Youth Hostelling Association of England and Wales Publish Outside Voices Report on Accessibility of the Great Outdoors for Everyone

The Youth Hostelling Association of England and Wales has just published a new report ‘Outside Voices’ challenging the assumptions and stereotypes around access to the great outdoors for everyone. The report featured a number of stories from a wide range of people from different backgrounds including visually impaired people.

RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Anita Kerwin-Nye, YHA Executive Director of Strategy and Engagement and Sue Bott CBE, a lifelong disability rights campaigner and former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Disability Rights UK who featured in 'Outside Voices' to find out more about the report and publication.

Anita began by telling toby why YHA wanted to spend time researching into access to the great outdoors for everyone and publish the findings in ‘Outside Voices’ along with stories from a wide range of backgrounds and view points on access to the great outdoors.

Sue explained to Toby why she wanted to contribute to 'Outside Voices', what Sue enjoys from getting out and about into the great outdoors around her home, some of the barriers she and many other visually impaired people face when putting on their walking boots and exploring the countryside around them and further afield along with her thoughts on what can be done to make the experience more accessible for visually impaired people. 

To read a copy of the YHA publication 'Outside Voices' and to find out more about the Youth Hostelling Association of England and Wales do visit their website - https://www.yha.org.uk

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