The Access and Sustainability Advice Service (ASAS) is a free service for voluntary and community groups in London.
Funded by City Bridge Foundation, London’s largest independent charitable funder, ASAS provides advice on making your premises more accessible to everyone, including disabled and older people.
From theatres to places of worship, museums, community centres, heritage buildings and sports facilities, ASAS provides free guidance to charities and voluntary, not-for-profit community groups looking to improve access to their buildings.
Our Access Advisor can give advice on everything from where to go for a directory of access consultants to assisting with the interpretation of access audits to help you prioritise costs and building works.
How can we help?
Site Visits
Unsure if your venue is accessible? The ASAS Advisor can visit your site to help you identify key areas that may need improving. A site visit could include:
- Reviewing the visitor journey at your venue, including the approach, the entrance and any facilities and spaces used by visitors and staff.
- Providing advice on making events and activities inclusive
- Using accessible language
- Reviewing signage and interior features.
Advice
If you need specific information on making a feature or event accessible, the Access Advisor is here to help. They can:
- Review information for an event.
- Provide advice on design for any small-scale building works.
Watch the video below to learn more about our services-
Training
Want to find out more about making your services and venue more inclusive? Attend one of ASAS’s free training sessions to learn about inclusive design and making environments accessible.
For information and advice or to organise a site visit, please email our Access Advisor, Asa Hems, at asas@cae.org.uk or call 07546 690 040.
Top image: Access Advisor, Asa Hems, left, and, CAE Access Advisor, Judi Watkinson.