ADA Access Group Information

The Allerdale Disability Association was originally formed in 1976 as an Access group run by local volunteers with a variety of disabilities to try and improve the quality of life for all disabled people within Allerdale. Our trained voluntary Access officers have worked closely with Allerdale Borough Council's Access officer and the County Highways Department since then, by assessing buildings, facilities and general accessibility throughout the area. Visit the Allerdale Disability Association website.

We produced the original Access guides for each of the major towns within Allerdale covering places to visit, hotel and guest house accommodation, eating out, sports, recreational activities and shopping areas. We have been pleased to assist Allerdale Borough Council whenever possible to provide this new guide which will be of great benefit to all disabled people in our area and to the many visitors with disabilities.

We offer advice and information on all matters of accessibility and over the years have built up a considerable resource of information. Each month, meetings of the group are held to report findings, discuss actions to be taken and detail plans to improve our service.

Over the year, following our own site visits and recommendations, we select three recipients for Access Awards who have provided new or improved facilities to assist disabled people with access and enjoyment of the services, entertainment provided.

Government legislation now requires services to provide equal access for people with disabilities. Consequently the work-load of our group is ever increasing, and we would be particularly delighted to hear from new volunteers throughout Allerdale to assist us to achieve our goals of "Access for All".