Seashore: Access For All Project

By theorkneynews on June 6, 2022

The aim of the Seashore – Access For All (S-AFA) project is to ensure everyone can get access to the benefits of the Seashore.

What are the benefits?

Access – the main reason
Health improvement
Encourages Seashore business opportunities and tourism
Stimulates creativity
Empowerment
Become more environmentally aware
and more…

The objectives of the “Seashore – Access for All” project are:

Network with people who want access to the seashore but can’t for various reasons, disability groups and expertise
Set up a Steering Group and build a S-AFA Hub
Set up a body – status and constitution
Do research and feasibility studies
Draft Proposals and assess cost and time frames
Apply for funding
Implement Proposals
Encourage feedback
Revise Project/s if necessary
Set up further projects

The Steering Group for the “Seashore – Access for All” project will be drawn from:

Local community, people with disabilities and disability organisations
Seashore involved organisations
Health and Safety advisors
Environmental/Conservation and Educational groups
Local Government
Local Businesses
Other interested parties with expertise

To find out more about developing this project:

www.LindaLunan.com or via e-mail: seashoreambassador@gmail.com

There are only a few beaches in Scotland where effort has been made to ensure they are accessible to all.

The St Andrews Beach Wheelchairs service has been hugely popular since the launch at the start of the 2018 tourism season and customers travel from all over Scotland to use the beach-friendly wheelchairs. Read more about that by clicking on this link: The Hamish Foundation