tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post2153503660222307266..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Polling Stations in CopelandChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-78119915196899568602011-01-25T21:17:14.022+00:002011-01-25T21:17:14.022+00:00Bransty Legion has now closed.
As you are obvious...Bransty Legion has now closed.<br /><br />As you are obviously aware, the replacement venue used for forum meetings on Bransty Hill is Bransty School, which is also a polling station. <br /><br />I asked at the final meeting of the Polling Stations working group this week whether Bransty School is DDA compliant, and was told that the chairman of the Copeland Disability Forum (who lives on Bransty Hill) had said that it is.<br /><br />However, your point about the Loop system is well taken and I will raise it with the forum chairman.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-13567150821965205442011-01-23T18:58:44.550+00:002011-01-23T18:58:44.550+00:00The lack of a loop system in any of the venues use...The lack of a loop system in any of the venues used for Neighbourhood forum meetings has been raised on several occasions, but as usual the issue is ignored.<br />United Reformed Church and Bransty Legion don't have loop systems, neither does Egremont Market Hall used on Thursday for Cumbria CC consultation. Not sure about Bransty School but the seating arrangements certainly weren't suitable - you had to sit on childrens seats if you can get down in to them. Very little in Copeland is compliant and the Council Officers certainly do little to help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-59187060469734323212011-01-23T14:45:03.699+00:002011-01-23T14:45:03.699+00:00It is true that there are far too many public buil...It is true that there are far too many public buildings in Copeland which are not DDA compliant - that was rather the point I was making.<br /><br />However, organisations representing disabled people did not raise any issues with us about either Bransty School or the United Reform Church at Market Place. Do you have a specific concern about the accessibility of either of those venues, and if so, what is it?Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-10665445787855534522011-01-22T18:50:23.159+00:002011-01-22T18:50:23.159+00:00Oh you've woken up have you.
There is very lit...Oh you've woken up have you.<br />There is very little in Copeland that is DDA compliant, take for example the places you hold your wards Neighbourhood form meetings, not one of them compliant.<br /><br />All public meetings (more so ones organised by our Councils) should be in compliant buildings. If Councils complied with this and Councillors made them, then we would by know have had many more compliant facilities than we have. If our Councils can't set a good example why should anyone else bother, hence Copeland is still the way it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com