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Helen Martin is mum to Holly, 18, who suffered a brain injury following a riding accident. This week, Helen shares the story of how much music therapy from Cornwall Music Service Trust has helped throughout her recovery. Before Holly’s accident, which left her with a severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Holly spent her time […]
We are constantly being introduced to more and more ideas, from gadgets, accessible venues to activities. Here our reviewer, Helen Martin shares her experiences of taking her daughter Holly, who is going through ongoing recovery from a traumatic brain injury, to accessible cricket. Since her accident two years ago, Holly is relearning how to […]
Here at Access Cornwall we delighted to be joined by Helen Martin and her daughter Holly (Come on Holly Pop) who have joined the team to become valued contributors to our work in reviewing places and sharing valuable information to help make days out and activities around Cornwall as accessible as possible. Here Helen shares […]
By our reviewer Ross Lannon I’m not gonna lie, when it comes to public transport… I can be a bit of a snob. Despite my physical disability, I have been fortunate enough to drive an adapted vehicle for the past 10+ years – hence why my railway experience is very limited. When […]
The Access Cornwall army of accessibility reviewers have been incredibly busy over the last year working on our new series of guides and helpful reviews. Today we’re delighted to share with you our Accessible Guide to Train Travel in Cornwall. This has been put together by our team with special thanks to Luke, a […]
We’re delighted to share with you our Accessible Guide to Looe which we have produced in collaboration with Looe Town Council, East Looe Town Trust, West Looe Town Trust and Looe Harbour Commissioners. Looe has become a very famous town with its recent starring role in the BBC TV series Beyond Paradise where it is […]
We’re delighted to launch our new Accessible Guide to Cornwall. Researched and put together by a team of our amazing accessibility reviewers who go out all around Cornwall, this will give you inspiration on places to visit, eat and stay at all around the Duchy! You can also find free print copies in Seymac stands […]
“Our mission is to weave a community of Gamers together, free from stigma, gatekeeping and exclusion. To champion geek culture is our ultimate end. Our mantra: “Gaming is for all” expresses the heart of our duty on a daily basis, and the commitment we share in encouraging every Gamer to bring kindness, tolerance and altruism […]
Our reviewer Alison*, a wheelchair user went to visit the Tunnel of Lights at Charlestown Shipwreck Heritage Centre recently. Here’s her report. To be perfectly honest, we had intended to visit the actual Shipwreck Museum on the 5th December only to discover that the museum is replaced by the Christmas display The Tunnel of Lights […]
Our reviewer Eddie went to see Miracle Theatre’s performance of Sleeping Beauty at St Ives Guildhall recently and enjoyed a lively and very accessible performance… From the outset the team at Miracle Theatre were hugely helpful with our accessibility enquiries when arranging for Eddie, our reviewer to go to see Sleeping Beauty at St […]