Welcome To Isle Access
Isle Access is a user-led charity committed to encouraging and promoting greater accessibility and inclusion on the Isle of Wight for people with disabilities.
What we do
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Disability Training
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We are very grateful to all the Island businesses and organisations that support our cause and help to make the Isle of Wight more accessible.
Disabled Access Day 2019
News
Warm Spaces
We are holding a monthly accessible and inclusive Warm Space in the Newport & Carisbrooke Parish Council building. This is open to everyone from 9.30 -1pm. Come and join us for a chat, refreshments and a light lunch. ALL FREE
Bingo Night
Join us for our monthly Bingo sessions at The Binstead Arms, Ryde for a fun evening.
Media Makers
Earlier this year we were awarded a small grant from Isle of Wight Council’s Mental Health Team. We bid for money to produce a short film, with young people who had either a disability, long term health condition, or poor mental well being. It was decided to find only a small group of young people.
Isle of Wight Randonee
Many thanks to the Isle of Wight Randonee Community who have very kindly donated £2,000 to us. The money is much appreciated and will allow us to continue offering our Isle Riders events.
Fond Farewell
We’ve said a fond farewell to Christian, who has been volunteering with us over the summer holidays. Christian has started at the Isle of Wight College and wish him every success and thank him for all his hard work
New Fundraising and Events Volunteer Coordinator
We are delighted to welcome Helen Monroe-McNeil as our new Fundraising and Events Volunteer Coordinator. Helen has an extensive history of organising successful events and we are already planning for 2024. Welcome Helen! If anyone would like to offer help for events and fundraising, please contact Helen Helen@isleaccess.co.uk
Support Island Accessibility
Isle Access are extremely thankful to all of our volunteers, individuals that support us with fundraising and the members of our steering group. We are always looking for new people who can support our charity.
Toucan Diversity Training is an award-winning, disabled people-led social enterprise based in Portsmouth. Our CPD-accredited training is designed and delivered by our team of accredited disabled trainers, who share their lived experience of a disability.
We work with our clients to tailor training to their needs, and we pride ourselves on our bespoke approach. We have previously worked with Isle Access to deliver training to organisations across the island. On the mainland, we also work in partnership with Condor Ferries, Chichester Cathedral, and Portsmouth University.
Our Online Courses
Learn at your own pace and get CPD points and a certificate on completion. Learners can log in to our online portal to access any of our six online courses, designed and developed by our team of disabled trainers:
- Disability Awareness Training
- Neurodiversity into Work
- Learning Differences into Work
- Access to Work Guide
- Customer Service Training
- Deaf Awareness Training
Partnership working with Isle Access
We support the work that Isle Access does on the Isle of Wight, and so we would be delighted to offer Isle Access members access to our online courses for a 50% discounted price of £25 per person, per course. To take advantage of this offer, please email: info@toucan-diversity.org.uk for access to courses of your choice.