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Heritage Lincolnshire – The Balance of Accessibility and Inclusion in Heritage Settings

17 February 2022 - 14:00 - 15:30

Free

We will discuss the positive outcomes of improving accessibility and inclusion within heritage setting, it is understood that good quality access can enhance our understanding of the historic environment and ensure its sustainability. The discussion will look at the challenges faced when constraints of regulation appear to impinge on the ability to alter physical barriers and how we can start to look more holistically at how these settings used and appreciated in order to improve accessibility, as well as using innovative design methods. Whether during pregnancy, as a parent pushing a buggy or an older person who is finding steps a bit harder to manage, we all value thoughtful and effective design for our access needs and its easier than you may think to make a difference and create positive changes. While the needs of disabled people must be a priority, we also know that easier access will benefit almost all of us at some stage in our lives and it is important to open up our heritage assets to the broadest group of society as possible. In restoring and opening up these valuable community assets it is important to promote good quality solutions that make access easier while simultaneously encouraging responsible care of the historic places that matter to us all. We will also discuss the legislation that drives the need to be inclusive and the implications impacts of both compliance and non-compliance.

 

This talk is delivered by Heritage Lincolnshire as part of the Boston Townscape Heritage Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Boston Borough Council.

This talk will be delivered by Sarah Sorrell of Oakley Estates. Sarah has been a Property Surveyor for over 20 years and took the decision this January to bite the bullet and set up my own surveying and access consultancy in January 2020. She started many years ago as an Architectural Technician after undertaking design qualifications and then went on to gain a BSc(Hons) in Building Surveying, after an initial BSc in Architectural Technology. Her roles over the years have increasingly seem her working with adults with disabilities, most recently as a regional property surveyor with Mencap. Sarah has developed a real passion for creating inclusive environments through design and refurbishment, and now in her new business she undertakes access audits, design appraisals and advise clients on how they can make positive changes to be more inclusive. Her clients include industries such as leisure, hospitality, culture and heritage, its varied and exciting and extremely rewarding. Ultimately, we all need to do our bit to make society more accessible, it can be argued that people are not disabled by their medical condition but by structures and attitudes in society, therefore we have chance to remove these barriers. Sarah passionately believes that inclusive design can be both functional and practical but also beautiful. She loves buildings and their very varied uses within our communities and the changes they can make to people’s lives, her company offers a wide range of general surveying services from Homebuyers surveys to Levels surveys and full drawing packages, it’s all in a day’s work, days she very much enjoyed doing a job she loves.

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Date:
17 February 2022
Time:
14:00 - 15:30
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.heritagelincolnshire.org/shop/all/tickets/cpd-talks

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Heritage Lincolnshire
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