It follows a select committee report which found that pavement parking was problematic for 95% of respondents who are visually impaired and 98% of wheelchair users.
Access
The council allocated £9,000 from its reserves to beach wheelchairs in this year’s budget.
The Government has allocated £2m to NHS Trusts specifically to provide Changing Places assisted accessible toilets.
Rishi Sunak is also expected to confirm that Changing Places toilets will be compulsory in new public buildings by the end of the year.
The enhancements - funded through the Access for All programme - will include new lifts, accessible toilets and customer information screens.
The agency outlined its hope to help people with reading and learning disabilities as well as developmental conditions.
The rollout will cover 1,700 Greene King pubs, offices and distributions centres.
A Hull University student who uses a wheelchair has said she considered taking legal action over the lack of disabled access at the institution. A
Euan’s Guide selected the venues because they “stood out by providing exceptionally good experiences to disabled people.”
