The accessibility page

Accessibility (under The building) is a short list of what the hall offers people with a disability, older people and families with small children: a step-free way in, an accessible toilet, a hearing loop, parking close to the door, and so on. Answer each Yes, Partly or No, with a note where it helps. On every plan.

Press Make the access page to publish it on your website, or put [hallpro_access] on a page of your own. It lists what there is, then what there is not, then how to get here and who to ask. Anything not answered is left off. Once the page exists, the booking page and the hire charges page link to it, so people can check before they book.

Be honest. “Partly” with a note (“Ramp at the side door; ask for it to be unlocked”) is far more use than a Yes that turns out to be wrong on the day. Pressing Save marks the page as checked today, and the page shows when it was last checked. After a year, ModuleFest HallPro asks you to look through it again.

With more than one hall, choose the hall at the top: each has its own answers, and the page shows them all.

For example: A daughter planning her mother’s 90th birthday party checks Ashcombe’s access page: step-free way in, an accessible toilet, chairs with arms, and two parking spaces by the door. The hearing loop is marked Partly: main hall only. She books the main hall and asks for the loop to be switched on.

Questions people ask

We have no accessible toilet. Should we say so?
Yes. Someone who needs one is better knowing before they book than finding out on the day. Say what there is instead in the note, if anything: “Ground floor toilet with a grab rail; the door is 70 cm wide.”

Is this the same as an access audit?
No. It tells visitors what there is. An access audit by a qualified person checks the building against the standards and says what could be better; your grant funders may ask for one.