{"id":41893,"date":"2025-01-17T16:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41893"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:06:07","slug":"he-direct-access-survey-accessibility-and-inclusion-to-05-02-with-focus-group-calls-for-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41893","title":{"rendered":"HE &amp; Direct Access survey: Accessibility and Inclusion, to 05\/02, with focus group calls for January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE_Direct_Access_170125.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE_Direct_Access_170125.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE_Direct_Access_170125.png 400w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/HE_Direct_Access_170125-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Direct Access is conducting an accessibility and inclusion survey for Historic England, open to 5 February, to understand the challenges people face when visiting historic sites up and down the country, with online Focus Groups also open across 27-29 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Direct Access Group writes (on Facebook):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you passionate about historic sites in England? Whether you visit them or work in the heritage sector, Direct Access wants to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are conducting an accessibility and inclusion survey for Historic England to understand the challenges people face when visiting historic sites up and down the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey will take just 10 minutes of your time and allow us to feedback to the team on elements to prioritise when improving accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heritage Accessibility Focus Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Direct Access are facilitating three accessibility Focus Groups for Historic England. This project is aimed at supporting and guiding the wider heritage sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We would like to meet with disabled employees, ex-employees, volunteers, students and visitors to share your experiences and the challenges within the Heritage Sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This will give you an opportunity to provide your views on how to improve accessibility for disabled people across all heritage sites in England.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The groups will be held on Microsoft TEAMS on the following dates and times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday 27<sup>th<\/sup> January at 11am<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday 28<sup>th<\/sup> January at 2pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday 29<sup>th<\/sup> January at 6pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To book your place with your preferred date and time, please contact Direct Access via telephone, SMS or email. You will be paid \u00a323 for your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telephone: 01270 626222<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SMS: 07957 789401<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:info@directaccess.group\">info@directaccess.group<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or via our social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us know if you have any access requirements. BSL interpreters has been booked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DirectAccessGp\/photos\/are-you-passionate-about-historic-sites-in-england-whether-you-visit-them-or-wor\/1007236094734346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/N7LRSSS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can respond to the survey here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Direct Access is conducting an accessibility and inclusion survey for Historic England, open to 5 February, to understand the challenges people face when visiting historic sites up and down the country, with online Focus Groups also open across 27-29 January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[196,18,29,195,126],"class_list":["post-41893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-accessibility","tag-conservation","tag-heritage","tag-inclusion","tag-questionnaire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41895,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41893\/revisions\/41895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}