Win a guide to accessible britain
NUS have teamed up with the publishers of the Rough Guide to Accessible Britain, the first guide of its kind in the UK, to offer five guides as prizes in our ‘Name our campaigns’ competition.
Packed with ideas that are fun, manageable and simple to plan, the new guidebook has been developed by Rough Guides in association with Motability Operations, the company that manages the Motability car scheme for disabled people in the UK.
The guide features lively accounts of more than 100 inspirational and accessible places to visit and things to do from exploring Sherwood Forest to soaking up the atmosphere at Wembley. The Rough Guide to Accessible Britain is a one-stop collection of ideas for making the most of leisure time, with the bonus that each location has been thoroughly checked out for disabled visitors, supplying all the information needed to plan a trip.
To take part, we’d like suggestions for the following campaigns:
Personal care
This campaign will focus on the pressing issue of personal assistants, carers and enablers. We’ll be lobbying parliament to increase the level of personal care offered to those disabled students who need it and simplify the process of application.
Mental Health
We’ll be focussing on the stigma of mental ill health this year and training student officers on how to support students with related issues.
Further education
We’ll be researching the needs of disabled students in further education (FE) and lobbying for a change in the funding systems available to disabled students in FE.
Think simple and catchy. To give you a starting idea our previous campaign names and slogans have included ‘Don’t dis’ my ability’, ‘Not all disabilities look like this’ [with a wheelchair symbol] and ‘Our opinions count’.
Email your answers, by 4pm, 23 May 2008, to disabled@nus.org.uk. If we choose the name you suggest – you’ll get a free guide in the post. If we think your suggestion is great – you’ll also get a free guide.
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