council including MCC Key Routes, Piccadilly Gardens and Manchester Town Hall, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Tameside Council, North West Development Agency, North West Tourist Board, Bramhall Hall, Manchester University, Victoria Baths, Phil Martin Centre in Moss Side, Manchester Careers Partnership, Chinese Arts Centre, Pankhurst Centre, Salford New Deal for Communities, Swinton Insurance, The Co-operative Group, Christ Church (Didsbury), McDonald Hotel (Manchester), various NHS Trusts and Housing Trusts, Manchester Central Library, key routes within Manchester, Salford Central Station for Network Rail, Chorlton High School and Contact and Cornerhouse Theatres.

We have assisted the Contact Theatre in their major recent development, the Manchester Jewish Museum with making their buildings more accessible and with their new extension and with their exhibition designs, the development of the Proud Trust’s LGBT building, Anxiety UK and the Manchester Museum with a review of their existing buildings, Gorton Medical Centre, Pegasus Riding, New East Manchester (commercial, workshop and leisure facilities, landscaping and parking) for the Disabled Group and worked with community groups in Manchester.

We have also worked closely with Transport for Greater Manchester on access issues at Victoria Station and are involved in ongoing consultations on cycle routes. Cyclops junctions, parking and the design or roads within Manchester.

We also carried out access surveys on potential polling stations for Manchester City Council and for vaccination centres.

We have also provided training for various organisations including landscape designers and Manchester City Council staff and given presentations on inclusive design at conferences and events.

We have experience of audits and consultancy in general and specialist areas such as conservation areas, heritage buildings, offices, shops and supermarkets, polling stations, hotels, universities and colleges, student unions, community buildings, housing providers and housing services, churches, synagogues and faith buildings and facilities, leisure centres, prisons, tourist venues and restaurants, visual and performing arts venues, bars and cafes, leisure centres, cinemas, banks, parks and countryside areas, highways and tunnels, outdoor events, taxi services, buses, and train stations, websites, and have recently provided detailed consultation responses on accessible housing, pedestrian, Metrolink and cycle routes, shared space, Piccadilly Gardens and housing for disabled people and older people and the GMCA Spaces for Everyone strategy.

We also contributed detailed responses to the BS 8300 consultations. PAS Design for the Mind, National Planning Policy Framework and the consultations on Building Regulations Part M as well as parliamentary consultations, House of Lords and House of Commons committees related to access policies and legislation. We played a key role in the planning appeal against the reduction in use of Library Walk and the inaccessible features around Manchester Town Hall and within and around the Central Library and the inaccessible provision for the Peterloo Memorial in Manchester City Centre.