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Bus and coach travel (powered wheelchair)

Bus and coach travel are a convenient alternative to car and train travel, allowing you to be independent and return to work and leisure activities as a powered wheelchair user. Read More...

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Access All Areas Podcast (Episode 5 – Looking after yourself and your equipment)

In this episode aims to explore the possible challenges and solutions in regard to looking after your health and personal equipment when travelling far and wide. Read More...

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Access All Areas Podcast (Episode 1 – Preparing to travel)

In this episode aims to soften any anxieties about travelling abroad by exploring a mixture of lived and professional insights to planning and preparation that can help to reduce the barriers to successful travel. Read More...

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Podcasts

Welcome to the Access All Areas podcast!   Read More...

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Access All Areas Podcast (Episode 3 – Everyday travel)

In this episode aims to explore members experiences of public transport and driving, how they use it, how accessible they find it and how it can be made easier. It will also discussing accessibility and. Read More...

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Getting back to driving after spinal cord injury (powered wheelchair)

This page contains information about getting back to driving after spinal cord injury as a powered wheelchair user, from learning to drive, to driving assessments. Read More...

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Wheelchair Skills with Back Up

Improving your wheelchair skills will always increase your confidence in a new environment and BackUp have lots of resources and one day courses to help you.   From pushing technique, getting over obstacles and up. Read More...

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Changing places toilets

Find a Changing Places Toilet in the UK and plan your next trip with them in mind.     FIND A CHANGING PLACES TOILET     People with physical disabilities such as spinal injuries, often. Read More...

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Using a Radar Key

A RADAR key is a blue and silver-coloured key that opens more than 10,000 disabled toilets across the UK. how do I get one   Find RADAR key toilets near you by using the Great. Read More...

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Days Out: Beaches

This resource is part of the ‘Days Out’ series and has useful information for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) or cauda equina syndrome (CES) about planning a day out at the beach. Read More...

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Days Out: Countryside

This resource is part of the ‘Days Out’ series and has useful information for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) or cauda equina syndrome (CES) about planning a day out in the countryside and visiting. Read More...

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Enjoying a day out with family/friends

In this video we join Joe on a typical day out in Yorkshire, at the National Railway Museum and the Yorkshire Arboretum. Joe is able to walk short distances but sometimes uses a wheelchair. Read More...