Disability Access to Pubs and Bars

Pub and Bars need to get in on the Act

Leisure services need to do a lot more to convince disabled people that they will be ready for the 1st October deadline, warned the DRC at the recent annual Pub and Bar Convention.

From 1st October 2004, every business, large or small - from local off licenses to pubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK - will need to become more user-friendly to Britain’s 8.6 million disabled people. New duties under the DDA call for improvements including adapting premises, removing physical barriers or providing services in an alternative way to disabled customers.

A staggering 70 per cent of disabled people said that they are still unable to get through the door in pubs and bars across the UK. This figure was highlighted in a recent NOP poll commissioned by the DRC to show the extent to which Britain still remains a closed shop to disabled people.

For more information see http://www.drc.org.uk/newsroom/newsdetails.asp?id=629§ion=1