Access Islington
This is a project to support local Deaf and disabled people to improve access to goods and services.
Access means getting in to places and being treated as well as anybody else.
The aims of Access Islington are to:
- support Deaf and disabled people to sort out access problems via our access hotline, advice and casework representation service
- provide free information and training on their rights under Part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- work with Deaf and disabled people to campaign on access issues via Community Access Monitors (CAMs)
People can contact Access Islington by:
- telephoning our hotline
- texting our hotline
- fax
- letter
- coming to a BSL interpreted drop-in for the Deaf community (see times below)
Community Access Monitors (CAMS)
CAMs are Deaf and disabled people who campaign to improve access to goods and services in the borough.
They do this by investigating access in the Borough and campaigning on access problems reported by other disabled people.
For more information, or if you would like to get involved, please contact Access Islington.
Information, advice and casework representation service
Access Islington provides 3 levels of support to individual disabled people experiencing problems accessing services:
- Information on access and Disability Discrimination Act issues.
- Advice on access and Disability Discrimination Act; we can offer individual advice to Deaf and disabled people on their rights and how best to raise access needs and issues.
- Casework representation on access and Disability Discrimination Act; we can take on cases and provide representation up to and including going to Court
When you report issues to us you have a number of choices. You can:
- Just report it to us and take no further action
- Report it to us and get advice on how to take it further
- Report it to us and get help/ representation to make a complaint or pursue the issue through the courts.
For more information, please contact Access Islington.
Drop-in service for BSL users
Are you a BSL user and having problems trying to use or access a service? If so, come along to the drop-in below. You can get advice on what to do. Just turn up.
Come to the Disability Action in Islington office on the first Wednesday of every month. The next drop-ins are:
2 April 2008, 11.30am-1.00pm
7 May 2008, 11.30am-1.00pm
4 June 2008, 11.30am-1.00pm
2 July 2008, 11.30am-1.00pm
Free Training for local Deaf and disabled people
The training provides information on your rights to access goods and services. The course takes place over 2 days.
For further details and an application pack for the next training sessions, or for more information about any of the above, please contact Access Islington by:
Tel / text: 020 7704 9483
Fax: 020 7359 1855
Minicom: 020 7359 1891
Email: accessislington@daii.org
