by GAPA | Jun 16, 2022 | Events, News
An international festival is to become the first major event in Wales to provide a special safe chill-out space for people with special and additional needs. This year’s four-day Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is back live again to celebrate its 75th... by GAPA | Apr 16, 2022 | News
A high sheriff has unveiled a major campaign helping tourist businesses across North Wales to cash in on spending by visitors with a disability or additional needs. Mum-of-three Davina Carey-Evans, whose 27-year-old son Benjamin has severe autism, said she had spent a...
by GAPA | Apr 14, 2021 | News
Anglesey has been chosen by PIWS, a community initiative, for a pilot scheme which aims to put Access for All at the heart of the island’s tourism and leisure sector. With 14.1 million people registered disabled in the UK, it is estimated that 1 in 4 families visiting...
by GAPA | Jun 14, 2020 | News
A North Wales business leader has set up a social enterprise to help companies tap into the £249 billion of spending power of disabled people in the UK. Davina Carey-Evans, who runs the Anglesey-based event and marketing company Sbarc, set up Piws (Welsh for purple)...
by GAPA | Jan 2, 2020 | News
We need to make sure that we are not excluding people whose disabilities we cannot see. by GAPA | Aug 30, 2019 | News
Millions more people will be able to apply for blue badge parking permits from Friday as new rules come into force to support those with hidden health concerns. The scheme’s eligibility criteria in England has been expanded by the Department for Transport (DfT)... by GAPA | Jun 2, 2019 | News
Learning Disability Pride, or LDP, is a week of celebrations across Britain. We want people with learning disabilities, their friends, families and supporters to have marches, walks, parties and events all across the country from 15th to 21st June 2019. by GAPA | May 2, 2019 | News
The sunflower lanyard is a way for customers to indicate to staff across the airports that they may need additional care and support. The optional service is intended for customers with hidden disabilities such as hearing loss, autism or dementia. The Hidden...
