People with physical disability
Access Travel
6 The Hillock
Astley Lancashire
M29 7GW
Tel: (01942) 888844
Fax: (01942) 891811
Web: www.access-travel.co.uk
Specialists in overseas travel andholidays for people who use wheelchairs. Accommodation is selected for accessibility and all properties are either personally inspected or suggested by a wheelchair user.
ATS Travel
1 Tank Lane
Purfleet
Essex
RM19 1TA
Tel: 01708 863198
Fax: 01708 860514
Web: www.assistedholidays.com
Best time to telephone: 8.30am - 4.30pm, Monday - Friday
ATS Travel Ltd (Assistance Travel Service Ltd) specialises in holidays for the disabled, their families, friends and carers. The company offers flights, accommodation, transfer travel and holiday insurance. Other features of their service include the following:
- Accommodation ranging from semi-adapted to fully adapted.
- Carers including 24 hour care, holiday companions, nursing care. Holidays available world-wide to all popular destinations.
- Tailor-made and non-package holidays offered to meet individual requirements.
- Brochures available which give full details of types of holiday and accommodation with indications of level of suitability for less able clients.
The company has its own accommodation available as well as contracted accommodation.
BREAK
Davison House
1 Montague Road
Sheringham Norfolk
NR26 8WN
Tel: 01263 822161
Contact: Guest Bookings Administrator, Sarah Harris
Web: www.break-charity.org
Email: office@break-charity.org
BREAK provides holidays, respite and short breaks for children and adults with learning disabilities (mild, moderate, severe and profound - including those with associated behavioural disorders).
Situated on the Norfolk coast, BREAK's holiday centre in Sheringham, Norfolk has 10 bedrooms and is open throughout the year. Staff offer full 24-hour care and there is a varied holiday programme, with outings to local attractions.
The centre is fully accessible and equipped with lift, heated swimming pool and adapted transport. Special diets can be catered for. A short DVD or video about our services is available on free loan.
Calvert Trust
Calvert Trust Exmoor
Wistlandpound Farm
Kentisbury Barnstaple
North Devon EX31 4SJ
Tel: 01598 763 221
Calvert Trust Keswick
Little Crosthwaite
Keswick Cumbria C12 4QD
Tel: 01768 772 255
Calvert Trust Kielder
Kielder Water
Hexham Northumberland
NE48 1BS
Tel: 01434 250 232
Web: www.calvert-trust.org.uk
Three holiday centres which enable people with physical, learning or sensory disabilities, and their families and friends, to enjoy the great outdoors and activity holidays.
Activities include sailing, horse riding, canoeing, climbing, abseiling and swimming. All activities are included in the price and fully qualified instructors are able to cater for all levels of ability. There is a choice of self-catering or full board accommodation.
'Can Be Done' Ltd
11 Woodcock Hill
Harrow HA3 0XP
Tel: 020 8907 2400
Email: holidays@canbedone.co.uk
Web: www.canbedone.co.uk
Can Be Done is a London based tour operator specialising in holidays for people with disabilities.
Our destinations include the UK, Europe, Middle East, North America, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. We in tailor-make your holiday for you
Chalfont Line Holidays
4 Providence Road
West Drayton
Middlesex UB7 8HJ
Tel: 01895 459 540
e-mail: holidays@chalfont-line.co.uk
Web: www.chalfont-line.co.uk
The Chalfont Difference - Services beyond your expectations. Chalfont Line Holidays have been providing quality holidays for slow walkers and wheelchair users since 1980. Our aim has always been to provide high levels of services and facilities, security, comfort and peace of mind, so that you can enjoy the pleasures of travelling.
Over these many years, our experience shows that our clients need and demand a much higher standard of service and knowledge of their circumstances than what would be offered by standard bulk tour operators
To meet these standards, all our escorted holidays are accompanied by an experienced Tour Manager and we have a large operating staff presence that is there to assist our clients when they need it, enabling clients with special needs to enjoy domestic and international travel with the expert care and assistance of our professional staff.
Here are a few of the main services that we provide:
- Carefully researched travel preparations for accessibility, such as hotels, transport, leisure facilities and excursions.
- Door to Door transport to and from the departure point of the holiday and assistance with luggage.
On flying holidays: attend to check in procedures, assist through security formalities, help to board the aircraft, assist using the toilet facilities on board the aircraft. On arrival at the destination, help with disembarking the aircraft and accessing the wheelchair, assist with arrival procedures and luggage. Transfer to accessible vehicles.
- Check in and luggage formalities at hotels.
- Holiday helper for domestic and international travel.
- Tailor made Personal Assistance Packages with everyday tasks depending upon individual needs.
We at Chalfont Line share a deep commitment to your own personal holiday experience, and hold licences such as (ATOL) Air Travel Organisers' License and (CPT) Confederation of Passenger Transport UK.
Ring for a brochure.
Park House
Park House Hotel
Sandringham
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE35 6EH
Tel: 01485 543 000
e-mail: parkinfo@lc-uk.org
Web: www.parkhousehotel.org.uk
Park House, leased by the Leonard Cheshire Charity, is the birth place and childhood home of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and is the only hotel within the Leonard Cheshire organisation. The hotel is located on the Sandringham Royal Estate in West Norfolk; it is specifically designed and equipped to meet the needs of physically disabled people and their carers or companions.
The hotel offers care and assistance if required, from full personal care to just a helping hand; this offers peace of mind to guests and family members, knowing that help is close by should the need arise. The hotel's team of carers are registered to offer nursing care and a registered nurse is on the premises at all times.
Strawberry Duck Holidays
Bryher Cottage
Bullgate Lane
Bosley
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 0PP
Tel: 01260 223 591
e-mail: emonthemove@hotmail.com
Web: www.strawberryduckcottage.co.uk
Contact: Emma and Bruce Carter
A converted cottage in East Cheshire, offering self-catering accommodation for up to 4 people. Wheelchair accessible, with fully adapted shower room and toilet. The cottage is within easy reach of the Peak District National park, the spa town of Buxton and the silk town of Macclesfield. Open all year round. including Christmas.
The National Trust
Membership Department
PO Box 39 Warrington
WA5 7WD
Access for All Office - Direct Tel: 01793 817634
E-mail - accessforall@nationaltrust.org.uk
The National Trust produces a free information book 'Access Guide' each year. The Guide contains details of the access provisions at Trust properties. Free admission is given on request to the necessary companion of a disabled visitor, whilst the normal membership/admission fee still applies to the person with the disability. To receive a copy of the Access Guide please contact the membership department. The Guide is also available in large print or tape, and sections can be Brailled on request (for these alternative formats contact the Access Office
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