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Brighton Pride 2010

Brighton Pride this year made serious efforts to improve access for disabled people to both the parade and the event in Preston Park which was attended by an estimated 160,000 people.
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Festivals – Your Experiences

Some might say that festival sites, being temporary and generally outdoors and often in fields, are intrinsically difficult places to adapt for people with disabilities. Our view is that with enough forethought, information, planning and creative thinking, most places should be able to be accessible to most people, whatever one’s mobility needs are. Let us know your experiences of festivals - good & bad.
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Festival Eye

This is a transcript of an article written by Miki Hall for the magazine “Festival Eye”, published in Spring 2007: The aims of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 are simple. The goal is “a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens”. In practical terms, the Act seeks to ensure that [...]
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About Us

Who we are: Geofest is a small unincorporated association that was set up in 2004 to promote activities and facilities for teenagers, those excluded from the mainstream of society and those with disabilities to come and enjoy outdoor gatherings and festivals, particularly those with an ecological and “green” bias to their work. By 2005 it [...]
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