Just reading some stuff on another thread and I figure this warrents proper discussion.
Firstly, if I sound negative at all in what I say then that is not the case, I have been thinking about this for quite a while and would very much like to find a solution.
As regards the BRCA I fail to believe that it is a BRCA mandate that all rostrums have to be wheel chair friendly. In my 30 years of racing I can only think of a handfull of rostrums that are accesable by wheel chair. If it were true then all the 10th Natinoal tracks do not meet BRCA regs.
For Caldi we did have several discussions on how to:
a. get wheelers up on the rostrum
b. get a suitable seperate rostrum for wheelers
Unfortunately all the ideas we had either were too dangerous,
too expensive (sorry but finances have to be considered as all our clubs non profit making and have very low financial resources)
or just wouldn't have given you good enough visability even on our track with no artificial features.
Maybe some of our more industrious members could think of possible solutions that we all could consider ???
chris-on-wheels and Jayslim may be able to answer or find an answer to my next question. Are there any grants available to make our venues more disabled friendly? either at a regional or club level?
I know our "community hall council" have had many grants when mencap were using the venue on a regular basis. I will ask the Hall committee what may be available to the "Venue" to help.
Any ideas welcomed for discussion, and I hope this is taken in the positive manner it was intended
