Providing Accessible Office Space and Conference Facilities in Bristol to make Life Better for Disabled and Older People
The Vassall Centre Trust, a charity led by disabled people, is transforming a large building in Bristol to make it totally accessible. This provides barrier-free office space in which people with all forms of impairment work on equal terms with non-disabled people. The fully accessible David Hiatt Baker Conference Centre is also located on this three acre site.
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"The wonderful 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 Architecture (RIBA) from 2003 to 2005.
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The Vassall Centre Trust
  
Accessibility
The Vassall Centre Trust is in the process of updating this site in order to make it accessible to as many people as possible. We are attempting to reach the high standard of AAA accessibility as set by the internationally recognised authorising body W3C. We welcome feedback and suggestions about this website and our work.
Awards
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The Trust is proud to announce that, in November 2008, SCOPE have awarded us a Platinum level Access Award. This is a demonstration of all the work we have done to make our premises accessible for disabled people. Physical access as well as our policies and procedures to include disabled people were assessed and we scored highly throughout
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The Trust was given The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of the enormous volume of voluntary time devoted by the Trust's staff and volunteers
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The Trust has received the- "Positive about Disabled People" Award
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The Vassall Centre Trust was 'highly commended' in the Small Charity, Big Achiever category in Third Sector's Excellence 2007 Awards.
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The Bristol Civic Society has presented an Environmental Award to The Vassall Centre Trust
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The Vassall Centre Trust was a finalist in the Vision for Place section of the 'Creating The Future' Awards 2008, run by the Academy for Sustainable Communities
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In 2008, the Vassall Centre Trust was 'Highly Commended' in the Community Led Organsiation of the Year category at the Regeneration and Renewal Awards |
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