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Accessibility

Birmingham Accessibility<br />

BCB strives to provide a high and accurate level of information for all conference organisers and delegates wishing to base their event in Birmingham. This covers accessibility for delegates with visual, mobility or hearing impairments.

We have been working with our industry to ensure that there is excellent information available on line: here is an example of information about destinations in Birmingham, with access details, for disabled visitors, parents and carers with pushchairs or who need changing facilities, or routes for those crossing the city between the three mainline stations with heavy luggage:

www.visitbirmingham.com/navigatebirmingham

Pictorial routes with detailed information about landmarks and non-step options make getting around the city even easier. We have continued to innovate and have just completed the first of 10 hotel audits for the site, which show the internal layout and routes for mobility-impaired delegates to enable them to choose the hotel that is right for their needs.

Parking – information about Blue Badge parking including a map is available by phone, email and online.

Birmingham Shopmobility – provides free equipment to anyone with a mobility difficulty to access the city centre.

Wayfinder – Birmingham City Centre has The Wayfinder talking signs system to help blind and partially sighted people to find their way around the city centre and improve access to transport, shopping and visitor attractions.

Meet and greet – A member of the Street Warden team can meet delegates at a pre-arranged location – for example their arrival bus stop or the train station, and then walk with them to their conference centre or hotel.

Network West Midlands – A guide called ‘Getting Around – a guide to accessible public transport in the West Midlands’ is available by phone or online.

Visitor information – Visitor Centres on New Street at Birmingham Central Library and Birmingham Airport are available for visitor information, where friendly, informative and multilingual staff are waiting to help. Call +44 (0) 844 888 3883