The Vassall Centre Trust

Barrier-Free Environments for Disabled and Older People

The Vassall Centre Trust, a charity led by disabled people, is transforming a former military hospital in Bristol to make it fully accessible for people with all forms of impairment, to empower them and enable them to work on equal terms with non-disabled people. The fully accessible Vassall Conference Centre is based within the Vassall Centre.

Registered Charity No.1072591

George Ferguson architect


"The Vassall Centre reacts positively and practically to the challenge of barriers, applying common sense to find ingenious solutions in creating more inclusive environments"
George Ferguson, former President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 2003-2005.

The Vassall Centre Entrance

The Vassall Centre Trust

  • runs the The Vassall Conference Centre
  • provides affordable barrier free accommodation for organisations led by employing and serving disabled people.
  • offers a template for designing and creating barrier-free environments.
  • promotes and champions inclusive and empowering workplaces for disabled people.

A wheelchair user getting out of a car A wheelchair user entering The Vassall Centre building A guide dog and user at The Vassall Centre

Accessibility

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Awards and Affiliations

Unsung Heroes logo - We received The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of the work of our trustees and volunteersScope logo - In November 2008, UK disability charity, SCOPE assessed our accessibility and gave us it's highest award - the Platinum Access AwardUK Council for Access and Equality logoCreating The Future Awards 2008 - We were finalists in the Vision for Place section of the Creating The Future Awards 2008, run by the Academy for Sustainable CommunitiesThird Sector logo - We were 'highly commended' in the Small Charity, Big Achiever category in Third Sector's Excellence 2007 AwardsBristol Civic Society logo - The Bristol Civic Society presented us with an Environmental AwardRegeneration and Renewal Award 2008 - We were Highly Commended in the Community Led Organsiation of the Year category at the Regeneration and Renewal AwardsSocial Enterprise - Trading for people and planet